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Grand Theft Auto 4 Impressions
Ok, this is a mini-mini-review of GTA4 for the folks that haven’t played it yet: 5min Impressions: This is totally GTA3/VC/SA + more complex city, better graphics (not amazing). Controls and movement feel sluggish, I think it has to do with the animation blending Performance is on par with other GTAs… 20-30fps range, not smooth as butter, but so [...]
Continue reading...Grand Theft Auto 4 Leaked
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Damn… so Kotaku has the scoop that iCON (a ripping group) has gotten their hands on a stolen GTA4 game disk for the Xbox 360, ripped it and leak it onto the net. Apparently folks were posting gameplay movies to GameTrailers and YouTube this morning, I found a few, but they are getting ripped down by [...]
Continue reading...PS3 Getting In-Game XMB, VOD and More in 2008
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Niiiice, it looks like even though 2.30 firmware for the PS3 just dropped, adding a new PSN Store interface as well as adding DTS-HD support to the PS3, work on the next set of firmware upgrades is hot underway. Sony promises not only in-game XMB but also a new video download service that will be “unlike [...]
Continue reading...Turok Review (PS3)
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Summary [6.5 out of 10] Turok is a perfect example of a next-gen game almost being good, with close-minded, repetitive and sometimes punishing try-die-and-try-again game design dragging down some of the impressive technical accomplishments. Introduction The premise of Turok is that you are John Turok and ex-member of the super-elite Wolfpack group and now a member of the [...]
Continue reading...Real Rendering Resolutions of Console Games
Friday, April 4, 2008
Robert Heron sent in a pretty cool link over to the Beyond3D forums where a list of popular games and their true rendering resolutions were given. For Reference: 1080p = 1920×1080 720p = 1280×720 Here’s a snippet as an example: Army of Two = 720p (no AA, downscaled to 685p with black borders, no adjustable border) Call of Duty 4 = [...]
Continue reading...GameStop Tries to Fuck Penny Arcade
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
As you guys know the Penny Arcade guys are working on a game with HotHead and is due out in a few months. They announced recently that they would be digitally distributing the game for Windows, Linux and Mac digitally and I think everyone assumed Valve’s Steam… or some service like Steam. As it turns out [...]
Continue reading...Gears of War Movie, Confirmed 2010
Monday, March 31, 2008
Well it’s official, looks like New Line (now Warner Bros) is going to go forward with the Gears of War movie: “We’ve got our script on and a director we’re about to attach. We’ll hopefully make that early next year for the summer of 2010,” said Godfrey. If you haven’t caught it already, there has been massive [...]
Continue reading...Condemned 2: Scary Fucking Game
Monday, March 24, 2008
Ok so I got a chance to download and play the Condemned 2 demo from PSN (I never played Condemned 1) and I have to say… that is a scary fucking game. Remember how Jericho was suppose to be super scary and it ended up just being a mindless shooter that didn’t do any 1 thing [...]
Continue reading...Kane & Lynch: Dead Men Review (PS3)
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Summary [6.5 out of 10] Kane & Lynch is an idea for a good game, wrapped in 2 obnoxious technical mechanics (controls and cover), last-gen graphics and obnoxiously repetitive/punishing level design and gameplay elements. Introduction I’ll admit, I’ve been tempted by the marketing of Kane & Lynch and wanted to get it, even after all the bad reviews [...]
Continue reading...Finding a Comprehensive List of New & Future Video Games
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
NOTE: This article may invoke feelings of “No Shit Sherlock” in some of you, I’d encourage you to post those feelings as comments… maybe even a “You are a FAG!” would help… those are always appreciated and helpful to everyone reading. This tip is a little obscure, but it’s one that has driven me crazy for [...]
Continue reading...Guitar Hero III (Wii) Standalone Guitars: $69
Friday, February 29, 2008
Chris Hunkele sends in the scoop that Red Octane has the Wii Guitar Hero III standalone guitars up for sale, grab one if you need it!
Continue reading...Grand Theft Auto 4: 100hrs To Complete
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Interesting blurb, it looks like if you decide to all aspects of GTA 4, you are looking at around 100 hrs of gameplay… the trick is that “side missions” and “main missions” are going to be harder to tell apart… so you might just end up playing most of the game without realizing it. I almost [...]
Continue reading...Gears of War 2: November
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Well it looks like Chris Hunkele was right, Gears of War 2 is coming and the seed came out of GDC as expected. It’s looking like a November release, Xbox 360 exclusive, will graphically push the Xbox fairly hard, and as a result, we will all have RRoDs to deal with right after launch. Ohhhhhh BURN Update [...]
Continue reading...Guitar Hero 3 Wii Refund Offered
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Brad Agdern sent in news that Activision has offered a complete $132 refund for Guitar Hero III for the Wii or a remastered replacement disk for folks that were put out by the audio on the Guitar Hero III not being Dolby Surround even though it was advertised as such. A pretty nice move considering the [...]
Continue reading...Amazon to Offer Games for Download
Monday, February 18, 2008
Hrrm… job posting from Gamasutra suggests that Amazon is working on downloadable game service to compete with Valve’s Steam, EA’s service and isn’t there another already? Direct to Drive or something? I have no idea why Console are so popular.. people LOVE 9 competing choices for the same service… it’s SUPER AWESOME *tugs on hair*
Continue reading...Gears of War 2 Coming Soon?
Monday, February 18, 2008
Whilst trolling the interwebs for new games coming out of the 2008 Game Developers Conference, I happened to notice Epic and Microsoft getting cozy together on the floorspace. And after doing some looking, it looks like Amazon has a product page for “Gears of War 2″… I wonder if they know something? If It’s true i [...]
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