It’s nearly the end of the year and pretty much every game that needed to be released has been released. Being the spoiled bastards that we are, we are all already looking at 2011 to see what’s coming rather than sitting down, shutting up and playing the games we have now. 2011 is all but upon us and so its …
The first footage of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam has hit the inter-webs. The footage was released by some folks with early access and gives us a peak at one of the multiplayer levels with a bunch of other players. In the video you will get a look at the tanks, choppers and groovy little vehicles. Hit the jump for …
Get out your party hats folks because Uncharted 3 is a comin’. Titled Uncharted 3: Drakes Deception, the new episode in Nathan Drake’s adventures will take place in a setting that involves having a lot of sand in your underpants. A lot of information has been spilled, and we have more of it posted for you after the jump. We …
But that doesn’t mean they’re going to be buying the developer, who’s recently been put up for sale by MTV owners Viacom. In an interview with Industry Gamers, Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirschberg talked about making peace with their former partners and progenitors of Guitar Hero. “I can’t comment on that, for obvious reasons. I can tell you I’ve got …
There’s a really interesting interview with head of the EA Games label Frank Gibeau over on Develop. Gibeau oversees all of the development companies under EA Games’ umbrella; companies like Visceral Games and the recently signed Insomniac and Respawn. In the interview, Gibeau provides insight into EA Games’ new approach to dealing with development studios, which involves fostering a sense …
In Monday’s ION post I linked to a story on Kotaku that was based on a screenshot of the underside of a car from Gran Turismo 5. The screenshot (after the jump) showed the logo for AUTOArt on the bottom centre of the car’s undercarriage. AUTOArt is a company that makes highly detailed die-cast models of cars. They’ve also made …
Backup singer (yes, you can point and laugh) for Cypress Hill, Michael “Shagg” Washington has taken it upon himself to sue Rockstar and their publisher, Take 2. They’re no strangers to lawsuits, so what’ve done now? Nothing. It’s for something they did way back in 2004; release Grand Theft Auto : San Andreas. Shagg is suing the them because he …
You know you’ve reached the zenith of online popularity and fame when you are immortalised in a game. It just happened to that Red Shirt Guy who corrected Blizzard on their own World of Warcraft law; he has now, apparently, asked them to remove his immortalising dwarf representation (called Wildhammer Fact Checker) because it didn’t fit with WoW law. What …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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