Platinum Games’ Vanquish, their over-the-top, insane, slick 3rd person shooter looks pretty damned amazing so far. Platinum Games’ last gem Bayonetta was considerably worse on the PS3 than its Xbox counterpart. Considering that Vanquish’s engine is built upon the framework constructed for Bayonetta, PS3 owners have valid reasons to be wary. According to Hideaki Nakata, responsible for tuning the engine …
I love my PS3, as I loved my PS2 and PS1 before it. What I’ve never really liked though, is the aesthetically unchanged controller each system has shipped with. It primarily comes down to the analogues, which were added as an afterthought on the PS1 controller’s existing, thumbstick-less mould, for use in analogue-compatible games like Tobal 2, Bushido Blade, and …
Of course it was going to happen. Kinect, Microsoft’s motion-controller sans controller is set to receive some officially licenced peripherals. thankfully, we’re not in Wii territory yet; These aren’t plastic tennis rackets or faux bowling balls (because, ostensibly, you could use your own real versions of those things). No, these overpriced peripherals are intended to help you mount (no, not …
Microsoft and Sony are both expecting – and probably holding thumbs, hoping – that their soon to be released motion-sensing peripherals will increase the longevity of their consoles, which when compared to the graphical fidelity of high-end PC’s – are beginning to show their age. Ubisoft’s Alain Corre doesn’t think so, saying he expects them to bring only a short-term …
The Good Gear Guide have trawled the Internet for downright creepy fan art and have put together possibly the biggest collection of creep that has ever been assembled. From strangely erotic gaming characters to horribly realistic visions of what our favourite characters would look like in real life. It’s well worth a browse just to remind ourselves why photorealism and …
It’s Thursday which means it’s only more more miserable day before the glorious weekend arrives and we can put this horrible week out of it’s misery. Maybe it’s just me but this week has truly sucked, anyway onto happier thoughts. Yahtzee takes on Transformers War for Cybertron this week and reveals to us that unsurprisingly he’s not a big Transformers …
Remember that post a couple of days back where GT5 were threatened with having all their copies confiscated at launch unless they removed the Siena flags? Well Kazunori Yamauchi has spoken out on Twitter and stated that removing the flags can happen in an instant but that erasing them would be somewhat regrettable. Last Updated: August 26, 2010
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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