Don’t be pulling your furrowed-brow Klingon faces at me, Star Trek Fans! I am just the messenger, the bearer of bad news. Cryptic Studios have confirmed that Star Trek Online – expected to beam up to consoles – will now be staying put as a PC-only experience. This follows news that the studio’s other MMO, champions online will also not …
I just received this awesome little interview with Obsidian’s Creative Director Chris Avellone where he goes into detail about his job, Fallout 3: New Vegas and what transvestite dragons have to do with it all. It’s always a bit odd receiving canned interviews but at the same time it’s nice to hear what its like on the other side of …
Hit the jump to watch what will likely be the coolest video you’ll see today. Created by Patrick Jean, Pixels is a music video of sorts that has classic video games coming to life, assimilating and destroying New York City. It’s a little reminiscent of Ghostbusters’ Stay Puft – only in pixelated 8-bit goodness. I’ve never been so terrified of …
If you were one of the handful of people running OtherOS on your big black box of Blu-ray, I hope you haven’t updated to firmware 3.21 already. Why? True to his hacker word, George Hotz has gotten the feature running on Sony’s latest PS3 firmware – which was intended to remove the ability, citing “security concerns.†Last Updated: April 8, …
Driving from a behind-the-car camera has always just been accepted as something normal in videogames, even though it makes absolutely no sense. No one ever floats behind their car while driving it (although some meth addicts may think they are) so RoosterTeeth decided that they want to find out what it’s like to do it in real life. By mounting …
There was a big story doing the rounds yesterday about a gaming editor being forced out of his job in Australia thanks to apparent pressure from the PR department of Rockstar. As the story goes, Toby McCasker ex-entertainment editor for Zoo magazine was fired after posting up an email apparently received from Rockstar up on his Facebook page. The email …
Gametrailers have posted up a great interview with Capcom’s Seth Killian which discusses the direction that the company is heading with regards to the fighting games genre. Super Street Fighter IV will be released at the end of April, and there are obviously a lot of excited fans waiting for its arrival, with 10 extra characters and a vastly improved …
When the Modern Warfare 2 DLC was announced and priced the Internet exploded with complaints about the price, everyone and their mother refused to pay for it and we all declared this to be the end of the MW2 phenomenon. I still think 1200pts for a few extra maps is insane and if you agree it puts you squarely in …
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.
Critical Hit is built on the idea that we are more than one thing. Are you a hardcore gamer who also enjoys a night out at the movies? Perhaps you’re a professional cosplayer who is searching for the perfect burger, or maybe you’re just interested in high-end tech and Netflix binging. Covering gaming, entertainment, tech and geek, Critical Hit offers information and critique from a staff of diverse, knowledgeable and fiercely opinionated writers.
Recent Comments