When chatting to MCV, Phil Spencer (head of Microsoft Game Studios) confirmed that the release of Project Natal will be treated like the Xbox 360 release thus having its own set of launch games. This was evident as he stated, “I see it as like the launch of the Xbox 360 back in 2005 – there will be a launch …
I personally have a fascination with the lack of sex in the gaming industry. No not the lack of physical activity for the journalists but rather the lack of sex in games. Killing, maiming, mutilating and destroying people are perfectly acceptable, just make sure you don’t portray the natural act of sex onscreen. So now instead of having professionally crafted …
After what has felt like forever, we are finally going to get our hands on a mobile version of Gran Turismo. This video that comes in from GTplanet.net shows off some gameplay footage of the Ferrari Enzo as well as a little bit of the menu and car list. As always, the dude playing the game for the video is …
Yes that issue is back in the spotlight again, first we were told to anticipate Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2, then we were told to expect Modern Warfare 2 and now… well now it depends on what type of gamer you are. The lucky guys over at Kotaku were invited to a private screening of Modern Warfare 2 in …
Dave Jones has been speaking at the Develop conference over in Brighton about all things gaming related but the one that has jumped out at me are his comments about Crackdown. Dave is hugely proud of what Realtime Worlds achieved with Crackdown but the problem is that even though Crackdown sold over 1.5 million copies it barely broke even. Last …
As if the PSP didn’t already have a decent looking line-up, a new title is joining Motorstorm, LittleBigPlanet and Gran Turismo to continue Altair’s story. Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines puts you in the shoes of Altair once more, only this time it’s for a trip to Cyprus to get his groove on with the locals. Visuals aren’t looking half bad and …
Sony has confirmed that their SCEE R&D team and a few other developers have developed some new facial recognition software to go with the PSEye camera. Kish Hirani (head of developer services) stated that they’ve “got a wealth of libraries available” and expressed that the new tech has been “a lot of fun in the office”. Apparently the new tech …
So as you may already know, The Develop Awards took place last night. What you probably don’t know is that both UK Rockstar studios received wards. Rockstar North was hailed as Best In-house Studio while Rockstar Leeds won the Best Handheld Studio prize. Leeds’ GTA: Chinatown Wars for DS is still rated by Metacritic as the top handheld game whilst …
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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