One of Crackdowns best parts, apart from being an awesome super soldier, was the ability to climb the tallest buildings and leap off them like some sort of deranged adrenalin nut. Well Just Cause 2 has grabbed that idea with both hands and enhanced it, not only can you climb the tallest building around and leap off it but you …
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 …
Sony have announced that there will be an electrifying announcement on the 27th of April 2009 which has to be an InFamous announcement for two reasons. One InFamous is the only game with electrical powers around at the moment and they actually flashed a picture of InFamous along with the announcement. Last Updated: April 24, 2009
I am not sure if this is new or if I just haven’t seen it before but either way it is looking pretty impressive. I am still utterly unconvincd by the upcoming PS3 exclusive inFamous but I am trying to keep an open mind and this video reminds me a lot of Crackdown which is still one of the best …
Gaming industry old-hands Gaz Liddon and Billy Thompson have officially confirmed the creation of a new new development house. Ruffian Games – which aims “to bring the best in action gaming to current generation consoles†– is comprised of staff that have worked on such illustrious titles as Fable 2, Crackdown, GTA, Project Gotham Racing and MotoGP. Billy Thompson, creative …
Colin MacDonald of Realtime Worlds effectively killed the rumour that Ruffian was developing Crackdown 2. In a message sent to Videogamer247, he stated that there were ongoing discussions between Microsoft and RTW regarding the development of the sequel to Crackdown. However, nothing is set in stone given RTW are very busy with All-Points Bulletin and another project that has yet …
Many gamers considered Crackdown to be a wonderful piece of additional content on the Halo 3 Beta DVD. While it is true that the Beta may have had a large role to play in the 1.5 million copies sold, the game itself was a surprise to many and in the end landed up being a shallow but incredibly action packed …
Now that Microsoft has followed Sony’s ludicrous decision to allow installs the entire world is doomed… Okay so maybe it’s not that serious but I swear people are going to be complaining about this in a year or two when they are running out of space, consoles should never ever have installs. Rant over, now onto the good news. There …
Cloud gaming removed hardware barriers, but it replaced them with something less visible and …
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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