In a translated interview with press2play.tv , DICE's Patrick Soderlund broke the heartbreaking news that the development of Mirror's Edge 2 - which has been going on for some time now - has been put on hold by EA Games.
EA Boss Frank Gibeau says that two of the company’s biggest new IP’s this generation fell short of the gaming empire’s expectations. If you haven’t been paying attention, the two “big†new IP’s that failed to set charts alight were space survival horror Dead Space and First-Person free-running platformer Mirror’s Edge. They have both gone on to attain quite a …
If you’ve never heard of Gary’s Mod for Half Life 2, it’s basically a mod environment type-thing that allows people to mess around and do whatever they want. While I did nothing more than creating some huge spinning tyre thing with trolleys falling on it, some people take tools like that and make incredible creations from them. This short machinima …
Battlefield developers DICE have started hyping their Gamescom appearance, promising to reveal “something great.†“As the preparations have been set and the ball is in motion, it’s safe to say we are going to have something great for people this year,†said Battlefield community manager zh1nt0. What could it be? The developer has said there’ll be no more map packs …
The Apple iPad was released this weekend causing massive lines to form outside of American stores as early adopters waited patiently to get their hands on the new tablet device. The question that we are interested in, is whether or not the iPad is going to be a new gaming platform that we should be paying attention to. Most reviews …
The DICE conference has thrown up some decent honesty this year what with Bobby Kotick speaking candidly about being the Deathstar and the Harmonix affair last week. And now we get to EA’s CEO speaks about the failures that are Mirror’s Edge and Dead Space. To his credit he pretty much blames his own company saying that they didn’t get …
Brink is looking to (r)evolutionise the first person genre by introducing what they call S.M.A.R.T in their title with a new system for getting around. The game is looking incredibly impressive and comments from people who have actually tried the game out first-hand have only had good things to say. The new way of moving around looks to be a …
A freerunner who goes by the name of AZO has made a really great video based on Mirror’s Edges first person perspective of free running by doing a little free running himself whilst holding a camera in his hands. Watching this video makes me realise just how well EA actually nailed the feel and camera in Mirror’s Edge to try …
Traci Braxton husband was Kevin Surratt Sr., a longtime partner who stood by her …
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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