Double Fine’s Psychonauts is an excellent psychic platformer, that questioned the inner workings of the mind. Christopher Nolan’s inception is an excellent bit of filmmaking that does the same thing. What do you get when you combine the two? The result is an incredibly well made mash-up that leaves me wondering if I’m actually awake right now. This really leaves …
Tim Schafer said some unpleasant things about Bobby Kotick. Activision has now responded, insisting that Bobby Kotick really isn’t a soulless, game-hating, money-obsessed overlord. Really! Last Updated: July 15, 2010
You know Double Fine’s Tim Schafer from his work on games like Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, Full Throttle, Psychonauts and the more recent Brütal Legend. You may even remember that Brutal Legend was supposed to be published by Activision, but after the blizzard merger ended up being published by EA instead. In a rather extensive interview with Eurogamer, …
Yahtzee has never hid his man love for Tim Schafer so when it came time to review Tim’s latest title, Brutal Legend, I did expect to only hear gushing praise about how awesome the soundtrack, idea, gameplay and design is. However it appears that Yahtzee is not a fan of RTS titles… and apparently Brutal Legend is an RTS… but …
Brutal Legend is coming and is ready to rock your socks off. Brutal Legend combines beat-em-up elements together with RTS elements as well as a kick ass story about evil stuff and rock n’ roll. This video released on Gametrailers gives us a sneak peak of the first real time strategy mission in the game with some awesome cutscenes to …
In my hands-on article about Shadow Complex that I wrote this week, I said that the beginning of the game felt a whole lot like I was playing some sort of 2.5D version of Uncharted on my Xbox 360. The game goes it’s own way after a short while but quite a couple of hours in something was still bothering …
We told you recently that Activision, Evil mega-corporation du-jour, had filed suit against Double Fine, developers of Rock Epic Brutal Legend, going so far as trying stop its release completely. Tim Schafer’s Double fine aren’t going down without riposte – They’ve just filed countersuit, the revelatory allegations it’s based on showing just how pestilent Activision can be. Last Updated: July …
You know how so many companies out there like to slap the words “limited edition” on a lot of their mass produced items? Well, this is one of the cases where they aren’t talking trash. This gorgeous 17 inch figurine of Eddie Riggs from the upcoming Tim Schafer title “Brutal Legend” is going to be limited to only 1000 units …
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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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