Sony, as they are often want to do, had themselves a press conference today. And the fact that now moments after its conclusion I’m looking through my notes to see what was discussed can only really tell me that there wasn’t too much to get excited over. There were a couple of announcements, some potentially novel new gaming ideas, and...
E3 2012: The Ubisoft Conference
It was at about the moment where they showed off Rayman: Legends, their third of three games they had brought out at the press conference that made me say “Damn I want that game” when I realized that Ubisoft was having hands-down the best conference of the day. I don’t know what’s going on. Everything’s turned upside-down. The list of...
E3 2012: The EA Conference
It’s slowly dawning on me that this may be the E3 year that’s not about games or hardware. Gaming is now a service industry, with platforms and software coming in secondarily to that all-important, ever-financially-viable service provision. And no one seems to be as on this as EA. While there were some interesting games shown, it felt like everything else...
E3 2012: The Microsoft Conference
The lines have opened, the starting gun’s been fired, and with the conclusion of Microsoft’s press conference we are officially underway. Well, technically E3 proper starts tomorrow, but that’s just being nitpicky. But, yah, Microsoft just had themselves a conference. And I took notes! A lot of them, in fact, though most of which would likely be inelegant to say...
Jason Rubin, the Man behind Crash Bandicoot and Jak & Daxter, made President of THQ
With much of THQ in the past months sounding like it’s actively on fire it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the company is doing everything in its power to pump fresh new ideas into their business. Which makes yesterday’s announcement that Jason Rubin, the man behind such seminal classics as Way of the Warrior (as well as some other,...
38 Studios is Empty Effective Immediately.
In a somewhat shocking turn of events, the Rhode Island based 38 Studios has layed off it’s entire staff today. Everyone inside the company recieved this email this morning, The Company is experiencing an economic downturn. To avoid further losses and possibility of retrenchment, the Company has decided that a companywide lay off is absolutely necessary. These layoffs are non-voluntary...
Borderlands 2 Box Art Released, Warning for the Safe Use of Imaginary Handguns
While the details of Borderlands 2′s ridiculous collectors editions have already been made public, it wasn’t until today that the box art was unveiled to the gaming public, which can be seen below. It’s keeping the same style and aesthetic as the game, while also building on the idea from the original cover, and I rather like it. Borderlands 2...
Activision Executives Mistake Real Life for Spy Film
With a name like “Project Icebreaker”, you know you’re getting involved in some serious shit. Something along those lines must have been in the head of Thomas Fenady, a former director of information technology at Activison, who was asked in the summer of 2009 to take part in a project which involved hacking into the email accounts of two fellow...
With a Title Like “Dark”, It Kind of Has to Involve Vampires
Announced earlier this week, German studio Realmforge with some assistance from Kalypso are creating a stealth-rpg vampire romp, titled Dark. Set to be released in early 2013 for the PC and Xbox 360, Dark pits you, an angsty angry vampire with nothing to lose (all of that may not actually be true, but come on look at the image...
Xbox Internet Explorer Rumoured to Have Kinect Gesture Support
The Xbox 360 looks to be getting one step closer to being a “one-size-fits-all” media box, with news that Internet Explorer 9 is being brought to the console, though the even more interesting story looks to be the experience will be largely driven by Kinect gestures and voice controls, a la Minority Report. While developers have stated that you will...
Microsoft May be Developing a Controller that can Tell Who’s Holding It
Straight from the “Damn, Wouldn’t that be Cool” files, a patent made by Microsoft for a controller which can detect the variable hand pressures of whoever’s holding it has just been accepted. Since everyone holds a controller just a little bit differently, this patent, if put into effect would, create a controller that could consistently tell who was holding the...
Stoking the (Hell)Fires of Anticipation:Blizzard Releases A Diablo 3 Animated Short You Need to Watch
Diablo 3 comes out in less than a week, people. The next chapter in the series that caused a marked drop in my high school academic performance will be soon unleashed upon the public, after years of waiting. Even for us unfortunate few who don’t have a PC beefy enough to play Diablo 3, there’s still an element of excitement...
The Shootout: BioShock Infinite delayed, Microsoft strikes Inside Xbox
This week in the news Shootout, we find out that we won’t be playing with Infinite this year and Microsoft has officially pulled the plug on the Inside Xbox series. Early this morning we received an email with a message about the upcoming powerhouse BioShock Infinite. “A MESSAGE FROM KEN LEVINE When we announced the release date of BioShock Infinite...
Black Ops 2 Reveal: Dishes, Ghosts and a Surprised Cat.
So there I was, waiting impatiently to see this big reveal for Black Ops 2 game from TreyArch and I must admit I should have just done the dishes or something a little more productive than waste that 2 minute segment of my life. Frankly, I am full of sarcasm and cynicism towards this reveal (if you haven’t already noticed). It’s not...
Skyrim DLC “Dawnguard” Announced
After hinting about it earlier this week on their twitter account, Bethesda Game Studios has come out and officially announced the first DLC package coming to Skyrim, called Dawnguard. Though little is known about the story or background for Dawnguard, what is known at this time is that it will be arriving at some point this summer, and that it’ll...
A New Cold War – Call of Duty: Black Ops II Announced and Dated for Nov.13
Just when I think I’m done with the Call of Duty series, they manage to say something I can’t help but get excited about. While we all knew that another Call of Duty title was a foregone conclusion this holiday season, and that developer Treyarch was almost certainly working on a sequel to 2010′s bestseller Black Ops, there’s still something...
Robert Bowling Creates New Gaming Studio, “Robotoki”
We all knew that Robert Bowling wasn’t going to be out of the limelight for long, after his departure from Infinity Ward roughly a month ago. Though the internet was awash with rumours regarding what the former Modern Warfare PR guru’s next step was going to be, with many wondering (myself included) if he’d start his own company, get picked...
Adam Sessler Reportedly Leaving G4
Gaming representative and media personality Adam Sessler has left his job with G4, reports Kotaku. While there has not yet been any official statement from “the Sess” himself, his representative released this statement earlier today: Television personality Adam Sessler and TV network G4 are parting ways, with Adam’s last episode as host of G4′s “X-Play” airing on the network today,...
Game Of The Year Editions – Too Much, Too Soon
Today, Naughty Dog announced that the Uncharted 3 GOTY edition will be coming out soon with all of the proper incentives in tow. The crucial part about this plot is the space in between their retail release and the GOTY edition. I’m not against the GOTY antics at all, in fact I own quite a few GOTY titles based purely on the...
New Prototype 2 Trailer Shows Us Pack Leader
Along with a new protagonist and a new reason to fight, Prototype 2 is giving us a lot more additions to what was a very original and terrifyingly fun original concept. As the game’s all-new infected protagonist, players will experience Sgt James Heller cutting a bloody swathe through the wastelands of post-viral New York Zero. Equipped with unparalleled new shapeshifting...