In Real Life

Check Out This Live-Action Battlefield 3 Fan-Film

12:45PM Today | Kirk Hamilton

The guys at ApertureVFX have put together this more-than-somewhat-awesome live-action take on the chaotic, visually disorienting gameplay of Battlefield 3. More »


PC

Noxious: A Free, Student-Made Dead Space Clone

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12:30PM Today | Logan Booker

It looks like an extremely early build of Visceral’s Dead Space, but it’s not. The clip above is a full play-through of Noxious, the final project for the Game Development/Art class at Full Sail University in Florida. If you want try it for yourself, it’s available as a free download. More »


In Real Life

BioWare To ‘Patch’ Error-Laden Mass Effect Novel

10:30AM Today | Kirk Hamilton

Mass Effect fans recently tore into the many errors and inaccuracies in William C Dietz’s new spin-off novel Mass Effect: Deception, putting together a thoroughly damning document cataloging scores of lore-errors and mistakes in the book. More »


News

Deus Ex Designer Honoured With Game Developer Lifetime Achievement Award

7:30AM Today | Mike Fahey

With nearly 30 years in game development and a career spent crafting unique gaming experiences like Deus Ex and Epic Mickey, Warren Spector has been chosen to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 12th annual Game Developers Choice Awards. More »


In Real Life

These Are Not The Same-Sex Relationships The Old Republic Players Were Looking For

7:00AM Today | Mike Fahey

Riffing on the Family Research Council’s outrage over same-sex NPC relationships in Star Wars: The Old Republic, talk show host Conan O’Brien and team cobble together some footage of the science fantasy franchise’s most famous gay couples. More »


PC

BioWare Says Keep Your Mass Effect 3 Save Games

6:30AM Today | Kirk Hamilton

While speaking with Gamerzines, Mass Effect producer Mike Gamble suggested that “it wouldn’t be a bad idea to keep your ME3 saves.” More »


In Real Life

Ex-Game Developer’s Terrific Photos Of Cops

6:15AM Today | Stephen Totilo

Antonio Bolfo was an animator at Harominx, working on video games such as Guitar Hero. Then, with the legacy of September 11 on his mind, he joined the New York Police Department. He started bringing a camera along and snapped photos of the police at work. And then he left the force and made photography his main gig. More »


Xbox

The Witcher 2 Dev Diary Might Answer Your Questions About The Xbox Version

6:00AM Today | Mike Fahey

In case Kirk Hamilton’s preview of The Witcher 2 on the Xbox left you with unanswered questions about the 360 remake, here’s CD Projekt with a professionally produced video filled with colourful lights, sounds, and people talking about making the game. More »


News

1.4 Million Unsold Video Games Won’t Be Buried

5:00AM Today | Kirk Hamilton

Yesterday, we learned that the video game publisher THQ is sitting on 1.4 million unsold copies of uDraw, a hugely unsuccessful game designed around a tablet peripheral. uDraw was such a disastrous investment — the publisher lost around $US100 Million on production and lost revenue — that it is almost singlehandedly responsible for their dire financial straits. More »


PC

Minecraft Captures The Action Of Battle Bots

4:30AM Today | Mike Fahey

Two robots enter, both robots stay, only one has a slightly elevated head. Minecraft craftsman Sethbling has recreated the 1964 sensation that swept an easily-amused nation, Rock’em Sock’em Robots. More »