Don’t want to wait for the Halo 3 museum diorama to possibly make its way to your town? You can do a virtual fly-through of the impressive miniature display on the official Halo 3 site, right now. Even better than the online look at the diorama are handily informative pop-ups that are rich with information on Halo 3‘s bit players in the form of first person accounts, plus details on vehicles, weapons and enemy combatants.
There was always going to be a day when the DS’s “novel interactivity” went one step too far. I’m trying to work out whether this is it, or just a stroke of pure genius. More »
What better way to capitalise on a hit product? Rip it off! Ladies and gents, may I introduce the “Wee”. It’s not a game machine, but a DVD player that was discovered in at a Tokyo retailer. Hey, it may not play games, but the Wii won’t play DVDs, so all is good!
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Mario, Orange Box, Halo 3, none of this matters to millions of gamers across the planet. They don’t give two shits about a bee suit or finishing any fight, they just want to see if Lionel Messi’s face looks OK, or if the free kick mechanic has been improved by 6%. That’s right. They need their Pro Evo, and that’s all they need. If that’s you (and it’s a small part of me), October 26 is the day Pro Evo 2008 is due to be released in Europe. That’s the PS3, Xbox 360, PC, PS2 and mobile versions. PSP and DS are due in November, Wii is due sometime early next year. Warmly enthusiastic press release follows. More »
Free clothes! Here’s a PixelJunk T-shirt I was given at my visit to Q-Games. The back of the shirt says, well, Q. That logo excitement after the jump. Onwards! More »
EA CEO John Riccitiello recently spoke at the Royal Television Society’s Cambridge Convention. What’d he talk about? Guy took the time to… I guess defend violence in games. Showing clips from 33, Kill Bill, 24 and CSI compared to clips from games like GTA, he told British TV types that games were being “unfairly demonised” in the press, and that the industry actually does a lot to keep kids away from unsuitable content, citing things like parental lock systems on consoles. Not sure why exactly he was telling them, and not the press, but it’s nice he’s banging the drum somewhere. More »
PGR4 isn’t even out yet, and already, Bizarre are thinking about PGR5. Where they’ve gone “wrong” with the current version, what they want to add to the next one, that kind of thing. Lead designer Ged Talbert: Obviously Gotham 4′s about to come out and we’re really happy with it, but behind the scenes we’ve already started ripping our game to pieces. We know where we failed in certain areas; for instance we wanted more trackside damage, more particles and smoke effects, a bigger damage system – and all of these things are being stripped out in a post-mortem.
Other things they want to add next time are add off-road tracks and vehicles like quad-bikes. I’m down with quad-bikes. Bizarre: Deserts, ATVs for PGR 5 [CVG] More »
