Today is April 1. April Fool’s Day. Ostensibly a day for fun and pranks, but for anyone looking for news on the internet, it’s a royal pain in the arse. So kids: be cautious.
Hasn’t been a good couple of weeks for Rise of Nations developers Big Huge Games. First they were threatened with closure. Now, according to Develop, there have been a “huge number of layoffs”.
Red Faction: Guerilla is an interesting title. Ditching “destructible” FPS corridors in favour of a sandbox world isn’t something a series does every day, so at the least it’s got something new to check out.
I’m getting married later this year. Need a wedding ring. Funny, then, that at this precise time in history, I come upon this gold ring, made out of the heart of an Atari.
Just in time for April 1! If only more games were played in lederhosen. If only this was real. If only.
So long, Resident Evil 5! You couldn’t hang about feasting on the flesh of the living forever. And, when you finally fell, bullet in the head, of course it was Wii Fit pulling the trigger.
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete isn’t the only FFVII product that is getting a revised release. Book Final Fantasy VII Ultimania Omega is, too.
Games have long preferred visual innovation to audio. I mean, they’re called video games, not video and audio games. But that’s not to say game audio doesn’t deserve recognition!
And it’s called “driving on 2.5 wheels after crashing”, after the Donkey Kong monster truck – and its bow-tied driver – did a few too many big jumps at the Monster Jam World Finals.
Top-down, space combat arcade title Star Trek: DAC is coming to Xbox LIVE this May to correspond with JJ Abram’s upcoming Star Trek reboot.