PC

Bulletstorm Probably Won’t Get A Sequel, PC Pirates Blamed For Poor Sales

Bulletstorm, one of 2011′s more surprising critical successes, wasn’t as big a hit at the register, with Epic Games boss Mike Capps telling GameSpot that “From a sales perspective it was good, but not amazing. I think EA was hoping we’d do better.”


December 24, 2011
PC

The Week In Unbelievably Gorgeous Screenshots

A couple weeks back I ran an enjoyable feature on Duncan Harris, the video game photographer behind the website DeadEndThrills. Harris takes some of the most evocative, beautiful video game screenshots I’ve ever seen, and we’ve been sharing some of his work each week here.


November 8, 2011
Xbox

Kick Ass In Bulletstorm With Your Actual Boot, Courtesy Of Kinect

I’ve yet to see convincing evidence that a first-person shooter (or indeed, any kind of non puppet-based shooter) could work on the Xbox 360′s Kinect motion controller. That said, if I had to pick an FPS that would work well with the hardware, it would probably be People Can Fly’s highly physical Bulletstorm.


October 8, 2011
PC

Bulletstorm’s Creator Says All The Cussin’ Was ‘A Bit More Than We Really Wanted’

Bulletstorm, released in February, is probably still 2011′s most foul-mouthed game. It may be 2012′s most foul-mouthed game, too. It coined the term “dicktits” after all.


August 10, 2011
Xbox

You Can Thank This Man For The Look Of Gears Of War

Epic Games has a common visual style running through all its games. Gears of War looks like Unreal Tournament which looks like Bulletstorm. If you’ve ever wondered why that is, well, wonder no more.


July 23, 2011
PlayStation

Bulletstorm Didn’t Make Money, But It Was Worth It

Mike Capps, president of Gears of War development studio, doesn’t regret Bulletstorm. That game got a lot of hype – and some extraordinarily odd press coverage – when it was released earlier this year.


April 15, 2011
Xbox

Everything You Need To See In The Gears Of War 3 Beta

Kill your enemy. Chainsaw a dude in half. Unlock stuff. Level up.


PlayStation

Download Bulletstorm’s Soundtrack For Free

The space-pirate tale Bulletstorm also brought a soundtrack suited to its popcorn-flick tone and motifs. The game’s full 24 tracks are now available for you to grab, 100 per cent free, with 0 per cent cussing from Grayson, Trishka or Sarrano, courtesy of Epic Games. the file is a 130MB .zip and the audio is .mp3. [Epic Games]


April 13, 2011
Xbox

From Gears To Games On Demand, This Is Xbox Live For April

April is shaping up to be a big one for Xbox 360 owners, especially if they like getting their hands on Gears of War 3 early. That multiplayer beta leads a long list of content that Microsoft confirmed for April today, from Xbox Live Arcade games to deals on tons of other stuff.


March 26, 2011
PC

Tearing Apart Arseholes Is A Dirty Job, But Someone Has To Do It

Over-the-top first-person shooter Bulletstorm features some painful-looking, biologically questionable special kills. These gory demises raise questions, such as, “Who is responsible for rendering an asshole torn apart by a power drill?” Meet People Can Fly special effects artist Jose Teixeira.