They won’t tell us whether this spring’s 10-years-later remake, Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary will use the Kinect for voice control, gesture control or what, but Microsoft did tell us today that the game’s Kinect suport won’t compromise the quality of the original game. More »
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If you thought all developer Bizarre Creations can do is driving, wait until you see Daniel Craig driving his fists, knees, feet and elbows into the easily broken bits of his enemies in Blood Stone 007. More »
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How do you make sure people play something other than a Jedi or Sith in Star Wars: The Old Republic? By making sure the other classes can kick Force-sensitive arse. More »
If you want to get a good idea of how Dante handles the minions of hell in EA’s Dante’s Inferno, you’ll need a montage – a Dante combat montage. More »
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Namco Bandai’s MagnaCarta 2 is in stores today, which makes it an excellent time for a combat walkthrough video! More »
Cryptic Studios’ latest installment of Ask Cryptic on the Star Trek Online website neatly puts to rest one of my biggest worries about the game – how space combat is handled. I’ve spent far too many years battling starships both in video game and miniatures game form to have the experience reduced to a simple point and click affair. Players will definitely be given full control. A large portion of starship combat in Star Trek Online is tactical – manoeuvring your ship into position so you protect your vital systems as you attack your opponent’s weakest side. You need to be “in control” of your ship in order for that to work well and be fun.
One of the most highly anticipated games for the PlayStation 3 is finally here, with Warhawk available on the PlayStation Network for digital download and rushing to store shelves as we speak. $US39.99 online nets you the game and what promises to be a very lengthy download indeed, while for $US59.99 at the store you get a convenient installation platter along with a Jabra Bluetooth headset in exclusive shiny piano black. Fancy! Hit the jump for the official press release. More »
