PC

Taking A Different Approach To Far Cry 3′s E3 2011 Demo

Ubisoft’s E3 2011 demonstration of Far Cry 3 was—obviously—not the only way to run through the jungle and get to the chopper. Flexibility and player choice are key in Far Cry games, which Ubisoft illustrates in the above gameplay demo.

It’s the other way to skin the cat that was Far Cry 3‘s E3 showcase, plus some commentary from Ubisoft Montreal on next year’s game. You can revisit the other way to complete this same objective, with commentary, afterward.

Far Cry 3 is on the books for a 2012 release on the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.


June 10, 2011
PC

Far Cry 3 Sanely Delivers The Same Results, With The Same Methods

Perhaps ironically, perhaps not, Far Cry 3 opens with a psychotic bandit lecturing you on the nature of insanity. Crazy is doing the same thing, expecting different results, goes the oft-quoted saying. And again, for the third time now in this series, you are surrounded by a jungle, up to your arse in trouble.


December 10, 2010
News

Far Cry Piracy Case Walking The Plank

Earlier this year, the US Copyright Group filed a lawsuit against 4577 people it accused of pirating the movie Far Cry, a big screen adaptation of a 2004 PC shooter. In December, things aren’t going so well.


December 1, 2010
News

Wait, Dolph Lundgren Is Working With Uwe Boll?

Hot off his work in high-profile action feature The Expendables, Nordic thespian Dolph Lundgren will be working with Uwe Boll.


September 9, 2010
News

Nazi Zombies, Auschwitz And Uwe Boll

Uwe Boll, the German filmmaker best known for his film versions of video games, is helming two movies about World War II. Both films were shot back to back. One is based on a video game and features zombie Nazis. The other?


June 8, 2010

"You Gonna Read This, Fisher?" The Art Of Enemy Taunts

I can’t think of another game so destroyed by its dialogue as Splinter Cell: Conviction; not by bad lines alone (which are nothing novel in gaming) but by the way Ubisoft’s designers and programmers used them.


November 19, 2009

Far Cry Trailer Does Not Make Us Cry

Released in Germany back in 2008, Uwe Boll’s cinematic adaptation of the video game Far Cry is now making its way to home video. Here’s the DVD trailer, recently posted by IGN.


March 28, 2009
News

Steam Weekend Deal: Four Ubisoft Classics For $10

Steam concludes its week long sale salute to Ubisoft by offering four classic titles from the publisher for just under US$10, including Beyond Good and Evil and the original Far Cry.


December 16, 2008
Uncategorized

Spend Two Days With Uwe Boll In LA This Week

Whether you are morbidly curious or just a glutton for punishment, there’s no finer place to be in Los Angeles on Wednesday and Thursday than the Uwe Boll Film Festival at the Downtown Independent.


October 23, 2008
Uncategorized

Far Cry 2 Lands On Steam, But Only For North America

Hey, kids. Far Cry 2 is out. Ubisoft has shipped the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of the game to retail stores, letting you shoot things in Africa with really excellent foliage. Valve also got in touch with us to let us know that the Steam version has hit the tubes, with one caveat: it’s for the U.S., Canada and Mexico only.