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Lair Wises Up, Gets Analogue Controls

5:30PM Luke Plunkett | Poor Lair. Looked gorgeous, but, yeah. You know. Controls. Sucky. Well, the rumour that was so good it turned up twice in February has been confirmed by Sony, with a Lair patch due in Japan on April 17 adding the option of analogue controls for the much-maligned shooter. I know what you’re going to say next. “Who gives a rat’s arse? It’s too late”. And sure, on one hand, you may be right. On the other, though…this might bump the game from a C to a B- on your ratings scale. Which would mean picking it up on the cheap (and pretty soon, it’s gonna be cheap) wouldn’t be the stupidest thing you did this year. Analog Controls Coming to Lair [IGN] More »

Lair Analog Patch Confirmed?

2:40AM Mike Fahey | Often rumoured and much desired, Doug Allen from the IGN Blogs has reportedly gotten his hands on the analog controls for Factor 5’s much-maligned PlayStation 3 game Lair, and claims they are the bomb – quite possibly the bomb diggity. I played it and Holy shit; Greg needs to give them a new score. It was kind of clear that Factor 5 put in the extra effort a little begrudgingly, but the results were amazing. This might push me over the edge into the “must buy PS3″ territory. I also mentioned Greg Miller’s name, and the Factor 5 guys burned a hole through my skull with their looks of hatred. I think they’ll be alright once the patch is out for a while though. Sounds good to me, though since this is just a guy in a blog post we’re going to have to chalk this up as a rumour right now. Why no official confirmation yet? With all the new stuff to look at, who is going to drop by the Lair kiosk? GDC 2008 Crazy Shit Report #1 [DugBuzz's IGN Blog - Via QJ.net] More »

Lair Score Wins IFMCA Award

9:00AM Mike Fahey | The International Film Music Critics Association have announced their 2007 award winners, and this year sees the debut of their Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media award, which recognizes the increasing importance of music in gaming and gaming as an entertainment medium. This year’s winner is John Debney for the wonderful score to Lar for the PlayStation 3. While I didn’t spend much time with the game myself, the music did indeed stand out, to the point where I thought it was a bit wasted on the game. If you’d like to hear this award-winning music without having to shell out $US 59.99 for a game hardly worth $US 59.99, then hit up iTunes, where the whole shebang can be yours for $US 9.99. 2007 AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED BY INTL FILM MUSIC CRITICS ASSOCIATION [Film Music Magazine] More »

Factor 5 To Tweak Lair Controls?

3:49PM Luke Plunkett | In between trying to convince IGN that the only people who found Lair’s controls to be woeful were “hardcore” gamers, Factor 5 boss Julian Eggebrecht raises the possibility that those same controls might be tweaked in a future update for the title: If we find a chance in the future that would bring Lair to the audience which didn’t get any access, that would be fantastic. I can’t say anything quite yet, but there might be something in the works there. We might have a chance yet to bring those back to the table and hopefully, if that should happen, they would give the game a second chance. Now, he might be talking about “doing a Capcom” and bringing it to the Wii, but since their Wii game is all-new, that’s doubtful. No, he’s probably talking about a patch or the PS3 Greatest Hits/Platinum re-release coming bundled with the option of stick controls. Or both! Lair 2.0 on the Way? [IGN] More »