PlayStation

Go To Gravity School With Inversion 101

All right class, what is the first rule of shooters? Stay behind those low walls? Namco Bandai explains why that strategy may not work anymore.


July 9, 2011
PlayStation

This Grenade Toss Is Unrealistic And Great

Why, yes, Namco’s February 2012 game Inversion will let you raise and lower the gravity of enemies and objects, letting you toss them and crush them. Plus the game includes zero-gravity combat and neat sequences that have enemies (or you!) running around on the walls and ceilings, as if up was down or right was down, etc.


June 9, 2011
Xbox

The Library Will And Won’t Still Suck In The Halo Remake, Same With The Graphics

The people who are making the 10th-anniversary Halo remake call Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary a “gift to the fans”.


June 8, 2011
PlayStation

Inversion Will Turn Your Mind Upside-Down

A lot of non-gamers I’ve talked to say that one of the reasons they don’t play is because the rapidly moving camera makes them feel sick. After playing Inversion, a third-person cover-based shooter from Timeshift developer Saber Interactive, I think I understand how they feel.


April 21, 2011
PlayStation

The Uneasy Shooter Inversion Focuses On The Gravity Of War

Cover based third-person shooter Inversion looks and feels very much like other cover based third-person shooters – Gears of War, for example – with the exception of one major thing: gravity. That and a rare innovation with one other video game staple, the exploding barrel.


April 6, 2011
PlayStation

This Great Inversion Trailer Has No Gameplay But Still Succeeds

Remember Inversion? If not, it’s the gravity flipping shooter that Namco Bandai first announced way back in 2009. We last saw the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 game in action at last year’s Gamescom. Now we have a new look at Saber Interactive’s third-person shooter… sort of.


March 16, 2011
PC

Battle: Los Angeles The Game Is Shorter Than The Movie

Released last week to poor reviews, alien invasion flick Battle: Los Angeles runs 116 minutes long. The video game tie-in lasts less than half of that.


February 5, 2011
Xbox

HD Halo Remake Coming In November?

The rumoured HD Xbox 360 remake of the original Halo: Combat Evolved will be released on November 15, 10 years after the Xbox classic debuted, Joystiq reports. Series creator Bungie wouldn’t be involved. Microsoft hasn’t confirmed, though we’ve asked.


August 24, 2010

TimeShift Weighs Heavily On Inversion

Saber Interactive created 2007′s TimeShift, a first-person shooter with a time-twisting gimmick that wasn’t particularly well received. Now they’re back with Inversion, a third-person shooter with a gravity-twisting gimmick. Will history repeat itself?


October 21, 2009
News

Namco Bandai Defies Gravity With Inversion

A cop and his neighbour scour the gravity-twisted, alien-infested streets of their city in search of a missing boy in Inversion, a 3rd person shooter for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 from Namco Bandai,