August, 2013

• 12 August

  The Dyatlov Pass Incident review

  

  How much can you enjoy Renny Harlin’s ( Cliffhanger , Die Hard 2 ) lively found-footage horror depends how forgiving you’re feeling. As an amateur documentary crew head into the Ural Mountains to solve a (real) 54-year-old mystery, we encounter bad dialogue, metronomic plot beats and unappealing characters. Yet somewhere …

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• 10 August

  When The Dragon Swallowed The Sun review

  

  With a Yorke/Philip Glass soundtrack, access to the Dalai Lama and Richard Gere cameo, Dirk Simon’s documentary about Tibet’s struggle for independence would seem to push the right populist buttons. Yet it’s a surprisingly downbeat, reflective affair, as interviews with leaders and activists reveal an unsure movement rife with internal …

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• 9 August

  God of War 2 director returns to Sony Santa Monica for new project

  

  Sony Santa Monica is working on something “freaking huge,” and God of War II director and writer Cory Barlog is coming back to the studio to head it up. “What am I working on, you ask? Good question,” Barlog wrote on the PlayStation Blog. “Sadly, I cannot tell you… yet. …

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• 9 August

  How To Make A Monster

  

  From the SFX Archives: This is an update of a feature that appeared in 2010 1 Computer Graphics (opens in new tab) Director James Cameron gave us cinema’s first true CG monster in the form of the shapeshifting T1000 in Terminator 2 (1991) having experimented with digitally-created lifeforms with the …

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• 9 August

  Arma 3 dated for September

  

  (opens in new tab) Arma 3 will be available in digital and retail stores worldwide from September 12, Bohemia Interactive has announced. However, the studio has also confirmed that the tactical military shooter will release without its single player campaign, which is set to be delivered across three free post-launch …

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• 7 August

  The 10 strangest moments of product placement in gaming history

  

  Gotta spend money to make money One of the biggest complaints from game publishers this generation has been the rising cost of development. Its all too easy to spend tens of millions of dollars on AAA games, leading to the crazy scenario of a release being deemed below sales expectations …

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• 5 August

  Sega bids on Atlus parent company

  

  Sega Sammy is bidding on the financially troubled parent company of Atlus. Bloomberg Japan (via VentureBeat) reports that the house of Sonic is pursuing Index Corp., which among other operations owns Persona and Shin Megami Tensei developer/publisher Atlus. Index Corp. was opened for bids after entering civil rehabilitation, the Japanese …

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• 5 August

  11 amazing sports that really need a video game

  

  Tackling the problem You cant swing a baseball bat or kick a football nowadays without hitting a sports game. Oh look another iOS game where you flick a football into a goal–how lovely. Basketball, football (or soccer, if you prefer to spell honour without the u), tennis–most popular sports have …

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• 1 August

  Will Arnett talks Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

  

  The addition of Will Arnett to the forthcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot was a massive tick in its favour, and according to Arnett, his character will be a little different to the version we know from the comic books. Arnett plays Vernon Fenwick, the cowardly cameraman who frequently tries …

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• 1 August

  Capcoms Deep Down is an online PS4 game – trailer

  

  The second Deep Down trailer has revealed that the new Capcom IP is an online game. Featuring glimpses of a series of creepy monsters in a subterranean environment, it also suggests there’s a horror element to the fantasy game, which was announced for PS4 in February and runs on Capcom’s …

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