December, 2011

• 14 December

  Dominic Cooper gets Summer In February

  

  Former History Boy and Abba warbler Dominic Cooper has joined the cast of turn-of-the-century drama Summer In February, based on the well-received novel by Jonathan Smith. He will appear opposite Dan Stevens, best known for period cliché factory Downton Abbey (but whose fearless turn in Andrew Davies’ superb miniseries The …

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• 14 December

  EA announces Command & Conquer Tiberium Alliances – a free-to-play MMORTS

  

  (opens in new tab) EA isn’t kidding around about bringing Command & Conquer back. Beyond giving BioWare, one of it’s best studios, creative lead on Command & Conquer: Generals 2, the publisher is also readying a free-to-play MMORTS for launch as well. It’s called Command & Conquer Tiberium Alliances, and …

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• 14 December

  Resistance: Burning Skies Vita preview axe murdering across the Washington Bridge

  

  Remember Resistance: Retribution? It was an attempt at getting an FPS to work on the PSP, and it turned out to be an admirable attempt, since we rather liked that game, but let’s face it: controlling any type of movement by using the face buttons as a janky d-pad is …

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• 14 December

  Alan Wake officially coming to PC early next year

  

  Announced way back in 2005, Alan Wake was originally planned for release on PC and the just announced Xbox 360. By 2010 the game at last hit the 360 to some fanfare, but PC gamers looking to experience the Stephen King/Twin Peaks vibe were left out in the cold. Today, …

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• 14 December

  Ask GR Anything: What are the most expensive games in the world?

  

  Ask GR Anything is a weekly Q%26A column that answers questions submitted by readers (as well as questions we’re particularly curious about ourselves). Got a burning question about games or the industry? Ask us in the comments below and you may just get it answered! We’d like to preface this …

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• 13 December

  Nolan: Why Rises Is Set Eight Years After The Dark Knight

  

  But don’t worry, he says – it’s not gone all sci-fi with “crazy make-up” (though there was some pretty crazy make-up in The Dark Knight, come to think of it)

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• 13 December

  2011 Platinum Chalice Game of the Year nominees: Portal 2

  

  This Friday, we kick off GamesRadar’s sixth officially annual Platinum Chalice awards, a celebration of the best of what the industry’s given us in 2011. In the run-up to the awards, we’re doing something a little different. Every day this week, we’ll reveal one of our five Game of the …

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• 13 December

  G.I. Joe: Retaliation gets a first trailer

  

  The first trailer for G.I. Joe: Retaliation has landed online, and as you might have expected, it’s very big and very loud. What you might not have expected however, is that it’s also a lot of fun! The film sees the G.I. Joes terminated bar a few survivors (including Adrianne …

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• 12 December

  10 things I learnt while making a videogame (by a games journalist)

  

  I woke up on New Year’s Day with one thought: “I’m going to make an iPhone game”. It’s something I’ve wanted to do for a while, but the New Year seemed the perfect place to start. The game is called Squeak’s Dreams and is a 2D platformer about a mouse …

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• 12 December

  Tribes: Ascend interview with Todd Harris

  

  Developer Hi-Rez Studios may be new to the series, but Tribes: Ascend is a Tribes game through-and-through: a solid core of class-based team tactics coated in breakneck speed and precision aerial combat. We have a lot to say about the closed beta (opens in new tab) (we’re loving the hell …

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