Tag Archives: Action

It was rumoured yesterday,but having been in touch with Sony myself, I can confirm it today. First-party and second-hand are going to be a little less cozy from now on, as far as the PS3 is concerned. Starting with Resistance 3, Sony is rolling out its own PSN Pass system,mimicking …

What’s the coolest thing about playing as the Transformers? If you said “driving around as a car and never ever being a robot” then you probably work for Activision. That’s right folks: in Dark of the Moon – Stealth Force Edition for the Wii you never play as Transformers in …

We’ve had our fun, handing out irreverent awards with silly titles likeMost GraphicsandArtsiest-Fartsiest, but now it’s time for tradition. Time to be serious and actually pick – no jokes – our favorite game from E3 2011. First, the nominees… The Nominees: Batman: Arkham City Arkham Asylum was our 2009 Game …

You know what else I love? Goichi ‘Suda51’ Suda. Despite the fact that I’ve just referred to him as a “what” rather than a “who”, I’m a mighty big fan of the punk-ass,No-More-Heroes-creatingmentalist’s work, and I reckonteaming up withex-Resident Evil boss Shinji Mikami and ex-Silent Hillboss and composer Akira Yamaoka …

One of the disappointments of Nintendo’s E3 conference was the lack of Nintendo games revealed for its new Wii U console. It was great to see that the new machine will be getting games like Assassin’s Creed, Darksiders II, Arkham City, Ghost Recon etc. But it would have been nice …

Publishers, are your star developers taking too long between entries for your biggest franchises? Fans moaning that the new sequels aren’t as good as the old ones? Well the HD remake collection is the solution for you! Konami has shown that it understands this handy modern fix, with the Silent …

At long last, Aliens: Colonial Marines hasbeen given acold, hard release date. Well, release month – actually, more like release season. After five years of gestating in Gearbox Software’s stomach, SEGA today announced the long-anticipated shooter based on FOX’s sci-fi film franchise will burst through in a haze of blood, …

Listen up Noir fans! LA Noire has become a fairly divisive game around our office, but I for one don’t care. I love me some film noir, so I thought it’d be fun to remove LA Noire’s music track and insert iconic scores from some of my favorite film noir …

Look at games! The sky. The trees. The grass. The water. All of these things look real. And games will continue to get more real-looking as technology throws us ever closer to a promised land of perfect visual fidelity. Just this week, for example, Rockstar’s LA Noire will introduce character …

Voice actor Nolan North, who’s most famous for his role as Nathan Drake in the Uncharted series, joked that he will “burn someone’s house down” if the upcoming film adaptation directed by David O. Russell is bad. Is this really the best person for Uncharted voice lead Nolan North to …