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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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)
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »BLOG Dear Santa
If Santa could make any Christmas wish come true, what would you wish for? Bloggers Steven Ellis and Kell Harker team up and discuss their top geeky wish list items
Read More »The SFX Factor: Round Seven
It’s double elmination time! Who’ll be leaving the building? And voting for the final seven commences
Read More »50 Greatest Movie Swimsuits
Piranha 3D (2010) The Models: Kelly Brook and Riley Steele, a former Page 3 girl and a porn star. All the ingredients are there… The Swimsuits: Dental floss bikinis ahoy! Nice, primary colours too. Not that this one was aiming for the lowest common denominator or anything. Blue Crush (2002) …
Read More »Massive Black interview from making art to making games
You may not have heard of Massive Black, but you’ve heard of its clients. Since 2003, the collective has grown from a handful of concept artists, animators, and 3D models to a full-on commercial art house supported by an international team of digital artists. The studio’s done work for Blizzard, …
Read More »Hands-on with Sifteo Cubes – this years strangest new way to play games
Amidst a holiday onslaught of AAA blockbusters, a trio of unlikely suspects pulled our attention away from slick shooters and ambitious adventures. The Sifteo Cubes are to blame, and they’re quite unlike anything we’re touched before. These one-inch displays are encased in durable, kid-proof plastic, but this is one case …
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