The most impressive PSP titles have always been those spun from first-party, console-spawned franchises. Ratchet and Clank, God of War, Resistance, and Motorstorm entries have all set Sony’s handheld firing on all cylinders. Uncharted: Golden Abyss, a prequel to the PS3’s original Nathan Drake-starring adventure, seems to be continuing this …
Read More »Alice: Madness Returns: New DLC suggests that Alice might fail the Psychopath Test
The six new dresses, available in the Weapons of Madness and Dresses DLC Pack, include the Fleshmaiden, which allows you to use the Hysteria ability at any time, and the Checkmate, which doubles damage for all weapons. These would seem to indicate Glibness, Cunning and a Grandiose Sense of Self-Worth …
Read More »E3 2011: Catherine is sexy, horny, and just as bizarre in English as it was in Japanese
We’ve written a lot about Catherine. We’ve played through the import version (here (opens in new tab)) and even done a raucous FAP preview video (here (opens in new tab)). But E3 is the first place that we’ve seen it played after being mostly localized for the United States. We …
Read More »Runic Games at peace with Torchlight piracy
Developer Runic Games may have missed out on millions of dollars inpotential revenues due to the rampant overseas piracy of its RPG Torchlight, but far from lamenting the rise of illegal downloads, CEO Max Schaefer says it’s an aspect of the industry the studio actually embraces. “Millions and millions of …
Read More »Advert for an advert, anyone? Screens from upcoming trailer confirm stunningly-rendered desks for Tomb Raider reboot!
The latest game to get this treatment is this year’s gritty prequel reboot of Tomb Raider – which to be fair, we are all really excited about. There’s a full GC trailer due to hit tombraider.com on the 3rd of June, but in the meantime we have two screengrabs from …
Read More »Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One release date, box art and pre-order bonuses revealed
In addition to a drop date, Sony revealed the game’s official box art (right), as well as a list of special in-game items that will be available as pre-order bonuses from various retailers. They include Mr. Zurkon, the (other) helpful sidekick robot from previous titles, from GameStop; a T-Rex Morph …
Read More »Assassins Creed Revelations revealed at last
We all knew there was going to be another Assassin’s Creed game coming this year – we’ve been seeing teases of it for the past few days, if nothing else – but today, publisher Ubisoft finally let us in on its plans. Set to release this November on PS3, 360 …
Read More »LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars review
You can’t say LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars is lacking in content. It’s packed full of playable characters to unlock, stuff to collect, and worlds to wander about on plastic legs with no knees. Across a multi-threaded campaign spanning events from seasons 1-2 of the TV series The …
Read More »The 100 best games of all time: the argue-scussion
Your hosts As you’re likely already aware, last week we posted our100 best gamesof all time list. Judging by the response from you and other readers around the internets, we ruffled a few feathers and “left out” some key games. We assumed this would happen (of course it would, there’s …
Read More »Quantic Dreams founder hints at future projects, internet rumor mill starts spinning
Heavy Rain was a critical hit for Quantic Dreams, but with no plans for a sequel or any announcements otherwise, the studio’s next move is anyone’s guess. Lucky for our insatiable desire for speculation, the internet is full of guessers, and thanks to a mix of online clues and quotes …
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