Archive for March, 2009

Just Cause 2

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Preview: Total freedom, total destruction, it’s Rico time!.
252,840 football pitches. Not even a 40-something journeyman footballer like Steve Claridge has come anywhere close to playing on as many grounds. I don’t envy the guy who had to calculate such an exact number, but 252,840 footie pitches is apparently equal to 1000km – exactly the same size as the South Pacific island of Panau in Just Cause 2.

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PDC World Championship Darts 2009

Sunday, March 29th, 2009

Preview: Archery for the drinking classes.
Not only is darts the only sport you can play with a pint in your hand, it’s also one of the few where drinking may actually improve your performance. If you’re a shaky old alcoholic who needs a few drops to iron out the creases, that is.

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Final Fantasy XIII

Sunday, March 29th, 2009

At last, the first concrete details of how the forthcoming monster RPG will actually handle. We find out how a step backward could push the series forward…
Slowly, ever so slowly, the shape of all things Final Fantasy XIII is coming into view. Square Enix has seen fit to grace us with a new trailer – this time featuring actual gameplay. The first playable demo is only weeks away and in order to get our RPG juices flowing, Square Enix is cranking up its mighty PR machine. As well as the usual high standard of cutscene footage, this month saw a glimpse of how the game will play.

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Football Superstars

Saturday, March 28th, 2009

Interview: Will Football Superstars appeal to harcore gamers and football fans?.
In just over a year registrations for CyberSports’ football MMO have risen at an incredible rate with over 250,000 signed up and 2,000 now joining every day. It’s not just the players getting involved either as lucrative in-game advertising deals with the likes of Nokia, PUMA and Reebok have secured the game’s future as a free-to-play fixture in the sporting calendar.

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35 Modern Warfare 2 Random Requests

Saturday, March 28th, 2009

Feature: Hot off the COD Twitter page.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is quite likely to be the biggest game of this year. We’re banking on E3 in the summer to tell us more. Until then it’s nothing but guess work as the first trailer from the sequel was nothing but a dirty tease.

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Afro Samurai: Focus Kill Frenzy

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

Feature: Seven blood-soaked videos ‘Fro your viewing pleasure.
*Promotional Feature*

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The Conduit

Sunday, March 22nd, 2009

Interview: High Voltage on pushing the boundaries of Wii.
High Voltage Software’s Josh Olson, producer on The Conduit, says that the developer’s upcoming Wii exclusive FPS is both the best-looking game on the console and will offer the best online experience on the system. He’s pretty confident, then. Read on to find out why…

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The Sims 3

Saturday, March 21st, 2009

Interview: How PC’s bestselling series is evolving.
We recently had a chance to chat about The Sims 3 with MJ Chun, associate producer at The Sims Division. Here she tells us how the development team took risks to push PC’s bestselling franchise in a fresh direction, explains what’s being worked on following the game’s three month delay, and lets us in on its new community features.

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