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Marvel vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds hands-on

Daniel van Leeuwen — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 05:00:48 +0000

Last year, most of the oldschool hardcore fighting games made their revival with titles like Tekken 6, King of Fighters 12 and Street Fighter 9. This year, Tatsunoko vs Capcom, Super Street Fighter 9 and Blazblue were added to that list.

Swords and Soldiers: Coming to your console!

Dennis Chafiâ — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:05:38 +0000

The only casual-type of game I got to see yesterday was Swords and Soldiers, made by Dutch developers Ronimo. The game is a 2D real-time strategy, with side-scrolling gameplay. The game is about three factions (Aztecs, Vikings and Chinese Empire). The different groups all battle to gain the honor of the gods, using different aspects of battle. The player can select different characters to build towers, fight against their enemy, collect money and mana, or even rain fire from the sky. The ultimate goal is to break through to the end of the level, destroying your enemy’s base.

THQ Announces Downloadable Red Faction Game

Dennis Chafiâ — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 08:26:48 +0000

THQ announced that a new title will be released on both Xbox live arcade and PlayStation Network in 2011. The game will be a fast multiplayer game, where big vehicles create chaos above and below the surface of Mars, staying consistent with the previous Red Faction titles.

Halo: Reach Preview

Brandon Sacharanski — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:53:42 +0000

Story- As we sadly come to the end of the Halo Series this one is taking you all the way back before Halo: Combat Evolved ever happened. The story is a noble team of Spartans who make their last stand to preserve the planet Reach. If the planet falls, the Covenant can easily make there way to Earth. This Halo will feature new and better graphics, while the characters, enemies, and environments are beautifully detailed. As you defend Reach from the attack you will be astounded by all the new enemies, weapons, and the ways to play that Bungie put into the game.

The rise of Unity

Daniel van Leeuwen — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:45:26 +0000

A couple of years ago, when I got the idea to create games, I was looking around for interesting engines I could use. I stumbled upon a very new engine under the name Unity 3D, it had a very small community but some of their demos on the website were very promising, showing millions of polygons and beautiful landscapes right in my browser.

I was blown away and wanted to check out more, at that time however the engine was only available under MacOS and I had to continue my search, but always kept that little engine in the back of my head. Often visiting their website I witnessed how the engine was growing under MacOS users and updates came in with very cool new features like iPhone publishing.

ThinkTank: Microsoft Press Conference.

Patrick Traynor — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 09:17:10 +0000

As the E3 press conference for Microsoft the year comes to a close, and people who decided not to go to the conference or forgot to go are still punching walls over not getting a free Xbox 360 slim (Okay, maybe only I am).

Motion-sensing, role-playing games and the rise of Nintendo

Tom Kerkhof — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 08:38:53 +0000

Thoughts on E3 2010

E3 2010 is now over and now that I’ve recuperated from all the news and announcements, it’s time to make up the balance. It’s a shame I couldn’t witness it first-hand, but luckily we live in the age of internet, so I got my daily updates of game trailers, interviews and what not. And from what I saw, the E3 didn’t disappoint as much as I initially feared: in fact, I’m quite satisfied. My expectations before hand weren’t especially high, but I crossed my fingers and hoped Nintendo would redeem itself and make up for the lost years. And for me, they did. Nintendo stole the show. I’ve seen so many good things from them this E3 I don’t know where to start. I got the feeling Microsoft really wanted their Kinect thing to be a big deal, but from what I saw, it’s pretty dull. You’d almost fear they follow in Nintendo’s footsteps and try to be popular with all target audiences except gamers (I don’t think they will, fortunately).

Microsoft Changes Xbox 360 Box Art?!

Patrick Traynor — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:38:48 +0000

Microsoft has recently updated their cover art for new Xbox 360 titles.
If anyone that has pre-ordered, or even viewed the box art of Mafia II or Kane and Lynch: Dog Days, you might have noticed the updated Xbox 360 logo.

No More Room On Your 360 HDD? No Worry’s The 360 Will Support USB Soon

Maikel De Bakker — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:37:24 +0000

USB Memory support hits Xbox 360 on April 6 and the Flash Drives hit in May.

This is what Major Nelson has to say about it:

On April 6th, we will be releasing a system update over Xbox LIVE for your Xbox 360 that will allow USB flash drives to be used for storing profiles, game saves, demos and more. I’ve been testing this feature out for a few weeks, and I have to say it’s really great. Once you take the system update on April 6th, you’ll be able to connect your USB flash drives to your console and head over to the memory section to configure your new storage device. Once you do that, the system will conduct a one time performance and integrity check to confirm the drive is working properly. You will then be able to configure how much storage to use on the device, up to 16 GB. The remaining space on the flash drive will be accessible by your PC or Mac. USB Hard drives may work, but like flash memory, you’ll only be able to use up to 16GB of space. Since performance on flash based USB storage is usually better, I highly recommend using flash based instead of spinning media like a hard drive…it’s just going to give you a MUCH better experience.

Original Xbox live to be disconnected by April 15th.

Patrick Traynor — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:33:35 +0000

Microsoft has announced that it will cut support for all of it’s original Xbox Live games. That means, no more DLC or online play.

An employee at Microsoft was quoted saying;