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These Screenshots Are Fake!

Warning: Do not believe your eyes. Not even a little bit

Words: Ben Richardson, GamesRadar UK
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Duke Nukem Forever

This is actually the winner of a DNF fake screenshot contest, so all the hard guessing work is done for us. The Gila Monster logo, though, is so right for the game we wouldn't be surprised if this was a real screen, in some backwards reverse anti-marketing skit by DNF devs 3D Realms.

PS3 in-game XMB

The things people fake is always amusing. Who fakes an in-game XMB? That said, the fuzzy focus and indistinct image behind the XMB do add to a decent - if never convincing - attempt. Still, why not fake something interesting?

Super Mario Galaxy DS

Sorry. That thing about the in-game XMB was awesomely dull. So why not enjoy this fantastic fake footage of the DS-compatible unlock apparently hidden away inside Wii's Super Mario Galaxy to take away the dreary mind-taste.

Half-Life 2... Again

Another trick for fooling people with your fake image is putting "HL3 Demo" followed by meaningless letters in the corner of the screen. It doesn't work if you've just pasted the HUD over a photograph, though. Doh.


 
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Chiropteran  - 1 year 1 day ago 
One reason for doing some of these, is to learn how to use Photoshop, or whatever graphics package you're using. (There's something other than Photoshop?) It's the posting them as 1) original art or, in this case 2) as authentic screen shots that's the sad thing. My daughter is learning photoshop. What better way to learn texture blending and lighting angles.
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oryandymackie  - 1 year 1 day ago 
DS Halo? FYI, people who think the DS is a "serious" console, no.
Well you might just fit Master Chief's head in.....
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Corsair89  - 1 year 1 day ago 
A Death Star in Star Trek? Nice...
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damaddok  - 1 year 1 day ago 
LOL@ Halo 3...Again. I could almost make out the G-Man in the background.

Most of them were stupid, but Super Mario Galaxy DS...that was believable. I kinda wish it was real.
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AbleCluster  - 1 year 19 hours ago 
Wow! Sim City sure has come a LONG way now hasnt it.

Jess
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nubs  - 1 year 17 hours ago 
The in game XMB is real, not sure who you have checking to see if the screenshots are fake.
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Oronkira  - 1 year 15 hours ago 
lol halo 3 and star treck. loved it, who would waste their time doing fake pictres like these?
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CH3BURASHKA  - 1 year 35 minutes ago 
By the way, with all the of the Killzone screens, it reminds me of the actual story. I haven't played the first (didn't have a PS2), but from what I gather it wasn't a great success, and the hype for the new one is shaky at best.

I have been looking through the story and the history of Killzone of the official website, and I gotta say, it is fucking mindblowing. It's great not because of it's originiality (space marines and colonialization, etc), but that the future they've painted with the story is so believable (the only problem with it is the timeline; within 200 years the human race has completely evolved into the Helghast, not probable). If they incorporate the story at least into the manual or make a history book based on it, I'd buy that shit.

Speaking of, why the hell don't video game companies market the shit out of games with history books (not fan fiction shit)? I'm sure that the Halo series (an easy target) would sell even more copies (if that's even possible) if, before 3 came out, they put out a complete history book for the common crowd to buy and be invested in the story and the universe.
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MyThIC  - 5 months 1 day ago 
halo on DS...pff¨
I can image Mastere Chief saying :"I need a stick for my totchscreen"...no!
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jddillon_187  - 5 months 1 day ago 
Death Star in Star Trek was my favorite, I'm a star wars lover myself, so trekkies getting mad is always fun in my books
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GeneralTickTock  - 4 months 30 days ago 
yeah the DSi is a joke (an overpriced joke at that)and halo on DS? that will never happen for several hundred very good reasons.
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LinkSceptile333  - 4 months 26 days ago 
The DS is one of the better consoles out there right now...

Also, the guy who made the Mario Galaxy DS video is the same one who made the Nintendo ON.
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nikrusty  - 4 months 12 days ago 
wow Call of Duty stuff looked awesome!!!!
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Kikyabut2  - 4 months 7 days ago 
the Half-Life 3 one looked really good, until i noticed the crowbar was blue, lol. okay, so maybe i didnt notice anything until i read about it in the article... GET OFF MY CASE!!
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Kikyabut2  - 4 months 7 days ago 
mario galaxy DS... wow... such losers XD
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Kikyabut2  - 4 months 7 days ago 
i just saw the Trek one XD my cousin likes star trek and seeing the death star in an acyual game might make him go insane XD
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fandude66  - 3 months 25 days ago 
halo on ds is rubbish its a disgrace to the halo franchise.
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ZombieCrazed  - 3 months 9 days ago 
Halo 3 in Half-Life environments? Oh, to dream...
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shadow000  - 3 months 9 days ago 
i noticed a ds super mario galaxy flaw when you get all 121 stars you unlock a third character in wii galaxy.(can't remember the character though but it is on the unlockables for the gam on this site)
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seifer93  - 3 months 3 days ago 
The Half Life3 one looks so awesome, and I would love to play with those additional characters in Super Smash
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