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Rage (Rage)

Nov 26, 2008

Beautiful game engines for less than beautiful beasts roaming beautifully grimy corridors. From their birth in 1992, this has been the id way. Wolfenstein, Doom, Quake: grim, grimmer, grimmest. However, if up until now their artistic direction was based solely on Event Horizon, then Rage marks an influx of new DVDs onto the id film shelf. ...

Rage (Rage)

Sep 26, 2008

This is id Software’s first properly new game since 1996. Just think about that. Various versions of Doom, Quake, and Wolfenstein have marched from id’s Texas offices over the past 12 years, yet the team’s creative muscles haven’t flexed on anything fresh for more than a decade. ...

Maximum PC gets down with Carmack (Rage)

Jul 23, 2008

Our friends down the hall at [Maximum PC] had an opportunity to speak with id co-founder John Carmack after the big EA press conference yesterday (where id surprisingly announced a partnership with EA to publish Rage). They grilled the legendary game developer (and part-time rocket scientist) about id's post-apocalyptic shooter, the state of gaming graphics, and what his plans are after id Tech 5. Rage looks be a drastic ...

Rainbow Six: Lockdown (Rainbow Six Lockdown)

Feb 25, 2006

The grizzled, realistic military shooter Rainbow Six first dropped into counter-terrorist action in 1998 against a backdrop of arcadey, sci-fi shooters like Unreal Tournament and Quake. Rainbow and its two sequels were swiftly dubbed "thinking man's shooters" due to mature presentation and hyper-tactical gameplay. Rainbow Six: Lockdown's previous installment, Rainbow Six: 3, wasn't just hard; at some points it was simply an exercise in masochism. But, finally threading the needle and beating ...

Rainbow Six Lockdown (Rainbow Six Lockdown)

Aug 18, 2005

As much as people air concern over whether EA will one day acquire - and maybe assimilate - Ubisoft, another pressing question is whether anyone would notice. Together with the upcoming Prince of Persia 3, the Rainbow Six series is at the heart of claims that the publisher is slipping into a familiar business model that champions regular updates to a cluster of bankable franchises.The heavy delays experienced by Lockdown, the series' fourth instalment, make this a difficult accusation to prove ...

Rainbow Six Lockdown (Rainbow Six Lockdown)

Jan 7, 2005

Tom Clancy's best-selling techno thrillers have probably done as much to fuel paranoia about international terrorism as the ranting of bin Laden, Bush and Blair, but they don't half inspire decent videogames. Clancy's original Rainbow Six novel, a chunky doorstop of a book, has spawned around ten squad-based shooters over the years (we lost count trying to add up all the PC expansion packs) and the latest, Rainbow Six 4, looks set to continue the series' strong pedigree.Developed once again by ...

Rampage: Total Destruction (Rampage: Total Destruction )

Mar 2, 2006

You don't have to love classic monster moves to enjoy Rampage: Total Destruction, but it helps. Midway unleashed a fresh batch of screens for its old-school building basher in late February, and we got a little bit of hands-on time to go with 'em. Total Destruction sticks close to Rampage's arcade roots; players control giant monsters (more than 25 of them, including giant sharks and octopi) as they go on a nearly brainless tear through modern metropolii, smashing buildings, eating people, and ...

Ratatouille - first look (Ratatouille)

Mar 2, 2007

If Ratatouille weren't based on a film, its story - about a rat named Remy who wants to become a world-class French chef - would probably elevate it to weird-work-of-genius status. As it is, this platform-hopping adventure is relegated to the realm of baby games, although that doesn't mean it should be ...

Ratatouille - first look (Ratatouille)

Mar 2, 2007

5 things you'll hate about Ratchet & Clank Future (Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction)

Aug 17, 2007

Right now, every other major game-news outlet on the planet is telling you about the trip they took down to developer Insomniac's headquarters in Burbank, Calif., last week to play Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction, and how awesome the game is going to be. We took the same trip, but even though we liked what we saw, and even though we're confident Insomniac won't release anything less than a top-notch product, there were a few things that got under our skin. They got under a lot of ...

E3 07: Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction - hands-on (Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction)

Jul 13, 2007

Ratchet and Clank, the alien Lombax-and-robot duo whose adventures helped define the PS2 era, have gone through a lot of changes over the last few years. with Ratchet covering himself up with more and more armor (leading up to the ridiculous Master Chief outfit from Ratchet: Deadlocked), his weapons have gotten increasingly ridiculous and Clank has gone from pursuing a movie career to being shut out of the game entirely (again, see Deadlocked). With Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of ...

Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction)

Jun 7, 2007

Since their adventures in the Shadow Sector in Deadlocked, our heroes have been enjoying some well deserved R&R. Ratchet has been pondering his origins, and his lonely life as the only known Lombax in the universe. Enter Emperor Tachyon, leader of a race of hideous insect-like creatures. Hes been obsessed with wiping out the Lombax for centuries and now hes come for everyones favorite kitten of mass destruction. The Emperor attacks in the opening moments of the game, resulting in a ...

Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction)

May 9, 2007

You wouldnt know it from the games sub-title, Tools of Destruction, but this is supposed to be a return to the series early days when platforming and exploring the colorful, cartoony world took precedence over blowing the hell outta stuff. Not that theres anything wrong with outright carnage when youre blessed with weapons as inventive as the ones Ratchet has been lucky enough to lay his hands ...

PS3 Ratchet: It's not all about guns (Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction)

Apr 12, 2007

Building on the bright and breezy world youve already seen in the trailer for Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction, new screenshots have been released for their first foray onto the PS3, and it looks absolutely gorgeous. Equally stunning is the confirmation from developer Insomniac that the series will move away from Ratchets aggressive, combat orientated exploits in Up Your Arsenal and Gladiator to return to its platforming roots. The intention, according to Insomniac president Ted ...

Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters - updated hands-on (Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters)

Dec 12, 2006

Through four PS2 entries, we've seen what a furry hero and his hetero- robot lifemate can do. Ratchet & Clank has become one of the best action/platformer series in the videogame world, and it's brought guns to 3D platformers the same way Mega Man did with 2D. The love train keeps on rolling with Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters for PSP. Developed by High Impact Games instead of series creator Insomniac, Size Matters still feels just like previous Ratchet titles. The designers' goal is to ...

Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters (Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters)

May 24, 2006

Tuesday 23 May 2006 When the titular stars of one of the PlayStation 2's most explosive character-action franchises go on vacation, you have to expect things to go haywire. It seems that mere minutes after our wrench-toting space cat and his robot buddy settle down on the beach, some mechanical meatheads in Hawaiian shirts turn up and kidnap a young girl. What's a dynamic duo to do but grab all their guns, grenades and gadgets and start shooting up the place? Of course, this being PSP, you ...

Pre-E3 06: Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters - hands on (Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters)

May 8, 2006

When the titular stars of one of the PlayStation 2's most explosive character-action franchises go on vacation, you have to expect things to go haywire. It seems that mere minutes after our wrench-toting space cat and his robot buddy settle down on the beach, some mechanical meatheads in Hawaiian shirts turn up and kidnap a young girl. What's a dynamic duo to do but grab all their guns, grenades and guts and start shooting up the place? Of course, this being a PSP, you have to anticipate a few ...

Raw Danger - hands-on (Raw Danger )

Jan 4, 2007

As much as we love the survival horror genre, it can grow out of proportion at times. We get chills with every new Silent Hill or Resident Evil, but escaping is always simple: stop playing and get back into reality. Reality, however, can be just as frightening, as the upcoming disaster-themed action adventure Raw Danger proves. Think about it - a day that's so bad, it's got to be a nightmare. If you remember the movie The Day After Tomorrow, then you already have an idea of what sort of terror ...

Rayman Raving Rabbids (Rayman Raving Rabbids)

Mar 6, 2007

The Wii version of Raving Rabbids may have turned out pretty good, thanks to a fairly unique mix of minigames that made effective use of the remote and nunchuk. But its back to the trusty side-scrolling blueprint of yore for ...

Rayman Raving Rabbids - more minigames (Rayman Raving Rabbids)

Nov 15, 2006

About a month ago we walked you through five of Rayman Raving Rabbids' whacked-out minigames. Now, just days before the game's release, we've prepared a final, quick look at three other games that'll make you wonder what the developers were smoking when they thought up this maniacal scenario. In case you've missed the basic setup, the limbless hero Rayman has been captured by insane rabbids. They're either too scared or too stupid to do a lot of things on their own, so they put Rayman through ...