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Game Critics Awards: The Best of E3 08 (Fallout 3)

Aug 5, 2008

It wouldn't be E3 without any subsequent fanboy bickering over which game or console "won" the show. Well, bicker no more, because the Games Critics Awards, an independent coalition of 36 US games journalists from various media outlets, has just released their Best of E3 2008 list. Any game present in hands-on playable form was eligible - so if you're wondering why Fat Princess isn't Best of Show, there you go. ...

7 ways to spot an impending crap sequel (Fallout 3)

Jul 31, 2008

So many sequels, so much hype, so little time... Let our foolproof guide help you cut through the crap before it's even released ...

Fallout 3: post-play interview (Fallout 3)

Jul 21, 2008

With my five-hour play session with Bethesda’s Fallout 3 fresh in my mind, I sat down with Lead Producer Todd Howard and Lead Designer Emil Pagliarulo to pick their brains about what I’d just seen. We printed some highlights in the September issue of PC Gamer, but Todd and Emil had more to say than we had pages to print on. ...

E3 08: Resident Evil 5 VS Fallout 3 VS Left 4 Dead (Fallout 3)

Jul 17, 2008

They are three of the most hyped games of E3 – Fallout 3, Resident Evil 5 and the new AAA pretender Left 4 Dead. They are two of the most powerful, influential and deeply hungover games journos on the planet Stephen Pierce, the Global Editorial Director of GamesRadar and George Walter the Editor of GamesRadar UK. We put them all together to see if these highly anticipated games deserve their hype. But with only around 20 minutes with ...

E3 08: 11 ways Fallout 3 will kick Oblivion's ass (Fallout 3)

Jul 15, 2008

Fallout 3 is more than just a sequel to one of the most beloved PC RPG series ever - it's also a spiritual successor to The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, probably the single most ginormous game of the current console generation. Created by Bethesda, the same developer behind that sprawling fantasy epic, Fallout 3 has some pretty huge shoes to fill - but judging by what we've seen so far, it took one look, scoffed and is currently at work on an ...

Before the fall (Fallout 3)

Mar 28, 2007

The good people over at sister mag PC Zone recently spoke with developer Pete Hines from Bethesda about Fallout 3 and the mixed emotions surrounding the title. Heres what he had to say. “Weve said this before and well say this again: not everybody is going to agree with the game were making: its a solid-gold lock,” exclaims a tired and emotional Pete Hines when we ask him about the forthcoming Fallout 3. Hes just spent a long day plugging the hugely anticipated Oblivion expansion ...

Far Cry - hands-on (Far Cry)

Jan 22, 2004

Far Cry has been talked about with great enthusiasm from the moment Crytek's first-person shooter was revealed. We were treated to five single-player levels of the latest code and the quality of the game before us never fell below impressive. Just this once, believe the hype...You play Jack Carver, a boat-for-hire mariner, and his latest fare has gone the way of the pear. Cocksure reporter Valerie crossed his palms with a ludicrous amount of silver to buy a ride to a paradise island. However, ...

Far Cry 2: Exclusive dev team interview (Far Cry 2)

May 28, 2008

Far Cry 2 dazzled eyes and blew minds when it was unveiled at the Leipzig Games Convention last year, and its blend of open world gameplay, stunning visuals and exciting new environmental mechanics have made it one to watch intently ever since. Read on, as we interview Producer Louis-Pierre Pharand, Tech Director Dominic Guay and Creative Director Clint Hocking about why Africa is going to be the place to be later this year. ...

It came from Africa (Far Cry 2)

Nov 20, 2007

Nov 20, 2007 In March 1898, two maneless Tsavo man-eating lions preyed on workers during the construction of the Ugandan railway. The pair, part of a testosterone-charged sub-species of lion local to the area, killed an estimated 135 people - their efforts later immortalized in the Val Kilmer film The Ghost and the Darkness. In late July of this year five men from Ubisoft Montreal were spending a night under canvas in the same area. “We couldnt see anything - we just heard an elephant ...

Far Cry 2 - interview (Far Cry 2)

Aug 21, 2007

Three years. It's been three whole years since a the little known German developer called Crytek amazed the PC first-person shooter world with its debut game Far Cry. It came out of nowhere, and proceeded to blow everyone away. But despite its critical and commercial success, the game's publisher Ubisoft then decided to focus its efforts on console development where the franchise was concerned, and it was only last month that it finally announced the long-awaited return of Far Cry to the ...

Pro evolution FIFA (FIFA 08)

Jun 6, 2007

Every year, FIFA starts boasting about the new tricks up its sleeve. But how many of them actually stick around for the next installment? GamesRadar takes a look back at some 15 years of FIFA and the amazing new features it's introduced. And then forgotten about. FIFA International Soccer The original FIFA introduced stunning graphics to the genre. We remember one journalist at the time saying "it looks like Match of the Day." Well... we must all have been more easily impressed back then. But ...

The 5 worst Final Fantasy couples (Final Fantasy VII)

Feb 15, 2008

Final Fantasy might have given us some of the most memorable romances in videogame history - as you can see in yesterday's Top 10 Square Enix Couples feature - but not all of them have been memorable for the right reasons. Whether intentional or simply misguided, the series has always been host to some of the most awkward pairings imaginable. ...

Final Fantasy XI Beginner's Guide (Final Fantasy XI)

May 5, 2006

It's an adventure that never ends. Final Fantasy has always been a finite experience, bounded by a story that reaches a definite conclusion. Not Final Fantasy XI, though. It's been going strong for more than two years in the US, and with the release of the Xbox 360 version this week, it's available to more gamers than ever before. Whether you've just grabbed the new 360 version or got interested because of the Treasures of Aht Urghan expansion pack that hit the PS2 and PC this week, we've got ...

Final Fantasy XI Beginner's Guide, Day 4 (Final Fantasy XI)

Apr 25, 2006

Back to day 3 Day 4: Going it alone Today we'll walk you through the first 10 levels of your adventuring career and give you tips to maximize profit while doing it. Conquest Once you create a character and find your way out into the wilderness, the first thing on your mind is going to be slicing up monsters. But before you begin your bloody career, you should become acquainted with the "Conquest" system. Why? Because Conquest will be where most of your money comes from for the ...

Final Fantasy XI Beginner's Guide, Day 5 (Final Fantasy XI)

Apr 21, 2006

Back to Day 4 The Final Push While gil, items and experience points can take you pretty far in Final Fantasy XI, they're not always the answer. Today we'll help you through some of your first major milestones before pushing you out of the proverbial ...

Final Fantasy XI Beginner's Guide, Day 3 (Final Fantasy XI)

Apr 20, 2006

Back to Day 2 Day 3: MMO Boot camp If you've never played an online RPG before, be prepared to change the way you think. Sometimes it seems like the game bashes you over the head with rules - written and unwritten. So why do people bother? Because it turns out these rules actually help more than they hurt, most of the time - and the games are so addictive, anyway. In Final Fantasy XI, many of the rules are designed to force players to play with one another, and others simply aim to get them ...

Final Fantasy XI Beginner's Guide, Day 2 (Final Fantasy XI)

Apr 19, 2006

Back to Day 1 Day 2: Get a job If you've played other Final Fantasy games, chances are you've run into the "job system." It's a classic - it lets you totally change your character's class and abilities. Even better, once you hit level 18 you can equip a "Support Job" to make your character kick even more ass, with a sackful of new abilites. In total, Final Fantasy XI sports 18 jobs, each more classic than the last. Support Jobs operate at half the level of the main job, but can alter your ...

FlatOut: Exclusive developer diary - part four (FlatOut)

Nov 2, 2004

Mental stock car pile-up FlatOut is released for PC, PS2 and Xbox this Friday and it's already been met by a slew of positive reviews. But what's it like working on a game during its very final stages of development? 3D artist Ilari Lehtinen talks us through it...Here's the good news: this is it. Or very, very close to it. No, we're not gold yet at the time of writing but all the to-do lists on our project server are showing 'OK' or '95%' for almost all tasks. We'll have fierce competition in ...

FlatOut: Exclusive developer diary - part three (FlatOut)

Oct 18, 2004

Bugbear's 3D artist on FlatOut, lari Lehtinen, talks about a crash-test dummy's worst nightmare, alcohol-inspired petrolhead mentalism and Ragdoll Olympics in the penultimate part of our exclusive developer diaries.In this part I'll fill you in with one of the most talked about aspects of FlatOut. As you can probably guess by now, I'm talking about the poor ragdoll driver who gets flung out of the car when the player crashes badly enough. Seatbelts in FlatOut are for wussies, and following that ...

FlatOut: Exclusive developer diary - part two (FlatOut)

Oct 1, 2004

Developed by Finnish petrolheads Bugbear Entertainment, mental stock car pile-up FlatOut is not for the faint-hearted Sunday driver. Thanks to completely destructible cars and worlds and persistent, dangerous debris, each and every lap is more fraught than the last. In the second of a series of exclusive developer diaries, Bugbear's Ilari Lehtinen - the game's 3D artist - talks us through the creation of the game's environments...Last time we gave you a and now it's time to look at the ...