Nov 27, 2007
Rumours of an Elder Scrolls MMO have taken a fresh turn following the licensing of MMO tech HeroEngine by Bethesda sister company ZeniMax Online Studios.
ZeniMax Online has been set up to focus purely on development in the massively multilayer online arena.
HeroEngine has also been licensed by BioWare for its still top secret MMO, which rumours have said is set in the world of KOTOR.
What's HeroEngine?
Creator SimuTronics explains, "HeroEngine is an MMO development team's
EA has joined forces with three indie developers - Trapdoor, Borne Games, and Vanguard Games have all signed deals with the publisher, which will be releasing one game from each on XBLA, PSN, and PC next year.
That's great, but now let's see which developer is the most excited to be working with EA. GO!
Oct 25, 2007
Ever wanted to be evil? Really evil? Well, then you're mostly out of luck. Videogames are awash with brooding anti-heroes who are gruff and mean but ultimately good, but genuine villains in the lead role are pretty rare. For that matter, the few games with villainous leads tend to defuse them by pitting them exclusively against people who are even worse than they are (Manhunt, GoldenEye: Rogue Agent), or by playing up the whole "evil" angle for laughs (Overlord, Disgaea).
Boo to
Official ELSPA Entertainment Top 20 Software Chart (all prices) - week ending 17 September1 (NE) The Sims 2 Nightlife(PC)2 (NE) Burnout Legends(PSP)3 (NE) Fahrenheit(PS2, Xbox, PC)4 (2) Brian Lara International Cricket 2005(PS2, Xbox, PC)5 (5) Incredible Hulk Ultimate Destruction(PS2, Xbox, Gamecube)6 (1) Rainbow Six Lockdown(PS2, Xbox)7 (NE) Total Overdose(PS2, Xbox, PC)8 (20) Cricket 2005(PS2, Xbox, PC)9 (NE) Madden NFL 06(PS2, Xbox, Gamecube)10 (3) Delta Force Black Hawk Down(PS2, Xbox,
Volition has released seven minutes of Saint's Row: The Third gameplay heaven. Well, it's heaven if you have an affinity for blasting pedestrians out of man cannons, smacking civilians with giant purple dildos, committing crimes in a furry suit, blowing up crap with a tank or calling in unnecessary air strikes. If not, this could very well be taken as seven minutes of offensive, juvenile, gameplay demo hell, but that doesn't have as nice a ring to it...
With their minds firmly fixed on sparkly new games and the like, whenever the press converge on a conference they tend to waltz past the event's employed meeters and greeters without so much as a grunt of acknowledgement, never noticing the sterling work the hosts are doing as they shepherd the shambling herds of nerds. But not GamesRadar. We appreciate these lovely people and we want to get to know them better. So at last night's Microsoft Conference we thought we'd take the time to find out a
Remember when politicians were oblivious to the depths of gaming culture? Those days are long gone.
Last October, Congress began investigating virtual worlds to determine how the in-game earnings of those who play might be taxable. Although not always officially sanctioned by the developers, players have been converting in-game currencies and goods to real life wealth since the early days of Ultima Online, with Second Life real estate mogul Anshe Chung claiming last year to have earned more
Sept 11 2007
Blizzard, MMO super-developer, is reportedly busy with an as-yet unannounced project. As well as finishing the new World of Warcraft expansion, knocking together Starcraft II and (we hope) beetling away on Diablo III, Blizzard is creating something called Hydra. Do these guys never sleep?
Hydra's cover was accidentally blown during last week's Austin Game Developers Conference. Charlie Demerjian, of news site The Inquirer, was trundling along behind two Blizzard chaps whose
The general consensus prior to GamesRadar entering the Culver City studio lot was that this was a make or break press conference for Sony. After the highs of E3 2005 (the one with the PS3), the lows of 2006 (the one with the crab) and more recently, widespread concern that the PS3 isn't selling as well as Sony had hoped, it needed to be a whiz-bang of a show.
It wasn't. But... it was slick, focused and largely free of technical hitches, empty promises and the dreaded target footage. The big
We're almost there. Since Monday we've counted down our greatest gaming moments from 101 to 31 and if you've missed any of the action so far we recommend that you get busy with the links below:
Day one: 101-71
Day two: 70-51
Day three: 50-31
Today we bring you our penultimate collection, which includes appearances from some big name virtual superstars such as Mario, Link, Sonic, and Snake.
Make sure you join us again tomorrow for the final countdown as we reveal our top 10 greatest gaming
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