Ever get that feeling like there's something else waiting to impress you, past what's on the agenda? That's how we felt at this year's E3. Sure, we saw a lot of games and were impressed by, several of them. But there were still blank notepad pages which we'd reserved for some of our most eagerly-anticipated titles as we left on the final day. Where were they? We've compiled a list of the biggest no-shows at E3. Starting with... FIFA 08 (PS2, PS3, X360, PC, PSP, DS, Wii) Admittedly, we were ...
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16 Jul 2007

100 Best Games Ever

PC News | PC

If it wasn't for lists, our grocery bills would be astronomical and our pantry would be in shambles. If it wasn't for rank, the military would resemble fraternity row instead of the pinnacle of humorless discipline country music has taught us to revere. So thank goodness someone has come along and put all our favorite games in a nice, neat row so we finally know what's best and which order to appreciate them. Joking aside, the folks at EDGE has put together a pretty damn good list of the 100 ...
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16 Jul 2007

Enter Zul'Aman

PC News | World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade

Regular raiders can look forward to Zul'Aman, a new instance coming down the pipeline in Blizzard's upcoming World of Warcraft patch. Located in the southwestern region of the Ghostlands, Zul'Aman will be a 10-man level 70 raid. With its intimate party size and lack of any attunement or reputation requirements, Zul'Aman seems designed to provide smaller raiding parties and guilds burnt out on Karazhan with some fresh stomping ...
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16 Jul 2007

Blizzard: Top secret new game is "totally awesome"

PC News | PC

Blizzard Entertainment has described a top secret game it currently has in development as "totally awesome.” It's pretty widely known that the developer is currently working on more than the recently announced StarCraft II, Blizzard re-affirming that a brand new title is in production with Gamasutra. A third team at the studio - handily named Team 3 - "is working on something really awesome. I can't give you any hints, but it's totally awesome,” Blizzard founding member Frank ...
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16 Jul 2007

Roper on Hellgate online: We're not ripping people...

PC News | Hellgate London

Flagship Studios boss Bill Roper is adamant the developer isn't ripping people off with the subscription-based access to Hellgate: London online multiplayer. "We wanted to have the best of both worlds: to give people the free experience they're expecting, because this is from the Diablo team, but at the same time to provide continuing content," Roper told PC Zone magazine before discussing exactly what players will get for their $9.99 a month. He continued, "We want to be able to stream ...
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16 Jul 2007

Fallout 3: factsheet

PC News from N4G | Fallout 3

Vault-Tec engineers have worked around the clock on an interactive reproduction of Wasteland life for you to enjoy from the comfort of your own vault. Included is an expansive world, unique combat, shockingly realistic visuals, tons of player choice, and an incredible cast of dynamic characters. Every minute is a fight for survival against the terrors of the outside world Â¿ radiation, Super Mutants, and hostile mutated creatures. From Vault-Tec®, America's First Choice in Post Nuclear Simulation.
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16 Jul 2007

Fallout 3 - it's got gore like Gears of War

PC News | Fallout 3

Fallout 3 - the post-apocalyptic RPG from Oblivion creator, Bethesda - has the soupiest, most splattery gore that we've seen since Gears of War. A well-placed bullet scatters dome debris like pebbledash, with eyeballs and bits of brain identifiable amongst the pile of post-headshot sticky bits. Have a look at the chunks flying in the image below to see what we mean. But don't expect this atomic role-player to be anything like the heavy-booted Xbox 360 shooter - the similarities start and ...
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16 Jul 2007

Epic Talks Unreal Mods on PS3

PC News from N4G | Unreal Tournament III

PC - Unreal Tournament III - Epic Talks Unreal Mods on PS3

Epic's Lead Producer Jeff Morris told Kotaku that the mods will be created on a PC and then "cooked" to work better on a PS3 using a built-in option. That file can than be slapped onto a Memory Stick and imported into the PS3 version of the game with the console's built-in MS reader.

He said the company is also looking at ways of making the mods downloadable through an in-game browser on the PS3 and perhaps even Home.
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16 Jul 2007

E3 07: The food of E3

PC News | PC

E3 is extremely trying. The long hours, the endless appointments... Companies try to heal our wounded souls with nourishing food. But how well do they do? Screw rating the games - we're going to rate the free ...
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15 Jul 2007

Retailers Leaving Second Life

PC News from N4G | Second Life

PC - Second Life - Retailers Leaving Second Life

Many real world retailers are starting to abandon Second Life after finding overinflated residental stats, no real viable markets there and in some cases facing flat out hostility from Second Life residents.
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