Some games just never stand a chance, do they? Hated on from the moment they’re announced for a variety of reasons, they’re critically stoned by journos and gamers long before anyone lays finger on pad. The following titles all fall into this category of pre-release hatred. Whether they betrayed their series’ heritage, alienated PC gamers or their developer simply shouted his big fat mouth off too much; these games loved ... » Read More

14 Jan 2009

How the hell was this ever controversial?!

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For a medium that lets us chainsaw faces off, punch presidents in their plums and slaughter endangered species, it's amazing how sensitive some of us get when developers do things we don't agree with. Certainly there have been many decisions to get us all worked up, whether it's Killzone 2's 'target footage' or Shigsy shedding that last bit of lingering dignity by playing Wii Music like a diminutive Japanese John Williams. That’s ... » Read More

7 Jan 2009

GamesRadar's Anti-Awards 2008

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Just a few weeks ago we celebrated the very best of 2008 with our Platinum Chalice Awards.Today though, we must temper our merriment with disdain and head-sagging shame, for these are the moments that truly made our stomachs turn. ... » Read More

20 Nov 2008

The Surprising Origins of Your Favorite Games

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Believe it or not, but some of your favorite games began life as completely different titles. Balderdash, you might say. Poppycock, even. While it’s known that game development is more rocky than smooth, there have been a number of instances when devs and producers take their widely-anticipated title back to the drawing board. ... » Read More

16 Sep 2008

How modern gaming has made us into wimpy gamers

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Think you're hardcore? By current standards you might be. But you're still a noob. Here's why. ... » Read More

10 Jul 2008

Gaming's Most Revealing 'Oops' Shots

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Pixels, polygons and pants. Game ladies' indiscretions caught in still-frame. ... » Read More

18 Jun 2008

Kick-ass powers that game characters forgot they...

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Cutscene after cutscene, they exhibit planet-shaking combat abilities and a level of indestructibility which would make God himself jealous. But as soon as you pick up the controller? The Incredible Hulk turns back into Bruce Banner and all of those showboating tricks and superhuman powers disappear into the ether. Just why do game characters save their best tricks until we've already done all the hard work for them? Here are the worst offenders. ... » Read More

7 Feb 2008

Devil Am Cry: DMC4 install time video comparison

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Devil May Cry 4 needs almost 5GB of hard drive space and a 20-minute install time on PS3. So we figured we should see how far you can get on the 360 version in that time. Video inside! ... » Read More

10 Jan 2008

Cartoon Spin-Offs: The good, the bad and the WTF!?

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Jan 10, 2007 We're all used to seeing games make the jump from small screen to silver screen. But getting sprinkled with a little Hollywood magic isn't the only way that our favourite game characters can be packaged to appeal to a broader audience. Every so often virtual heroes of gaming dodge the bright lights of a blockbuster movie (or, indeed, a veritable cinematic craptacular) and find themselves transformed into a cartoonified persona. But which of gaming's iconic faces have been treated ... » Read More

21 Dec 2007

Devil May Cry 4: PS3 vs Xbox 360

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Dec 21, 2007 A couple weeks ago, we ran a preview of Devil May Cry 4 that mentioned offhandedly that the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of the game, based on our brief time with them, looked and played identically. Unsurprisingly, this prompted a few readers to crawl slowly out of the woodwork, chanting in arcane rhythms about "framerate" and "processing power" and "memory" and generally calling bullshit on our assertion. Having finally received near-complete versions of the game from Capcom, ... » Read More

26 Jul 2007

Sony Gamer's Day - revealed!

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Originally posted on May 22, 2007 Months before the 2007 Electronic Entertainment Expo, Sony Computer Entertainment of America flew a small army of journalists down to its headquarters in San Diego for its Gamer's Day, a pre-E3 sneak peek at games set to arrive on its PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2 and PSP platforms. Featuring dozens of games from Sony and third-party publishers, several of which were unveiled and/or made playable for the first time, the event was a staggering look at a swarm ... » Read More

27 Apr 2007

Devil May Cry 4: a week of exclusives

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When you look back at what the PlayStation 2 is, the tone for action-adventure games was entirely set by the original Devil May Cry. The series shaped the very way we think about 3D action, sword fighting, gun slinging and adventure. With Devil May Cry 4 set to hit the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 later this year, the developers at Capcom are banking that they can recapture the lighting in a bottle that made the series such a formidable killer the first time around. Over the course of the ... » Read More

27 Apr 2007

Devil May Cry 4 - hands-on

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Devil May Cry shaped the very way we look at action-adventure games on the PlayStation 2. It wasn't until God of War came along, four years later, that we even began to consider new ways to play them. So now that we're moving to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, what does Devil May Cry 4 do that will yank the series back into the spotlight? Well, the obvious answer, and the most immediate one when you finally sit down in front of Devil May Cry 4, is "look really pretty." Across the net, ... » Read More

26 Apr 2007

Devil May Cry 4's creative minds

PS3 Feature | Devil May Cry 4

Director Hideaki Itsuno is the man who's responsible for every aspect of Devil May Cry 4. According to Itsuno, "The director takes care of the particulars inside the game - storyline, quality, things like that." You know, nothing important. Here, he took the time out to explain his vision for the ... » Read More

25 Apr 2007

Coming to grips with Devil May Cry 4's new hero

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24 Apr 2007

Crazy-ass Devil May Cry bosses

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If a man defines himself by his enemies, then Devil May Crys Dante must be borderline schizophrenic. One minute hes fighting hells lava-spewing minions - the next hes shooting a giant canary on a pirate ship. Before lunch hes murdering hordes of marionettes - afterwards hes slicing up an orangutan in an abandoned train station. In a world of increasingly humanoid bosses, Devil May Cry takes the grand old tradition of packing some of the most misshapen, misguided and mental bosses possible into ... » Read More

24 Apr 2007

Devil May Cry 4 interview - the men behind the...

PS3 Feature | Devil May Cry 4

When we traveled to Japan to check out Devil May Cry 4, we were give an opportunity to sit down with the game's director, Hideaki Itsuno and its producer, Hiroyuki Kobayashi. We interviewed them at length on the latest developments in the majorly popular series. Be sure to check out the latest movies and screens by hitting the Images and Movies tabs at the top of the page. To jump straight to Kobayashi's portion of the interview, click here. Here we ... » Read More

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