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59 levels to play before you die: G - L (Half-Life 2)

Mar 21, 2008

Legions of exasperated gamers whined that Kratos' escape from the bowels of Hell - complete with rotating columns of bladey cartilage, platforms of bone and two huge towers of spinning blades - was 'stupid', 'cheap' or 'toohardIwantmymummy!' but we loved it. ...

Gordon Freeman: Strongest personality in gaming (Half-Life 2)

Jan 18, 2008

18th Jan, 2008 [Warning: Like our Portal article from December, this piece features some pretty heady discourse, and also benefits from a visit from Mr. Narrative Theory. If that stuff makes you run screaming, then feel free to run screaming. Also, if you haven't completed Half-Life 2, leave now. This contains some inhuman spoilers.] Half-Life 2 is widely and rightly regarded as a modern classic. In terms of both gameplay and artistry there have been few, if any, games in the FPS genre which ...

Interview: Half-life 2's David Speyrer (Half-Life 2: Episode Two)

Jan 17, 2008

David Speyrer was interviewed for his job at Valve on the day the original Half-Life went gold in late 1998. He started working there soon after, just as Half-Life 2 began its lengthy development. Since then, hes risen through the ranks from programmer to project lead. Now, David talks us through some of the processes that led to Half-Life 2: Episode Two being the remarkable game it is. Warning: if you havent played Episode Two yet, there are spoilers ahead. Has Episode Two taken you anywhere ...

Flash Gordon (Half-Life 2: Episode Two)

Jul 26, 2007

Having written sci-fi and horror novels such as Dad's Nuke, The Orchid Eater and The 37th Mandala, Marc Laidlaw joined Valve in 1997 during the development of the original Half-Life. He's a charming guy, and given the opportunity to speak on his specialist subject, he does so perceptively and at great ...

Valve's industrial revolution (Half-Life 2: Episode Two)

May 18, 2007

Back in 1996, two Microsoft executives quit their spectacularly high-paid jobs, formed a games company and made the best game ever. Twice. They didnt like the way retailers were throttling the industrys creativity, so they cut them out. They did what a lot of mod teams were doing, they hired them. They published any game they liked through their digital distribution network, however commercially risky, and saved several independent developers in the process. Their revolution was so successful ...

The Top 7... Failed Franchises We Know How to Fix (Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix)

Feb 18, 2008

Videogames, television and movies frequently overlap. With so much cross pollination, you'd think the biggest and best film franchises would have respectable game adaptations by now, but that's just not the case, is it? Sure there are a handful of successful tie-ins, but many series flop around for years, seeing game after terrible game created with little or no regard for the source material. Well, we're sick of it. ...

Exclusive video tour of Harry Potter's Hogwarts (Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix)

Jun 29, 2007

Harrys back for his fifth year at the school of witchcraft and wizardry in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, which is available in stores now (read our review). To celebrate, we have taken Harry and his friends around Hogwarts to show off the main locations of these magical hallways. We visit the Great Hall, Hagrids Hut and the Gryffindor Common Room, among other instantly recognizable locations. After the tour, grab your wand and transport yourself to the next page to see Harry ...

Busted Cheats: Week 2 - Illinois and global exclusive Huxley cheats (Haze)

Jun 5, 2008

Every week we get hundreds of cheat submissions from our readers to add to CheatPlanet. Only a few of these actually survive the brutal, razor-sharp scrutiny and testing we put them through, and emerge as the fine cheat flavored paste that we put onto CheatPlanet. Most of the leftovers we just throw away, flush them down the internet tube never to be seen again. However, there are a few exceptionally stinky cheats that we feel ...

Is Sixaxis a white elephant? (Haze)

Feb 26, 2008

Ready or not, with 15 months of evidence it's now possible to judge the success one of PS3's most controversial features - the Sixaxis controller. Has the tilty, shaky, twisty gameplay offered by the controversial new pad really been of true worth? Not content with just giving our own expert opinion, we've asked game developers for their thoughts. ...

Why are PS3 games always late? (Haze)

Nov 22, 2007

22nd Nov, 2007 Oh PS3, you really must work on this tardiness. Youre a strong student with a lot of brains, and you can produce good work when you put your mind to it, but with this persistent lateness youre not only letting us down, but youre letting yourself down too. We know youve only just joined us and that youve had to take some time to settle in, but youre really going to have to start applying yourself from now on. Nagging teacher-speak aside, just what is it with PS3 release ...

Haze - interview with Free Radical (Haze)

May 25, 2007

Since Haze was announced, the TimeSplitters team's next-gen debut has been firmly kept under wraps. Leading on PS3 but also in development for Xbox 360 and PC, Haze is trying to bring with it a strong story to the world where just shooting stuff up is what it's all about. At Ubisoft's recent press event in Paris Free Radical's main man Dave Doak was on hand to walk us through the finely-textured jungles and tell us what Nectar is all ...

Lesbian Trysts (Heavenly Sword)

Aug 18, 2008

For some, it may be a shock to learn that there are actually female gamers out there. More shocking yet may be the realization that some female gamers are gay. If you haven’t gone into apoplectic seizures yet, you may be interested to know that some gay female gamers enjoy illustrations of their favorite characters in compromising situations. Enter lesbiangamers.com with their Lesbian Trysts series, wherein two iconic game babes get ...

Gaming's greatest Fatties (Heavenly Sword)

Feb 22, 2008

Just in time for Black History Month, GamesRadar is proud to present a completely unrelated article about fat people. Chubbies are everywhere these days. Your next door neighbor could be a fatty. More than likely, your mom is one, too. Oh, Snap! ...

Heavenly Sword's slimiest moments (Heavenly Sword)

Sep 12, 2007

Sept 6, 2007 Whatever complaints critics might have about Heavenly Sword's action, it's undeniable that its visuals - particularly its cutscenes - are some of the most striking to ever be put into a game. And it's the individual characters that really stand out, with hyper-expressive faces and broad, theatrical performances that are simultaneously riveting and ridiculous. At the center of it all is actor Andy Serkis, best known for his portrayals of King Kong and Lord of the Rings' Gollum. ...

Get the most out of Heavenly Sword (Heavenly Sword)

Jul 27, 2007

By now, most of you PS3 owners out there have probably downloaded the disappointingly short Heavenly Sword demo, plowed through it in fewer than five minutes and wondered what all the fuss was about. That was our first reaction, too, when we played the same demo during E3 - until we sat down with the game's producer, Kyle Shubel, and he told us what we were doing wrong. While you might never guess it from a quick play-through, the Heavenly Sword demo can be a sublime, endlessly replayable ...

Console Cameos (Home)

Feb 20, 2008

Most of us play games to escape reality. For a few brief moments, the trials of the material world trickle away and your only concern is how many goddamn gold coins you can collect in an hour. Then, out of nowhere, a friggin' Xbox 360 console shows up in the actual game and all your suspended disbelief goes right out the window. And it happens more often than you'd think. So often, in fact, that we had little trouble in amassing a large ...

Evil Dead done in Everybody's Golf (Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds)

Jul 25, 2008

A few weeks ago, we recreated the famous intro sequence to The Naked Gun using Grand Theft Auto IV. So we thought we should try something else. Something a bit more unlikely. Welcome to The Evil Dead in Everybody's Golf: World Tour on PS3, which we've redubbed 'Everybody's Dead'. ...