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
How interesting is a picture of a lanyard? Or a V.I.P cardboard party pass. Probably to most, not very. However, we at GamesRadar have decided to disregard this apparent fact and offer you anyway a selection of the very best in lanyardery, tickets and passes from in and around this year's E3.
Enjoy the artistry. Savor the design craft. Revel in the abysmal photography. Yes ladies and gentlemen, you have been granted an access-all-areas pass to a feature about invites to parties and events you
Quick question: What's the first thing you see when you boot up a game for the first time? OK, yeah, a loading screen, a bunch of company logos and a title screen, but what about after that? You see an intro sequence, a carefully constructed bit of (usually) non-interactive wizardry designed to hook you into the game and get you interested in its characters and plot in those crucial early moments of play.
Of course, not every developer realizes how important a decent intro can be, and they've
Get your hands on a PS3... easy
You probably won't be able to buy one this November, but it shouldn't be too hard to get some time with a PlayStation 3 - behind glass, anyway. Sony has announced plans to install 15,000 playable demo kiosks of PS3 at retail locations in the US and Canada in time for the system's launch - five times what the company offered for PS2, our sister site Next Generation reports. It should be pretty simple to figure out if the thing's worth $600 when you see it in
Oct 3, 2007
Wireless signals have always been prohibited on planes, but they don't know when you're playing Mario Kart DS against your mate at the back of the plane, so who cares, right?
Well, now the air police in Japan are wise to our deception and so they've completely banned the use of DS and PSP on flights altogether. Plane journeys just got even more unbearable.
It's down to the same old pish; Japan's transport ministry says that the console's ability to emit electromagnetic waves can
Aug 22, 2007
You know how everytime there's a big videogame awards show, something goes wrong? Sometimes it's Crash Bandicoot 12 winning best FPS, sometimes it's Pac-Man being given the lifetime achievement award for his contribution to the racing game genre, sometimes it's the fact that Jamie Kennedy is there, but the point is: you always find yourself yelling at the TV, magazine, or computer screen about how you could do it better. Well, here's your chance.
It's time for the Golden Joystick
Aug 22, 2007
Emerging straight out of Sony's press conference currently underway at the Leipzig Games Convention are Sony's plans to turn PS3 into a digital TV receiver and recorder with a new PlayTV service due early 2008.
Sony will release a small digital tuner box (pictured) that will enable PlayTV on your PS3, which will allow you to record and (simultaneously) watch freeview digital TV.
Users will also be able to transmit the signal to their PSP via Wi-Fi locally, or via the internet
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
What can we learn about the future of gaming by looking at what's survived the past? We've picked out our seven favorite precursor games that sired some of today's most successful hits. Read on to find out what jump started GTA III, who the Big Daddy's father is, and how you just might be able to figure out Halo 3's ending before the game releases.
Marathon begat Halo
Dual-wielding pistols, integrated voice chat, King of the Hill, and a super soldier with way too many guns. No, we're not
If you just started playing games in the past five or six years, you wouldn't understand just how insanely popular professional tomb raider Lara Croft was in the late '90s. Her bountiful assets and explorative gameplay captivated untold legions of gamers, and now her first raid is getting a 10th anniversary remake for PS2, PSP and PC, courtesy of Tomb Raider Legend developer Crystal
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