Digital Extremes, long-time partner of Epic and developer of Unreal Championship and Dark Sector, has added to the crossfire aimed at Unreal Engine 3.
In an interview with Australian site Gameplayer, Dark Sector director Steve Sinclair claims that the company opted out of using Epic's ever-popular engine so that it could hit its desired release date.
"A lot of promises were made about the Unreal Engine 3, particularly on PS3," he said. "But as we see now, the time frames haven't been met and
A level designer who was the lead on BioShock’s Arcadia area has “de-made” his creation as a Doom 2 mod, and posted it on his personal blog for you to download and play.
Mercifully, he’s also included instructions to help you get it up and running on a modern PC. The .txt release notes are a surprisingly interesting read too, and get deep on the design process in BioShock. If you’re at
A level designer who was the lead on BioShock’s Arcadia area has “de-made” his creation as a Doom 2 mod, and posted it on his personal blog for you to download and play.
Mercifully, he’s also included instructions to help you get it up and running on a modern PC. The .txt release notes are a surprisingly interesting read too, and get deep on the design process in BioShock. If you’re at

On the subject of cashing-in versus making games with passion, Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford says, "It's kind of like when you meet a girl - 'Would I do her or not?' You can make that decision in five seconds, and the customer's going to do the same thing. 'Are they just trying to monetize me, or are they offering me real value?'"

In the blue corner we have The Greatest of All Time. In the red corn... screw it. We just can't bang the mega clichéd phrasing out. What we can do is tell you we'd back Chun Li's thighs of granite in any semi fair fight. That, and we can also inform you that you should vote for The Fighting Game of the Year at this month's Golden Joystick Awards. Full details inside.
An overwhelming majority of gamers are male, so it makes perfect sense for every marketing team in the world to target their software at young guys. And what do all men ages 18 to one zillion love? Girls, gore and big loud machines. If they could make a game about a firefighting bikini squad that hunts down zombies in a decked-out sex/fire truck, world peace would be declared. But until that day, we have to settle with regular old T & A.
Developers are well aware of this, so occasionally
Wednesday 19 April 2006
Japanese developer Hudson Entertainment will be including a flight game for Revolution in its line-up for this year's E3.
The game is currently being referred to as 'Flight Game' and will allow players to control planes using the 'gesture function' of the Revolution controller, then take planes through stunt sequences and bombing runs.
Also in its line-up for E3 is another Bomberman game called Act Zero, which will be released for Xbox 360, and an update of the Dungeon

More good news for frugal gamers. If you’ve been on the fence about whether or not you should pick up Borderlands, you might want to pick up the Game of the Year edition, which will include four DLC campaigns and early access to the Duke Nukem Forever demo…