Friday 5 May 2006
THQ has confirmed that a game based on the brilliantly dark and convoluted Channel 4 series The Sopranos is already in development for PS2 and Xbox 360.
Due to be released at the end of the year, the TV show spin-off will also feature the faces and voices of numerous members of the cast, including James Gandolfini, the bear-like behemoth who plays suburban mob-father Tony Soprano.
The story weaves its way between the first six series of the show by placing you in the
Friday 5 May 2006
FASA, developer and creator of pen 'n' paper cyberpunk game Shadowrun, appears to be hard at work on an Xbox 360 version of its hit dice-rolling RPG.
A page on the official FASA site would appear to show characters from the game and - more importantly - typing www.shadowrun.com into your browser links directly to the same webpage.
The developer is actually owned by Microsoft, which would result in an Xbox 360-only release. And with the classic Shadowrun dice-based system
Some new details on the upcoming episode of Alone in the Dark surfaced yesterday, along with a trailer and a handful of new screens... but sadly, not even the barest of hints at a release date. The newest game in a series that defined the survival-horror genre before it even had a name proposes another first for game structure by focusing on episodic
Codemasters has today confirmed that its much loved and hugely successful off-road series is to reappear after its two year pit-stop as a next-gen racer, under the working title of CMR'07.
Currently penciled in for unnamed "next-generation platforms," the British-developed veteran racer will include all manner of enhancements and new modes alongside its traditional high-speed rallying, with the focus on realism and detail.
Along with the international events, official cars and real tracks,
Even more screens were released today for the upcoming 360 exclusive robot battler Chromehounds. Offering up several metric tons of mechanized carnage, Chromehounds delivers multiplayer machine massacres over Xbox Live. Set in a sort of post-apocalyptic European battleground where nations have been deprived of their radio communications by erratic solar flare activity, wars must be fought using giant Hound
Already hailed as the Killzone killer, Gears of War is the game that has launched a thousand clicks, but now it's time for a few million more as Microsoft has released two more brand new shots.
If you haven't heard of this Xbox 360-exclusive shooter before, you must live in a cave on Mars and only be stealing internet access off a passing WiFi-enabled asteroid. And so, just for you, here is a brief summary: Best. Looking. Game. Ever.
Gears of War is based around a team of hyper-intelligent
Microsoft, in the shape of Peter Moore, its vice president of entertainment, seems to have already conceded defeat to Nintendo and Sony in the battle for E3 headlines.
In a move already seen by many as an attempt to put a positive spin on what looks to be a quiet show for the Seattle giant, Moore said that "winning E3 is overrated; I won it at Sega in 1999 and 2000 with Dreamcast and see where that got me."
With Nintendo promising to finally give the world a taste of its Wii and Sony due to
Big Pussy might have been dumped off the back of a boat, but you can live out his legacy. Except for the bit about squealing on your pals, anyway. Today, THQ announced that it has a brand-new game based on the HBO mega-hit The Sopranos underway. The game will hit the PS2 and Xbox 360 this Holiday
Activision has been granted the rights to produce video games based on the James Bond license. MGM Interactive and EON Productions (the companies that control the digital Bond) announced a blanket deal with Activision that covers "current and next-generation consoles, PC, and handheld platforms." However, there are no specific announcements about specific consoles, software titles or stories - just the simple fact that Activision will be publishing Bond for the next eight years.
Of course,
Thursday 4 May 2006
Ever since Microsoft and Sony unveiled their next-gen consoles at last year's E3 it has been suggested that PS3 would be a more powerful machine and would offer superior graphics. But a developer working on The Darkness for both consoles believes there will be hardly any difference between the two machines in terms of graphics.
Magnus Hogdahl, technical director at Starbreeze, the developer of The Darkness, stated during an online interview that it will be "near impossible
