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The Top 7… Tasteful game heroines (Fable II)

9/11/2009

Like comic books and movies, videogames tend to present an exaggerated representation of men and women. Dudes are typically muscle-bound meatheads with powerful jaw lines and a thorough understanding of all forms of combat, while women generally have back-breaking chests and dress like strippers regardless of their profession. ...

Gaming's would-be innovators (Fable II)

16/09/2009

We recently took issue with the claim that “gaming has not yet had its Citizen Kane”. As you can see, we managed to find 25 games that qualified for that title – and you had plenty more suggestions besides.

We’d have had no trouble whipping up a counter-list of dismal flops. ...

E3 2004: Five Years Later (Fable II)

1/06/2009

Before we dunk our collective heads into the salty man-pool that is E3 2009, let’s take a moment to reflect on the events and images of E3 2004. Just five years ago Nintendo was struggling, Sony was unquestionably on top and Microsoft only had Halo 2 to keep fans attentive. Today… well, it’s a little different, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves ...

Preview promises that didn't deliver (Fable II)

23/04/2009

Resident Evil 5Light and Dark mechanics

What they promised

Prior to the game’s release, Jun Takeuchi, the producer behind Resi 5, promised heat and lighting effects that would genuinely have an impact on gameplay, in turn, distinguishing it from the illustrious fourth game. He hinted when Chris stepped out into sun-kissed areas from dark buildings the screen would blur, as his eyes adjusted to the change in light. Capcom ...

The Top 7… worst games in great games (Fable II)

16/02/2009

Today, we’re taking a timeout to break through the fourth wall of online features about games to highlight the seven worst games set in the worlds of great games. Why? Because these minigames are a special breed of boring. We’re tired of tacked-on gambling activities, awful fictional sports, and stale satires of classic arcade hits that dwell in the bowels of some of the best games ever.

Why does this happen? ...

Warning: This article definitely contains spoilers (Fable II)

6/02/2009

Right, Darth Vader is Luke’s father, Bruce Willis is dead in the Sixth Sense, Brad Pitt and Edward Norton are the same person in Fight Club. There, we’ve just ruined three movies for you. We’re fairly sure you won’t care about us ruining these plot twists by the end of this article, though, as we’re about to spill the beans on 80 (some potentially game-ruining) spoilers. ...

Whose co-op is best? (Fable II)

10/12/2008

Looking for a game you can play with your friends? We’ve dispatched our crack team of editors to sort through six of this holiday’s top games and deliver a verdict on the season’s best co-op offerings. For this feature we focused on high-profile shooters and action games, because it doesn’t really make sense to compare Animal Crossing or LittleBigPlanet to Gears of War or Call of Duty. ...

5 reasons real life should be like Fable II... (Fable II)

3/12/2008

And a couple of reasons it really shouldn't be. A photo guide to life under Lionhead's rules. ...

TalkRadar 24 - too many games! (Fable II)

24/10/2008

We all know that 24 is the highest number, so therefore this must be biggest, best, super bestest podcast of all time. We’ll let you decide whether or not math is capable of lying so’s we can focus on talking about Far Cry 2, Midnight Club: LA, Tetris Party, Castlevania and the billion other games out this week.

Plus a very special appearance by our “E” rated reviewer and compromising tales of us effing up ...

Fable II: Kinkiest Achievements ever? (Fable II)

21/10/2008

You cheated on your wife with a group of strangers – 5 points! ...

Faces of Good and Evil in Fable II (Fable II)

17/10/2008

Next week, you make a choice. Will you live life as a pure and noble hero, or as a vile and dastardly anti-hero? Will you smile at children, offer help to villagers and stay monogamous to your spouse? Or will you scream at children, offer severed trophy heads to villagers and engage in orgies with everyone but your spouse? In this exclusive interview, we chat with the art director on Fable II about how the game determines all of these vast and dramatic transformations. We’ve also got brand new, exclusive artwork to show you just how much is at stake. ...

Interview: Peter Molyneux opens up about Fable 2 (Fable II)

17/09/2008

The Lionhead honcho and all-round gaming legend talks Fable 2, videogame erotica, and why Americans love destroying the planet. ...

Next-Gen's 30 most anticipated games of E3 (Fable II)

7/07/2008

In choosing games for this list, we kept an eye on games most likely to succeed at the market. We also tried to keep in mind potential critical reception based on developer track record, previous franchise performance, and how the titles have been presented in the media thus far. Naturally we also picked the titles we are most excited to play at the show, but in short, these are the games to keep an eye on, because these are the games that ...

Fable 2 - interview (Fable II)

13/05/2008

We recently travelled down to Lionhead's Guildford HQ to see how the epic sequel to Fable is shaping up. You can check out our impressions here, and read on to see what an enthusiastic-as-ever Peter Molyneux had to say...

The scale of Fable 2's world is huge compared to the first game. We're sick of mentioning it, but the first thing that came to mind was the jump to GTA IV's Liberty City...

Molyneux: The first thing we did ...

10 games to watch in '08 (Fable II)

5/09/2007

Sept 5, 2007 10) Fable 2 It's what we've always wanted out of life - grow a 'stache, embark on epic adventures, bag yourself a lady friend and er... raze entire villages to the ground. After Pete Molyneux shocked the gaming world by revealing a pet dog, he described the potential of a next gen, living, breathing Albion. We bought the dream, ...

TalkRadar UK #11: Special moustache edition (Fable III)

28/10/2009

This week the team talk about how they build features, what character they'd be in a game and Cundy's impressive 'tache ...

TalkRadar UK #6: Gamescom round-up (Fable III)

26/08/2009

TalkRadar 6 - 100% more Scottish than last week's edition ...

GC 09: The five most hotly talked about games at Gamescom (Fable III)

21/08/2009

At any games show there are always a handful of titles that are so impressive they fuel an excitable word-of-mouth buzz that rises above the raucous din of the showfloor. And things at Gamescom are no different. We've seen an absolute ass-load of games since we arrived, but we're only talking obsessively about a select few of them. And after chatting with other show-goers, it's pretty obvious which games have had the most impact and left a ...

GC 09: Fable III trailer, mega-facts and... Natal? (Fable III)

19/08/2009

Lionhead creative director Peter Molyneux used this morning's Microsoft Gamescom conference as a platform to announce Fable III. And, in true Molyneux fashion, he spent a good 30 minutes talking up the game, promising an experience with tougher choices, wider consequences and a generous selection of new game mechanics. So, what can we expect from the third instalment of Lionhead's fantasy RPG? For starters, point your eyes at the Gamescom ...

Which create-a-character is best for making Obama? (FaceBreaker)

30/01/2009

Barack Obama. The most important politician in a generation. A peerless orator. Winner of a historic election. And exceedingly effin hard to recreate in every create a character mode we could find. You’d think the current leader of the free world’s unassuming features would be easy to make with the plethora of chin, forehead and septum sliders most games now have. Wrong.

Not only did we fail to craft convincing Obamas, we ...