Zak Gorman’s pithy illustrations cut right to the essence of the games he draws, an observation cemented by the fact that most of his strips end in horrible, horrible death. Have a look at his personal blog for some animated game illustrations too.
NCSoft has announced Wildstar, a new MMOG developed by Californian developer Carbine Studios, and in an unusual move has a playable build of the game at this week's Gamescom event in Cologne.
Wildstar casts players as one of four character classes - explorer, soldier, scientist and settler - and tasks them with laying claim to a mysterious planet in the farthest reaches of known space. The announcement kicks off a big week for NCSoft, which also has a new playable build of ArenaNet's Guild Wars 2 at Gamescom.
When Chris Taylor’s Gas Powered Games took over development duties on Age Of Empires Online in early 2011, it felt like Albert Einstein giving up on the unified field theory to open a doughnut shop. Taylor is best known as the creator of Supreme Commander, a vast, stubborn and mentally demanding strategy game. By comparison, Age Of Empires Online is aiming to be a sugary snack; a cute, colourful, free to play crowd-pleaser.
Sony used its Gamescom press conference this evening to announce a global PS3 price cut effective immediately.
SCEE president Andrew House said the cost of the 160GB system has been reduced to €249 in Europe, $249 in the US and ¥24,980 in Japan. A Sony spokesperson later told CVG the console’s price has been cut from £249 to £199 in the UK.
Sony has announced plans to launch a new €99 PSP model in Europe.
The PSP E-1000 lacks Wi-Fi capabilities but will offer access to the full catalogue of PSP software either on UMD or from the PlayStation Store via Media Go.
The design is also slightly different to existing models, featuring a matte charcoal black finish, the same as on the slimmer PS3.
For its ninth year, last week's Edinburgh Interactive moved into its most high-profile spot on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile. Surrounded by the fringe, and buckets of rain, EIF 2011 kicked off with a message that would echo across two days of panels, talks and public sessions: creativity is key.
Press a button in Driver San Francisco and your view flies from the dashboard to a birdseye view far above the city. From here you can take in 210 miles of Fog City’s snaking roadways, traffic and all. The cherry on the cake? It’s all at 60 frames per second.