Tag Archives: Behind the scenes

Funcom has dropped a new developer diary for its forthcoming MMO The Secret World, giving potential Templars, Illuminati and Dragon danger seekers a better idea of the nightmarish locales and supernatural friends and foes they’ll encounter later this year. See how you’ll be hunting werewolves, dancing with devils, partying with …

The Humble Indie Bundle 3 has set a new record for the pay-what-you-want video game charity. This week, the team behind the two-week promotion revealed its latest package of indie games collected over $2.16 million dollars in donations, greatly surpassing the $900,000 earned by its Humble Frozenbyte Bundle predecessor from …

Xbox 360 ownerswillneed to securea sizeable chunk ofhard drive spaceto experience the full extent of id Software’s Rage. This weekend, studio head John Carmack told Quakecon 2011 attendees that acomplete installation ofthe upcoming post-apocalyptic shooter will require upwards of 22GB of HDD room, and there will be no partial fixes. …

Drastic pay cuts and 3DS apologiesweren’t the only news to come from Nintendo’s recent sitdown with investors. According to Andriasang, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata told shareholders the company has taken a renewed interest in digital sales, and that it plans to develop paid transaction systems for both the 3DS and …

Some games may have trained you to run head first, guns blazing into a situation, but sometimes you can get just as much done with words. Our newest video in a series of exclusive, behind-the-scenes vignettes explains how Deus Ex often gives players an option to solve their problems by …

As I hastily reported last month, Saints Row: The Third suddenly becameone of my most anticipated games of 2011 (opens in new tab)seemingly by no longer giving a shit. There%26rsquo;sno more punches being pulled, very little restraint, and quite frankly it looks like its embracing everything a true “sandbox” game …

How do you like your gun-swinging, high-kicking witch protagonists to look?Happy witha figure-hugging catsuit made of hair that drops off a second’s notice? Or would you prefer a big set of sci-fi boots and a long coat? Or maybe something more akin to a Steampunk Harley Quinn would be more …