Not content to dose the water supplies of modern genres with hallucinogens and performance-enhancing stimulants, Grasshopper’s Suda51 is turning his hand to old-time games where you only have two dimensions to move within and both of them are bastard hard. Black Knight Sword promises “A throwback to the classic platformers …
Read More »New Dark Souls trailer is predictably intimidating
From Software has released new gameplay footage from its Project: Gamer Rage (aka Dark Souls), revealing a little more about the terrifying tumor spiders, head crab dragons and iron giants set to terrorize players in the upcoming Demon’s Souls successor. Technically, the studio is calling this a ‘trailer’, but after …
Read More »Uncharted 3 GamesCom trailer and screens take to the skies
During the long wait for Uncharted 3 every drop of gameplay is a double-edge sword. We’d really like to go into the game fresh with every amazing action set piece a surprise, and yet we’re so hyped for the title that we can’t wait to watch any new video, like …
Read More »Forza Motorsport 4: hands-on with the new Hockenheim course
We don’t doubt that Forza 4 is going to be excellent, but right now we’re slightly miffed at the lack of sexiness that Microsoft and developer Turn 10 has decided to demo on the show floor here at Gamescom. For starters, it only has one car – the beautiful BMW …
Read More »Sonic Generations 3DS braves comparison with famous fan vid. Yup, were going to Mushroom Hill
Above: Colours? Check. Leaves kicked up as Sonic passes? Check. Authentic physics model? Well… Firstly, the graphics look good, following the source material closely so that retro fans get the nostalgia kick the game has been designed to deliver. It appears Modern Sonic will be racing through the orangey, autumnal …
Read More »Zelda: Skyward Sword Euro release date confirms Christmas will come early this year
We’ve known for a while now that The legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is scheduled for release in Q4 this year. So we expeced some point in December, sufficiently early to secure massive Christmas sales, but long enough away that we’d be in perpetual yearning for what would feel like …
Read More »Dota 2 trailer is as action-packed as it is confusing
In keeping with the theme of Dota 2’s marketing campaign – whose key message seems to be, “if you love Dota, you’ll love this, and if you don’t know what Dota is, screw you” – the title got an official trailer to coincide with the game’s impending public reveal at …
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