Article Archive for November 2008

A new Tomb Raider: Underworld video has been released, and as the resident Tomb Raider critic-in-chief here in Attitude Towers, I felt compelled to give you my thoughts about it.

We like Far Cry 2.
We like it for its fire effects and sandbox approach. We like it for the African savannah and the atmospheric day/night cycle effects.
And it would appear you like it too.

Edge Online gets a couple of hours with the new Prince of Persia game. Does it live up to the hype or does the co-operative feature prove overly quirky?

Capcom and Sony sitting on a tree, S-E-L-L-I-N-G (games). That’s the tune some of us will be singing this Thursday (or mabe just me), when the new Capcom store front is debuted in the PlayStation Store.

You remember X-Blades, don’t you?
The ‘Nariko-alike’ lead character in the game, Ayumi, has recently been given a wash and brush up by a number of fans around the world. Southpeak Games ran a competition asking for ‘fanart’ of their new queen of hack-n-slash, and received a huge number of high-quality entries.

Japan is not too happy with Bethesda’s new post-apocalyptic RPG and want some cuts. As for India – sorry – you’re not getting it at all.

Icelandic developer CCP Games confesses to some console love and suggests that an FPS offshoot of popular sci-fi MMO could be in the works.

PS3 Attitude presents some tips on how to keep your level from being cast aside like yesterday’s garbage by the LBP admins. Apart from the obvious: “No levels with private parts please”, what other reasons are people running aground on due to the stringent review process?

Week 3 and can Danny_D complete the hat-trick? In a week that sees a grand total of 303 new trophies collected by the team you know there’s going to be movement in the table somewhere.
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EA announced earlier today that the first batch of Dead Space DLC was on the way. The Xbox 360 would see their downloadable content this Thursday (13th November), whilst the PS3 would wait one extra week.
An extra week is no big deal when you’re getting a great deal of extra content to purchase, right?
Except it appears Sony’s black monolith isn’t getting the better part of the available downloads…

Sit back, relax, kick off your shoes/slippers/stilettoes and watch these four great tutorials. If you’re having any problems understanding how this device goes with that, G4TV will clear it up for you in a jiffy.

When we had the chance to give EndWar a spin last month we were able to get hands-on with one small battle. Whilst that experience was good, how does the full game stack up?
Does the final fight match up to our pre-war taster?

Open?
That’s the word that will become embedded in your consciousness when you’re done with Dead Space. That ironic hologram, asking you every single time you are about to open a door. It knows you’re scared and it’s using that fear of yours to its own advantage…

The Damnation website gets updated with five new delectable pieces of artwork of its twisted Americana-esque vertical world.

It’s been a great week for learning about Artificial Intelligence and the many aspects that go into it thanks to our friends at Three Speech. So far we have discussed Autonomy, Perception, Appearance and Deception, and Navigation. The last and final topic of the week is Unpredictability and it’s many uses in Intelligent Design. You might be wondering, how can you program instructions to make an NPC be spontaneous and not follow an obvious path? Well read on to find the answer.

Second Burnout DLC announcement hits and it’s a doozy. Flying cars – what more could you want?

You may remember the amazing and beautiful MGS4 PS3 designed and built by Morpheon Mods. You may also remember that the resulting eBay auction, with 15% of the proceeds going to charity, ended in selling for an incredible $17k.
Unfortunately, the winning bidder has not paid up, so Morpheon are doing the whole shebang again. Interview and new eBay link after the jump…

Gaming addicts are far less common than people think. Apparently you need to display a number of the following criteria in order to be considered a potential addict. Click through for the skinny on the signs and find out if you class as an addict.

A Metal Gear solid 4 demo, a Tomb Raider Underworld “Beneath The Surface” video and a Bayonetta trailer are worth noting. LittleBigPlanet addicts are rewarded with the promised Halloween and Spaceman costumes. Premium themes are back, watch out!