| | This Trackmania track will melt your brain | Geoffrey Tim - May 26th, 2011 | The creativity and ingenuity displayed by some gamers continues to astound me. We recently showed you a LittleBigPlanet 2 level that wonderfully mimics a first person shooter, a Pacman recreation and this Rube Goldberg machine created using Halo’s Forge blows me away every time. Today, marvel at ... [»] |
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| Microsoft bringing you more Forza, Fable, Gears and Halo | Geoffrey Tim - March 23rd, 2011 | Microsoft’s retail exclusives library is looking a bit paltry; it pretty much consists of racing sim Forza, RPG-lite Fable, and shooters Gears of War and Halo. What would you expect them to do with those franchises? Yup, and that’s exactly what you’ll be getting; more Forza, more Fable, more Gears and more Halo. Don’t be despondent though, because the company will ... [»] |
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| Fallen Frontier – the new game from some ex-Halo guys | Miklós Szecsei - March 9th, 2011 | Four guys (programmers, designers and producers) from Bungie worked on the first three Halo games. They then split to form their own indie studio called Moonshot Games. They’ve revealed their next title and it’s called Fallen Frontier.It’s a very stylised 2D platformer set in a sci-fi universe; think Shank only in ... [»] |
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| Bungie confirms its Activision title is an MMO | Geoffrey Tim - March 4th, 2011 | I’m a newly converted fan of Bungie’s work. I’ve never really been much of a Halo adherent – but ODST and Reach have shown me the error of my ways. that said, I was pretty excited when Bungie, famed Halo developers, announced their independence from Microsoft, and with it, severed ties to the Halo franchise. Why would I be excited?Mostly to see what they’d ... [»] |
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| Hey! Check out the history of First Person Shooters | Geoffrey Tim - January 21st, 2011 | FPS games are, like it or not, a driving force in the video game industry. since their popularity boomed with the advent of 3D accelerated gaming, they’ve been a mainstay. Though many *like myself) are pretty bored with the genre, there’s no denying its importance. The first person shooter, more than any other genre, has given video gaming a mass-market appeal, evidenced by the phenomenal successes of games like Halo and Call ... [»] |
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| Pixelforce’s 8-bit Halo | Geoffrey Tim - January 19th, 2011 | Eric Ruth Games, the fine folks who brought you pixellated 8-bit versions of Left 4 Dead and DJ Hero have created another modern retro title, this time demaking one of the most popular and influential console shooters in history – Halo. Instead of the first-person perspective, you’ll get to play the game as an 8-bit side-scrolling platform shooter, with the ... [»] |
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| Halo Putt Putt… Words fail me | Gavin Mannion - January 5th, 2011 | Halo’s Forge is a pretty incredible level designer that has been used for by millions to create an unbelievable amount of levels. However the one thing that I can say for sure that I didn’t think I would ever see would be a Halo inspired Putt Putt level. ... [»] |
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| IGN’s biggest stories of the year | Gavin Mannion - December 28th, 2010 | Love them or hate them IGN are easily one of the biggest, if not the biggest, gaming website on the planet. So then they post the top 10 most read stories of the year it gives us a nice view on what ... [»] |
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| Modern War Gear Solid Episode 3 – Sun Dawn | Geoffrey Tim - December 15th, 2010 | Earlier this year we posted up the first two episodes of Modern War Gear solid, a brilliantly executed parody/spoof that melds the Modern Warfare and Metal Gear Solid universes together. It’s been a long, long wait for episode 3 – titled Sun Down – but it’s been worth it. You’ll find silly jokes, in-humour and some pretty ... [»] |
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| Here’s your WTF viewing for the day – Protip: NSFW | Miklós Szecsei - December 10th, 2010 | In an alternate universe, AJ McLean was never part of the Backstreet Boys. Instead, he joined the UNSC and became a Spartan; a Spartan capable of hooking up and forming "meaningful relationships" with women; a Spartan who likes to sharpen his knife while hanging out with stars from TV shows such ... [»] |
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| War! What is it good for? How about… soup? | Miklós Szecsei - December 7th, 2010 | Ok, what about Warsoup? Hey? Yeah, now that sounds pretty interesting doesn't it? Good thing too because that’s the name of Moon Game Studios’ upcoming game for consoles and PC. The game is touted as being a first-person shooter real time strategy game. If that’s too much of a mouthful, then think ... [»] |
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| Awesome Video of the Day : Ode To Action | Geoffrey Tim - November 29th, 2010 | What happens when a bit of couch multiplayer griefing goes a bit too far? What would happen if say, the faux semi-automatic rifle you’re pretending to shoot your buddy with actually fired real bullets? What would happen is this, a tribute to the action found in some of your favourite video games and films – complete with ... [»] |
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| 343 Industries To Breathe New Life In To Halo? | Geoffrey Tim - November 18th, 2010 | Bungie, as you’re all well aware will no longer be associated with the Halo franchise that made them. No, that duty has fallen to 343 Industries, the studio Microsoft set up to fill those rather large shoes. The question most have is whether 343 will play it safe, creating Halo titles not too unlike the current ones – or ... [»] |
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| What Happens To Spartans Between Respawns? Heaven, That’s What. | Nick de Bruyne - October 22nd, 2010 | Respawning is serious business. One moment you are running around on the battlefield taking pot shots at the enemies and then next, you are dead... only to respawn a couple of seconds later.Have you ever wondered what videogame characters have to go through in those short amounts of time between respawns? ... [»] |
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