News :: General News : OnLive dated and detailed |
Cloud gaming may be a pipe dream for Australia, what with middling broadband penetration and nightmarish licensing laws, but despite the naysayers, it looks like the future is now. OnLive CEO Steve Perlman has detailed the service's launch state-side for June 17th, and detailed pricing, launch titles, and more.
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News :: General News : Preview - Blur |
If you were one of those ‘judge-a-book-by-its-cover’ types, the name ‘Blur’ might communicate two things to you; a game dedicated to a ludicrous sense of speed, or a game that was refreshingly honest about how low-res its textures look. Interestingly, we have experienced some hands-on with the new Blur beta and can confirm that neither of those assumptions is correct.
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News :: General News : PlayStation Network signs on major film studios |
When is a console not a console? When it's a member of the current generation and therefore apparently has to serve as the "entertainment hub" of your entire house, gosh. More shots have been fired in the War to Conquer Your Living Room, as Sony one-up the competition by announcing the signing of six major film studios for HD content on-demand.
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News :: General News : Western FFXIII sales pass Japanese figures in less than two days |
I was chatting with a fellow gamer last week, when he declared that the JRPG was dead. "Japan's the only territory where they really sell," he declared. "Everywhere else is over it! We want Western RPGs with loads of customisation, or even better, shooters. The JRPG's day is done. You watch. Final Fantasy XIII will bomb, and that'll be the end of it."
Being the vindictive journo that I am, I wrote these epically foolish words down so I could quote them back publicly as I reveal that within 48 hours of launch, Square Enix had shifted over three million units of the latest and greatest in the world's best-selling RPG franchise.
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News :: General News : Steam Top Sellers for the Week ending 6th March 2010 |
What were the gaming public buying last week via digital distribution platform Steam? Most of them are still buying Battlefield: Bad Company 2, and Supreme Commander 2 is also continuing to sell quite a few copies. Assassin's Creed II managed to bump out Modern Warfare 2, and Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising edged its way into the top five thanks to a sale.
If you want to what else sold the most last week, you'll just have to check out the Steam Top Sellers for the week ending March 6th!
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News :: General News : Stronghold your face! |
If you're a human being in the Western World, chances are high that you use Facebook. Waddya know, we've just launched our very own Facebook fan page. Whether you're keeping track of friend’s birthdays or becoming a fan of pickles, it couldn’t get any easier to get our news highlights covering exclusive events, competitions and stories while you're at it. As if that's not reason enough, we're giving away 5 copies of The Stronghold Collection to Facebook friends.
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News :: General News : Post of the Week - Winner |
It's taken longer than expected, but after filtering through all of your submissions, we've found this week's Post of the Week. After reading all 2,236 words, it'd be more aptly titled "Novel of the Week".
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News :: General News : Ubisoft DRM servers go down to attack |
So how about that new Ubisoft DRM, then? Pretty good is it? Stops pirates playing games they haven't paid for? Has no ill effects for end users of legitimately purchased products?
Insert hollow laughter here. Ubi's DRM service went down yesterday, leaving a number of Assassin's Creed II and Silent Hunter 5 players locked out of their own games. The cause? An attack on the servers.
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News :: General News : Macs officially Steamy |
Well, those iPod ad spoofs made it pretty clear, so this news shouldn't surprise any of you. Valve have just made their arrangement with Apple's platforms official by formally announcing Steam and Source for Mac. The first simultaneously-launched, cross-platform title will be... *drumroll* Portal 2!
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News :: General News : Little King's Story dev abdicates, flees kingdom |
I hate waking up to bad news, and can't think of any other way to classify the revelation that Japanese developer Cinq have filed for bankruptcy.
The notoriously kooky team behind the cute but awesomely unique Little King's Story - the very reason I even contemplated buying a Wii - may not even last long enough to see Western releases of two upcoming titles.
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News :: General News : Square Enix and Eidos throw massive Steam sales week |
Continuing this morning's Steam theme is the beginning of what looks set to be a stellar week of savings on the digital distribution front as the sales spotlight shines on Square Enix[/comp and [comp=33]Eidos. Thanks to the perfidies of timezones, Steam's "Monday" is our "Tuesday, mostly", so you have until about half past six this evening (Adelaide time) to get your paws on some excellent bargains in the Hitman and Deus Ex series.
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News :: General News : Good Game episode preview - 8th March 2009 |
It's the Monday after a major release, and you know what that means - we're all as grumpy as cats stuffed in a sack and sat on, nursing our gaming-marathon-weekend hangovers. But apart from that, it's time for another episode of Good Game. The lovely Hex brightens our morning with a forecast of what's in store this evening, including a discussion of the afore-mentioned major release, and a Llamasoft retrospective.
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News :: General News : Save The Silver Lining! Help the King's Quest sequel see the light of day |
The news that Activision had quashed the impressively professional fan-made King's Quest episode, The Silver Lining, sparked a lot of anger. While the powerful publisher's move may be unsurprising, fans of the series in general and new episode in particular are up in arms over the decision.
Would you too like to raise a fuss and perhaps help secure the project's future? Join the Save The Silver Lining Movement, and find out how you can contribute!
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News :: General News : Weekly Digest - 8/03/2010 |
Each week, we collate the most popular stories that we published over the past seven days, plus a lineup of the most downloaded files added in the same timeframe. That way, in case you missed something, you can catch up in one helpful little spot, every Monday morning.
Last week, everyone wanted to know just how they could get their hands on a shiny Radeon HD5970 just for filling in a simple survey. Our multiplayer review of Battlefield Bad Company 2 was also popular, as were the antics of everyone's favourite Attorney General. Our look at a total conversion of Modern Warfare - Galactic Warfare also proved to be popular. A submission in response to the R18+ public consultation from a OFLC veteran was also big news.
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News :: General News : Monday Screens! (8/03/2010) |
It is Monday again, and that means that it is time for yet another selection of screenshots to make your afternoon go all the more quickly. While it may make me sound like a broken record - if there isn't something for you in today's selection of screens, you may want to reconsider gaming as a hobby.
There's a lot of new titles and new screenshots, so please, enjoy!
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News :: General News : Flying Files - Top 5 Downloads of the Week |
You guys have been busy little leachers over the last week, grabbing more gigs of data than the entire porn throughput of Canberra (that's a LOT). Read on to see the top 5 interesting files of the week - all free to download, and unmetered for Internode customers.
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News :: General News : American McGee predicts the death of games marketing |
Veteran game designer and entrepreneur American McGee has been overwhelmed by the spike in interest his studio has received from uploading a single piece of concept art to Flickr. In the latest post to his personal blog, Mr. McGee muses on the rapidly evolving, democratising nature of decentralised games promotion, and envisions a near-future world in which empty-suit marketing types have been driven to extinction. ...
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News :: General News : We are the world: Itagaki chides developers for their tunnel vision |
In launching the website for his new development house Valhalla Game Studios, controversial game designer Tomonobu Itagaki has posted a lengthy diatribe in which he slams the narrow-mindedness of contemporary game designers. The creator of Dead or Alive and Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball believes that creating territory-specific games is terribly short-sighted, for at a certain level, all gamers are the same...
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