Archive for December, 2011

Alan Wake returns in American Nightmare

Posted on Dec 12, 2011 02:11:37 AM

Remedy crafting new survival horror action adventure seeing titular writer face off against Mr. Scratch. Alan Wake may not have been Microsoft’s best-selling Xbox 360 exclusive, but the Remedy-developed survival horror action adventure will be returning. That fact was confirmed at the Spike TV Video Game Awards tonight, with the announcement of Alan Wake: American Nightmare.

Titular hero Alan Wake is again the star of the show, as the writer journeys to another remote town. According to the trailer, Wake is facing off against a new supernatural villain, Mr. Scratch. The two do battle using the powers of light (for Wake) and darkness (for Scratch).

The trailer did not indicate when Alan Wake: American Dream will see release, nor on which platforms. However, the title had previously been pegged as an Xbox Live Arcade release.


Alan Wake returns in American Nightmare” was posted by Tom Magrino on Sat, 10 Dec 2011 18:11:37 -0800

Serious Sam 3: BFE Serves Pirates a Heaping Helping of Giant Immortal Scorpion

Posted on Dec 10, 2011 03:57:53 AM

I’ve played quite a bit of the latest entry in Croteam’s twitchtastic first-person shooter series, but I never encountered the super-speedy giant unkillable pink spider creature in the first level. Know why? Because my copy isn’t pirated.

In order to curb rampant pc game piracy, developer Croteam purposefully included a bug (hee) in Serious Sam 3: BFE that trips when the game has been cracked. The bug (I said it again!) spawn a pleasantly-pink, positively unkillable scorpion creature that will hound the player until he or she is dead, dead, dead. To give the pirate a fighting chance, the spawn point is right next to the game’s first projectile weapon. It won’t have any effect, of course, but you’ll briefly feel better.

While not a particularly effective means of combating piracy, the giant immortal pink scorpion is a fun way to catch those masquerading as legitimate customers in places like GameFaqs.

Thanks for the entertainment, Croteam!


Serious Sam 3: BFE Serves Pirates a Heaping Helping of Giant Immortal Scorpion” was posted By Mike Fahey Dec 7, 2011 4:20 PM

Put Some Light Into Your Life With Trine 2’s Launch Trailer

Posted on Dec 9, 2011 12:48:40 AM

You’ll finally be able to get your hands on the medieval, character-switching action of Trine 2 today, if you’re getting it on Steam. The game’s gorgeous art style and beautiful color palette manifests into gorgeous vistas and sharp character animations. As previously mentioned, console versions release a little later. Either way, consider this sequel an anecdote to the grit and brown of the last few months’ AAA games.


Put Some Light Into Your Life With Trine 2’s Launch Trailer” was posted By Evan Narcisse Dec 7, 2011 2:40 PM

GoldenEye 007: Reloaded

Posted on Dec 8, 2011 12:24:00 AM

GoldenEye 007: Reloaded is the true HD James Bond experience that you and others around the world have been waiting for.

     

The game offers striking HD visuals, realistic environments, and gameplay running at a consistent 60 frames per second. In addition, Reloaded features unprecedented player choice and has immense replayability with new offerings that include new MI6 Ops Missions.

GoldenEye 007: Reloaded takes multiplayer to a new level, maintaining and improving its renowned four-player split-screen action and also adding full, adrenaline-pumping 16-player online matches with more maps, weapons, characters, and game modes than ever before.


GoldenEye 007: Reloaded Screens” was posted on Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:24:00 -0800

Gorgeous Indie Platformer Pid Warps Gravity In Cute, Retro Fashion

Posted on Dec 7, 2011 06:31:52 PM

You’ve gotta love a game that makes a sly reference to 2010 indie darling Limbo. But, further perusal shows that Pid’s not going to be like PlayDead’s hit game. It’s got color! Energy! Localized gravity fountains! The retro-styled release happens on a remote alien planet where you’ll need to jump, solve and float your way past the local fauna—or are they automata?—through multiple levels of platformer action. Pid’s the result of a partnership between developer Might and Delight and production company Beefy Media. Collectively, the guys who make up Might and Delight have titles like Mirror’s Edge, Battlefield, and Killzone on their resumes, but their most relevant experience in this instance is their joint work on the first Bionic Commando: Rearmed release from Capcom. Pid will launch into orbit on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC next year.


Gorgeous Indie Platformer Pid Warps Gravity In Cute, Retro Fashion” was posted By Evan Narcisse Dec 6, 2011 8:00 PM

The Adventures of Tintin: Launch Trailer

Posted on Dec 7, 2011 12:15:53 AM

The Adventures of Tintin: The Game is now available! You will play as Tintin, the intrepid reporter and hero of the action-packed movie The Adventures of Tintin.

In The Adventures of Tintin: The Game, play as Tintin, the intrepid reporter and hero of the action-packed movie The Adventures of Tintin directed by Steven Spielberg. Developed in close collaboration with the filmmaking team, the video game offers an authentic immersion into the movie’s enchanting environments and characters.

Players will experience non-stop action and adventure as they investigate the mystery of a lifetime that may lead them to one of the greatest sunken treasures. But the quest won’t be easy and players will need to join forces with the quick-witted dog Snowy and the grumpy Captain Haddock to beat greedy art collectors, kooky arms dealers, and other crooks to reveal the truth behind the Secret of the Unicorn ship.


The Adventures of Tintin: The Game Launch Trailer” was posted by MikeTao on Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:15:53 -0800

10 Ways to Win – Rayman Origins Trailer

Posted on Dec 6, 2011 01:34:39 AM

Rayman Origins is a comic adventure set in a lush 2D world brimming with unexpected secrets and outlandish enemies. Here’s a trailer breaking down the 10 ways you can beat Rayman Origins.


10 Ways to Win – Rayman Origins Trailer” was posted by MikeTao on Mon, 05 Dec 2011 10:34:39 -0800

Star Wars’ Famous Trench Run, Recreated as a Minecraft Movie

Posted on Dec 5, 2011 09:19:26 PM

This isn’t one of those mildly boring “look at an object I recreated in Minecraft” posts. This is hot-blooded machinima, Minecraft’s blocks used to recreate whole sequences from the end of Star Wars.

It’s the work of reader Grahame, aka Paradise Decay, who is not just a games musician, he’s a dude who has found that “somehow minecraft is taking over my life”.

That happens. At least he turned the addiction into something we can all enjoy.

If you like what Grahame’s cooking here, know that next year he’s releasing a full-blown Star Wars/Minecraft adventure called Rise of the Rebellion.


Star Wars’ Famous Trench Run, Recreated as a Minecraft Movie” was posted By Luke Plunkett Dec 2, 2011 4:30 AM

PS3: Insane Immersive Movie Experience

Posted on Dec 4, 2011 04:40:35 PM

Check out this guy’s room totally change into the movie he is watching! No SFX, no post production, no cuts, everything you see here is 100% for real.

We were funded by the Video Store of PlayStation® Store (http://www.greatfilmsfillrooms.com) to make a series of movie related videos using ‘Immersive Imaging’ which takes 3D projection mapping as its starting point, but gives the viewer a supercharged experience with the help of the PlayStation Move controller.

In the past, projection mapping worked only from a single, static view point, and thus was very limited. By attaching the PlayStation Move to the camera, we can track projections to screens in real time, enhancing the effect of spatial deformation and false perspective on the projections and allowing viewers to look round (virtual) corners, bend walls, create a hole in the wall, or remove the walls altogether to reveal vast expanses of virtual worlds.

Go, Go, Go: CS:GO Footage (Go!)

Posted on Dec 2, 2011 07:50:51 PM

Ah, so maybe we do have CS:GO beta keys after all… We’d probably better get on with playing that. (Also Tribes: Ascend, which we haven’t quite caught up with yet either.) Anyway! I am sure a few of you are already saving up for Desert Eagles, while the rest of the internet will have to make do with a few measly minutes of game footage here and there, such as that found below this post. I’ve also dropped in a comparison video which compares the Source version of CS with CS:GO. It certainly looks pretty, and I am sure Hidden Path/Valve are making a decent job of the manshoots, too. OR ARE THEY?


Go, Go, Go: CS:GO Footage (Go!)” was posted By Jim Rossignol on December 2nd, 2011 at 12:57 pm.