There's not much shooting in Ubisoft's latest Far Cry 3 video, but they've dialled up the burning to compensate. Ah, we love the smell of singed machismo in the morning. Tattooed leading man Jason Brody is stuck in what resembles a colonial mansion. Fancy fire effects are conspicuous. Somewhere, a woman screams for help. Subsequently, defenceless ...
Retailers cry out for more summer blockbuster games
HMV and Blockbuster have appealed to the videogames industry at large to release the biggest titles throughout the year, rather than cramming them all into the autumn/winter months. "We would love to see some blockbusters earlier in the year, there is no question about that whatsoever," HMV CEO Simon Fox told MCV. "It would be fantastic ...
Mass Effect 3′s extended ending: Hackett, EDI and Kaidan return
First details of Mass Effect 3's extended ending have appeared online, with three key voice actors confirming that they've recorded additional lines for BioWare. The actors in question are Lance Henrisken, who plays Admiral Hackett, Tricia Helfer, voice of jumped-up fax machine EDI, and Raphael Sbarge, who plays Kaidan Alenko. Given Kaidan's Schrodinger's-cat-esque special status in ...
The Drop: Week of May 21st 2012 New Releases

With fantastic elemental spells, powerful potions and countless items to discover and collect, Sorcery immerses players in a sprawling fantasy epic. You’ll clash with fierce enemies, solve ingenious puzzles, and heal a broken world shrouded in darkness all with the power of the PlayStation Move. Ghost Recon: Future Soldier promises to go beyond the core Ghost Recon ...
The Drop: Week of May 21st 2012 New Releases

With fantastic elemental spells, powerful potions and countless items to discover and collect, Sorcery immerses players in a sprawling fantasy epic. You’ll clash with fierce enemies, solve ingenious puzzles, and heal a broken world shrouded in darkness all with the power of the PlayStation Move. Ghost Recon: Future Soldier promises to go beyond the core Ghost Recon ...
Blur’s real legacy: how Project Gotham’s designer fell in love with kart racing
Sumo Digital's Gareth Wilson is a man at the mercy of some heavyweight irony. He once designed racing games for Bizarre Creations, former custodian of the Project Gotham Racing series, whose fabulous 2010 offering Blur poked fun at Nintendo in its marketing materials. "Race like a big boy," snickered an infamous Activision TV spot, juxtaposing ...
A look at the updated controller for Wii U

Recently, there were patent designs that suggested the circle pads on the tablet controller for the Wii U were being replaced with traditional analog sticks. Based on the above photo that a QA tester sent out via Twitter, it seems like the change is what we’ll be seeing in the final product. What do you ...
Rumor: Wii U Controller Redesigned

Earlier today, an employee at TT Games (LEGO Star Wars, LEGO Batman) leaked a photo via Twitter of what is believed to be the new design of the Wii U controller. Among the changes are the analog sticks replacing the Circle Pads, the movement of the Start and Select buttons, and other smaller changes. Will ...
Rumor: Retro Studios working on a cross-over title with Star Fox and Metroid?

Paul Gale, who first reported that Retro Studios was working on something for the Wii U, has shared a huge rumour that their “something” might be a cross-over title that combines the Star Fox and Metroid franchises, which is probably already making you drool with anticipation. And yeah, me too. The game, referred to as Fusion ...
Rumor: The first details about the operating system for the Wii U

A new selection of rumours describe the operating system for the Wii U as “huge” and “never seen before on a normal home system”. The specifics of what that means aren’t clear, but supposedly Nintendo has reserved at least 512MB of RAM for the operating system alone. And to clarify, that is a lot for ...


