In a recent interview with G4TV, Bleszinski, most known for his work on the Gears of War Franchise as well as the face of Epic Games, has stated that he’s considering forming his own studio, with a new IP he’s codenamed “Bluestreak” after the Transformer. Bleszinski had been with Epic Games for 20 years, beginning work with them when he was only 17 years old, after his recent marriage, he left the industry for what we believed to be permanent...
When Xbox went Metro, many were skeptic of it’s power to keep up with the demand on Apps. It looks like the Xbox team has committed to bringing apps to the Xbox 360. Major Nelson provided a full list of apps that will be launching, which we’ve detailed below: All3M (United Kingdom, United States) Ameba TV (Canada, United States) ARTE (Germany, France) Azteca (Mexico) Canalplay Infinity (France) CBC’s Hockey Night (Canada) CrunchyRoll (Majority of LIVE...
THQ – bless their hearts – they’re like the little engine that could. Although they’ve had some terrible times lately, they’re still here showing the world that yes, they can do it! No matter what curve balls life throws at them, they’re always back at it proving to the world that they deserve our dollars. Today, THQ set up freemetrogame.com, where Facebook users over the age of 18 can snag a free copy of Metro 2033 for Steam. Go forth and...
The Spike Video Game Awards have ended, and the game of 2012 has been crowned. Under that crown: The Walking Dead: The Game. Telltale Games has crafted what are arguably the most emotional moments of my gaming career and they’re now being celebrated for that. Telltale has done with their five episodes what few developers can do in an entire series: truly connect us with our characters and there emotions on a magnificent level. Telltale Games also took home the VGA...
Call of Duty has done it again. Does this really surprise anyone? After a mere 15 days on the market, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 has already amassed… One Billion Dollars! While this is surprising to no one, it is quite an amazing feat, proving once again that Call of Duty is a force to be reckoned with. Many annalists had predicted that Call of Duty as a series was in a state of decline, but considering Black Ops 2 beat out it’s Modern Warfare predecessor by...
Primal Carnage; what is unarguably the worlds best dinosaur game ever, has just gained it’s first of many DLC packs; which is now available for purchase on Steam. This first DLC pack gives users access to five new skins for the dinosaur classes, adding more versatile to the already crazy-versatile game. The five skins are the Plagued Carnotaurus, Inferno Novaraptor, Scorched Pteranadon, Green Menace Dilophosaurus and the Classic T-Rex. You can pick up Primal...
Halo 4 is the first Halo game that Bungie hasn’t had some say in, and it shows a little, but I’ll get to that in my upcoming review of the game. There’s one glaring problem with Halo 4 that cannot be overlooked as it affects thousands of people who may not even realise it: The API. An API or “Application Programming Interface” is the thing that allows sites like HaloCharts.com and The Halo: Reach Challenge Initiative to collect information about...
Halo 4 is an excellent game, but that’s not to say its without its flaws (which ill be outlining in my upcoming review). One of these flaws is the fileshare system. It’s broke. It can’t be accessed or uploaded to the Internet at time of writing. Thankfully, your screenshots are safe. Our good friend and creator of the Halo: Reach Challenge Initiative has created a nice little tool to extract all of your Halo screenshots right off your Xbox’s hard...
I had the pleasure of sitting down with the LevelSave team at PAX and playing Chasing Aurora on the then-unreleased Wii U, and it was one of the most innovative and fun experiences I’ve ever had, harking back to the days of Mario Party on the Nintendo 64. The launch trailer for the game is out now, embedded below, but if that doesn’t excite you, take my word for it: Chasing Aurora is a game worth playing and one of the main reasons I’d buy a Wii U (if I...
Update: Xbox Live is now back up and running for myself and most users. If you have any problems, try restarting your console. That was quick! [Thanks, pharmassist!] Xbox Live has just gone down for most users. According to Microsoft’s Xbox Status page users “may experience trouble accessing Xbox Live” and multiple people on twitter have reported the same to me. I myself just quit a game of Sleeping Dogs and found myself having problems accessing my...
