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In: Culture|Gaming News
22 Jun 2009window.google_analytics_uacct = “UA-2281360-3″; In Soviet Russia…they had video games. Not particularly special ones, mind you, but they had them. And those dusty old machines now have pride of place in a new museum in the Russian capital, Moscow. The Museum of Soviet Arcade Machines (the Soviet ethic lives on in the place’s name, then) is [...]
In: Gaming News|Humor
21 Jun 2009window.google_analytics_uacct = “UA-2281360-3″; About 30 seconds in you see the clip that probably inspired this 5 minute masterpiece: “I must stop little baby!” Readers soccerboy33 and Hugo M. tipped this collection of nut-shots, bike crashes, failed stunts and America’s Funniest Home Videos runners-up, which of course are infinitely funnier when set to an antic soundtrack [...]
In: Gaming News|PC
19 Jun 2009window.google_analytics_uacct = “UA-2281360-3″; The PC version of Cyanide Studios‘ adaptation of classic Games Workshop board game Blood Bowl is less than a week away, and all eight fantasy football teams are raring to go. After a bit of legal wrangling over Cyanide’s last fantasy football release, Chaos League, the developer and Games Workshop settled their [...]
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19 Jun 2009Blizzard have released the third of their “Battle Reports“, in-depth videos showing off some of the finer features of upcoming RTS powerhouse Starcraft II.
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17 Jun 2009UK publisher Mastertronic, who you may know as the owners of the Sold Out software range, have launched a new publishing label called ‘Great Indie Games’. Designed specifically to bring indie titles to a games store near you, Mastertronic’s Andy Payne explained that they want to try to give the best indie games a wider [...]
In: Gaming News|Microsoft
17 Jun 2009Even more classic Worms-style gameplay is coming to Xbox Live Arcade with Worms 2: Armageddon, a proper numerical sequel to Team17′s 1999 classic turn-based strategy game Worms Armageddon. Worms 2: Armageddon‘s trailer highlights the changes coming to the XBLA version—and eventually to the PC and Mac—including new vertical levels and other landscape types, all-new weapons [...]
In: Culture|Gaming News
14 Jun 2009Via Offworld columnist Jim Rossignol‘s Twitter stream comes this fantastic piece of amateur modeling – a Japanese garage kit of the legendary third stage boss from R-Type. Visible as a whole, rather than spread across multiple screens-worth of scroll, it’s really quite striking – and there’s even a little R9 fighter for scale. [R-Type Warship [...]
In: Gaming News|Microsoft
13 Jun 2009Last week, Microsoft’s Shane Kim told us that the launch of the 360′s motion-controlled camera system – Project Natal – would be as big as a console launch. Maybe he was onto something with that. Because 1UP are reporting a rumour that while Natal will be released next year for existing 360 consoles, it will [...]
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12 Jun 2009Pokemon’s beauty lies in its simplicity. Much like other Nintendo RPGs. Pixels upon pixels, building a world that’s like a digital LEGO land come to life. Here’s Pokemon disassembled, pixel by pixel. Wonderful, isn’t it? One shot: Pokemon , pixel by pixel [Offworld]
Here’s some more screenshots for Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed 2. And yes, in one of them, he is flying.