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13 Aug 2010window.google_analytics_uacct = “UA-2281360-3″; As part of the QuakeCon festivities, id’s John Carmack revealed something that should excite the modding community: source code. Authors can now access source code for both Splash Damage’s multiplayer-focused Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory and 2001′s series reboot, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, through id’s FTP, which we’ve linked below. Both games’ sources are [...]
In: Culture|Gaming News|Music
12 Aug 2010window.google_analytics_uacct = “UA-2281360-3″; Reformat the Planet is a documentary by 2 Player Productions about the 2006 Blip Festival and the artists who helped put it together (and then played a bunch of amazing chip music on stage), including Nullsleep, Glomag, Bit Shifter, Hally, Anamanaguchi, and more. 2PP just announced the date for the long-awaited DVD [...]
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9 Aug 2010window.google_analytics_uacct = “UA-2281360-3″; Provided of course that your summer days involve hardened killers, big guns and chicks on poles. Ahh, how I recall my youth, wasting away many a lazy afternoon carrying out ruthless vendettas against those who had done me wrong, squeezing the life out of them by any and every means necessary. This [...]
In: Gaming News
6 Aug 2010We’ve an entire internet’s worth images from Deus Ex: Human Revolution for you – a heady mix of screens and concept art, which we’ve posted below. All the images in this article are clickable for larger versions. Go browse, it’s got some serious cyberpunk prettiness going on. Also, some brown. Finally, check back later today [...]
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2 Aug 2010A splendid, PC-loving chap has made a 500-page book about the history of point and click adventure games – yer LucasArts, yer Sierras, yer Revolutions, yer all the rests. Even Simon the bloody Sorcerer. All the way up to Grim Fandango, bless its skull-patterned socks. Your coffee table would probably very much appreciate straining under [...]
Big news for fans of Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy series)! Speaking with MTV News, the director revealed that he’s finally ready to shift into the games side of the entertainment industry.
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In: Gaming News
26 Jul 2010A NeoGAF user has painstakingly pieced together details of the canceled Legacy of Kain game, The Dark Prophecy. The game was being developed in 2004 by Eidos and Ritual Entertainment, but fell victim to the axe before it could be completed. Now a huge amount of information has been recovered. It would seem that The [...]
In: Culture|Gaming News|Indie
25 Jul 2010A complete set of video presentations from No More Sweden 2010 held earlier this month are now available to watch online, featuring talks by developers like Crayon Physics creator Petri Purho, Bernhard Schulenberg (designer of Where is My Heart?), and Andreas Zecher (Understanding Games) among others. The list of recorded presentations that can be viewed [...]
In: Gaming News
20 Jul 2010See more Alice: Madness Returns Videos at Alice: Madness Returns Official Site. As you’ve already read, American McGee is returning to the twisted world of Alice with Madness Returns. The plot sees Alice released from the Rutledge Asylum and put into the care of a London psychiatrist. Alice still has her demented hallucinations so she [...]
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20 Jul 2010To celebrate its swiftly-approaching tenth anniversary, Rockstar Games will compile all of the visual elements that have gone into designing its catalog of games into a three-book set sometime next month. The pages therein will contain everything from conceptual illustrations, models and wireframes to advertisements and box art. This beefy, aesthetically pleasing package comes with [...]