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14 Apr 2010window.google_analytics_uacct = “UA-2281360-3″; Yeah, you heard me. X-COM, the game to end all games, is finally getting its long-rumoured remake/sequel. [Boom. Internet explodes.] Wahoo, basically. Yes, it is indeed a first-person shooter – it is extraordinarily sad to wave away X-COM’s traditional genre, but c’mon, did you really think a AAA title in 2010 (or [...]
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7 Feb 2010window.google_analytics_uacct = “UA-2281360-3″; Steve Gaynor, a designer at 2K Marin, understands that he works in an entertainment field, and provides a product nonessential to basic human needs. That doesn’t mean video games – and their makers - have no obligation to the public. News reports frequently mention studies that indicate some benefit to playing video games, [...]
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3 Feb 2010window.google_analytics_uacct = “UA-2281360-3″; If you’ve been jonesing for your second hit of ADAM, you won’t have to wait a moment past 12 a.m. on February 9th; 2K has announced that BioShock 2 will get a midnight launch at Best Buy and GameStop stores. It’s great news for us, but bad news for the clerks who [...]
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3 Jul 2009Like they did with the Big Daddies, 2K have released some concept art for BioShock’s tiniest denizens, the Little Sisters. Unlike the first lot, which showed the initial designs for the original Big Daddies, these show how 2K Marin – the developers working on the sequel – have gone about depicting the Little Sisters for [...]
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25 Jun 2009Taking an iconic video game character and reverse-engineering it as a prototype is a delicate task. Let’s look at a few of the concepts drawing that eventually led to the Big Daddy of BioShock 2. These concept art shots appeared yesterday on The Cult of Rapture BioShock website, they were presented as a way to [...]