Haze preview - IGN has a
Haze
preview:Thankfully all of the narrative devices of the singleplayer Haze game
remain intact in co-op. "Most of the narrative in HAZE occurs dynamically
around you without affecting your control, so you're free to stay and watch
or walk away if you want - and obviously, this goes for all four players in
co-op too, so 'skipping' these sequences isn't really a problem.
Occasionally you'll find we'll bias your view in a certain direction to see
something cool, but again, anytime you or your three buddies want to look
elsewhere, you're free to do so." So when your character starts
hallucinating, thanks to the side-effects of the evil Nectar, you can be
sure your buddies are having the same acid flashbacks as you.
The Witcher Interview -
GameSpot has a new interview with CD Projekt's Michal Madej: The
Witcher has essentially reached the beta phase, and everything is
going well in terms of production. We have tight development schedules, and
quality tests are being done both by us and by Atari's quality assurance
team. We're now polishing everything and are focused on testing, testing
again, and more tests
Loki trailer - Focus Home Interactive has released
a
new movie trailer for Loki, revealing more of the third-person fantasy
action role-playing game in production at Cyanide Studio
Paris Chase Demo -
A demo for Paris Chase (156MB) is now available, offering the chance to
sample Team6's upcoming racing game set in a realistic recreation of the
city of lights.
Total Pro Golf 2 Trial - Wolverine Studios has relesed
a 3 day full trial for Total Pro Golf 2. (Choose the "Trial" option
prior to purchasing).
Civ III Mod Designed to Help Teach Canadian History - Bitcasters
has released
HistoriCanada: The New World, a Civilization III mod designed to help
students learn more about Canadian history. The mod will be packaged with
Civilization III and given to 100,000 Canadian high school students along
with a demo of Civilization IV.
Obsidian Edge 2 May Update (Crysis mod) -
Obsidian Edge II: "Theatre of War" is the groundbreaking sequel to
Obsidian Edge being created for Crytek's up coming first person shooter
Crysis. With intense realism as well as new game features never before seen
in a first person shooter - it will forever change the way you think a first
person shooter should be played.
To promote next week's release of Tomb Raider: Anniversary, Eidos staged a reunion of (nearly) all of the models they have hired to protray the game's lead charater Lara Croft at E3 and other events over the years for a photo shoot. The models gathered were Nell McAndrew, Lara Weller, Lucy Clarkson, Jill de Jong and current model Karima Adebibe. Not part of the reunion is the very first Lara Croft model Rhona Mitra who has gone on to a very successful TV and movie acting career.
Halo 2 and LIVE Live - Microsoft announces
the
'launch' of Halo 2 for Windows Vista, which presumably means the Vista
edition of the console shooter is now available, and definitely means the
Windows LIVE service is, well, live. FYI, PC Gamer just bombed Halo 2,
specifically naming the outdated graphics :-)
Lost Planet Collector's Edition Map Coming For Free - Capcom has
announced that Battleground, the multiplayer map that was included as a free
extra for the owners of the Collector's Editon of their Xbox 360 sci-fi
action game Lost Planet will now be available to download for free on June 7
for owners of the regular version of the game as well.
Relic's FAQ and Benchmarking Guide for Company of Heroes DX10 -
Relic has posted a guide for assisting in benchmarking the Direct X 10
version of Company of Heroes.
MMO Gold Farmer Company IGE Sued -
Major MMO gold selling firm IGE has been targeted by a Florida class
action lawsuit claiming that the company has impaired users of World Of
Warcraft by its in-game gold farming, adding to a recent Blizzard lawsuit
against gold-farmers Peons4Hire.
Hidden secrets of the Wii remote -
Did you know that the Wii remote has an audio translator that can pick
up analog audio signals (such as human speech) and translate it to a data
signal that can be transferred to the Wii? What? You didn't?