The Right Click: The Fall of Realtime Worlds
And just like that, they were gone, taking with them what was perhaps one of the most promising development teams in the industry. Realtime Worlds started off well, but like Icarus it flew into the Sun and burnt its wings. The result is about 200 staff members made redundant, the company put into administration, and ...
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Article: A World of Minecraft
Creativity in video games is something that developers very much support, but aren’t always able to supply easily. With many modification groups, scripts and even total conversions of games out there, it’s obvious that with a little time and attention gamers show a keen interest in developing their own worlds or improving upon worlds in ...
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Review: APB
Customization is everything in todays gaming – after all, we all want to be unique, have our own unique character, skills, looks, features. Most modern games nowadays contain some sort of customization option; whether it’s changing armour, colour or facial features of your character. It creates more of a relationship with who we’re playing in ...
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Review: Men of War
There’s something poignant about it, something horrifying and characteristic of what World War 2 was like, that has been missed by other RTS’s of its ilk. Although Company of Heroes was very enjoyable, it felt overly heroic throughout the game (except for the Normandy landings at the start). Men of War is a different game ...
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Review: Alpha Protocol
Alpha Protocol is the latest in a long line of RPG games that have a “Choose Your Own Adventure” aspect to them. Over the past decade, these RPGs have dominated the western market with a lot of success. The developer, Obsidian Entertainment, is an experienced veteran of the genre. They have produced two successful sequels ...
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Article: A History of Steam
The history of PC gaming could be split into the history of gaming before Steam, and afterwards. We love Steam very much, but it wasn’t that long ago that the thought of having to use the gaming client was met with resistance and complaint. Originally brought out to be the foundation for Half Life 2 ...
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E3 2010: Sony Conference
It should have been a fairly simple task, given Microsoft’s weakness at their conference, to get up there and look the better group. Instead we received the same insults, arrogance and gimmicks that have plagued Sony’s conference for years now, so I can’t say i’m particularly surprised they didn’t pull off anything better. It started ...
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E3 2010: Nintendo Conference Thoughts
A poor Microsoft conference? A pretty good Nintendo conference?! The end of days is drawing near obviously. Either way, Nintendo presented a far better conference this year than they have done ever. No plastic toys, no Cammie patronising us. Even the graphs were toned down enough to not make them overly noticable. Reggie started off ...
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