Datura Review
Posted by IGN on May 07, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Hallucinogens alter your reality and make you see things that aren’t there. Plants in the Datura family are renowned for their dangerous hallucinogenic qualities, and their beautiful white flowers — which you’ll find smattered all over the mysterious woods where developer Plastic’s new game Datura takes place — don’t exactly belie the trippy nature of the game. It’s within that mystery-laden woodland that you’ll be thrust into a series of unusual events...
Black to the Future: What Do You Think of Black Ops II’s Futuristic, 2025 Setting?
Posted by IGN on May 06, 2012 | Leave a Comment
The future of Call of Duty is the future; Activision is sending its flagship franchise to 2025. That means highly advanced weaponry, razor-edge robotics and drone warfare.
Of course, it also means leaving behind a lot of tradition. For a series that was forged in the fires of World War II, found incredible success in current-day conflict and has since stopped off for a little Cold War subterfuge this is a pretty significant shift.
There’s been praise for Treyarch taking Call of Duty somewhere...
20 Years of Killin’ Nazis: A Retrospective
Posted by IGN on May 05, 2012 | Leave a Comment
There’s not much that hasn’t been written about id Software’s Wolfenstein 3D over the last two decades. Lauded as the true grandfather of 3D shooters, Wolfenstein 3D is responsible for laying down the fundamental foundations that first-person shooters still follow today.
Developed by industry legends John Carmack, John Romero, Tom Hall, Jason Blochowiak and Adrian Carmack and released on May 5, 1992, Wolfenstein 3D (with the help of id’s Doom the following year) triggered...
More of Infamous’ Cole on the Way
Posted by IGN on May 04, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Infamous 2 saw The Killing’s Eric Ladin take on the role of protagonist Cole MacGrath — both giving the character a voice and performing motion capture to give the superhero life. Now, a year after the Infamous 2’s release, he’s doing it again.
Today, Ladin Tweeted that he was once again in a motion capture suit. However, he pointed out he was not recording Infamous. But when asked what he was recording instead, Ladin said it was for the role of Cole.
When approached by...
God of War Director’s Next Game Could Be a Shooter
Posted by IGN on May 04, 2012 | Leave a Comment
When God of War and Twisted Metal director David Jaffe saw the Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 trailer, the set pieces intrigued him for the first time in a while.
“I love the genre, but I feel it has been allowed to go a little — well, actually, quite a lot — stale when it comes to moment to moment mechanics,” he said, noting RPG mechanics have shifted the focus from how similar enemy encounters are. “I’m hoping to see that iterated on in the future.”
Jaffe on...
Could PlayStation All-Stars Come to Vita?
Posted by IGN on May 04, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Last week, IGN had the pleasure of attending the reveal event for the long-rumored Sony-centric brawler PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale (once known as Title Fight). We loved what we saw and spent a good amount of time playing the game for ourselves.
One of the most common questions from readers after the game’s reveal was whether the developer, SuperBot Entertainment, had any intention on bringing their game to Sony’s struggling handheld, the PlayStation Vita. In an interview with...
Rainbow Moon: A New Strategy RPG for PlayStation 3
Posted by IGN on May 04, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Over a year ago, we alerted you to a new strategy RPG that was being prepped for launch exclusively on the PlayStation Network. More details on the game began to leak this past November, when we learned that developer SideQuest Studios — famous for its Soldner-X games on PSN — was well along on the project.
And today, thanks to the PlayStation Blog, we now have our very first trailer for the game, some new screenshots and other pertinent details.
SideQuest Studios’ CEO Marcus Pukropski...
No Twisted Metal DLC Planned
Posted by IGN on May 04, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Twisted Metal co-director David Jaffe puts it simple for people checking the PlayStation Network for Twisted Metal content: “If anyone’s holding their breath for DLC for Twisted, I don’t think that’s a wise health choice.”
Jaffe on Up at Noon
In an interview with IGN, Jaffe said the team is hovering around the 75 percent “happy balance” rate on the game, and once they hit 100, Twisted Metal will be done other than the occasional double XP weekend. Of course,...
PS3 Game News: Family Guy: Back To The Multiverse Seemingly Coming This Fall
Posted by G4TV on May 04, 2012 | Leave a Comment
UPDATE: We’ve got some official word from Activision on this. A PR rep told G4, "Stay tuned on this. We will have more news for you shortly." I’d say that this at the very least confirms that the product listings are accurate.
ORIGINAL POST: What is Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse? According to Amazon (via Joystiq), it’s a console game that is coming to PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on September 25, 2012. Other than the release date and some placeholder art, the...
Ready, set, go-kart! Get ready to race with Sackboy
Posted by Game Spot on May 03, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Drop the fluffy clutch and do some sack circle work as Little Big Planet goes racing.
Racing games are a bit like the ice cream of the games industry. They come in a vast array of flavours, and, for the most part, people find and stick to what they like. There’s arcade chocolate, simulation strawberry, and the enjoyable, albeit slightly plain, vanilla in-betweens. There’s rocky road, the games that focus on destructible environments and adrenalin-pumping action, and the fun,...
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