Archive for February 25th, 2008

 

 
RACE is a star-studded movie, directed by duo Abbas Mastan. Saif , Katrina, Bipasha, Akshay Khanna, Sameera Reddy and Anil Kapoor are the leading actors.
Its music is creating waves amongst the audience. Atif’s “ Pehli Nazaar Mein” is a must hear. The song is so soothing and romantic.
One just gets lost in a trance when […]

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Another week, another visit from your local precinct’s Poll Police. Grammatically unsound, ethically clean, and legitimately insane, we ask you questions that you answer and react accordingly. This past week, the Poll Police were on a trip to the Game Developer’s Conference. Through the many sites you undoubtedly visited, you got enough information to have vicariously attended the event. So, what did you think?

How was GDC ‘08?
It seemed awesome. Lots of info and announcements.
It was pretty good. I heard what I wanted, mostly.
I was neither here nor there with it. Nothing major happened.
I felt there was a lack of anything exciting happening.
It was mostly a waste this year. I am upset.
So you’re saying there was some kind of gaming event last week?
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Sony didn’t have a very large presence, but we got enough stuff to keep you in the loop. Even if you aren’t a Sony fan, there was definitely a lot of great information presented by Microsoft and third party companies to keep you on the edge of your seat. GDC wasn’t the biggest announcement center for non-US companies (Microsoft seemed to blow its wad of titles all in one presentation), but it gives us the notion that the Sony Gamer’s Day coming up will really let the PS3-related announcements shine bright. Last week’s poll result, as always, is past the jump.

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At a GDC lecture Haden Blackman, the project lead on The Force Unleashed, stated that Lucasarts has now learnt a valuable lesson from its development of the game. All future multiplatform projects will prioritise development on the PS3 before being ported over to the 360. This is a direct result of problems and delays during the development of The Force Unleashed caused by trying to port the 360 version to the PS3. The game is now, thankfully, on track, despite these delays.

A live demo of The Force Unleashed was also shown and, from what we’ve heard, it looks absolutely stunning. We can’t wait for its release this summer.

[Thanks Paul]

 

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Not a bad release list for February. PS3 owners the world over finally get to see what all the fuss is about with Capcom’s Lost Planet (spoiler: not a lot) and the Lost game also hits shelves. Having seen very little of the title, we’re intrigued to see what it’s like. Cautiously intrigued, but intrigued nonetheless. Here’s the full release list:

US Games

EU Games

Asian Games

Europe keeps attempting to play catch-up this week with Blacksite: Area 51, another UE3 game that America received during the gameflood of last year. Release dates are constantly subject to change, so be sure to confirm them before making any rash decisions. Like stepping out the front door.

Your PS3 is region free, don’t forget, so don’t be afraid to import any of the above titles. Though if we spot you importing Lost from any other country then we’ll be forced to give you a clip around the ear for being so stupid. You have been warned.

 

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Let’s get this started with a bang; if you’re a fan of video games, then you will absolutely love The Club. And after playing through everything the game had to offer, I was left with one all-important question that I still can’t answer, “Why the hell did it take a developer this long to make this game?”

Let’s face it, many of today’s games try to do so many things at once that they’re often their own worst enemy. Thankfully, the guys and gals at Bizarre Creations didn’t let themselves get bogged down with superfluous storytelling or any of the other myriad of problems that plague many of today’s games.

Instead, they traveled back in time to the Golden Age of gaming when points reigned king and everything else was a mere afterthought. Those were truly the good ol’ days because gaming was all about skill then, and that’s exactly what you’ll need if you plan on being any good at The Club.

Gallery: The Club

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You thought you heard the last of Lair, didn’t you? While at GDC, a man we will call DugBuzz, states in his IGN blog, seeked out the Factor 5 booth and played around with their new build of Lair that incorporated an analog function. He made a comment about the guy who reviewed the game on IGN after playing the new version: “Greg needs to give them a new score. It was kind of clear that Factor 5 put in the extra effort a little begrudgingly, but the results were amazing. This might push me over the edge into the “must buy PS3″ territory.”

So there you have it. If you haven’t played Lair, or rented it and had a bad taste in your mouth, should this analog patch (which also might fix other things — just an assumption) come out, we’ll let you know. It’s then your call whether or not to try it out again, but if this guy has decent tastes, it might just make a potentially great game great. Get it?

 

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