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• Next Xbox Reveal: live report and live video

• Cyclone 21/05/2013

  How many of those new franchises are kinect titles? Reply 0

• Resident Evil: Revelations introduces wacky new costumes

• Cyclone 16/05/2013

  Is it just me, or does Chris' costume make him look a nautical themed Hunter S. Thompson? Reply +4

• Eternal Darkness "spiritual successor" Shadow of the Eternals announced

• Cyclone 03/05/2013

  It'd be fantastic to see an Eternal Darkness successor, even if it's still years away from release, given that this game is probably still quite early in its development. Unfortunately, Denis Dyack is likely to be more of a hindrance than a help here, and there's a strong chance of a kickstarter failing with him onboard. Reply +11

• Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon gets release date and... '80s film star Michael Biehn?

• Cyclone 08/04/2013

  @frunk I'd hate to call either a bad film, but Commando (1985) and Big Trouble in Little China (1986) are pure distillatings of 1980s cinema. They're loud, cheesy, and violent, all wrapped up in a neon glow. In short, they're classics. Reply +4

• SimCity update 1.7 released, includes traffic congestion improvements

• Cyclone 20/03/2013

  I hate to be a cynic, but I have to wonder whether the fact that they're up to 1.7 with the version number has more to do with appearing to be making great changes to the game, than EA actually making large, meaningful changes. It took Battlefield 2, another EA game, over 4 years to reach a final version, v1.5, and there was a damn sight more put into it. Reply +3

• Deus Ex: The Fall domain registered by Square Enix

• Cyclone 06/03/2013

  Excellent news. Human Revolution, minor flaws aside, far exceeded my expectations for a new DX game; the feel and overall execution were superb. If the new game is anything linke its predecessor then we have a strong candidate for (hopefully) next year's GOTY. Reply +49

• PlayStation 4 Press Conference Live Report

• Cyclone 20/02/2013

  @shadowdogg
  To be fair, you do have a very charismatic foot. Reply 0

• Square Enix apologises after Final Fantasy 7 PC launch problems

• Cyclone 20/08/2012

  Ah, the joys of badly thought out, overly invasive DRM. I feel a good bit of sympathy for anyone currently having problems using a copy of a game they've paid good money for, especially when SE didn't seem to acknowledge that the new PC version came with securom on their download store.
  
  If they release a steam version with the securom stripped out, I'd be interested in buying another copy of FF VII. If not, I'll just stick to my PSOne version. Reply +6

• Penny Arcade takes to Kickstarter to go ad-free

• Cyclone 10/07/2012

  To be fair, as they point out in their post, Penny Arcade employs 14 people. It should also be noted that hosting and server costs would also be quite high for such a popular website. I can understand and sympathise with both points of view (pro and anti) about this idea, but it does need to be pointed out that it's not simply a case of the two guys taking in, and pissing away a half a million each over the next year, if they're successful, that is. Reply +3

• Raspberry Pi Review

• Cyclone 03/05/2012

  Great article, but one slight correction. Quake 3 Arena runs on id tech 3, not id tech 2. Reply +4

• Star Trek, Champions Online 2010 hack evidence discovered

• Cyclone 26/04/2012

  @joeltimothymarkspenc
  
  Perfect World are the Chinese game company that bought Cryptic (from Atari) last year Joel, so you needed worry about that. Reply 0

• Syndicate dev's next game is F2P Cold Mercury

• Cyclone 26/03/2012

  I mis-read the sub-headline as Starbreeze seeking a distribution deal for Project V13, the former Fallout Online MMO. Truth be told that'd probably have interested me more, but all the best to them with their new projects. Reply 0

• New Uncharted 3 DLC dated and detailed

• Cyclone 18/01/2012

  The Lazarević screenshot is interesting in that it seems to be related to the Online Co-op adventures; the two-headed Janus sculpture is the object that Drake is hunting over the five co-op levels, which end with a shoot-out with Lazarević, Harry Flynn, and Eddie Raja at the airfield.
  
  Hopefully we're looking at some extra single-player missions, or at least some extra co-op adventures. Reply +1

• Star Wars: The Old Republic two-day grace period announced

• Cyclone 16/12/2011

  Another problem I read about was in relation to gamers in parts of the world like Australia, where TOR doesn't have a release date yet. People (or at least some of them) who pre-ordered over there thought they'd be able to play from now until it was released there. Reply +1

• New Alan Wake is called Alan Wake's American Nightmare

• Cyclone 11/12/2011

  The reveal trailer (not the teaser already posted by EG) can be seen below.
  
  Looks quite good so far.
  
  EDIT: Fixed weird error caused by the EG link button messing up the url. Reply +2

• Bayonetta developer Platinum making Metal Gear: Rising

• Cyclone 11/12/2011

  Well, it looks like the cutscenes from Twin Snakes are about to be ousted as the most ridiculously over the top part of the Metal Gear franchise. Like many I enjoy some of the occasionally weird elements of the Metal Gear games; they help give the series such a unique feel. This, however, seems like a bad parody. A satire gone horribly wrong. I hope that we're being too hard on the game, but I'm not optimistic. Reply +1

• First Vita US bundle goes on sale early

• Cyclone 27/10/2011

  While we often/usually don't get fantastic prices here in Europe, it should be pointed out that US retailers don't include sales tax in advertised prices as happens over here. That difference helps to explain some, though not all, of the price differences between Europe and the US. Reply +2

• Super Mario Land 3 coming to 3DS eShop

• Cyclone 29/09/2011

  A great game indeed, though I always preferred Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins to it. If I'm honest though, it's been so long since I've played either that I couldn't say if my preference was due to SML2 being better, or because it was the first Mario game I owned and that I played it a lot more. Reply 0

• Ico book out this month

• Cyclone 05/08/2011

  As the others have noted Ico was originally released in late 2001, having originally been destined for the PS1. It was re-released over here in 2006, to coincide with the release of Shadow of the Colossus, which is likely where the mistaken 2006 date above comes from. Reply +3

• Garry's Mod racks up a million downloads

• Cyclone 26/07/2011

  That figure probably included the old, non-paid for versions as well marmaduke. Not that it isn't a great mod, but it might be a bit off the beaten track for many people's tastes. Reply 0

• Bethesda announces Dishonored

• Cyclone 07/07/2011

  The fact that Harvey Smith is aboard, and that it sounds similar to the freedom offered by Deus Ex itself in tackling objectives makes me quite excited about this actually, especially when coupled with an art direction potentially similar to HL2. Reply +13

• Resident Evil HD comparison footage

• Cyclone 30/06/2011

  To be fair Code Veronica was originally launched over 11 years ago, in February 2000. There's only so much upscaling can do. Reply +7

• Why Second Sight 2 wasn't made

• Cyclone 22/06/2011

  Second Sight was indeed a great game. It was fun, and had a really intelligent story. I'd love to see a HD upscale on PSN and XBL, but alas I doubt I ever will. Reply +3

• Crytek denies knowledge of new Xbox

• Cyclone 18/06/2011

  To be honest, I don't think we need the next gen yet. There's still a lot of life left in this generation. Look at some of the console games that were shown at E3. With the economy still not fantastic anywhere, it's highly likely that both Sony and Microsoft will follow Nintendo's example, and build upon their existing technology. For a next gen console to be competitive it can't be sold at $500 and $600; $300 to $400 would be a much better price point. At that price level, while newer technology could bring things close/near on pare with the pc, you'd have to ask yourself whether that graphical difference would be enough to sell Joe Punter on a new console. Again, with the economy the way it is I'd have my doubts. If a shot of adrenalin is needed for the console ecosystem, then the best way to do that would be through price drops. Reply +7

• Valve offers Portal 2 soundtrack for free

• Cyclone 25/05/2011

  Valve really are awesome Reply +1