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"It was gonna be actually more insane in a way."
Digital FoundryBulletstorm PS3/360 Cut-Scene Analysis
V-sync on, v-sync off...
Digital FoundryBulletstorm PS3/360 Gameplay Performance
Frame-rate tests on in-game action.
Digital FoundryBulletstorm PS3/PC Face-Off
The Sony platform faces off against PC.
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Bulletstorm remaster dated for 2017, published by Borderlands studio Gearbox
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Gearbox partners with controversial game key reseller G2A for Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition bundle
UPDATE: Gearbox says G2A needs to change its ways or the deal's off.
UPDATE 06/04/2017 9.38pm: Gearbox sent Eurogamer a response to the criticism of its partnership with G2A over the Bulletstorm: Full Clip Collector's Edition. The publisher demands that G2A implements some changes in an effort to legitimise the marketplace or it won't comply with the game key reseller.
Bulletstorm remaster adds playable Duke Nukem
Due in April via Gearbox.
People Can Fly's brilliant first-person shooter Bulletstorm is getting a remaster on 7th April for PS4, Xbox One and PC, via publisher Gearbox.
Dubbed Bullestorm Full Clip Edition, Gearbox decided to Gearbox it up by adding Duke Nukem as a playable character with iconic voice actor John St. John reprising the role.
Beyond adding Duke, Bullestorm Full Clip Edition will feature improved visuals, 60fps gameplay, and new maps for the Score Challenge mode.
Bulletstorm remaster dated for 2017, published by Borderlands studio Gearbox
Re-booted for PC, PS4, Xbox One.
Finally, there's more information on the Bulletstorm remaster we discovered back at E3 in June.
The underappreciated PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 shooter will be relaunched for PC, PS4 and Xbox One in 2017, a listing by the reliable Brazilian ratings board has revealed (thanks, Gematsu).
Unexpectedly, the remaster will be published by Borderlands and Battleborn studio Gearbox. There's no word on which developer is handling the port, however.
Bulletstorm remaster screenshots found on Xbox One E3 press USB
Mistake or hidden surprise?
Buried on Microsoft's E3 2016 Xbox One press USB are screenshots for a Bulletstorm Remaster we had no idea about. Hidden on purpose or a mistake?
Wes uploaded the screenshots from his Xbox USB.
The screenshots show a crisper and clearer Bulletstorm to the one released on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 five years ago.
PlayStation Store Summer Sale starts today
But what about the British summer?
How clever of Sony to start the PlayStation Summer Sale when the weather outside is s***. Even the promo-man pictured on the PlayStation blog wears a rain snorkel.
Bulletstorm dev People Can Fly regains independence
Announces work has begun on an unannounced game.
Independent Polish Bulletstorm developer People Can Fly has returned.
FeatureThe Witcher game that never was
Made in Poland but not by CD Projekt Red.
The Witcher 3 is out today, and so we've hauled another exciting Witcher-related article out of the Eurogamer archive for you to read again or enjoy for the first time if you missed it. Here, Robert Purchese reveals the story of the Witcher game that never was in an article first published in June 2014.
BioShock Infinite, Tomb Raider, Hitman discounted in Xbox Marketplace sale
UPDATE: Friday's deals added.
UPDATE #3: It's Friday, which means a final day of deals in Microsoft's Ultimate Game sale.
Meet Adrian Chmielarz, the Bulletstorm guy whose world was turned upside down by Dear Esther.
"Why is Nathan Drake a mass murderer?" Oh I don't know, but it's the question not the answer that's important. It symbolises a seismic shift in attitudes towards games that may mean, "possibly even for the very first time", that the next generation of consoles also becomes "the next generation of game design".
"It was gonna be actually more insane in a way."
There was a concept for Bulletstorm 2, and People Can Fly founder Adrian Chmielarz believed it would have made "an amazing game".
Ex-Bulletstorm devs insist new game is not a shooter
Not working with Cliffy B, not using Kickstarter, not on mobile.
Ex-Bulletstorm developers The Astronauts are not working on a shooter, the team has insisted.
People Can Fly founder founds new studio The Astronauts
Has an Unreal Engine 3 game in development for 2013 already.
When Bulletstorm dev People Can Fly was bought by Epic Games earlier this year, the studio's founder Adrian Chmielarz left.
Hell Yeah!, Bulletstorm, Resi 5 free on PlayStation Plus this month
October offerings detailed, alongside other deals.
PlayStation Plus subscribers will get free access to Bulletstorm, Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition and Hell Yeah! Wrath of Dead Rabbit this month via the service's Instant Game Collection.
Epic buys Bulletstorm/Gears of War: Judgment dev People Can Fly
But transition leads to three high-profile departures.
Powerhouse developer Epic Games has bought the remaining (minority) stake in Polish Bulletstorm and Gears of War: Judgment developer People Can Fly.
Bulletstorm developer working on new Gears of War
Polish studio People Can Fly step up.
Bulletstorm developer People Can Fly is working on the new Gears of War title teased last night.
Bulletstorm 2 was in development before Epic decided against it
PC version hurt by piracy, underwhelming port.
Bulletstorm 2 was in development before Epic decided against it.
Origin sale offers Mass Effect 1 and Dead Space 1 for £3
Sequels not much more expensive either.
You-hoo, PC gamers, there's a juicy sale going on over at EA's digital distribution shop Origin.
FeatureSaturday Soapbox: Bring On The Next Generation
Before the games industry really loses it mojo.
You may have noticed that my splendid and lovely colleagues Oli Welsh and Martin Robinson have recently become embroiled in what may very well be the most polite argument in the history of the internet, debating whether or not 2011 has been a vintage year for gaming.
PCF admits Bulletstorm was too sweary
Didn't realise until Polish translation came in.
Thought Bulletstorm was heavy on the expletives? Developer People Can Fly thought so, too.
Epic not working on a new Unreal game
Bulletstorm lessons will aid PCF's next.
Gears of War developer Epic may be making five new games right now, but a new Unreal Tournament isn't one of them.
EU PlayStation Store update 14th Sept
From Dust! Renegade Ops! God of War!
All hail god game From Dust, which headlines this week's update to the EU PlayStation Store.
Ubisoft's beautiful Caribbean sandbox was showered with a delightful 9/10 in Eurogamer's From Dust review.
But perhaps you fancy something with more firepower. Then meet Renegade Ops, a twin-stick vehicular shooter from Just Cause developer Avalanche Studios.
Xbox Live Marketplace schedule update
Radiant Silvergun, ITSP DLC, more.
Treasure's touched-up Radiant Silvergun XBLA release, DLC for Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet and a Games on Demand slot for Bulletstorm head up the latest Xbox Live Marketplace schedule update.
As detailed on Major Nelson's blog, you can also expect deals on Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and Rockstar Games' content.
Here's how the next few weeks shape up:
Upcoming Xbox Live schedule detailed
Bulletstorm, Gears of War deals incoming.
Deals on Bulletstorm DLC, an XBLA release for Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike and new content for Dragon Age 2 head up the latest Xbox Live content schedule.
Bulletstorm "didn't make money"
But Epic has no regrets.
OTT shooter Bulletstorm failed to turn a profit for Epic, president Mike Capps has admitted.
Gun Sonata pack unleashed.
The Gun Sonata downloadable content pack that's been out for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 version of first-person kill-em-up Bulletstorm since mid-April is now available for the PC version.
OTT Epic shooter gets belated sampler.
Epic's over-the-top new FPS Bulletstorm gets a belated PC demo today, the developer has announced.
EA hails Fox for Bulletstorm controversy
Games boss welcomes tabloid fury.
EA has hailed Fox News' furious denouncement of Bulletstorm last month for putting a much-needed spotlight on its brand new IP.
Epic reveals its next-generation vision
"And it's ready today."
Epic Games has unveiled its vision of what the next-generation will look like using Unreal Engine 3.
UK top 40: Killzone 3 beats Bulletstorm
Take that, multi-platform preachers.
PlayStation 3 exclusive Killzone 3 is today's new UK all-formats chart leader.
Digital FoundryBulletstorm PS3/360 Cut-Scene Analysis
V-sync on, v-sync off...
V-sync on, v-sync off...
Digital FoundryBulletstorm PS3/360 Gameplay Performance
Frame-rate tests on in-game action.
Digital FoundryBulletstorm PS3/PC Face-Off
The Sony platform faces off against PC.
Digital FoundryBulletstorm 360/PC Face-Off
Computer against console in this comparison.
Digital FoundryBulletstorm PS3/360 Face-Off
Console versions head-to-head.
Digital FoundryBulletstorm Light Shaft PS3/360/PC Comparison
New UE3 visual effect compared on all platforms.
New UE3 visual effect compared on all platforms.
Digital FoundryBulletstorm Input Lag Analysis
Game lag measured on PC, 360 and PS3.
Game lag measured on PC, 360 and PS3.
Digital FoundryFace-Off: Bulletstorm
Lead better?
Xbox 360
PlayStation 3
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FeatureGame of the Week: Bulletstorm
We're with stupid.
And we're back. The games business enjoyed one of its occasional spasms of quality this week, unburdening itself of a modest shedload of excellent games for many tastes on many platforms.
£35 Bulletstorm/Killzone 3 GAME trade-in
Pay £5 for 13 days of play.
Reckon you'll be done with Killzone 3 and/or Bulletstorm by 10th March? If yes, GAME can guarantee you a trade-in price of £35, reports MCV.
VideoBulletstorm - first 15 minutes
The game's campaign mode kicks off.
The game's campaign mode kicks off.
Five maps, two Leash enhancements.
On the day Bulletstorm launches in the US and three days before it goes on sale in the UK, EA and Epic Games have announced paid for downloadable content.
The Gun Sonata pack includes three new maps for the game's Anarchy mode and two new maps for the Echo mode.
There are also two new Leash enhancements, the Flamingo and the Pulp.
VideoBulletstorm launch trailer blasts in
Out in Europe this Friday.
Gears 3 beta via Bulletstorm requires disc
Until a more Locust alternative arrives.
Gaining a headstart entry to the Gears of War 3 beta via the Epic Edition of Bulletstorm requires more than the supplied code - you'll need your Bulletstorm game disc, too.
"You need the disc," tweeted Gears of War executive director Rod Fergusson. "The Epic Edition code only adds a button on the Bulletstorm main menu."
Those of you with the disc and code get to play the Gears of War 3 multiplayer beta early. It also sounds as though there will be some exclusive content for the early-birds as well.
Boom.
Bulletstorm is an astonishingly clever game folded up inside an exquisitely stupid one.
On the surface, People Can Fly has delivered a sustained rumination on what it feels like to really boot somebody in the nuts. Yet beneath all that is a design built on years of watching audiences play outside of the rules in other shooters. It's a lightning-fingered restructuring of the genre which borrows smartly from puzzle games, racers and even, in its score-attack modes, time-limited social games.
It's a game filled with tricks and gimmicks, but its best trick is this: it manages to combine both sides of itself – the brainless rollercoaster and the intricately course-tuned leaderboard-chaser – into one harmonious package. In the process, the developer mints gold from a single, shimmering contradiction. This is a shooter in which merely shooting somebody will leave you feeling like you're playing it wrong.
Epic: PC Bulletstorm demo after launch
Eurogamer's review tomorrow.
PC gamers will have to wait until after Bulletstorm's release this Friday for a demo, producer Epic Games has announced.
PS3 and Xbox 360 owners were gifted a demo back in January.
"Bulletstorm PC demo is in the works!" tweeted Epic vice president Mark Rein. "Won't make it in time for ship date but should be available shortly after."
Why Bulletstorm's campaign isn't co-op
"The game just broke down" says Bleszinski.
Bulletstorm's campaign is single-player only because co-op broke it.
Fox News Bulletstorm attack pulled apart
Plus, 'rape' pundit shellacked on Amazon.
Earlier this week, Fox News ran a colourful piece on Epic's OTT shooter Bulletstorm, in which the game was accused of, among other things, helping to breed a generation of rapists.
Freshly unleashed Bulletstorm screens
Is this the worst game in the world?
Is this the worst game in the world?
Fox pundit: gaming fuels sex crime
The Bulletstorm backlash starts here.
As sure as night follows day, tabloid journalism was always going to be snapping at the heels of Epic's forthcoming OTT shooter Bulletstorm. Fox News is first out of the gate, accusing the game, and others like it, of being responsible for a recent spike in sex crimes.
Bleszinski: No "COD shooter pie" left
"It's not enough just to make a shooter."
Epic design chief Cliff Bleszinski reckons developers that attempt to emulate Activision's shooter behemoth Call of Duty are barking up the wrong tree.
Duty Calls has 1.25 million downloads
Bulletstorm's Call of Duty spoof is popular.
Lampooning Call of Duty works - more than 1.25 million people have downloaded Duty Calls, a free parody game created by Bulletstorm developer People Can Fly.
Pre-order Bulletstorm PC, get Shank free
Shankyou very much.
Those who pre-order the PC version of the Bulletstorm Limited Edition from the EA Store will receive a free digital download of bloody platform game Shank.
Bulletstorm spoofs COD with Duty Calls
Play cheeky downloadable shooter now.
Bulletstorm publisher EA wants you to know that its forthcoming OTT shooter isn't your average FPS. To help illustrate the fact, it's knocked up a quick Call of Duty spoof to spell out the differences.
Bulletstorm Epic Edition exclusive to GAME
Buy your Gears of War 3 beta ticket.
Epic Games' creative pin-up Cliff Bleszinksi has confirmed the Epic Edition of Bulletstorm as a UK exclusive for shop chain GAME.
"FYI UK guys – GAME is the only spot for y'all to pre order Bulletstorm Epic Edition," he tweeted, handsomely.
GAME in this case also means Gamestation, as the two shop-chains are owned by GAME Group.
VideoBulletstorm's demo from start to finish
We blast through the foul-mouthed FPS.
We blast through the foul-mouthed FPS.
VideoBulletstorm demo gets blistering trailer
Ready for your download queue now.
XBL Bulletstorm, Crysis 2 demos out now
FPS tasters on offer.
Gold subscription exclusive demos for upcoming shooters Bulletstorm and Crysis 2 are available to download from Xbox Live.
VideoMessy new Bulletstorm trailer
Demo hits XBL/PSN this week.
Duke dev talks down Bulletstorm rivalry
There's room for two OTT shooters.
A cursory glance at EA's forthcoming shooter Bulletstorm and the long-awaited Duke Nukem Forever, both due this Spring, reveals a fair few common themes: outrageous violence, enormous extraterrestrial bugs, giant biceps and enough F-bombs to make even Ray Winstone blush.
Unlocks upgrades in the full game.
A demo of People Can Fly's first-person shooter Bulletstorm will release on 25th January on Xbox Live and 26th January on the PlayStation Network, EA has announced.
No mention was made of a PC demo.
The demo features a slice of Echo mode, a cooperative mode that tracks and compares player scores while they play through locations found in the campaign. The location in the demo is a collapsed building, which players must traverse.
VideoBulletstorm diorama looks very familiar
Halo there.
Halo there.
VideoMore tasteful Bulletstorm footage
Cliffy B dreams up another teaser.
Cliffy B dreams up another teaser.
Bulletstorm PC specs: is that it?
Your machine stands a good chance.
Perhaps consoles aren't that powerful after all - Bulletstorm's PC system requirements are relatively pedestrian.
VideoBulletstorm diary blasts new footage
Even includes shower scene.
Even includes shower scene.
VideoHappy holidays from Bulletstorm
Make the halls all guts and gory.
Make the halls all guts and gory.
VideoSweary Bulletstorm character dev diary
"The premier badass of m*****f*** town."
"The premier badass of m*****f*** town."
Bulletstorm Epic Ed grants Gears 3 beta
Buy your way in.
How do you get exclusive early access to the Gears of War 3 beta? By buying the Epic Edition of Bulletstorm, Epic Games has announced.
The Epic Edition costs $59.99 Stateside, and will be available with the normal edition on 22nd February there, 25th February here.
There's no word on when the Gears of War 3 beta will begin. Apparently we need to check the back of the Bulletstorm pack for details.
Bulletstorm's Anarchy mode and single player
Latest screens fire in.
Latest screens fire in.
EA marketing the f*** out of Bulletstorm
People Can Fly expects big sales from FPS.
Polish developer People Can Fly is bullish when it comes to the potential success of bombastic FPS Bulletstorm. Why? Because publisher EA will "market the f***" out of it.
FeatureBulletstorm: We're misunderstood
Adrian Chmielarz reveals the heart behind the new FPS.
At first glance Bulletstorm is a bloody, bombastic blockbuster of an FPS – exactly what you'd expect from a developer under Cliff Bleszinski and Epic Games' wing. Subtlety, story and sophistication are not the point.
All hail.
Bulletstorm is a game about shooting other people in the nuts and being rewarded for it. It's a game about kicking people into sparking control panels and watching as their limbs twitch and their eyeballs melt.
VideoNew Bulletstorm trailer tiptoes in
Dildos, dinosaurs and destruction.
FeatureEurogamer Expo 2010 Top 10
Including your game of the show.
Every year at the Eurogamer Expo we invite you to tell us what you thought of the games you played, and without fail every year (so far anyway) you exhibit amazing taste in huge numbers. This year's Expo line-up was our strongest and most diverse yet, so we were excited to see what would follow in the footsteps of last year's winner, God of War III, or 2008's Mirror's Edge...
Bulletstorm dev denies Duke Nukem nod
But Bleszinski has had big influence.
Pulp sci-fi, muscle-bound alpha males, bad language, outrageous violence – on the face of it, it would seem Epic's forthcoming FPS Bulletstorm and the Duke Nukem series have a lot in common. Not so, insists developer People Can Fly.
Bulletstorm dev talks down FPS fatigue
Talks up bouncing limbs, blood showers.
You can never have too many shooters, insists the developer behind EA's forthcoming FPS Bulletstorm – as long as they're good.
VideoBulletstorm developer commentary
Epic fires off about the game.
Epic fires off about the game.
Dragon Age 2, Bulletstorm at EG Expo
EA lets loose the 2011 portfolio.
BioWare's mammoth role-playing sequel Dragon Age 2 and People Can Fly's thousand-mile-an-hour shooter Bulletstorm will both be playable at the Eurogamer Expo 2010.
FeatureEA Partners' David DeMartini
On Respawn, Insomniac, Suda51 and more.
As boss of EA Partners David DeMartini is in charge of more games than seems possible for one person. There's BulletStorm, Crysis 2, Alice 2, Reckoning and Portal 2 (maybe) to worry about, and untitled games from Respawn Entertainment, Insomniac, Starbreeze and Suda51 to keep on the straight and narrow.
VideoEGTV: Tanya Jesson talks Bulletstorm
"The Burnout of shooters" explained.
"The Burnout of shooters" explained.
Mark Rein: "We're still a PC company"
"It's a myth that we've abandoned the PC."
Epic Games vice president Mark Rein has denied that the Gears of War developer has ignored the PC in favour of consoles.
VideoCliff Bleszinski talks Bulletstorm
"Where'd that giant d*** come from?"
"Where'd that giant d*** come from?"
Crysis 2 "Holiday 2010", full 3D support
Bulletstorm dated, too.
Crytek's Cervat Yerli has pinned Crysis 2 to a "Holiday 2010" release at EA's E3 press conference.
VideoKick, shoot and quip in Bulletstorm
First trailer for People Can Fly's FPS.
First trailer for People Can Fly's FPS.
Shotgurn.
We're sure you would agree with Bulletstorm's assertion that it's "time to break out the awesome". Clearly there is a gap in the market for a demented shooter where you're constantly sliding around on your knees blasting mutant jerks in the nuts and quipping like Duke Nukem with an irony bypass.
New action Need for Speed at E3
EA Natal/Move line-up reveal, too.
EA will show a beefy line-up of games at E3, including the new "action" Need for Speed game and FIFA 2011.
EA confirms Bulletstorm for 2011
CliffyB's thunder stolen, again.
EA has confirmed publishing rights to People Can Fly's shooter Bulletstorm, which will be released sometime in 2011 on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.
People Can Fly is owned by Epic Games, remember, and Bulletstorm was expected to be one of the games Cliff Bleszinksi would reveal on US television tonight. The other was Gears of War 3, but the beans were spilled on that late last week; poor old Cliff won't be left with anything at this rate.
Bulletstorm's a first-person shooter about a band of mercenaries dubbed Dead Echo. Grayson Hunt and Ishi Sato are two of them and they're soon betrayed and find themselves on their own, surrounded by flesh-eating mutants in an abandoned paradise.
CliffyB doing two announcements tonight
Gears 3 and Bulletstorm expected.
"BOOM!" Epic Games designer Cliff Bleszinkski has tweeted, with typical exuberance, that he'll make not one but two game announcements on his delayed TV appearance tonight.
"NEWSFLASH: Two announcements about two upcoming games on Monday. BOOM!" said the artist formerly known as CliffyB.
The extra announcement is presumably to make up for the fact that Xbox Live accidentally spilled the beans on an April 2011 launch for Gears of War 3 last week.
