Explicit Gamer: "Yesterday gaming media superpower IGN laid off several members of their editorial staff. Amongst the individuals laid off is Chris Roper. When Explicit Gamer asked Chris for an interview he had this to say…"
The Lost Gamer writes "In a recent interview on the Japanese Square Enix Members area, Tetsuya Nomura has revealed further information regarding the upcoming Final Fantasy XIII Versus title – currently set to be released exclusively on PlayStation 3."
The Lost Gamer writes "Earlier today, shots of a new motherboard that was claimed to be for an upcoming Xbox 360 Slim model were revealed.
Yet a member on the infamous NeoGAF forums has quickly shot down such rumours by pointing out that the board, which features a chipset codenamed Clarkdale, has absolutely nothing to do with the console."
Teletext writes: "Despite being based on Greek mythology there’s no doubting who this game is aimed at.
Aggressive, coarse and sadistic; the game is targeted with pinpoint accuracy at the sort of angry teenage boy we keep getting told isn’t the typical gamer anymore.
But if you want the perfect antidote to causal gaming, motion controls and all the other buzzwords Kratos is your man."
Brave New Gamer’s James Pikover: A post by Ken Feldman of Santa Monica Studios, the developer of God of War 3, stated on the God of War forums that it took their fastest tester 12-13 hours to complete the game. As a game reviewer, I don’t consider myself privy to special knowledge or skills, especially considered to testers, who literally play games 8-10 hours a day, and more often 6-7 days a week. But this is a false statement, as I completed the game in roughly 8 hours, 35 minutes, including the end credits and cutscenes.
This screenshot is of my final auto-save.
And for the naysayers, there’s nothing wrong with brilliance being 8 hours long. Nothing at all. And that’s with fighting every battle and killing every enemy, every time, and with quite a few mistakes. On Normal, as was discussed in the linked thread.
The Lost Gamer writes "We brought you news over the weekend that a Splinter Cell: Conviction demo was set to be released, yet Maxime Beland, Creative Director for the title, was unable to provide any details or even a date – however today that news has surfaced."
The Lost Gamer writes "Robert Bowling, Director of Communications and Community Manager for Infinity Ward, appeared on Major Nelson’s podcast this week to discuss the recently announced "Stimulus Package" Map Pack for the hugely successful Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2."
How hardcore are you? Can you name the 375 games and more than 425 characters from gaming’s past, present, and future? What 2 games here never came out? Which 10 characters are here more than once? Which character stars in the most games? Which games are represented solely by an enemy character, rather than the hero? Which 5 games are represented by just an object? Which characters were their console’s mascots? Which is the oldest game here? Which characters are hunting or watching each other? Which characters are already dead? Where’s the gibbed corpse? Where are the 20 Fallout 3 Bobbleheads hidden?
Critical Gamer writes: Final Fantasy XIII has been the source of much sniping between Sony and Microsoft fanboys, long before the English language release. Those in the Sony camp may have recently thought that they had ‘won’, now that it is generally accepted that the Xbox 360 version is inferior on a technical level. This includes the fact that the PS3 version runs at a higher resolution; but this seems to have turned out to be a poisoned chalice.
The Lost Gamer writes "Square Enix’s upcoming MMORPG title, Final Fantasy XIV, has today received a whole array of new screenshots and artwork."