Here’s the thing about Rockstar Games: You never know when they’re going to make a move. While they’re not quite as bad as Apple, the NYC-based developers of the Grand Theft Auto series and Red Dead Redemption tend to be very secretive about their games’ release windows.
A good noir story’s nothing without a little double-dealing and the newest clip from Rockstar’s upcoming detective thriller shows hints of powerful mobsters and far-reaching corruption in post-war L.A.
The film festival started by one of cinema’s greatest actors will give special focus to the next game from the makers of last year’s hit Red Dead Redemption.
If you’re around the median age of most video game players–which the Entertainment Software Association says is about 35 years old–then chances are that you’ve got more than a few M-rated games on your shelf. Roughly equivalent to the R film rating issued by the MPAA, ‘M’ (for “Mature”) stands at the highest age bracket [...]
Last night, at video games’ equivalent to the Oscars, ‘Red Dead Redemption’ racked up the most wins, but ‘Mass Effect 2′ walked away with Game of the Year. It came down to epic space opera vs. lonesome Western drama at the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences’ annual Interactive Achievement Awards ceremony, and Commander Shepard [...]
Video Game Awards Season is in full swing, with the games of 2010 having already been assessed in tons of Game of the Year round-ups all over the web. Now come the professional and organizational awards, where developers and other groups recognize outstanding creativity in the video game medium.
It’s no longer a mystery as to when you’ll be able to play the hard-boiled detective game from Rockstar Games. The latest trailer for L.A. Noire reveals that the game will be out on May 17th. The clip also hints that several of the game’s murders may be the work of one serial killer. Along [...]
I talked a bit about the revolutionary technology behind L.A. Noire after I first saw it awhile back. The facial expressions in the game look astoundingly real and will be a key part of how players solve cases. Now, Rockstar and Team Bondi reveal a look at how those amazing faces get made.
This L.A. Noire… something about it rubs me the wrong way. Let’s look at we know so far about the hard-boiled period piece, readers. Aaron Staton–best known as Ken Cosgrove on AMC’s hit drama Mad Men–plays police detective Cole Phelps. Phelps is a WWII vet who last duty in Okinawa, where he earned the Silver Star. [...]
Welcome to the Loadout. Our philosophy is that the working week is a recurring boss battle that you’ll need the proper weapons to take down. The supplies at hand won’t always be pretty but you might just be able to hold out until the weekend. Green means add it to your arsenal, yellow leaves it [...]
Unlike all the DLC released so far for RDR, the incoming Undead Nightmare pack has a story. And this new trailer sheds some light on how the familiar characters of the sprawling Western game react to the advancing waves of re-animated corpses.
