Director Edgar Wright’s revealing more of the nerd-opus-in-the-making Scott Pilgrim vs the World. Even more scenes from Bryan Lee O’Malley’s graphic novel series show up in this theatrical trailer. Man, August can not get here soon enough. For the glorious HD version, hit up Apple’s trailer website.
Yesterday, the news broke that Insomniac Games would be pairing up with EA to develop a new game that’d be appearing on both the PS3 and the Xbox 360. Insomniac’s been turning out high-quality games–Spyro the Dragon (yes, Spyro. I said it), Ratchet & Clank and Resistance–for more than a decade. But all those games lived on the …
Video game movies tend to suck. That ain’t news. But the visual sizzle on display in he previews for Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is giving movie-goers and gamers reason to hope. Dreamy-hunk–with-actual-acting-chops Jake Gyllenhaal ratchets up the anticipation meter, too. But, if the film translation of PoP winds actually …
According to Kotaku, two of the men most responsible for Microsoft’s success–J Allard and Robbie Bach– in the console video game business industry are leaving the company. Allard, Chief Experience Officer and Chief Technology Officer, Entertainment and Devices Division, masterminded the launch of Xbox in 2001. While rumors were …
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Publisher: Nintendo
Developer: Nintendo
Systems it’s available on: Wii
ESRB rating: E
System reviewed on: Wii
Aside from their Mediterranean background, it seems like Mario and Kratos have something else in common this year. Both have sequels out and both those follow-ups up the ante in terms of scale. …
Red Dead Redemption
Publisher: Rockstar Games
Developer: Rockstar San Diego
Available on: Playstation 3, Xbox 360
ESRB rating: M for Mature
System reviewed on: Xbox 360
Rockstar’s taking a big gamble with Red Dead Redemption. They’re taking fans who’ve grown to love the publisher on the strength of their brilliant Grand …
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
Publisher: Ubisoft
Developer: Ubisoft Montreal
Available on: PS3, Xbox 360, PC, PSP Nintendo DS
ESRB rating: T for Teen
System reviewed on: PS3
By my count, the Prince of Persia has had three lives. First, the always-nameless hero debuted in 1992 in the ground-breaking adventures …
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 up to your discretion and red means …
Video games get a bad rap as a sedentary, unhealthy pursuit. It’s one of the reasons the medium fights for respectability and probably one of the reasons the President calls out video games as often as he does.
Whatever you may think about the Wii, Nintendo has changed the way people think about what it means to play a video game. …
Five years ago, if you’d tried to tell me that a series other than Tony Hawk Pro Skater would be ruling the roost in the skateboard video game category, I would’ve laughed at you and gone back pulling off …
We’ve done a few reports on Red Dead Redemption here at the ‘Land and it’s safe to say that we’re excited for Rockstar’s upcoming open-world Western. If you haven’t yet been similarly moved, then this trailer should do ya. Giddy-up.
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Cliff Bleszinski thinks shooters take themselves too seriously. This may be a dubious claim from the guy who’s the public face of the mopey Gears of War franchise. But he’s looking to add some snark to all the sobriety and lighten things–literally–up with Bulletstorm.
(More on Techland: The Techland Interview: Cliff …
