‘VG News Commentary’ Archives
Crysis 2 – My thoughts (because they’re not worth more than 2 cents)
By now you've probably seen the tech demonstration and trailer for Crysis 2. If you haven't, go here. So, being a bit of a self-professed Crysis expert, here is my take on what I have seen so far. Firstly, I have some initial concerns about Crysis 2 being able to actually run on current generation consoles. Having played and seen how hard the [...]
Halo Reach Character Persistance Revealed
News out of G4, Bungie have released some details on the type of persistant character integration (which they have termed "Player Investment")players can expect from Bungie's upcoming final tribute to the Halo franchise - Halo Reach. The article mentions capabilities for the players model to be carried between single-player campaign [...]
Next Nintendo Handheld to be Unveiled at E3
Overnight Nintendo sent out a press release confirming the existance of their next generation handheld platform tentatively (and uninspiringly) named the 'Nintendo 3DS'. As usual, I'll go with joystiq.com to provide you the full story. While we anxiously await more information from Nintendo at this year's E3, we are pleased with the upfront [...]
Xbox360 to get USB Memory Support
Check out a the story being run out of Joystiq.com, apparently Microsoft have finally woken up to the reality that 512MB sticks just won't cut it anymore. But even better, this seems the first step toward opening up the platform if just a little to third party peripherals. Discussed in the report is the suspected ability to transfer whole [...]
EveryonePlays – Kudos
I've spent some time this week engrossed in the various points of view around video-games violence, the introduction of an R18+ classification & studies into their link to aggressive behaviour. If nothing else it provides an engaging subject for reading, something I believe a few too many voices following this issue just haven't done. To [...]
EA/Dice 1, Ubisoft 0
Having just sat down and tried to start Bad Company 2 I found that steam wanted to download the latest patch. Awesome, I thought, mostly because there are a lot of annoying little bugs with this game. So as it downloaded I decided to check out the patch notes. This one caught my attention: STEAM Change: The STEAM version of Battlefield Bad [...]
What is VG about? 2010 Edition
Wow, It’s the middle of March already. In just a few more weeks we’ll be kissing Q1 of 2010 goodbye and moving into the year proper. I use that terminology, but the year thus far in video-games has been far from proper. We’ve had a number of massive titles well in contention for GOTY honour’s if only we could keep our memory hats on. [...]
C’mon Reggie, Pull your finger out
While browsing various websites for news coming out of last week's Games Developers Conference (GDC), I happened across an article running on 1up.com, taken from kotaku of an interview with Nintendo America's president Reggie Fils-Aime. Now I'll tell you this much, I can't swallow anything that comes out of Reggie's mouth. In the stable of [...]
Why I Will Never Purchase Another Ubisoft PC Title
In the last month I have fallen back into the realm of PC gaming, which I have enjoyed immensly. To my mind, the saving grace for PC games in today's competitive console market is Steam. Would I have purchased a new PC had Steam not expanded to the market position it holds? Possibly, but certainly no where near as powerful. When using Steam, I [...]
Final Fantasy XIII Comparison – I Call Bullshot
I make no secret of my 'console alliegence', though thinking about it in those sort of terms is really over-selling the level of thought or care that I really place in pushing this position. However, I've come across something of late that has me rushing to put that fanboi hat back on and wear it proudly. Joystiq.com is carrying a piece [...]
