E3 2008: Which games won and lost at this year's E3?
E3 2008: Who won the E3 press conference battle?
E3 2008: All news from Sony, Ninty and MS confs
Monday, July 14th, 2008 Posted in Action, E3 2008, PC, PS3, Shooter, Ubisoft, Xbox 360 | 1 Comment »
From the PC version. Looking sexier by the day, we reckon. However, we are starting to wonder if we'll see anything new at all at E3, given the amount of ... Read more..Friday, July 11th, 2008 Posted in Action, PC, PS3, Shooter, Ubisoft, Xbox 360 | 4 Comments »
Want to play some kind of sci-fi child game? Still shitting your diapers? Want alien invasion and super-powers? Don't play Far Cry 2. "There are no fucking mutants in this game," ... Read more..Friday, July 11th, 2008 Posted in Action, E3 2008, PC, PS3, Shooter, Ubisoft, Xbox 360 | 4 Comments »
We so want this. Again, on Eurogamer.pt. The trailer details how to deceive enemies in the game, using tactics such as shooting ammo packs, wounding people to cause other to ... Read more..Friday, July 11th, 2008 Posted in Action, E3 2008, PC, PS3, Shooter, Ubisoft, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
On PCGames.de. Looking real nice, Ringo. This is one our of top picks for the end of the year, what with its completely open structure and flames and stuff. See ... Read more..Friday, July 11th, 2008 Posted in Action, PC, PS3, Shooter, Ubisoft, Xbox 360 | 2 Comments »
Ubisoft's confirmed that there won't be a Far Cry 2 demo, Eurogamer reports. "One reason is, even if we were to give out what you played today - even if we ... Read more..Thursday, July 10th, 2008 Posted in Action, PC, PS3, Shooter, Ubisoft, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
According to PCGHX, an illegal tech-demo of Ubisoft's Far Cry 2 has been made available for public download on a Chinese site. We're not going to name it for obvious ... Read more..Tuesday, July 8th, 2008 Posted in Action, PC, PS3, Shooter, Ubisoft, Xbox 360 | 1 Comment »
On PS3Gen.fr. There's 15 minutes of movies through there, from a demonstration entirely in French. As ever, the game looks great. There's shooting, maps, some fire, extreme African violence, nice ... Read more..Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 Posted in Apple, Mac, PC, Ubisoft | No Comments »
Ubisoft and Transgaming have teamed up to release Ubisoft games on Mac, writes Shacknews. First up is are smash hits Catz and Dogz and Telltale's Hard Effort. Better, is news that ... Read more..Thursday, June 26th, 2008 Posted in Action, PC, PS3, Shooter, Sweden, Ubisoft, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
On Shacknews. This massive demo's taken from the recent DreamHack computer festival in Sweden, and shows the open-world Ubi shooter in all its glory. It's area's biggers than Oblivion, don't ... Read more..Thursday, June 12th, 2008 Posted in Action, Development, PC, PS3, Shooter, Ubisoft, Xbox 360 | 8 Comments »
Speaking to CVG, Far Cry 2 art director Alex Amancio has said that dropping the island setting from the first game was important for the sequel's identity. "We started working on ... Read more..Tuesday, June 10th, 2008 Posted in PS3, Shooter, Ubisoft | 1 Comment »
On GameInfoWire. There's a picture of the amazing hang-glider there, and, obviously, pictures of a man setting things on fire before shooting a lot of people. We have very high ... Read more..Thursday, May 29th, 2008 Posted in PS3, Shooter, Ubisoft, Xbox 360 | 9 Comments »
Holy fucking shit. The video after the break puts Far Cry 2 on the 100% certain-to-buy list for this Christmas for anyone who (1) likes shooting things electronically and (2) ... Read more..Thursday, May 29th, 2008 Posted in PC, PS3, Shooter, Ubisoft, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
In what sounds remarkably similar to Call of Duty 4's online set-up, Far Cry 2 is to have 16-player online play, rewards and a levelling structure. The game will also have ... Read more..Thursday, May 29th, 2008 Posted in PC, PS3, Shooter, Ubisoft, Xbox 360 | 5 Comments »
According to this CVG piece, Far Cry 2's single-player campaign is 50 hours long, but no co-op play will be included. "Just on single alone, gamers can potentially have close to ... Read more..Thursday, May 29th, 2008 Posted in Action, Casual, PC, PS3, Shooter, Strategy, Ubisoft, Wii, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
You could damage yourself working through endless stories in a creaking newsreader, but that would be simple duplication of effort. No efficiency there. Let us take the strain. Relax. Kick ... Read more..Thursday, May 29th, 2008 Posted in Action, Adventure, Casual, DS, PC, PS3, Platformer, Shooter, Strategy, Ubisoft, Wii, Xbox 360 | 1 Comment »
So many sites posting the same thing. It's enough to depress a girl. Instead, hit the links below for all the screens released from Ubidays 2008 last night. Make life ... Read more..Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 Posted in Action, Adventure, PC, PS3, Platformer, Strategy, Ubisoft, Wii, Xbox 360 | 3 Comments »
The embargo's up, and the world's sites have shot their rockets, as it were. Below's a list of all the pre-loaded impressions, interviews and previews we can find right now ... Read more..Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 Posted in PC, PS3, Shooter, Ubisoft, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
Clint Hocking, creative director Far Cry 2, has just demoed a hang glider in Far Cry 2 for the first time. The contraption was in the first game, and Hocking said ... Read more..Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 Posted in PC, PS3, Shooter, Ubisoft, Xbox 360 | 1 Comment »
Clint Hocking, creative director Far Cry 2, has claimed that Far Cry 2 will lead the shooter genre out of the dark ages and into the light. "The time for running ... Read more..Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 Posted in PC, PS3, Shooter, Ubisoft, Xbox 360 | 14 Comments »
After the link. Looks very cool. Remember we're going to see the Ubisoft Montreal shooter live in the Ubidays 2008 press conference tomorrow evening. Check out the new footage in ... Read more..Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 Posted in PC, PS3, Shooter, Ubisoft, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
There's a 13-minute shaky-cam video of Far Cry 2 gameplay on Game Invasion, and very nice it looks too. We like the bit where the protagonist pulls a bullet out ... Read more..Monday, May 26th, 2008 Posted in PC, PS3, Shooter, Ubisoft, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
Ubisoft's confirmed that Far Cry 2 will be shown live on the Ubidays press conference webcast on May 28 at 6pm BST. The confirmation came by way of Ubisoft's marketing for ... Read more..Saturday, May 24th, 2008 Posted in PC, PS3, Shooter, Ubisoft, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
After the break. We can't see the movie because mobile internet isn't what it should be, but it's Fragdoll Jam interviewing one of the Far Cry 2 devs. Has to ... Read more..Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 Posted in PC, PS3, Shooter, Ubisoft, Xbox 360 | 21 Comments »
Good gravy. The environments in this latest Far Cry 2 trailer look proper bonkers. The developers at Ubi Montreal reckon all this stuff is going to be available in the ... Read more..Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 Posted in PC, Shooter, Ubisoft | 3 Comments »
Ubi's put out two new Far Cry 2 screens on its blog. The shooter's looking very swish, as you'd expect, but we can't help thinking this is going to need ... Read more..Saturday, April 12th, 2008 Posted in PC, PS3, Shooter, Ubisoft, Xbox 360 | 2 Comments »
Some new Far Cry 2 scans here, courtesy of Tiscali.cz. They're pretty rough files, if we're being honest, but at least they show goats and chickens you can hopefully shoot. ... Read more..Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 Posted in PC, PS3, Shooter, Ubisoft, Xbox 360 | 3 Comments »
Following myriad rumour reports, Ubisoft has confirmed to videogaming247 that shooter Far Cry 2 has been delayed from spring to autumn. "I can confirm the release date is autumn 2008," said ... Read more..Monday, January 28th, 2008 Posted in Shooter | No Comments »
According to this interview with Ubisoft Montreal's Alexandre Anacio, Ubi's previously announced "spring" date for the lovely-looking, Africa-based shooter sequel is on the money. "If all goes well, somewhere in March," ... Read more..
