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After the link. Just one shot of Rare's Viva sequel, you lucky, lucky people. It shows a lovely camel thing in some kind of desert environment. See for yourself. Read more..Friday, May 16th, 2008 Posted in Action, Adventure, Galleries, Hot, Microsoft, Platformer, Puzzler, Xbox 360 | 2 Comments »
Just one. Someone, somewhere, must have all these on a disc and is just dropping them out from his internet castle in the sky, or something. After the break. Read more..Thursday, May 15th, 2008 Posted in Action, Adventure, Microsoft, Platformer, Puzzler, Xbox 360 | 22 Comments »
Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts dev lead Gregg Mayles reckons platform adventuring of old is over - and the new Rare game is the true evolution. "It's true that anyone wanting ... Read more..Thursday, May 15th, 2008 Posted in Development, Microsoft, Xbox 360, Zune | 1 Comment »
Speaking at the Microsoft Gamer's Day earlier this week, Xbox boss Shane Kim has finally put down perpetual talk of a Microsoft gaming handheld saying he's pleased the company never ... Read more..Thursday, May 15th, 2008 Posted in Microsoft, RPG, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
According to this Eurogamer piece, SiliconKnights boss Denis Dyack's confirmed that a demo of Too Human will be released on Live before the game's August 29 release. "We haven't announced a ... Read more..Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 Posted in Action, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360 | 1 Comment »
Video after the link of Cliffy B giving a heap of info on Gears of War 2, including curb-stomping, exploding meat-shield, a "gory, intimate violence experience", the return of Carmine ... Read more..Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 Posted in Action, Adventure, Microsoft, Platformer, Puzzler, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
As far as we know this Kotaku piece is the first actual playtest of Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts beyond the pre-embargo previews. Sounds as though Brian had a nice ... Read more..Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 Posted in Action, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360 | 19 Comments »
Not content with saying he believes Gears of War 2 is the biggest 360 game due this year, Xbox boss Shane Kim has now gone on the record to say ... Read more..Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 Posted in Microsoft, RPG, Xbox 360 | 4 Comments »
Nice. We were hoping someone could be bothered to put all this up. Thankfully, it was CVG. Hit this for 40 million images of Too Human from the Microsoft Gamer's ... Read more..Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 Posted in Action, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360 | 10 Comments »
Speaking at the Microsoft Gamer's Day yesterday, Gears of War 2 dev lead Cliff Bleszinski has confirmed that Gears of War 2 will not feature unicorns coming out of his ... Read more..Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 Posted in Microsoft, Trade, Xbox 360 | 6 Comments »
The Eurogamer massive got a Kim interview too, the first bit of which just popped up on GI. Speaking at the Microsoft Gamer's Day in San Francisco yesterday, the Xbox ... Read more..Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 Posted in Action, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
As reported by Shacknews, Cliffy B fell short of confirming four-player co-op play in Gears of War 2 at the Microsoft Gamer's Day in San Francisco yesterday, saying only that ... Read more..Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 Posted in Action, Microsoft, Xbox 360 | 3 Comments »
Speaking to Kotaku at the Microsoft Gamer's Day in San Francisco yesterday, Team Ninja's Tomonobu Itagaki said that he doesn't plan on making any more Ninja Gaiden games after Ninja ... Read more..Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 Posted in Microsoft, Strategy, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
Update: Sorry, our major bad. The Leipzig reference in the interview was to the game's German showing in 2007, not 2008. Xbox boss Shane Kim confirmed in a CVG interview last ... Read more..Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 Posted in Microsoft, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
Looks like an exclusive. CVG interviewed Xbox boss Shane Kim at yesterday's Microsoft Gamer's Day in San Francisco, in which he reiterates that Gears 2 is 360's biggest game this ... Read more..Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 Posted in Microsoft, Xbox 360 | 4 Comments »
Speaking to CVG at Microsoft's Gamer's Day in San Francisco yesterday, Xbox boss Shane Kim put a hilarious boot into rumours of a motion-sensing controller for Xbox 360 by saying ... Read more..Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 Posted in Microsoft, RPG, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
You either love it or hate it, and most people love it, so take the time to gen up on Lionhead's fantasy RPG before it ships this "holiday". Molyneux showed ... Read more..Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 Posted in Action, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
Cliffy B, the man with the best hair in games development, showed Gears of War 2 being played at yesterday's Microsoft Gamer's Day in San Francisco. People wrote about it ... Read more..Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 Posted in Action, Microsoft, RPG, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
Too Human's co-op mode was shown to the press for the first time at the Microsoft Gamer's Day in California yesterday. Is it good? Let 1UP tell you. Or IGN. ... Read more..Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 Posted in Action, Adventure, Microsoft, Platformer, Puzzler, Xbox 360 | 2 Comments »
We just chanced across the full PR introduction to Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts' plot in this Amazinhiddenbanjofolder on Rare's site. Sneaky buggers. "Tired of the feuding between bear, bird and ... Read more..Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 Posted in Action, Adventure, Microsoft, Platformer, Puzzler, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
The cast list for Banjo 3: Nuts & Bolts has been revealed on a top secret Banjo site that we fell over earlier. Aside from the obvious, the game will feature ... Read more..Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 Posted in Action, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzler | No Comments »
Amazing what can materialise out of thin air when you least expect it. Hit the link for three brand new screens of Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, in lovely high ... Read more..Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 Posted in Action, Adventure, Microsoft, Platformer, Puzzler, Xbox 360 | 3 Comments »
Kotaku's just posted a new Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts trailer which we're reliably informed gives a far better indication of what the game's like to play than the previous ... Read more..Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 Posted in Action, Adventure, Microsoft, Platformer, Puzzler, Xbox 360 | 1 Comment »
Talking with OXM, Banjo Nuts & Bolts producer Shaun Read said that the team has built Star Wars and Star Trek vehicles using the game's building blocks. "We've got the full ... Read more..Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 Posted in Microsoft, RPG, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
Having recently made the trip over to Lionhead in Guildford to see Fable 2, Danish site Xboxlife tells of how your actions at the start of your journey in the ... Read more..Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 Posted in Microsoft, RPG, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
According to Danish site Xboxlife, the dialogue for Fable 2 was written by top Hollywood scriptwriters. "One of the main focus points in the game has been the dialogue," said the ... Read more..Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 Posted in Action, Microsoft, RPG, Xbox 360 | 2 Comments »
According to this Kotaku report, Too Human will no longer have four-player co-op, and instead will ship with only two-player. C'est la vie. There are some new screens over there as ... Read more..Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 Posted in Microsoft, Strategy, Xbox 360 | 6 Comments »
They're on GamersHell. No idea if this is going to be shown at the Microsoft Gamer's Day today, but it's not on the list. Heading for 2009? Take a look ... Read more..Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 Posted in Microsoft, RPG, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
Missed these earlier. XboxLife.dk's published a ruck of new screens and artwork from Fable 2, and very pretty it looks too. Take a look. Read more..Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 Posted in Action, Adventure, Microsoft, Platformer, Puzzler, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
Exactly what it says on the tin. Watch AceyBongos (don't ask) and his side-kick chat to the crazy Brits at Rare HQ here. All in HD Technicolor too! By Mike Bowden Read more..Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 Posted in Action, Adventure, Microsoft, Platformer, Puzzler, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
Wonder how hard they had to beg for this? IGN's posted one solitary new Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts screen. And here it is. Taken with this gallery, we reckon ... Read more..Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 Posted in Action, Microsoft, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
This looks to be the last of the media of the Microsoft Gamer's Day for now, sports fans. Tecmo's put out what appears to be the final trailer for Ninja ... Read more..Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 Posted in Action, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360 | 6 Comments »
According to this MTV report, Microsoft games boss Shane Kim said yesterday that Gears of War is the biggest game to release on Xbox 360 this year. And looking down the ... Read more..Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 Posted in Microsoft, RPG, Xbox 360 | 4 Comments »
Kotaku's got it. And yep, the dog's in it. The environments look good enough to make us wish we lived up a mountain. Go see. Read more..Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 Posted in Microsoft, RPG, Xbox 360 | 5 Comments »
After the break. Jumping, shooting, hitting things, bosses: all you could ever need. The action RPG has now been confirmed for an August 29 release. Take a look. The Microsoft Gamer's ... Read more..Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 Posted in Microsoft, RPG, Xbox 360 | 3 Comments »
IGN's published a load of new Fable 2 media now the Microsoft Gamer's Day's underway in San Francisco, thankfully plenty more than had previously been leaked. There's some lovely art ... Read more..Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 Posted in Action, Adventure, Microsoft, Simulation, Strategy, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
GamerScoreBlog's just posted a video overview of today's Microsoft Gamer's Day in San Francisco, which includes new footage of Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts and the very first video of ... Read more..Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 Posted in Adventure, Microsoft, Platformer, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
It's on CVG, exclusively from the look of it. Microsoft's issued the 10 leaked shots on its site, but these are from some special, secret place. There's four bits character ... Read more..Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 Posted in Adventure, Games for Windows, Microsoft, Platformer, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
Speaking to CVG, Gregg Mayles, head of design at Rare has confirmed that if you want to just get on and finish Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts in a reasonable ... Read more..Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 Posted in Microsoft, Simulation, Strategy, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
After the break. It's Rare assistant producer Adam Park talking to Gamespot UK. There doesn't appear to be any video in it at all, just the stills released earlier today. You ... Read more..Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 Posted in Adventure, Mac, Microsoft, PC, Xbox 360 | 1 Comment »
Microsoft just released five shots of the upcoming Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness. The company also just confirmed that the first episode of the XBLA title ... Read more..Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 Posted in Adventure, Microsoft, Platformer, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
After the link. It's one of the developers at Rare's office talking with Gamespot about the title. Haven't watched it all the way through, but fill your boots. Read more..Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 Posted in Microsoft, RPG, Xbox 360 | 3 Comments »
As seen in this press release, Fable 2 is now listed by Microsoft as a "holiday" release, as opposed to the previous "autumn". The release was issued at the start of ... Read more..Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 Posted in Microsoft, RPG, Xbox 360 | 1 Comment »
EG's reporting that Silicon Knights RPG Too Human will release in Europe on August 29, and in the US ten days earlier on August 19. The news just came out of ... Read more..Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 Posted in Action, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360 | 20 Comments »
On Gamersyde. There's only four but they look "sweet". Go see. Read more..Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 Posted in Action, Adventure, Microsoft, Platformer, Xbox 360 | 27 Comments »
Gamevideos just posted the first trailer of Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts. It gave us goosebumps, which is the only sign we need. The video shows myriad vehicles, racing, platforming, exploration, construction, ... Read more..Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 Posted in Adventure, Horror, Microsoft, PC, Xbox 360 | 11 Comments »
TVG's reporting that Alan Wake won't be shown at today's Gamer's Day in San Francisco today, and is unlikely to make it out this year. From the site: A Microsoft Spokesperson ... Read more..Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 Posted in Adventure, Microsoft, Xbox 360 | 42 Comments »
On NeoGaf. The series of photos shows construction underway, a few new vehicles and the parts shop interface of Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts. Get 'em while they're hot. Read more..Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 Posted in Adventure, Microsoft, Xbox 360 | 35 Comments »
Danish site Gamereactor has described in detail the first level of Rare's new genre-blender, Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts. "When Fileccia [head programmer] jumps into to the first of six gaming ... Read more..Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 Posted in Adventure, Microsoft, Xbox 360 | 4 Comments »
Speaking of a recent press day at Rare, Gamereactor has revealed a few multiplayer modes for the new Banjo Kazooie title - supposedly named Nuts & Bolts - on Xbox ... Read more..
