The Xbox One could take center stage again later this month at Gamescom, as Microsoft Studios head Phil Spencer will deliver Gamescom’s keynote address. Event organizer Koelnmesse issued a statement from Spencer (via CVG): “The industry is at a turning point,” Spencer said. “Gamescom is the ideal platform to discuss …
Read More »Remember Me gameplay demo makes Capcoms new IP look way more interesting
How’s your memory? Excellent. Then you’ll no doubt remember all about the reveal trailer released by Capcom for its newly announced futuristic fancy Remember Me. Well forget all about that because now there’s a gameplay demo and it makes the memory-sacking action look much, much more interesting. Seriously. Watch it: …
Read More »What is gamescom?
(opens in new tab) Before it was gamescom it was the Games Convention, a Leipzig, Germany-based show started in 2002 by the Bundesverband Interaktive Unterhaltungssoftware (Federal Association of Interactive Entertainment Software). Leipzig, though, was too small for the massive convention, so it changed its name, dyed its hair, and hit …
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RAGE is full of graphics. So full of graphics, in fact, it can encounter some trouble getting them all off a console game disc fast enough. Nothing major in 360’s case, as we already know it will be possible to play the game without installing it to the hard drive, …
Read More »Eek! Scary new SSX screens are full of ghosts and darkness
So yeah, we might have escaped the feared gritty, militaristic reboot, but it seems that the new SSX is still going to be quite the dark departure. Why? Because despite developer reassurances of a light, crazy atmosphere, these new screens from Gamescom confirm a covert survival horror reboot. Okay, maybe …
Read More »WipEout 2048 trailer offers optimistic prognosis for racing, human civilization
When the WipEout games debuted for PS1 in the mid-90s, the future was a bright time of neon highlights, flying cars, and a world that looked like the liner notes from a Paul Oakenfold mix CD. Nowadays we’ve got global recession, wars everywhere and a generation of ravers struggling to …
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