When I stepped from a dingy holding cell into the New York City Nanodome, my jaw just about hit the floor. A few hours later, deeper into my journey, I began to grow accustomed to my surroundings and thought: ‘No graphical trickery or forced majesty will get the better of me again. I’ve seen it all.’ I was wrong. That is the power of Crysis 3. Read More »
It’s hard not to think back to Isaac’s wide-eyed terror when, as a simple blue-collared systems engineer, he went to war within his own mind. As powerful, unearthed artifacts introduced doubt, paranoia and apparitions to accompany his already present fear toward those that dwelled within the Ishimura’s derelict hull. Two sequels later, Isaac is hardly the same man. Read More »
With Dead Space 3 just around the jump-inducing corner, we were lucky enough to have a sit down with one of the game’s producers John Calhoun. What followed was some insight into Isaac’s latest outing, detail on planned DLC and weapon upgrades and just why the series won’t be going stale. Read More »
Somewhere in the desert is a pile of burnt out, barely functioning PC’s. Victims of owners who thought they could handle Crysis. Now, while these rusted out veterans spend their days running spider solitaire, fans of the series have purchased new computers or taken the console route, in preparation for Crysis 3. Due out soon, I enjoyed some time with the single player campaign on PC. Read More »
When the original Dead Space released it filled the survival horror void that Resident Evil had left in its move to the current generation of consoles. I understood why RE had to change, to appeal to a wider audience and generate more sales, but I felt cheated. And despite my best efforts to shake it that feeling has returned for Dead Space 3. So after two hours hands-on with the title and an interview with series producer John Calhoun, were my concerns justified Read More »
It seemed like a good idea at the time. Introduce gambling into the city! It’s a great source of revenue, it’ll bring in tourists and will make the local businesses happy. And it did, for a while. But I wanted more. No I am not suffering from delusions of godhood, I merely participated in the beta for the new SimCity and I must say, I was extremely impressed. Read More »
Insomniac Games has certainly been through some drama with Fuse. Originally being unveiled as Overstrike, only to change its name and core mechanics soon after, it’s been a pretty eventful ride for all to watch. But now with the release of Fuse finally drawing near, there was no better time to sit with the game’s Creative Director, Brian Allgeier and chat about all things Insomniac, game design and just what he thinks about becoming first-party. Read More »
A little while back, I got the chance to get my greedy little hands on some of EA’s finest titles for 2013. One of those titles was the hardware melting, Crysis 3. Who else should accompany the game though, than Crytek producer Michael Elliot Read. We managed to have ourselves a little chat about the current FPS landscape, game development challenges and the future of the Crysis franchise. Read More »
