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In-Game: The Minds Behind Desktop Dungeons

Last year, I conducted a set of interviews for research purposes and managed to interview a couple of the indie developers at rAge Expo in Johannesburg. After a very busy [...]

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A Kingdoms Of Amalur Sequel Is Already In The Works

It’s only been a few days since the local release of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, but already developers 38 Studios are lining up a sequel to this incredible RPG. During [...]

Spec Ops Draws The Line At “Gore Porn”

It’s always tough to accurately portray a warzone. You don’t want to be insensitive but show too little and it may as well be Cold War propaganda but show too [...]

David Jaffe Quits, And Then Says You Can Get Sexual Favours With Twisted Metal

It’s been a really, really shit week for David Jaffe, designer on the new Twisted Metal. First comes the really shocking news of him leaving the studio he helped build, [...]

Next Generation Hardware Must Be Dramatically Better, Says Epic Games

If PlayStation can create something super-powerful, Epic Games might decide to move away from Xbox 360. It was revealed through an interview with Tim Sweeney that Epic Games is looking [...]

Need For Speed: The Run — As Trailered By Michael Bay [Video]

Remember when we told you about a super-special, super-sexy, super-splosions trailer for Need For Speed: The Run, directed by none other than Michael Bay? Electronic Arts offered to reveal it [...]

DICE Dev Talks Metacritic And Battlefield 3

A common complaint amongst gamers is that publishers take too much of a vested interest in Metacritic averages, when it comes to the games that their developers work on. Certainly [...]

rAge 2011: Exclusive Interview With Lead Narrative Designer on Batman: Arkham City

On Saturday, I had the pleasure to sit down with Paul Crocker, Lead Narrative Designer on Batman: Arkham City, to find out a little bit more about the hostile environment [...]

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New Assassin’s Creed Confirmed For 2012, Will End Desmond’s Story

This is not surprising for anyone who attended the Assassin’s Creed talk at rAge this year. Present at rAge was Ubisoft’s own Julien Cuny, Narrative Producer on the Assassin’s Creed [...]

Mass Effect Movie Shuns FemShep

So we all know that a Mass Effect movie is coming, right? Of course we do. Legendary Pictures has now confirmed a few more details about the movie, stating that [...]

Cliffy B Talks About Gears 3 DLC Influences [Interview]

Remember the Season Pass for Gears of War 3 that entitles you to all of the upcoming downloadable content for the game, before it even releases? I’ve decided to “pass” [...]

Epic Interview With Cliffy B Inside

See what I did there? With the title? … Guys? With Gears of War 3 at our doorstep and the gaming world eager and ready to continue their romance with [...]

Surprise, Surprise: The Witcher 3 Confirmed!

It’s been a great few years for developers CDProjekt Red, who brought us the epic masterpiece of RPG and gaming in general, that was the The Witcher 2: Assassins of [...]

Now This Is A High Score [Interview]

Yesterday we asked you what was your best score in a game, and today we’re going to make that score seem entirely insignificant, but help you to achieve even better [...]

Controversy At Crytek!

It is common knowledge that the development cycle of any game is a long and arduous one with many developers fitting into that over-worked and under-paid group of people who [...]

Gabe Newell Vs DRM [Interview]

Ever the messiah for the great things about gaming, Valve boss (and all round (excuse the pun) nice guy) Gabe Newell has hit out at “aggressive” DRM measures which require [...]

PAX 2011: Dragon Age Panel Addresses Fans

It’s no secret that I adore BioWare and their two flagship franchises of Mass Effect and Dragon Age, with my feelings for the latter being particularly strong to the point [...]

BioWare Dev Talks About RPG Emphasis In Mass Effect 3 [Video]

A few months ago, the hype over Mass Effect 3 was at record highs with news coming out on an almost daily basis and pictures and videos to keep the [...]

Bethesda Director Details Dragons And DLC In Skyrim [Video]

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is due out in a few months and director Todd Howard is wasting no time in promoting the game at every chance he gets. Most [...]

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Devil May Cry — Now With More Street Brawling And Vertical Slices [Video]

Hate it or love it, the new Devil May Cry from Capcom and Ninja Theory is here to stay. So let’s rather try and love it in an effort to [...]

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The Witcher 2 2.0 — Coming Soon [Video]

ONE HUNDRED BILLION DOLLARS! Every single person read that in Doctor Evil’s voice. Unless you’ve never watched Austin Powers, in which case, you’re dead to us until you do. That [...]

Gamescom 2011: Need For Speed: The Run Is The Biggest NFS Yet [Video]

They’re calling it an epic journey, the biggest NFS yet. That’s a lot to live up to after such games as Need for Speed: Underground 2 and Need for Speed: [...]

GamesCom 2011: Oggle Black Cat In This Spider-Man: Edge Of Time Trailer

All this is really is a behind the scenes video for Spider-Man: Edge of Time featuring Katee Sackhoff who voices the 2099 Black cat in the game. So why bother [...]

Gamescom 2011: Forza 4 Will Be A “Generational Leap”

Every ongoing series has it, that game that redefines and re-establishes it by taking a quantum leap forward. According to Turn 10′s Brian Eckberg, Forza 4 will do just that [...]

Take A Closer Look At Batman: Arkham City

Rocksteady’s head of marketing Dax Ginn takes us a little bit deeper into Arkham City in this two-part interview. You don’t really learn anything new but he gives clearer insight [...]

Ken Levine Is A Gamer Who Wants A Gamer’s Device [Video] [Interview]

A while back, when the first BioShock was still his only claim to fame and the game was exclusive to PCs and Xbox 360s, Ken Levine expressed much dismay for [...]

Diablo III Character Classes Breakdown [Video]

Below are the five different character classes that you will be able to choose from when Diablo III is (finally) released. Game director, Jay Wilson, takes us through the strengths [...]

Nolan North Weasels His Way Into Arkham City

Nolan North is a brilliant voice-actor, no doubt about it but his talents are somewhat limited and every character he ends up voicing sounds exactly like Uncharted’s Nathan Drake. Consider [...]

NFS Dev Talks About Development Cycles And The Waning Racing Genre

A few years ago, after the dismal failure that was Need For Speed: Undercover — and the prior critical failure that was Need For Speed: Pro Street — the decision [...]

Jonah Lomu Rugby Challenge Details and Hands-On

Last Friday afternoon, I had the privilege to attend a talk regarding Jonah Lomu Rugby Challenge with Billy Foster from developers Tru Blu and special guest Percy Montgomey at the [...]