http://www.computerandvideogames.com/?cid=OTC-RSS&attr=CVG-General-RSS Providing the latest news, previews, reviews, features, tips and cheats for UK gamers en-gn Copyright 2011 Future Thu, 17 May 2012 22:46:41 +0100 Eden v2.0 http://backend.userland.com/rss Get all the latest PS3 and PS Vita news in the new PSM3 podcast - yours to download for FREE now.
Official Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 info is due imminently (though it wouldn't take Rick Deckard to track down rogue shots and info in the public domain), but you can hear all the latest rumours on the PSM3 podcast, plus what the team think of PS All-Stars Battle Royale, PES 2013 and Game of Thrones. More...



Click here to read the full article]]> http://www.computerandvideogames.com/345978/blog/black-ops-2-rumours-ps-all-stars-wrestled-mgs5-and-game-of-thrones/?cid=OTC-RSS&attr=CVG-General-RSS http://www.computerandvideogames.com/345978/blog/black-ops-2-rumours-ps-all-stars-wrestled-mgs5-and-game-of-thrones/?cid=OTC-RSS&attr=CVG-General-RSS Blogs Tue, 01 May 2012 15:13:00 +0100 Developers are moving onto next-gen - whether Sony is ready or not...
Sony US boss Jack Tretton has downplayed the possibility of "trying to launch new technology any time soon." According to Tretton: "when you announce [next-gen hardware] really depends on the health of the existing platform and the other things you have going on. And right now, we're focused on PlayStation 3."



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What on Earth is Hideo Kojima up to? The man most famous for creating Metal Gear Solid has been uncharacteristically cagey on what he's working on next - but we've got a good idea what it might be.



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Hollywood is in crisis. Last year, box office attendance sank to its lowest level for 16 years. The industry's chief execs are already soul-searching. Universal president Ron Meyer shocked everyone by confessing: "We make a lot of shitty movies. Every one of them breaks my heart."



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When my imagination idles, it idles solely in Skyrim. When I worry, I worry about my K/D ratio. When I reminisce, it's usually about Half-Life. Yet I don't consider myself a 'gamer'. Why? Because as soon as I dip below the surface of the net, the collective indignant bawl of a legion of self-defined 'gamers' makes me nauseous.



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Remember how you'd take a swing in every Tiger of the last ten years, and just slam the left stick up hard enough to snap the bloody thing off? Yep, turns out you've been wasting your time; Tiger never took the speed of your swing into account until now. Stop. Hang on. This changes everything.



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The numbers for Call of Duty are rapidly approaching ridiculous. Over 639 million hours of Modern Warfare 3 were played in 2011, and it made over a billion dollars in its first 16 days on sale. The franchise as a whole is nearing around 100 million units sold at £50 (at RRP) a pop. Ten developers have worked on it over the years: Treyarch, Sledgehammer, Raven, Gray Matter, Pi, Spark, Amaze, Rebellion, Ideaworks and creators Infinity Ward. So what next on CoD's voyage into statistical lunacy?



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IO Interactive's Christian Elverdam, gameplay director on Hitman: Absolution, talks to PSM3 magazine about easter eggs, freedom, barcodes, and Danish favourite The Killing

Click here to read the full article]]> http://www.computerandvideogames.com/341265/interviews/hitman-absolution-a-big-part-of-the-game-is-a-moral-personal-journey-for-47/?cid=OTC-RSS&attr=CVG-General-RSS http://www.computerandvideogames.com/341265/interviews/hitman-absolution-a-big-part-of-the-game-is-a-moral-personal-journey-for-47/?cid=OTC-RSS&attr=CVG-General-RSS Interviews Sat, 24 Mar 2012 16:30:00 +0000 3 http://forums.computerandvideogames.com/viewtopic.php?t=136406 Ninja Theory's Tameem Antoniades takes on the internet...
Ninja Theory's Design Boss Tameem Antoniades has learned just what it means to be demonised. In steering the reinvention of Capcom's Devil May Cry (DMC), now's his time to prove it's really a blessing in disguise.



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Console technology has changed beyond recognition in little over 20 years. In the early '80s we loaded games from cassettes. By the mid '80s we were putting cartridges into consoles. A decade later and consoles had become CD players, and by the start of the 21st century they were DVD players. Alhough the physical media was different, there always was physical media - but that's changing. Rapidly.



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Japanese developer Toshihiro Nagoshi is best known as the creator of Sega's Monkey Ball and Yakuza titles, and even then his celebrity exists only amongst a small group of devout Japanese game enthusiasts.



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It can't have escaped your notice that the PS Vita launches today in the UK and US, and if you want to know the full story be sure to check out our updated PS Vita review, plus our special review feature which gives you the low down on every single PS Vita launch game.



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First the good news; play Heroes mode and you take control of Leon Kennedy and his well-known companions - the actual Resident Evil characters.



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You can't accuse this of being misnamed: the wrath of Asura is palpable.



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BioShock Infinite's developers don't know how BioShock Infinite ends. That's one of many intriguing snippets from our recent chat with BioShock Infinite's creative director Ken Levine - and our exclusive eight-page interview covers a wide variety of topics, including PS Vita, the nature of moral choice, the secrets of the 15-min E3 demo and the 1999 mode. PS Move owners might also be interested to learn how motion control will be implemented in BioShock Infinite, too...



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When was the last time you walked into a high street games shop and picked up a copy of the latest hot release? If the answer to that is "can't remember", you're far from alone.



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When people have an emotional attachment to a character, you feel their emotions as you take their journey with them.



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Yes, it's our biannual blog (sorry about that, been incred-o-busy), but we want to draw your attention to the latest issue of PSM3. We've got an exclusive review of Soulcalibur V - the first decent PS3 game of 2012 - plus an all-new hands-on with Mass Effect 3 direct from BioWare's HQ. We take a closer look at MG Rising: Revengeance, dish up 20 new PS3 tech secrets and expose 12 pages of secret, or just plain beautiful, Skyrim locations. Don't take our word for it - take a peek at the mag below...



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Tomb Raider is a gaming institution. First released back in 1996, this new game represents the tenth outing for Lara Croft, who returns with 35 million lifetime sales behind her.



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No game showcases the raw power of Vita quite like Golden Abyss.



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Cristmas is a time for games. Lots of games. It's the point in the year where the steady patter of new boxes hitting shelves turns into a hammering sleet of high-profile sequels and gun-waving action heroes.



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GTAV is confirmed to be a four-player co-op RPG, with a full-scale weapon crafting system.



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Not very long ago, the FPS seemed to be constantly fighting World War II.



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Uncharted is one of this generations standout franchises, with each new entry in the series bettering its predecessor in writing, acting performance, technical prowess and gameplay.



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Slightly worried that my nine year-old son has the mind of a griefer.



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When you want to see a game developer squirm, ask them if their linear game is, in fact, a linear game.



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The Back to Karkand maps predate the series' PS3's outings, but thanks to Frostbite 2's excesses, the game we're most reminded of is Bad Company 2.



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The decision to import a Vita isn't as simple as, say, the decision to import the very first PlayStation was.



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Deus Ex: Human Revolution has opened up our feeble human minds to the idea of augmentation once again.



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Hitman Absolution's E3 demo is an all-action thrill ride littered with broken glass, bullet casings and dead police bodies. But while this cinematic footage broadens Agent 47's appeal, the demo is terrifying the Hitman hardcore into defensive outrage.



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