Plenty of fans got excited when Hideo Kojima let slip that making a sequel to Zone of the Enders was on the top of his priorities list. But members of general public aren’t the only ones who can’t contain themselves over the possibility of another title in Kojima’s beloved giant mech series. It seems ever since that statement by Kojima a few...

What do you get when two developers are creating games based on the same intellectual property? Why, a healthy rivalry, of course. Development house Rebellion is currently working on Aliens vs. Predator, while Gearbox is currently developing Aliens: Colonial Marines. Rebellion senior producer David Brickley spoke of the nature of the rivalry that’s...

During last week’s episode of GT’s Bonus Round, Wedbush Securities analyst and industry guru Michael Pachter predicted that the price for an Xbox Live Gold subscription would be going up. Said Pachter during the show, “You can’t hook a guy into Xbox Live Gold if he’s playing on a PC … that’s the other problem — you really want to hook...

We all know that online, digital transmission will become a primary means of game delivery. But, the question at this week’s London Games Conference was, when will it happen? On this, there is some disagreement. Xbox Live executive Jerry Johnson was unwavering in his claim that cloud-based gaming services such as OnLive and wholly online marketplaces...

Telltale Games is a messiah sent down by the adventure game gods to save an entire genre, and their good deeds continue as Tales of Monkey Island Episode 4: The Trial and Execution of Guybrush Threepwood will be available to download on Friday, Oct. 30th. Word from the press release is that Guybrush has been *SPOILER WARNING* “double-crossed by the...

It’s not uncommon for companies who have made their start in the world of hardcore PC gaming to wake up and smell the proverbial coffee. Crytek, id Software, Valve and others have all branched or are planning to branch out into the world of home consoles. Now it appears we can officially add Splash Damage to that growing list of developers. Their...

In theory, the Marvel Ultimate Alliance series lives up to its namesake, fulfilling Marvel fans’ ultimate fantasies of beating down enemies as their favorite Marvel superheroes. And as a sequel, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 is supposed to expand upon the strengths of its predecessor with new mechanics that live up to its RPG roots. But that’s just...

EA’s trip to hell, Dante’s Inferno, is penned by Academy Award nominee Will Rokos, the company has announced. Best known for his Monster’s Ball screenplay, Rokos says adapting The Divine Comedy for the game has been “one of the most interesting and challenging projects I’ve worked on.” “I really got into re-imagining Dante as a flawed...

Forza Motorsport 3 has the best physics in town, probably better than what Gran Turismo 5 will be able to pull off — that’s according to Turn 10 game director Dan Greenawalt who believes it would be tricky for another game to reach Forza’s level. “I’ve got huge respect for Yamauchi and what the Polyphony Digital team does, they’re a great...

Still waiting for a reason to jump into the multiplayer demo for Uncharted 2: Among Thieves? With over 27 years already put into the game, it is hard to believe many PlayStation 3 owners are holding out on Nathan Drake’s next tale. Even so, the PlayStation.Blog is giving added incentive to jump into the demo, for this weekend at least. A total of...