The 1UP editors had a chance to preview a recent build of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky. The video shows a mix of game footage (including gameplay footage) inter-spliced with commentary by the aforementioned 1UP staffers.
The retooled inventory system can be seen, as well as hints at the new faction system. I’ll give a small word of […]
Eurogamer has a number of tasty morsels for fans of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game, and hopefuls of its prequel, Clear Sky. Their first piece is a two page interview with Oleg Yavorsky, GSC GameWorld’s PR director.Eurogamer: Are you dusting off some of those more ambitious ideas with Clear Sky?
Oleg Yavorsky: This time, I definitely think the […]
Midway CEO David Zucker has a plan, one that he hopes will guide the video game publisher and developer to its first annual profit since 1999. The key lies with producing “fewer, bigger, better” games, he told the Chicago Tribune.
Other initiatives include an emphasis on license-driven titles based on movies and […]
Update 2: Jobe has confirmed that Operation: Omega Dawn will in fact be available from the in-game Warhawk store today, not tomorrow as he previously indicated.
Update: Shacker razlebol tells Shacknews that both the expansion and patch were temporarily available in-game, though the booster pack has since been removed. […]
While it surpassed the Xbox 360’s worldwide install base earlier this year, the Wii was still second place to Microsoft’s console in most European territories and North America. The Xbox 360’s North American lead is still intact, but the Wii has now overtaken Microsoft’s install base in the UK, according to the latest data from […]
It’s nearing the end of the year, but that doesn’t stop Valve from pumping out the goodies. That plush Companion Cube that we mentioned yesterday? Yep, it’s already sold out! That and more in this week’s Steam news update.Hit indie developer Introversion Software just delivered an early holiday gift: three of its award-winning games bundled […]
Here’s a quick summary of all this week’s feature content, followed by some of the more prominent news items, in reverse chronological order.
Features:Unreal Tournament 3 PS3 Quick ImpressionsChris Remo checks out the PS3 version of Epic’s new shooter. Works pretty well, it turns out. The Year Ahead: PC Gaming in 2008Part one […]
Kojima Productions’ Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3) and its multiplayer side project Metal Gear Online (PS3) will be bundled together as one release, PlayStation: The Official Magazine has confirmed.
The report indicates that a “starter pack” version of the online game, featuring five different maps, will be […]
NPD just released its game industry data for November, and the month containing the infamous Black Friday brought with it an insane level of video game sales across the board. The $2.63 billion brought in by the gaming industry marked a 52% year-over-year increase compared to last November.
Software sales eclipsed hardware […]
NPD’s sales figures for November place the Wii in the top spot for home console sales during the month of the infamous Black Friday, with 981,000 consoles sold. The figure makes November the Wii’s best-selling month since its launch.
Hardware sales for the month overall ballooned by 47% to $1.1 billion, with […]