GameGuide

Open that door or kick it in? Use your gun – or use your phone? There are no right or wrong answers – but you’ll live with the consequences of what you do.

Sony Computer Entertainment has now released a title that pushes the boundaries of intelligent gaming: Heavy Rain exclusive to PlayStation 3 is available instore now. A thought-provoking, dark and utterly gripping thriller, it’s more than a game – it’s a journey where you set the rules and where the buck stops with you. Heavy Rain plunges you into a small town where a killer is on the loose and time is running out. You must decide just how far you’ll go to track him down. Be warned: in Heavy Rain, every action has its own set of consequences. Half videogame, half interactive movie, this is a tense and emotional journey that’ll have you on the edge of your seat.   Read the rest of this entry »

To go in the draw to win a copy of MAG, just leave a comment below telling us which faction you would join if you win, Valor, Raven or S.V.E.R?

Competition closes 21st march 2010. Winner will be contacted via email.

Apparently Time Magazine described Modern Warfare 2 as having “something intelligent to say about contemporary military conflicts.” We’re not sure if anyone at Time magazine actually played the game, but Infinity Ward seem to be taking it as Gospel that they have an ”intelligent’ game on their hands, and don’t want to sully it with the inclusion of Nazi Zombies.

And good on them too. Nazi zombies would just be silly in a Modern Warfare game.   Read the rest of this entry »

Xbox LIVE Deal of the Week:
March 1: Gears of War Avatar COG Armor (male) (female) 240 points & Helmet (male) (female) 80 point
March 8: Call of Duty: WaW: Map Pack Bundle, 1600 Points   Read the rest of this entry »

Back in 2005 I picked up a game in a bargain bin in Whitcoulls for the original XBox. That game was Doom 3. Because I had young kids and a wife who didn’t want me playing it in front of her, I had to play it late at night with the headphones on. What the hell I figured, may as well go the whole nine yards and play it in the dark. You know, just so I can immerse myself in the game.

I lasted less than an hour before the XBox was off and I was in bed. The game was so freaking scary that I put it on Trade Me the next day.

I’m a little bit older now, though I’m not sure if I’m any wiser. Especially seeing as I repeated the same process with Aliens Vs Predator as I did with Doom 3. Minus the headphones ’cause I’ve got a decent sound system hooked up to my ‘Box.   Read the rest of this entry »

An LA casting call for Call of Duty-related “voice over/motion capture” for an Activision “video game” has described character Frank Barnes as being part of an elite Vietnam unit, the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam – Studies and Observations Group.

SOG was responsible for covert operations in Vietnam, and was active from 1964-1972.

The news appears to confirm the game for a Vietnam setting. This follows heavy tips that Treyarch’s next Call of Duty game, slated to release towards the end of this year, would take place during the Vietnam War.   Read the rest of this entry »

Have you downloaded the Battlefield Bad Company 2 demo on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360? If you have, you’re not alone. EA has tweeted that some 3.5 million people have taken the plunge on both platforms.

The demo launched earlier this month, and will end next week. Interest in the demo can potentially be chalked up to Battlefield 1943, which enjoyed considerable success as a downloadable title last year.

If you haven’t tried it out, you have until February 25 to download it and play it for yourself. After that, you’ll have to wait until it arrives on the PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 on March 2. [1up]

John Riccitiello’s “Project Ten Dollar” endeavor – in which EA looks to combat used-game sales by offering free DLC goodies with new purchases – has another game marching under its banner: Battlefield: Bad Company 2. Just like Mass Effect 2, the game will ship with a code that enables access to free DLC. The first batch of add-on content for DICE’s shooter will be a set of new multiplayer maps, MTV Multiplayer reports.

“In the future you will get more content, for free, if you have this VIP code,” noted producer Patrick Bach, describing a free content delivery mechanism similar to BioWare’s Cerberus Network. [joystiq]

Criterion Games is better known for Burnout these days, but at one point they also developed a very good first-person shooter in Black. Senior designer Stuart Black has since moved on, and is now teaming up with Codemasters to work on another FPS.

No details yet, but Computer and Video Games is reporting that the team will be 80 people strong, and will include Split/Second senior producer Andrew Wilson. It will utilize the Codemasters Ego Engine, which last powered Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising.

“Codemasters’ Guildford Studio is key to our overall development strategy and this year has opened further positions across its design, programming and art teams,” Codemasters vice president of development Gavin Cheshire said. [1up]