PS4 VS XBone at E3 (The Abridged Versions)

So by now I'm sure everyone has made their mind up as to which console they'll be getting (cough PS4), but just in case you haven't, here are 2 brilliant videos by VideoGamerTV to help you choose.

Derrick the Death Fin

Very proud of Ronzo & the team for completing and releasing a highly original game for the Playstation Network. All character & level design was overseen by Ronzo and Irieman (UKAdapta) made the 'making of' video for it! The official game description: 

"It’s a fast-paced arcade action title set in a unique aquatic world made entirely out of paper & card. In the game Derrick rampages around the globe munching on paper creatures and destroying everything he sees under the guise of avenging the death of his parents..."

Derrick The Deathfin (PS Game) 'Making of' from HARUKA IRIE on Vimeo.

Videogame Soap

Videogame-inspired  Soap....

Available HERE

Art Of The Arcade

"Art of the Arcade is a slow-growing online archive catalogues the vintage graphics and packaging of some classic gaming institutions, showing off the finest neon graphic design the 1980s had to offer..."

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Watch Dogs Game Trailer

This game makes me want to buy a console! Simply amazing graphics combined with great gameplay and functionality. You play an assassin who has the ability to hack the environment around him. Traffic lights, Phones, CCTV- everything is possible!! Please watch the video to see...

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Custom Sonic The Hedgehog Mecha

Toy customiser, Kody Koala used a 10 inch vinyl Sonic, a 2 inch Sonic figure, LEGO laptops, straight pins for the rivets, a Playmobil computer keyboard, and a piece from a Halo Ghost for the cockpit of this incredible Mech-custom....

Metal Gear Solid Rex Released

The bad boy will be released 1st March for $490 by ThreeA...

Street Fighter X Tekken

The much-anticipated Street Fighter X Tekken videogame is almost out now! Capcom are slowly but surely revealing the full character roster. This is the January teaser video which showcases the characters; Balrog, Vega, Juri join Paul, Law and Xiaoyu... [VIA]

3A Toys X Metal Gear Solid Rex

This mighty collaboration between 3AToys X Metal Gear Solid- Rex stands at well over a foot tall, the cockpit and rail gun lights up with blue LED's and will hurt your wallet. But it is one beautiful piece of robotics translated into a figure.....

Mario Baddies Redone

Mike Puncekar has created these creepy & very evil versions of the classic baddies from the Mario-World/Land franchise...

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Project Mimicry

Project Mimicry is a game/project in which a real-life sandbox is monitored for depth information, and the resulting virtual landscape is able to be played on, raced in, and explored in a separate game environment. Too cool!

Check out the video to see it in action, and then imagine the possibilities...

Final Fantasy Stop Motion

Watch the amazing stop-motion of Final Fantasy's Cloud fighting the evil that is Sephiroth! This mammoth project took Counter656 two months to complete and consists of about 10,000 frames!



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LA Noire Game Review

 Team Bondi and Rockstar Games team up to bring gamers an epic experience that truly goes where no game has gone before.

 Set in Los Angeles 1947, the player takes control of war veteran-turned-cop Cole Phelps as he works his way up from on-the-beat street cop to Detective. The game takes an artistic focus on 1940/50s film ‘noire’ styles with characters, plots and environments drawing largely upon themes such as sex, drugs, glamour, fame, crime, gangsters and more.

The ESPV lowdown: with much anticipation we rushed out to play this game and even now, three weeks later we’re playing it as slow as possible so we don’t finish it too soon! Unless you’re strictly a fan of fast paced online multiplayer FPS games, LA Noire will almost certainly intrigue you and keep you wanting more. 

It’s fun to finally play a game as a cop. Not just any cop either, but one living in the 40s in LA with plenty of dark and dirty cases to solve. Whilst this game’s storyline is epically long and there’s plenty to keep you entertained throughout - it’s the style in which you go about solving cases that is truly impressive, definitely nothing I had experienced before. 

 Each crime scene (some of them very bloody) has clues scattered about that you must search for and document. Then when interrogating a suspect you must decide on which question to ask, whether they are telling the truth, and which clue is evidence you can use against them.

 Using Lightsprint’s RT Global Illumination Technology and MotionScan’s Depth Analysis, Bondi used real actors and 32 different cameras to capture real facial expressions of characters. This comes into play mostly when the player interrogates or interviews suspects of crimes… it’s up to you to watch the suspect’s face closely and determine if they are nervous, angry, upset, truthful, lying, or hiding something. This is what makes the game interesting. If you ask them a question and they seem like they are hiding something you can push them further or get shirty with them - but the results you get are not always the same.

 From petty cop to Vice Squad Detective there are a wide range of cases to solve including: fraud, theft, murder, serial killings, rape, drug trafficking, racketeering, arson and more.

 Overall the gameplay style is similar to a mix between GTA free roaming environments and a third person exploration game, like Tomb Raider or Assassin’s Creed.

With only minimal glitches we found little to be disappointed with. Getting around in the open free roam environment with your old school cars was fun at first but got a little boring towards the end as there is not much on street level to keep you amused such as in games like GTA4. Whilst some cases felt repetitive, overall I was always tested on every case and left wanting more.. in a good way.

Gameplay 9/10
Graphics 10/10
Storyline 9/10
Characters 10/10
Game life 8/10
Overall 10/10

Zelda 25th Anniversary Fan Art

This week marks the 25th anniversary for the Zelda franchise and Japanese artist, Ag+ smashes all other fan art that has come out...

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PSP2 Codename NGP News

The much anticipated PSP2 has been previewed in Japan this past week. Dubbed, NGP (Next Generation portable), Sony claims its graphics will rival the PlayStation 3.The NGP contains a touch screen on top and a touch pad on the bottom. This will allow players to interact with games through "touch, grab, trace, push and pull" moves of the fingers. Specs in brief: 4-core ARM A9 CPU, 4-core GPU, 5″ OLED touchscreen, rear multi-touchpad, dual cameras, dual analog sticks, 3G, Wi-FI, Bluetooth, no UMD drive....looks incredible!!

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A History Of Gaming

A group of game design students in Munich put this little gem together. With 45 takes, this video was done all in one single shot (almost). Apparently there is a 'making of' video coming sometime soon, which is definitely gonna be posted!

Games:
Tennis for Two, Oscilloscope, 1958
Pacman, Arcade, 1980
Donkey Kong, NES, 1986
Sonic the Hedgehog, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, 1991
Street Fighter II, SNES, 1991
Super Mario 64, Nintendo 64, 1996
Final Fantasy VII, Sony Playstation, 1997
Need for Speed: Hot Pursiut 2, Sony Playstation 2, 2002
Ecco the Dolphin, Sega Dreamcast, 2000
Super Smash Bros. Melee, Nintendo Game Cube, 2001
Wii Sports Golf, Nintendo Wii, 2006
God of War III, Sony Playstation 3, 2010
Rock Band, XBox 360, 2008

10 Best Posts Of 2010

10. Sowat Typographic Graffiti

9. Mecha Musume WWII x Cute Anime Girls

8. Polly Morgan Taxidermy Art

7. The Most Awesome Video Controller

6. Paludariums Are Incredible

5. Michael Hussar

4. Nike Air Max Infrared 90's Re-Release

3. 3D Graffiti Technica

2. ESPV Interview Skinner

1. Paul Booth Dark Tattoos- Once again, a tattoo post rules in 2010! Lets see if there will be any change for 2011.