Originally Posted by wraggster Total War: Shogun 2 won't be getting mod tools anytime soon, developer Creative Assembly has announced, though it's not for want of trying. In a post on the game's forums, community manager Craig Laycock explained that the increasing complexity of the series has made it very difficult for the studio to offer users functional editing tools. "Back then, the game engine was a hell of a lot simpler than it is now," he said, referring to 2004's Rome: Total War. ...
Originally Posted by wraggster The Splinter Cell Trilogy HD will be released exclusively for PS3 on 23rd September, Ubisoft has announced. Rayman Origins will be released in November on PS3, Wii and Xbox 360. Ubisoft's new schedule also provides a "calendar 2011" date for Wii and Kinect game The Black Eyed Peas Experience. The second Your Shape Fitness Evolved game, YSFE 2012, will be out for Kinect in November. Closer at hand, Call of Juarez: The Cartel arrives ...
Originally Posted by wraggster FIFA 12 will have two commentary teams: one comprising Clive Tyldesley and Andy Townsend, the other Alan Smith and Martin Tyler. But there's no Andy Gray, the long-time voice of FIFA, who was dumped by Sky Sports after making derogatory comments about women. Smith and Tyler form the first FIFA 12 commentary team and voice the bulk of the game. Townsend and Tyldesley call the shots during tournament matches. But either set can be picked for any match by ...
Originally Posted by wraggster Footage of a downloadable title that was purportedly in the works at Square Enix's Los Angeles-based studio is being featured on Siliconera. The Western-themed top-down shooter, titled Project Dropship, was not formally announced before its quiet cancellation, but based on the footage it looks like it was fairly far along in development. It also looks and sounds like it had a Firefly thing going for it, which is really, really working for us. Or, rather, it would have worked for us. ...
Originally Posted by wraggster Can you believe it? There's a new James Pond game out today! He hasn't had his own game since 1993! ... Oh, right, some of you weren't born then. James Pond is a series of British platformers published by EA, starring a goldfish secret agent who walks upright and wears a tuxedo. It was mostly an excuse for lame fish-themed 007 puns. So why are we excited? We don't know! Anyway, the new James Pond is for iOS -- it's called James Pond in the Deathly Shallows, which updates the gimmick ...