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UFO, in terms of UFO Gamers, stands for Unadulterated Frivolity Offices. This is our full and seldom-used name. UFO Gamers sounds better, but it's always nice to know what the UFO actually stands for, ...
Field of vision. This term is employed to describe the whole area visible to a person, creature or whatever. Heads-up displays (HUDs) are often designed so as to minimise any limitation on the FOV. ...
HD-DVD (high definition digital versatile disc) is to the Blu-Ray Disc format what Laserdisc was to the DVD. ...
... between them is known as the resolution and as logic will tell you, the greater number of rows of pixels, the sharper the display (presuming that what you are displaying is in the correct format, of course).
The ...
So, snoopers in the code of Max Payne 3 have found what seems to be a list of vehicles that are set to appear in Rockstar's next big game: GTA V. It's all rather cool given that it includes actual trains! ...
... art style, fluid animations and subtle atmospheric soundtrack bring this mysterious world to life in more ways than one. The demo, while brief, sets the tone well for what's yet to come - even though ...
... out to PEGI for, from what I can see, the right to have their stickers and flash-idents on games, which seems a dubious honour at best.
Gaming's age-ratings have been much-discussed around the web ...
So, over the weekend, the Portal 2 free level-designing DLC came out and I set about making levels just to see what kind of crazy, devilish tasks I could cause my test subjects to endure. The editor ...
Aqua blue 3DSes, that is. The gaming supergiant has announced that its handheld 3D extravaganza colour palette is being reduced and the aqua blue model is no longer in production.
What does ...
... has struggled more than a little since its launch and with Sony laying off staff and having to restore faith in the company after the PSN hacking incident, things don't look good. So what did Sony do ...
... two weeks but that's about it, I'm just drawing on what the video shows. Either way this new addition looks fun. Enjoy! ...
... story and I don't really want to give too many details away because I want people to experience what that is." [Source: CVG] ...
... or playable character, mainly due to the game's ending involving the Joker. Although it was released more than a few months ago and it is now common knowledge, I will not explicitly say what happened to ...
... consider it, but then there are complications with legit users."
At CDG early in the week Iwinski said, "We release the game. It's cracked in two hours, it was no time for Witcher 2. What really ...
... them, and not just taking advantage of a poor situation like a vulture picking at the flesh of a carcass, click the link at the bottom of this article to see what they have on offer.
Responding to ...
... Ergo the report suggests the company are planning on doing away with physical copies of games and making the next Xbox a console for downloadable games only. Highly unlikely but somewhat interesting. The ...
... we wish him all the best of luck in his future endeavors."
What does this mean for the rest of the Fable franchise and other such great games Peter created? If you're reading this, which I'm sure ...
... on multiplayer, the big names at 343 Industries do talk about their ambition for the game and what they are trying to achieve in terms of 'updating' the franchise as a whole with Halo 4. Creative director ...
... interchangable doohickies for different types of games. Interesting stuff, but I do wonder what Valve could hope to achieve with a 'console' that's just a PC in a box. When Microsoft created ...
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Massive Assassin's Creed III details: set in America, characters, mechanics and screenshots!
(Articles and news/News)
(Articles and news/News)
... away on what comes next. That team aimed high, with plans to examine and rethink every element of the franchise from the ground up, build something new, and take a full three year development cycle ...
... the internet ablaze with so many questions. What will his role in the game be? Will he be playable throughout? Will it just be a skin you can use when web slinging? Will he have spider-powers? Who is ...
... February 2012) Capcom's Street Fighter X Tekken will be somewhat integrated into Home in order for you to enjoy avatar vs avatar fighting.
The Official quote from PlayStation is: "For the first time ...
... 16 such as: how he joined the assassins order and what part he plays in the overall story. The trailer also suggests the DLC will be focused on more puzzle-solving in the first person viewpoint, similar ...
... specify that season pas holders will be able to download it for free. Fergusson revealed the name of each map as well as a breakdown description of what players can expect:
Aftermath: A government ...
... and to take cover along with the addition of an enhanced melee attack." This was somewhat seen in the reveal trailer, which you can watch at the end of the article, as Leon attempted to punch and kick ...
... complete his story.
CEO Yves Guillemot announced that the game will reach shop shelves as soon as October 30 and from what they had seen, it looked "fabulous"; enough to excite any fan of ...
... of the the series.
It seems a return to the franchise was indeed taken seriously at one point as Wells states, "something that we talked about early on was, 'Let's go back and apply what we've learned ...
... how it will all work. Complete with generic voice over guy explaining what it is you're watching.
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... and incorporate as many fans as possible by giving anyone who downloads the game's demo a bonus. What is this incentive I hear you ask? Well it is a free, temporary Xbox Live gold membership allowing gamers ...
... If you wish to see what the game looks like before making the decision to part with your virtual money, here is the trailer. If anything it looks fun and quirky.
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... plans on revealing who they are and what it is they are working on.
Nevertheless the rumour mill is rife with ideas on what this 'unannouced title' could be. Some say a new Final Fantasy, others suggest ...
... no further details on what genre the game will be, what it will be like or even what console it will be on but I for one am already excited to see a brand new title. If you wish to see the interview in ...
It seems that the boys of summer really have gone, along with the lush and verdant landscapes, leaving us with a stark, skeletal and harsh wilderness to explore. What Obvlivion brought us was ...
So, it's probably going to be 2014 before we see the next Microsoft console, but what's it going to be called? The Xbox 360 is still going strong right now and its graphical capabilities, though lagging ...
... can carry with you in a portable is really swamping what we've thought of as a console." When asked about his feelings regarding smart-phones matching the graphical capability of the current Xbox and ...
Unsure as to what Call of Duty Elite is? Well according to the blurb on the official website, Call of Duty Elite "is an innovative new online service that will unite and ignite the Call of Duty® ...
... for whatever reason you can stay there and keep shooting 360 degrees around you. That is Max rolling around from pose to pose. That's another blend of physics and animation that we worked really hard to ...
... with the fairly boring and unimaginitive title. "Coming up with the title was actually a lot of trouble for us, but it is the seventh game, and so it just sort of came down to what felt best. Besides, ...
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Reggie Fils-Aime talks latest Wii-U news and Nintendo plans
(Articles and news/General articles)
(Articles and news/General articles)
In a recent interview with the Games blog Reggie Fils-Aime, COO and president of Nintendo America, discussed his thoughts on what it will require for the forthcoming launch of the Wii-U to be a success. ...
... "I think the nature of the franchise is to present something new each time. In the global market we see many players moving away from games that used turn-based systems toward what you might term an ...
... it is one of the best games ever made with no flaws what so ever, except for the emerging news of many gamers experiencing vanishing save game files or deletion of their progress for no apparant reason. ...
... around. So it was nice to learn some great games will not follow suit. Atleast that's what we thought as Nintendo apparantly have plans to remake Zelda: A link to the Past but...in 3D.
Speaking ...
... as to what fans can expect.
Community coordinator Chris Priestly stated, via the developer’s official forum, the multiplayer aspect of the game will be in the form of co-operative play and not any ...
... not hit the shelves until anywhere between March and June 2012.
One can only assume this is a positive thing as, from what I've been reading about the game, it isn't exactly amazing and could do ...
Agent 47 is soon to make his long-awaited return to our consoles in the new Hitman Absolution game. IO Interactive have kindly released a trailer to show fans a snippet of what they are going to expect. ...
... a buzz, Casey Hudson took to Twitter and stated, "yes, co-op MP missions for #ME3: they're real, and they're spectacular. Rest assured it's nothing of what you've feared. More soon..." So it seems ...
... being done on Superman at the moment, both in the comics and in the movies," following up with, "it would be fun to revisit that character and kind of see what makes him tick." Now if he was given ...
... say this new system means "it's time for technology to get out the way" when what I think they really mean is, "are you so lazy that you can not be arsed to pick up your game controller or remote control ...
... "we see that there's a huge fan following, it's almost like a cult! And we know what strengths we had, and what weaknesses we had in that game. If we were to release a new game, we'd know what to improve ...
... this automatically means the new Call of Duty will be released on next-gen consoles, Xbox 720 and PlayStation 4, or whatever they may be called. However they do seem to completely neglect any possibility ...
... article, revealed the eagerly awaited sequel to the cult-favourite is not fit for current consoles.
The interview does somewhat confirm Beyond Good and Evil 2 will be released at some point in time ...
... for free, yes free! You will not have to part with a single penny whatsoever, via the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live respectively. Steam users will have their copy of 'Peer Review' delivered to them ...
... what I've had to say about it." So what is next for Cage and Quantic Dream? Well, earlier in the year he did hint that his next ambition is to to work on a different type of game: "I would love to see ...
... help and support to its Xbox 360-bound customers with the recent announcement that the first batch of Portal 2 DLC would be free to download across all platforms. So what do you think? would you like ...
Help is at hand here. Pick a topic and have a look to see what fantastic advice UFO members have given...
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Hey, guess what...
IT'S CHRISTMAS!
Yeah, it is, actually. So, here we are with some UFO members' festive decorations, with some focus on the trees. We love trees, yes we ...
... and any visitors to the site. Just check out this fake testimony: "I was skeptical before, but after I tried LorD for advice, I knew he was right and now I've never looked back" So what are you ...
