Pure, simple, fun. For a game that has taken 15 years, multiple court hearings and four developers to complete, Duke Nukem Forever (DNF) is a glorious throwback to classic 1990′s first person shooters, and as stated by the Duke himself, “forever takes a long time” but thankfully not much has changed.
Although not strictly gaming news, it’s probably relevant to a lot of us. Here are a couple of titbits for you iPhone and iPad users out there: With WWDC on June 6th, confirmed releases will be the iCLoud, OS X 10.7 Lion and, of course, iOS5. As Hard And Soft gaming isn’t a sweaty-palmed, frantic … Continue reading »
Fans of first-person shooters are absolutely spoilt for choice this year, but with so many games now competing for your hard-earned time and money, developers are trying desperately to cram in new features, bells and whistles to make the old formula feel new again and release the next “big thing”.
Portal 2 was released earlier this week via Steam, and news today has indicated that GAME are now selling off their PC stock prior to the official release of both PS3 and Xbox 360 versions tomorrow. The original Portal shipped with each copy of the Orange Box and was used pre-dominantly as a trial puzzle experience, which managed … Continue reading »
After a bit of tinkering with the developer build of OS X 10.7 LION, here are my initial thoughts: New features are as follows: Facetime, Launchpad, Airdrop, Fullscreen Apps., iPad style Mail and a new look and feel to the Finder. That appears to be it. Facetime is self-explanatory. Internet video calls from your mac to … Continue reading »
Machinarium is a beautiful point-and-click adventure game, released independently by Aminata Design for PCs in 2009. Created in Flash, it’s gameplay harks back to the Lucasarts and Sierra games of old. However, it has a little trick up its sleeve – the charming inhabitants of this strange steampunk world do not speak. You play as … Continue reading »
Having recently decided to invest in some additional video capture and editing software, it became apparent that much of the markets leading tools were still stuck in the dark ages, supporting a Windows only environment. A few years ago this may have resulted in yet another device to clutter my now streamlined setup, in one … Continue reading »
