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Review: Iron Man (XBOX 360)

June 29, 2008 1 comment

Developer - Secret Level (XBOX 360, PS3);
Artificial Mind And Movement (Wii, PS2, PSP, DS, PC)
Publisher - SEGA
Available on - Everything!

Creating an enjoyable Iron Man video game shouldn’t be too difficult. Somehow the concept of a man in a flying metal suit with regenerating projectiles sounds like one that would work for a game. Others may have noticed this, as while Iron Man has this game all to himself he has appeared many times before along other Marvel heroes and in many CAPCOM fighting mash-ups.

So Iron Man should be a great game, after all, it’s Iron Man. Perhaps if a development studio were given a backlog of Marvel comics and told to make it happen, something more substantial could have come into fruition. Unfortunately what has happened, is yet another popular franchise has spawned a hugely successful film resorting in a mass spew of poorly rushed and underdeveloped video games to cash in on the market while it’s there. Read more [+]

And The Heavens Shall Tremble – Diablo III!

June 29, 2008 2 comments

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Following Blizzards tradition of revealing new titles at huge scale events the recent 2008 Blizzard Invitational was no exception, hosting the first footage of what’s been in development for four years, Diablo III. Read more [+]

Know Your Gaming Movies

June 25, 2008 Reply

When a movie is released based entirely on the intellectual property of a video game, some hesitance arises. These game-to-film adaptations hold little roots in the history of movies as few have managed to prove successful.

Fortunately a few outliers lay faith in the game to film conversion process. While films such as Street Fighter prove that poorly made adaptations can still prove profitable, recent hit series such as the Resident Evil films show you can do most things right and shed some light for other gaming enthusiast film directors.

So with a lot of recent announcements along the lines of Bioshock and World Of Warcraft I took it upon myself to investigate and hunt down all films currently in production that are based off an original video game intellectual property. So here’s a list. Read more [+]

Call Of Duty – World At War Info

June 24, 2008 2 comments

Yesterday Activision followed up the circling rumors on Call Of Duty 5 to announce the next chapter in the popular FPS franchise, Call Of Duty : World At War.

This next installment will be akin to Call Of Duty 3, leaving the hands of the series’ original creators Infinity Ward, to be solely developed by Treyarch. While CoD 3 only surfaced on home consoles, this next chapter is scheduled to hit all home consoles as well as PC towards the end of this year. Read more [+]

Review: Penny Arcade Adventures – On The Rain-Slick Precipice Of Darkness Episode One (PC)

June 20, 2008 3 comments

Developer - Hothead Games
Publisher - Online Distribution
Available On – PC, XBOX 360 (XBOX Live)

Throw some good humour into a game and you’ve instantly added a whole lot of charm and replayability. Couple this with solid game design and entertaining characters and you’ve got Penny Arcade Adventures: On The Rain-slick Precipice Of Darkness Episode One (here in known as OTRSPOD). Not just an excessively long title, OTRSPOD is a short yet content filled role playing adventure and the first of a four part episodic series. Read more [+]

The Incredible Hulk Competition *Closed*

June 19, 2008 2 comments

Thank you to everyone who entered, the winners will be contacted shortly and have their prizes sent out to them. If you didn’t win don’t worry we have more competitions coming soon. Enjoy!

Paramount Pictures and Marvel Entertainment are giving THREE lucky Space Meat readers the chance to win an Incredible Hulk T-Shirt and double in-season pass to the blocksmasher film, THE INCREDIBLE HULK. As well as TWO runners up who will also win a double in-season pass.

Check out our competition page for details!

Retro Review: Grand Theft Auto III (PC)

June 18, 2008 Reply

This review was originally written for GamerAU’s retro section.

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Developer - Rockstar North
Publisher - Rockstar Games
Available on - PS2, XBOX, PC

Grand Theft Auto III is one of the greatest and most impactive video games in the industry to date. Fortunately my job here is to explain how and why this came about, as I know arguing otherwise would be most futile and pointless. Read more [+]

Farewell Freeloader

June 17, 2008 1 comment

It was short but sweet. Anyone who has purchased Datel‘s Freeloader for Wii will soon find the latest Wii firmware update 3.3 from Nintendo will actively cause Freeloader to cease functioning. Read more [+]

Ubidays ’08 – Gaming At The Louvre

June 16, 2008 1 comment

Who said games aren’t art? Recently Ubisoft decided to show off their latest wares at their prominent Ubidays 08 event, going down in style at the Louvre Museum, Paris. Apart from lots of coverage on already known works such as Far Cry 2, a slew of promising sequels and more vague titles were announced throughout the event, so I’m going to run through what’s new to the scene from Ubisoft. Read more [+]

Brisbane Gamer’s Meetup 05/07/08

June 15, 2008 2 comments

Hosted by the dynamic duo at Australian Gamer, Matt and Yug are again set to light up the rooftops of Brisbane’s ‘The Valley’ Saturday 5th July.

Dubbed as an un-official after party for Gen Con Oz, there’s no excuse not to come if you’re in the Brisbane area attending Gen Con or not. I’ll be there, and if that doesn’t seal the deal expect a projector for console gaming, BBQ, ball pit, BYO alcohol and general tomfoolery.

Having been to the first two I can assure these are a blast and attract a good crowd of mature gamers. Bring some drinks (if you drink of course), your party hat, a good attitude and you’ll be sure to fit in. Extra kudos to anyone bringing a DS or PSP, so I won’t be the only one!

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