I’ve long since accepted that my childhood in the 80s and early 1990s was basically a series of advertisements disguised as cartoons. I even fondly remember quite a few commercials from that time, whether for fruit snacks and popsicles, board games, or action figures. Few advertisements, though, were as iconic as the Micro Machines advertisements featuring John “Motormouth” Moschitta Jr...
My childhood was really the result of one big commercial if I’m being totally honest with myself. The toys I loved I loved because of the television shows they were associated with, and the shows they were associated with existed to sell me toys as much as anything else. I adored those toys, and I still have great affection for them. I still have very strong opinions about which...
Building a game is like spinning plates on sticks – a balancing act. Creators have to manage fan expectations, internal ambitions, realistic goals, unexpected events during development and fit all of that into a budget that makes the whole game possible. The whole thing gets even more complicated when the game you’re developing is one with both a passionate and intelligent fanbase and...
Codemasters announced this week the release of DiRT Rally, the newest entry in its rally racing series that began life as Colin McRae: DiRT and Colin McRae Rally before that. The biggest difference this time around is that the game is currently exclusively for PC and releasing into Steam Early Access. The game will launch with 17 cars and 36 courses set across three different...
Hey, everybody! Remember Overlord? It was a fun little time waster released in the empty summer of 2007, a time when everyone was waiting for the glorious holiday season that was just over the horizon. While the minions and wonderfully evil sense of humor made it a solid little game, it was hardly something that could spawn a huge franchise. The sequel proved that much. Well, publisher...
Everyone knows E3, GamesCom and TGS, but the Eurogamer Expo has its share of games. The doors have barely opened and videos are starting to pop up. The first exciting thing to come out of the Expo is a pair of gameplay videos from GRID 2, Codemasters' stylish racer. Both videos, labeled as pre-alpha code, are in-game footage from the bonnet-cam perspective. While the video of Chicago...
In an interview with EuroGamer, Grid developer Codemasters made good on last week's promise for an August 8 reveal of the sequel to its stylish racer. A mix of interesting new features and slightly concerning decisions came out of the meeting. Grid 2 will feature point-to-point street races in a variety of locations, including California, Chicago and Paris. It also features a...
British developer Codemasters announced this weekend the return of its racing series Grid. The above teaser video's pumping beat, oozing smoke, and spinning tires sport the style Grid fans are used to. Following that is the date, August 8, 2012. In the continuing attempt to see just how much English humans can parse without spaces or punctuation is the Twitter hashtag #TheRaceReturns....
I had to come to work today to provide you guys with fresh content on this fine February morning, so I’m waiting for my PS Vita pre-order to arrive on my doorstep. But if you’re heading out to pick yours up from a GAME store in the U.K., don’t expect to grab one of Ubisoft’s launch titles with it. The retailer has confirmed it is not offering Ubisoft games for the PS Vita “at this time...