Publishing

The US’s trained killers have used radio, TV and the movies to convince kids to risk their lives for their country – so it was only a matter of time before they targeted interactive software. America’s Army, an online war simulation developed by the US’s forces themselves, is an unashamed …

Ubisoft is generously giving away copies of its upcoming Q4 blockbusters – Prince Of Persia, Far Cry 2, Tom Clancy’s EndWar and Shaun White’s Snowboarding. To be in with a chance of winning this very generous prize, simply send an answer to the following question to ubisoft@intentmedia.co.uk. In which continent …

Warner Bros. has acquired the rights to the F.E.A.R franchise, which was previously owned by Vivendi. The deal is the first evidence of publishers ‘picking off’ unwanted franchises from Activision Blizzard – which is likely to sell more ex-Vivendi properties in the coming months. Development control of F.E.A.R now returns …

'War room' games developer using Epic middleware for arena-based auto-fighter

The first beautiful example of ill-informed public figures losing the plot over video games, Sega CD release Night Trap combined a dangerous mix of ACTUAL VIDEO (it’s almost real!!!), near-naked hotties and B-movie violence. Censorship-humping senator Joe Lieberman attacked the game for encouraging users to slaughter the nubile stars – …

Ah, blood. These days, the joy of the crimson splurge is a pre-requisite of your hardcore gamer – and a lust for polygonal lifejuice is sated in pretty much every 18-rated title on the market. But a decade ago, hemoglobin was a much rarer commodity, and Eidos’ generosity with the …

Never one to let the facts get in the way of putting the willies up its arthritic audience, The Daily Mail’s timeless front-page headline from August, 2004 still causes pale faces at ELSPA – as does the next day’s crusading follow-up of ‘Ban These Evil Games’. The ‘story’ referred to …

The Guy Game. What. An. Idea. How a dodgy quiz sim in which your reward was seeing some uncovered boobies didn’t reach GTA IV levels of hype is beyond us, but the mammary pedalling PS2 release, erm, didn’t. Not only that, but to add to its shame, it became embroiled …

Many of us have gone the extra mile for a bit of nookie, but this got ridiculous. The story goes something like this: Bright spark at Rockstar puts simulated, barely visible – and inaccessible – fellatio in the violent, profane GTA: San Andreas. Post-release, consumer geek works out how to …

A plot full of so many twists, backstabbing and arguments, it could well have ended up in Dynasty. As soon as Rockstar’s Manhunt 2 was wafted in front of hullabaloo-starved Wii reviewers, they loved it. Even kiddy-friendly GamesMaster called it: ‘Shocking for all the right reasons.’ The BBFC disagreed, refusing …