What Is A Culturally British Game?
The U.K. is considering giving tax breaks to British game developers, but only if their titles meet "culturally British standards." Chella tries to find out what exactly that means.
The U.K. is considering giving tax breaks to British game developers, but only if their titles meet "culturally British standards." Chella tries to find out what exactly that means.
Although everyone is going gaga over Natal, Chella worries that hardcore 360 gamers might be left behind in Microsoft’s rush to counter the family-friendly Wii.
With E3 starting next week, rumors are flying about what might or might not happen. A slim PS3? A new Metal Gear? A revamped PSP? Mature Wii titles? Chella goes over the more credible guesses.
Chella Believes that tales of Duke Nukem being dead are premature. Like a stereotypical 1980’s action hero, he’ll crawl out of the burning ruins unharmed and ready to fight again.
Developer Atomic is trying to make a realistic war game called Six Days in Fallujah that features real solders on both sides of the battle. But former publisher Konami has cut and run at the first sign of trouble.
The writer who brought us Street Fighter: Legend of Chun Li is now working on, gasp, the upcoming Shadow of the Colossus movie. Gamers everywhere: start cowering in fear now.
Nintendo President Reggie Fils-Aime says the used game market hurts consumers. But all it really hurts is Nintendo’s huge profits. Consumers like their used games just fine, especially in this economy.
The industry is up in arms over a UK government ad depicting a slothful kid playing computer games, and apparently risking death. Silly yes, but Chella says at least it was effective.
A new survey from Microsoft shows that kids actually want their parents to be more involved in gaming choices, though a lot of parents are still clueless.
F.E.A.R. 2 hits the shelves today, and we find a vastly improved world ripe with horror and intrigue – and plenty of things to blow up in spectacular ways.