Today, we give you our interview with Left 4 Dead 2 writer Chet Faliszek. Good enough in itself; but it’s turned up two very interesting comments. A huge chunk of what makes the Left 4 Dead games so good is Valve’s exclusive ‘AI Director’ which controls enemy behaviour, placement, and even the music; so no two games are ever exactly...

Format: PSN Unleashed: Out Now Publisher: Creat Studios Developer: Creat Studios Players: 1-2 Site: www.creatstudios.com/ Real Time Strategy games come in all shapes and sizes. Let it never be said that there are none that cater to people of all ages, as Playstation Network exclusive Mushroom Wars proves. Forgoing any real plot, Mushroom Wars simply depicts...

Oct 22, 2009

It seems like everyone is obsessed with making me do more when I play games. Remember when there were only two buttons to contend with? Then they added shoulder buttons, but that was fine – I had fingers resting there anyway. What’s that? A second set of shoulder buttons? Well, sure, I guess. I had extra fingers doing nothing most of the time. Oh,...

Format: PS3 (version reviewed), 360, PC Unleashed: Out Now Publisher: Codemasters Developer: Codemasters Players: 1 (offline), 1-8 console (online), 1-32 PC (online) Site: www.codemasters.com/flashpoint Let’s get this straight: Operation Flashpoint hates you. It doesn’t know you that well and doesn’t have a real reason to pick on you, but it doesn’t...

Here we have the launch trailer for the PSP version of Chinatown Wars, entitled ‘Out for Revenge’. Unlike the recent Gay Tony trailers, this time we’re mostly seeing in game footage instead of cleverly crafted satire. It shows off the PSP’s graphics capabilities, with the game looking sharper than the DS original. We have to wonder...