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RAGE Behind The Scenes With “The Enemies” (Video)

Chris Carlson — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 22:00:51 +0000

Bethesda has just released their fifth behind the scenes video in the six part series for RAGE.

The Enemies features the team at id Software discussing the many enemies players will encounter while playing RAGE. Enemies include; bandit clans, mutants, high-tech super soldiers and more. Check out the video below.

RAGE will be released on October 4th for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.

Bioware Promises Smarter and More Complex Enemy AI for Mass Effect 3

Garrett Hartman — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 01:09:21 +0000

In an interview with Xbox 360 World, Mass Effect Gameplay designer Christina Norman promised more complex enemy AI behavior for the upcoming sequel Mass Effect 3.

“If there’s one thing the programmers always want to do better it’s definitely the AI, so we’ve done a lot of work on that. We still have some more work to go, but we want you to feel that the enemies you’re fighting are more complex, that they have multiple behaviors, and that they’re reacting to what’s going on. ”

Not only will enemy AI be improved, Norman explains how ratcheting up the games difficulty will bring out actions and behaviors not seen in lower difficulties.

“Now we look at enemies as a force, with units within the force, and each of them has a role. You end up with this really cool chessboard thing, where you have a knight and a bishop, they’ll work together in one way but if you have a knight and a rook, they’ll work together in a different way. It’s giving our level designers and combat designers a lot more opportunities, not with heavy scripting, but just by combining these pieces that work together in new and interesting ways.”

Bioware is looking for the increased AI to make the player adopt more complex strategies and improve tactics.

“So the player is never thinking, ‘I’m walking into this safe place with great cover, I’ll stay there and fight’ but more ‘how am I going to move through the battlefield as the enemies move through the battlefield against me?”

All of this sounds interesting and gamers will be able to test the new AI when Mass Effect 3 becomes available in March 2012.

New Vanquish Trailer: Enemies

Dylan Duarte — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 01:10:57 +0000

The new Vanquish trailer is out and trying to watch it almost vanquished my laptop. That’s how awesome it is!

New PC Resident Evil 5 Trailer

Patrick Steen — Sat, 31 May 2008 23:56:56 +0000

Bring on the Blondes

Capcom’s first Resident Evil 5 trailer caused a minor uproar over its supposed racist imagery, showing a glorified white male American killing black African zombies. It’s understandable that such imagery might prompt a backlash, and so Capcom have rectified this in their new politically correct (yes, PC stands for politically correct and not Personal Computer in this instance ) “Captivate 2008″ trailer.

Notice how there are Caucasian zombies in almost every shot? This suggests Capcom either concentrated on showing these zombies in the trailer, or actually added multiracial enemies into the game itself after all the negative publicity.

Age of Conan Growing Rapidly – PC Gaming Not Dead?

Toni Dimayuga — Mon, 26 May 2008 22:35:35 +0000

Funcom recently announced that Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures is one of the fastest-selling PC titles of all time. Launched on May 17th, more than 400,000 gamers (almost half hailing from North America) have entered the bloody, violent, and very adult world of Hyboria. After all, who doesn’t like scantily clad women and dismembering enemies?

On May 23rd Age of Conan launched an extra nine servers: 5 PvE, 1 RP-PvP, and 3 PvP. In addition to those playing the game, the Age of Conan websites have been experiencing a mass of traffic, with more than 2.2 million unique visitors in the last ten days.

“This is just the beginning, and we already look forward to massive updates and cool new features,” said Funcom CEO Trond Arne Aas. “We believe our focus on making Conan unique and groundbreaking is a key reason for the initial success. This is a focus we will keep and reinforce, and players can expect continued quality and innovation as we enter a new era for the game.”

Granted, these are very early numbers and we don’t know what things will look like further down the line. However, I think it’s safe to say that so far, Age of Conan is a success and PC gaming may not be dead just yet.

Follow this link to read an interview with Age of Conan’s creator, Jorgen Tharaldsen.

Stylish Devil May Cry 4 Combat Videos: Learn How to Taunt

Patrick Steen — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:06:19 +0000

Thought the Devil May Cry 4 demo was good? Want to show off to your friends? If you can get Nero’s moves right you’ll be able to taunt your enemies with excessive style. Watch and learn in these videos.

Devil May Cry’s combat has amazing depth and unless you know how to master its secrets, you won’t be able to conquer its true style. With the addition of Nero and his devil bringer arm the possibilities have increased; the pumping action has been multiplied.

This can be seen in a 10 minute play through of the demo, which manages to take it all the way to beating the hell out of Beriel.

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You’re going to have to practice day and night to get the timing right, but when you do, you’ll look as good as this:

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When you fight stylistically you’ll have earned the right to taunt your opponents and even show off by playing a little bit of air guitar. If only we were this good when we play Devil May Cry.

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New Bionic Commando Screens and Artwork

Patrick Steen — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 16:12:24 +0000

Originally released back in 1988, Bionic Commando is back. Here at Ripten we can present you with a selection of new screenshots and artwork of the game that will grapple the Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and PC in 2008.

Bionic Commando has been dormant, apart from two Gameboy sequels in 1992 and 1999, but Capcom reintroduce the series for the next-generation. In this outing, players will be able to use the main character’s bionic grappling arm to traverse and kill enemies.

Enjoy the new screenshots and artwork.

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