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Assassins Creed III

Martyn Cooling — Sun, 13 May 2012 01:57:27 +0000

The first Assassins Creed games were unique introductions into the sandbox genre, set in the time of the crusades it pitted the legendary Knights Templar against a mysterious brotherhood of Assassins, all wrapped up in an weaving Sci-Fi storyline. Taking gameplay mechanics from the Prince Of Persia series, mixed with modern day Parkour moves, Ubisoft created a brand new bankable franchise at a time when video game production was shifting (in a similar way to Hollywood) towards a remakes & sequels led business.

After two highly successful titles and two well received expansions to the second in the series, Ubisoft is about to release Assassins Creed 3. This time the storyline moves away from the time of the crusades and pits our protagonist against the armies and luminaries of the American revolution as he fights his way through colonial USA.

The first gameplay trailer has just been revealed and you can check it out below. For more info visit ubisoft.com

Socialmatic Camera

Martyn Cooling — Wed, 09 May 2012 02:08:23 +0000

ADR Studios have been concepting the idea of an Instagram only hardware camera. Using the Instagram logo as inspiration for the proposed real life digital camera, that would be set to feature Polaroid-style square printing, a 16gb built in memory & Wi-Fi & networking capabilities.

Yes, its only a concept, but a damm interesting one. Would you buy it?

Check out the idea below and read the full proposed specs at adr-studio.it

[Via. High Snobiety]

Spotify X iPad

Martyn Cooling — Thu, 03 May 2012 20:05:58 +0000

After months of delays, the worlds number one music streaming service has finally reached the iPad. The launch video below pokes fun at the lengthy delays and its competitors in the tech world who direct port their iPhone apps.

Check it out at the App store now, and to grab a 30 day free trial of Spotify premium head to spotify.com/freetrial.

Call Of Duty: Black Ops 2

Martyn Cooling — Thu, 03 May 2012 16:08:26 +0000

The first Call Of Duty under the Black Ops banner generated just over a billion dollars in sales in its first month of sale – a record for the industry. So it would be stupid to believe that Activision wouldn’t capitalise on that and release a second title to continue the series.

Black Ops 2 will be the first game in the Call Of Duty series to be set in the future, with two branching storylines, ones which follows on the from the 80′s Cold War setting of the original Black Ops and the second is set in the year 2025 and focuses on a fictional war between China & the USA.

Black Ops 2 is expected to land on November 12, just in time for some mad Christmas buying. Can this one match the previous sales record? We’ll see, the trailer has just been released, check it out below.

Bottom Of The Ninth

Martyn Cooling — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 22:40:40 +0000

Ryan Woodward’s ‘Bottom Of The Ninth’ is probably the worlds first animated graphic novel – probably. The project will be launched exclusively for the iPad & iPhone with a HTC version to follow suit. By animating key panels in the book, the serialized comic comes to life and blurs the line between still & moving image.

The first app, Prologue, will set up the characters and the world of Tao City. Candy Cunningham is an 18 year old girl, born with a phenomenal athletic ability, and a hot head! Her father, Gordy Cunningham is an aged major league player who’s athletic abilities have diminished over the years, but his ability to put on a good clown show always draws a crowd and ticket sales. Throughout the story, Candy faces some serious identity issues. The fame and glory of being a Tao City hero conflict with the true meaning of happiness taught to her by her father.

Can’t wait till it launches in May? No problem, check out the preview video below and for more info visit bottom-of-the-ninth.com

80′s Twitter

Martyn Cooling — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:42:50 +0000

The people over at Squirrel Monkey have just added the latest in their line of 80′s throwback videos – previously they’ve had a look at what Angry Birds, Facebook & Draw Something would look like rendered on an 80′s PC – but this time, its twitters turn.

So boot up DOS and take a look at what twitter would look like in the 80′s.

Kara by Quantic Dream

Martyn Cooling — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 19:35:44 +0000

Quantic Dream, the games studio most famous for their Playstation 3 title ‘Heavy Rain’ – a deep, narrative driven, film noir thriller that redefined the way we think about interacting with our games – not in a ‘waggle this’ and ‘jump up n’ down’ ‘Wii style’ farce, but in a truly unique way that bridged the gap between classic point & click adventures and modern action based games.

The studio has just released this technical demo called ‘Kara’ to demonstrate the abilities of its new motion capture engine. Wanting to push forward and improve their games as much as they can, the new engine will become a staple of their production – defining the quality of their output.

Check it out below – the demo features android-in-construction ‘Kara’ as she struggles with coming to life and her place in the world.

Halo 4: First Look

Martyn Cooling — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 09:22:32 +0000

Bungie the development team behind the much celebrated Halo series split its relationship with Microsoft in 2008, handing over the rights to the Halo universe in the process. They continued to work on two further Halo games, Reach & Halo 3: ODST, after they parted ways – but now they’re done.

So whats next for one of the best selling gaming franchises in history? Well 343 Industries (a new Microsoft subsidiary, created in the wake of the split) has taken over the Halo duties. 343 worked on the recently released HD reboot of the first Halo game as well as all the DLC for Reach, and are now pushing forward hard on the true test of their Halo-abilities ‘Halo 4′ – one of the most anticipated games in console history.

This week the studio released the following development diary showing their progress so far and providing the first glimpse into the new game as we dig further into the Halo Universe.

Sound a bit too geeky for you? awww well, i’m too excited to care!

You can check out the video below and find out more at halo.xbox.com

Little Printer

Martyn Cooling — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 02:22:46 +0000

Little Printer lives in your home, bringing you news, puzzles and gossip from your friends. Use your smartphone to set up subscriptions and Little Printer will gather them together to create a timely, beautiful mini-newspaper.

Connecting with your favourite social networks, it creates an alternate interface to enjoy your news feeds – similar to the much loved Flipboard on the iPad. Promising a huge selection of customisable options and enough cute to last a lifetime, Little printer will be hitting shelves next year.

R.I.P Steve Jobs

Faux Magazine — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:04:41 +0000

Steve Jobs, 1955-2011 – Rest In Peace.

1984 – Steve Introduces the first Macintosh…

[Video found via. Leisureonly]