Saturday, November 21st, 2009
Dark Void Trailer
Those of you who, like me, are dying to play the upcoming Dark Void game will love to know that there is a new, brief trailer out exploring the antagonists of the game, The Watchers. Seriously, who wouldn't want a futuristic, Rocketeer style game?
Friday, November 20th, 2009
Frontlines: Fuel Of War - Weekend Deal
Unreal Engine 3 powered Frontlines: Fuel of War is the Weekend Deal on Steam. At 75% off, it can be yours for a mere $7.49. The Kaos Studios / THQ title received average to mixed reviews upon release. The online mode is intended to be its main attraction, but it does include a campaign mode.
Killing Floor Patched
Killing Floor owners will find that, upon logging into Steam, a patch has been released that addresses two specific issues:
- Fixed exploits on KF-Bedlam, KF-BioticsLab, KF-Farm, KF-Manor, KF-Offices, and KF-Wyre
- Further reduced the memory utilization in the Killing Floor Client
Planet 51 Powered By Unreal Engine 3
Pyro Studios announces it is using Unreal Engine 3 to construct its Planet 51 videogame, which is based off of the animated film of the same name by Ilion Animation Studios. The SEGA published title is available for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii and Nintendo DS. Though the release does not say, I'm going to guess UE3 was used for the first two but not the latter.
“This being a movie-based game for next-generation consoles, we had time restrictions and a hard deadline which required a very solid engine that would allow us to ship on time,” said Juan Franco, game director at Pyro Studios. “We chose Unreal because the engine is very stable, and it gave us a group of tools that enabled us to polish our game. It helped keep our focus through the game’s development, reducing the development time and allowing the team to focus on creativity.”
“Pyro has done a great job expressing the visual style of the animated movie with the game itself, and it looks like a lot of fun,” said Mark Rein, vice president, Epic Games. “When I saw this game at E3 this year, even I couldn't tell it was made with Unreal Engine 3. Planet 51: The Game does a great job of demonstrating the versatility developers expect from Unreal, and this is particularly evidenced by its distinct visual execution.”
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
BU Reviews: Batman Arkham Asylum
If you're a fan of Batman or not, you might just find yourself having a good time with Batman Arkham Asylum. We did. In fact, we had such a good time we took our sweet-ass time reviewing it. If you want to just skip to the chase - go buy it.
Otherwise, read on.



