Public holidays and extended long weekends have a way of really throwing out the news reporting and the dinner clock. We’re famished. We’ve missed a bit of news and lots of braaaaaaaiiiiiiiinnnnssss. But news first. The Xbox LIVE Spring (yes, Northern Hemisphere time) Sale kicks off on 26 March. The first full schedule of items on sale has been announced,…
Thursday. It’s not often that you will hear us say this, but we wish it was Friday. Alright, you will probably hear us say that every week, about every day of the week. Let’s just get on with the news shall we? That good old chestnut of a game Killzone will be having a double XP weekend over the Easter…
Ubisoft has decided to cut the controversial torture scene which appeared in the E3 reveal of Splinter Cell Blacklist, after receiving negative reactions to it. Following the June footage, which had Sam Fisher plunging a knife into his captive’s throat and twisting to get the enemy to give up some intelligence, many complained about the more brutal direction the series appeared…
Everyone have a good weekend? Everyone raring to get the week started with an enthusiastic adrenaline rush of excitement? Neither are we. Maybe a little gaming news will help kick start the day a little. At the moment it doesn’t appear that a day will go by without THQ being mentioned in the news. Odd, considering they essentially don’t exist anymore.…
Did you sleep well? Feeling rested and ready for the day? Good, now go armed with these pieces of news into your Friday… The Halo 2 PC servers are to be switched off in February. It shouldn’t really come as a surprise considering there is only 20 active players still… “We’re sad to report that the service end-date for Halo 2…
It appears Ubisoft are just trying to make our blacklist with this announcement. The publisher has announced that the next installment in the Sam Fisher saga has been delayed until August. Making the announcement by way of a new trailer (way to chicken out of having to tell anyone anything…), the game will now arrive on 20 August 2013 (a US…
Ubisoft has released a new Splinter Cell Blacklist ComDev video which takes a look at the art direction of the game. Narrated by Art Director Scott Lee, the video previews the game’s overarching visual styling as well as the re-emergence of light and shadow.
The Assassin’s Creed film producer has now been confirmed for Ubisoft’s film adaptation of the Splinter Cell movie. It was previously confirmed that Rock n Rolla actor, Tom Hardy will play Sam Fisher and that Eric Warren will be penning the film. According to Variety [as cited by GIBiz] Ubisoft Motion Pictures and New Regency have now entered into a deal to produce…
In which Sam Fisher demonstrates that a bullet is not the only way to deal with nasty bad guys.
Ubisoft has released the first in a series of gameplay videos for Splinter Cell Blacklist. This first instalment focuses on Sam Fisher’s stealthy and brutal encounter with a dastardly enemy. Narrated by Splinter Cell Community Developer, Zack Cooper, the footage shows off a “classic mechanic with a modern twist, all wrapped up in a never-before-seen environment.”