A rather interesting looking weapon picture from the forthcoming Final Fantasy XIII-2 has surfaced. Yeah, sure, many weapons from Final Fantasy are a bit interesting in design but this “Muramasa” has a story behind it. If you pre-order your copy of Final Fantasy XIII-2 from Amazon.co.uk then you qualify for the Muramasa. It’s an exclusive. […]
Archives for November 2011
Halo: Helljumper trailer
Helljumper is fan made Halo film. It’s due out in January 2012. Actually, Helljumper is a series of films that follows a single ODST from before the Covenant War to the Fall of Reach. The films are adapted from Tobias S. Buckell‘s short story “Dirt”. It looks awesome. Films like this go a great way […]
Anne McCaffrey has died
“Anne McCaffrey dead” is the headline no fantasy loving geek wants to write. Sadly, at the age of 85 Anne McCaffrey, creator of the Dragonriders of Pern, has died. McCaffrey had been responding to fans, just this month, via first with the news. Anne was born in the USA and migrated to Ireland in the […]
The Pathfinder MMO
Paizo has licensed the rights to a MMORPG based on Pathfinder. Pathfinder, which out sold Dungeons & Dragons this year according to some analysts, will be developed by Goblinworks as a massively multi-player online RPG. Goblinworks is an independent, Seattle based, company and brings Mark Kalmes (Microsoft, Cryptic Studios and CCP) to the table. Kalmes […]
The Millennium Falcon in LEGO… no, the Lightning McFalcon in LEGO
We’ve seen some impressive LEGO Star Wars constructions that are truly speculator. They’re all good. This one is a little different. It’s not quite a LEGO MIllennium Falcon although you’ll recognise the shape. What we have here is the Lightning McFalcon. A LEGO mashup of Disney’s Cars and Star Wars. All credit to Raphael Heusser […]
Ice Cream Sandwich running on the Transformer Prime
The Transformer Prime is a very tasty looking Android tablet from ASUS. It’s expected to ship in December. I suspect the Christmas rush might even sell it out. It’s a remarkable bit of kit in that it may look like a small laptop until you lift it up from its docking station keyword in which […]
DriveThru Fiction launches
OneBookShelf, the company that operates a number of geeky digital marketplaces, yesterday announced the launch of DriveThru Fiction. The new marketplace joins DriveThruComics, RPGNOw and DruveThruRPG as a supplier of electronic goodies for gamers. RPGNow and DriveThruRPG have been a strong channel for new RPG publishers to come to market. It is expected DriveThruFiction will […]
Dizzy Egg back from the dead?
Dizzy Egg was a charsimatic platform game. You played a plucky egg who needed to … well, spoilers! Attention has been drawn to this mysterous URL: EggcitingNews.com . This might leads one to speculate Mr Egg may be making a return. What do you think? There’s also this teaser video. Seems pretty conclusive to me. […]
This Happened: Darth Vader claims land in Ukraine
The world is a strange place and this is a true story. Darth Vader – who introduced himself as “I am Darth Vader, the right hand of Emperor Palpatine” – presented himself at the offices of the mayor of Odessa to claim 1,000 square meters of land. City authorities took the decision to give away […]
What’s in the Mass Effect 3: N7 Collector’s Edition?
It feels like early days for Mass Effect 3 still – the game from BioWare isn’t due out until March 2012. I haven’t even seen any news on what the special edition contains – however, there is this video. I’ve stepped through the announcements – here’s what’s inside the the Mass Effect 3: N7 Collector’s […]
