Yesterday was the 15th anniversary of the Sony PlayStation in Europe. OK, OK, so it may have reached this milestone a couple of weeks ago in the US, and is rapidly approaching its sixteenth birthday in Japan, but as I’m in the UK and have a particular admiration for the good old grey slab of love, we at …
Read more »I think it’s fair to say that the mainstream gaming community isn’t exactly sold on Microsoft’s Kinect just yet. Button-free gaming certainly has it’s sceptics and the specialist press have been quick to criticise Microsoft for the lack of focus on core gameplay experiences with the system. Retailing at £130, the price point also continues …
Read more »One of the most respected and gifted games journalists in the business is leaving us, and we will miss him. Kieron Gillen, an overlord of beloved gaming site Rock, Paper, Shotgun and the founder of the New Games Journalism movement, has moved full-time into comics writing for Marvel and decided that in order to pay fair …
Read more »The Escapist reports that sometime in the Land of 2011, a high-definition remake of cult classic Beyond Good & Evil will be coming to PSN and XBLA. New textures, higher-poly models, remastered soundtrack. Nothing else about the game (including the vexing controls) are set to be changed, but this game is worth your time if …
Read more »Guess what! Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro loves videogames. Always has. And while he’s been emitting noises about maybe making one for a while, not much has been confirmed except that he’s been talking with publisher THQ, until a recent interview for MTV. Now we know that the game will be a Lovecraftian action-RPG, but …
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My first moments in F1-2010 were terrifying. Not the terror of being pursued by brainless zombies in the depths of the Agroprom, no, something much worse. The camera’s field of view swept over the group of assembled reporters with professional soft focus blur and a well dressed reporter stood to ask me a question. I was seated behind a microphone, and I was certain she was going to say, “Tell us about yourself, and why you think you can succeed in Formula-1?”
Read more »Not long after dismissing the value of literally every independent developer in the world except for Bungie (note that most outlets are saying “indie.” That word has a different connotation), Bobby Kotick of Activision/Blizzard has unleashed this little chestnut, courtesy of EDGE Magazine: You know what? What we like about a developer is that they …
Read more »One of the many things that make me happy about Tap is that we have no assholes here (except me). Every now and then some no-name will wander by and leave an obnoxious comment, but they never seem to stay for long. Ours is a grown-up site where people treat each other politely, and when …
Read more »Not long ago the staff had a Serious Discussion (which lasted 3 minutes and consisted of “why not?”) about whether our First Impressions section should include demos… that is, whether we can state first impressions based on one. It didn’t occur to us to set up some kind of rule about how long the demo …
Read more »Irrational Games has kindly sent TAP the first in-game footage of Bioshock: Infinite previously shown at Gamescom. Instead of compressing a 10gb video however, I thought it might be easier to send you in the direction of GameTrailers.com who have the footage all ready and waiting (it’s what they do best after all). I managed to watch …
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