If the following picture is to be believed, the next incarnation of the world famous Grand Theft Auto will have the lead character possessing two X chromosomes.
Interesting if true, I’ve never been a fan of the series so far, even the 2D incarnations left me cold (although I did enjoy the soundtrack in Vice City).
Edit - Rockstar have apparently dismissed the picture as a fake, oh well
Sequence of events:
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There’s an impressive video over at teamxbox.com showing off ‘Prey’, the new FPS game which uses the Doom III engine, it looks very nice.
Pity ID didn’t turn the brightness up on their Doom III dev-boxes, eh?
I’m looking forward to Halo 3 as much as the next man, (unless the next man works for Sony), but the latest media offering from Studio Bungie is almost un-watchable due to the high self-love content.
http://www.bungie.net/News/TopStory.aspx?link=e3makingof
Presumably after verbally copulating with the game’s design on-screen, the talking heads in the trailer all went back to their cubicles to compose love letters to each other.
Thanks to the unique way the BBC is funded, they can afford to make outrageous mistakes on their news website, and still get paid at the end of the month.
Exhibit A: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5041690.stm
(on the NintendoDS game ‘Brain Training’)
“In a Tokyo classroom, a teacher demonstrates how to turn on the PlayStation Portable and plug in the disc with the game on it.”
…
“In this version the player has to solve simple sums as quickly as possible. But there are many different types of game on the market, not just for the PlayStation, but Nintendo and other models too.”
I suppose doing a bit of journalistic research at the beeb would get in the way of snorting coke off an nubile lady’s buttocks.
Edit - 4-June-06, it looks like BBC News has corrected the information now, it’s lucky nobody noticed, eh?
Another excellent edition of Way of the Rodent is out today, which includes this little gem:
As always, you can reach Way of the Rodent at http://www.wayoftherodent.com/
Have a good look at these screens:
Take a guess what game it’s from.
Here’s a clue, it’s from a remake of a game you may have played in the arcade if you are of a certain age. You may have even played in the sit down version, positioned next to the Space Harrier and Star Wars Cabinet.
Give up?
Well, it’s from the new Spy Hunter game starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.
You know? Spy Hunter? That game in the 80s where your car turns in to a boat to the tune of the Peter Gunn theme?
I kid you not.