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While many gamers hail the originalDeus Exto be one of the greatest games of all time, the designer of the latest installment in the series may not be one of them. Speaking with Edge, game designer Jean-Francois Dugas calls the original title “kind of slow,” explaining that “there weren’t enough exciting, memorable moments. It was aimed more towards a simulation rather than a game experience.” It sounds like Dugas is calling for a bit more action inDeus Ex 3, but that doesn’t necessarily meaning dumbing down features, particularly when it comes to the console versions....

Silent Hill Vis looking more gorgeously detailed than ever, and we finally have some new screenshots to prove it (notthe same old onesthat everyone keeps mistaking for new, either!) Of course, your general non-Silent Hillfan may glance at them and say, “That’s just a bunch of pics of a guy running around in the dark with a gun.” I’ll tell you now, you’re absolutely right. However, for aSilent Hillfan, that image is the equivalent of bread given to a starving man (or afingerbanging sessionto one Mr....

Therefore, my first reaction upon hearing that Pandemic’sMercenaries 2: World in Flameswill have dynamic ad containing billboards was one ofinsurmountable rage. And I’d just gotten so hyped up over therecent footage. Bummer. Lead designer Scott Warner was quick to explain that, whileMercenaries 2will have ads, they will at least be implemented with some manner of creativity (if you consider explosions to be creative that is). “There’s a faction in the game that actually doesn’t like the fact that the first world is coming in and plastering their cities with advertising, so they’ll actually pay you to blow up billboards....

D3Publisher has sent out another batch of screenshots forEarth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon. To the outside observer, they probably look fairly serious. The images do, after all, portray an insect- and robot-led armageddon. You don’t call in the EDF unless you’re prepared to lose every structure in your city to stray missiles, which are bound to crop up. But we know better. We know that these characters all have goofy voices, the robots have wobbly bodies, and the bugs miraculously seem to disregard the laws of gravity when you shoot at their corpses....

I’m not entirely sure if my interest was based on theassortment of weird, nontraditional videogames that came prior toGhost Recon Future Soldier‘s showing at the Ubisoft press conference, or if the game was impressive on its own; probably a little of both. Much of the on-stage demonstration consisted of soldiers going invisible and shooting dudes in the face, two things we can surely all extract enjoyment out of. I know I did!...

Just this morning I had a sit down and private gameplay demo with Monolith and game producer Troy Skinner concerning the developer’s upcoming sequel to the critical and commercial hit first-person shooter/survival horror hybridF.E.A.R. And, yes, it is still just being called “the sequel toF.E.A.R.” for now. Monolith held a contest a while back to see who could come up with the best name for this follow-up game and, although the field has been narrowed down to three finalists, a winner has not yet been selected (my suggestion,Z....

Perhaps one of the biggest surprises to come out of Microsoft’s E3 2007 conference was a brand new trailer forResident Evil 5. You’ll notice a mob of angry villagers not unlike those found inRE4and what appears to be an African village setting.While the trailer is a little on the short side and it isn’t exactly easy to make out what’s going on, there’s no denying how impressive the visuals are. Luckily for us, the full trailer will be available on Xbox Live Marketplace on July 26....

I apologize in advance for the level of sexual tension in this video. i couldn’t help it. The first time you set your hands on a videogame controller that you know is going to change your life is pretty intimate, emotional experience. If we had the time and the licensing budget, we would have used an instrumental version of “Like a Virgin” as the soundtrack for this video. Anyway, yeah, the Wii U can output some beautiful graphics, both on an HD TV and on the controller, that much is certain....

The EA Hasbro division have been working on adaptations of the latter name’s library of classic board games for a while now under theirFamily Game Nightbrand. A collection of such sundry offerings was released for the PS2 and Wii back in November. When it came time to get Microsoft in on the fun, the threesome decided to work on something a little more, shall we say,intimate. Family Game Nightwill be coming to XBLA in the form of a complete “channel” within the online service....

Well, you gotta give Editor-in-Chief Dan “Shoe” Hsu some credit for stirring up a pot lately, with his editorials inElectronic Gaming Monthly. Though you got to wonder if he’s really going to bring theEGMship down by trying to be so transparent, and so hardlined with his point of view. What happened to theEGMof old, when it was so much more lively, and less “cyni-jaded”? Which, BTW, is a new word I’m using in Scrabble, deftly combining “cynical” and “jaded....

The good news just keeps coming. Following ex-ELSPA bossRoger Bennett’s outspoken commentsagainst the recent treatment of videogaming by the powers that be, the new head of the Entertainment Software Association hasunveiled plansto get our favorite medium the respect it deserves within the political arena. Speaking toThe New York Times, Michael Gallagher sounded very passionate indeed about giving the games industry a voice equal to those of other entertainment industries, and about the political representation he’ll be seeking to achieve that....

Here’s the second part of the awesomeComic Jumperplaydate we had with Director Josh Bear and and CEO Michael Wilford from Twisted Pixel. Inthe last video, you got a look at Captain Smiley in his 1990’s Image Comics-esque art style. This time around, we see Captain Smiley jump into an issue of Nanoc The Obliviator, an homage to the Conan The Barbarian fantasy comics of the 70s and 80s. We also get a look at the different kinds of gameplay involved....

The first of the three-issue comic series based on id Software’sRageis now available in comic stores. Written by Arvid Nelson and drawn by Andrew Mutti, the comics should give a bit more insight into the world of the upcoming shooter. Because you’re just going to shooting people in the faces and skipping all of the dialogue in the game, right? Two pages of the comic have been released, and I’ve thrown them in the gallery for your viewing pleasure....