Alan Wake developer Remedy Entertainment is famous for creating gun-toting anti-hero Max Payne and inventing the oft-imitated concept of “bullet time” in video games. But the protagonist of this long awaited follow up’s primary weapon isn’t a pair of uzis – it’s a torch. How does the combat shape up in this new adventure? Read our Alan Wake review to find out.
From the moment you drop the Alan Wake game disc into the drive of your Xbox 360 you’re assailed by one of the most oppressive and threatening settings yet created for a video game. The theme of Alan Wake is fighting darkness with light, and this ethos is very much at the centre of the entire game. Darkness isn’t just an inconvenience in Wake’s world, but a deadly force which should be avoided at all costs. Read our Alan Wake review for the verdict on its mise en scène and find out if this is the scariest game ever.
We’re almost at the end of the week already, and to to celebrate, we’ve got a tasty treat for you: all the latest gadget news crammed into one concise post for you, right here and right now. Read on for it all in your techie breakie!
Apple and Adobe are still slugging it out over Flash support on the iPhone and iPad. Following the open letter from Steve Jobs lambasting Flash, Adobe has launched a new ad campaign proclaiming its love for Apple. But behind the fluffy sentiment it’s still arguing that Jobs and co are wrong…
A Blackberry tablet is apparently in the works at RIM but the first details don’t sound that inspiring. Rather than packing 3G, the Blackberry tablet is apparently set to rely on Bluetooth and WiFi. Read on for all the slightly worrying whispers about the Blackberry tablet project…
The iPad ad which hit the web last night struck lots of people as somehow familiar. Then they realised, the new iPad spot is a homage to an ad for one of the Apple tablet’s ancestors – the Apple Newton. Click through to see the new iPad ad compared with the clip that seems to have inspired it…
