Playrhq's Blog – March 2011 Archive (70)

Today we kick off a 5-part video preview of the rather excellent Wii FPS Conduit 2. Yep, for the next 5 days we're going be dropping an exclusive walkthrough at 5pm GMT.

In today's episode we take a look at the opening level of the single-player campaign beginning with a demo of the controls.

POWERPLAYR is our new daily show dedicated to video game…

Yep, if you think that the Red Faction franchise doesn't hold enough thrills and spills for you, then you might not want to watch the video below. Why? Well, it might just change your mind - a little bit.

So what happens in it? Big explosions, lots of destrucability. Oh and weapons that melt stuff!

Yep, in part 2 of our 6-part preview, Armageddon's lead…

Each day for the next 6 days we'll be dropping a brand new walkthrough of Red Faction: Armageddon. Watch the first below. In it, the game's lead writer takes us through one of the missions from the campaign. And yes, it does look a lot better than Guerrilla!

So what will be covered in the next 5 episodes. Well, we'll look at other modes inlcuding multiplayer co-op…

The original set the bar for PC shooters. Can the sequel to do the same but on console too?

Crysis 2 releases on PS3, 360 and PC today in North America and Friday in…

In the second part of our preview of the Gears of War 3 beta, the game's Executive Producer Rod Ferguson commentates on a King of the Hill match played at PAX East recently.

The player featured in the footage is GoldGlove. He runs a pretty successful channel on Youtube dealing mainly in CoD videos.

For those who have no ability to remember things,…

Our week-long preview of the new LEGO Star Wars game continues with a look at a new level - "Ambush". Yoda and 3 clone troopers must take on a massive droid army without spilling anything.

POWERPLAYR is our new daily show dedicated to video game walkthroughs. New episodes drop every night at 5pm GMT - or maybe a little before.

LEGO Star Wars III:…

Lucha Fury is an upcoming download game from Punchers Impact. It's kinda Streets of Rage with added 4-player co-op, sweet graphics and a twist of mexican wrestling. Get 3 exclusive gameplay clips of it below.

Lucha Fury will release on XBLA, PSN &…

Jango Fett melts Mace Windu's ice cream... Padme Amidala puts on lipstick whilst she awaits execution. Yep, our latest preview of LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars reveals some hilarious new moments from the game and proves Traveller's Tales have lost none of their magic.

Yep, every day this week we're dropping a new video walkthrough as LEGO Star Wars…

Get excited about the forthcoming beta for Gears of War III by watching Rod Ferguson - the game's Executive Producer (yep, Cliffy B's boss) commentate (brilliantly) on some awesome gameplay highlights. You won't see this anywhere else, it's a POWERPLAYR exclusive!

Rod was in the UK yesterday to host a preview event for the UK press and we used our time with him to test…

Yep, part 1 will hit at 5 pm GMT.  Gears' Exec producer Rod Ferguson will be walking through action from the beta. Do not miss!

The Koreans have invaded North America, but who cares? Just tell us, what's the mutliplayer like?

After watching last week's POWERPLAYR series on Homefront you may be wandering what our opinion is of the game. Well, find out in our review now.

Homefront releases on 360, PS3 and PC today in North America and Friday in Europe. And next week in…

Last week it was Homefront, now it's the turn of LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars to get previewed in-depth. Yep, each day this week POWERPLAYR will deliver an exclusive walkthrough starting today with the game's previously unseen opening level. Watch it it now and remember, episode 2 will be available tomorrow at 5pm GMT.  

The level featured in…

Over the weekend the last two episodes of our 5-part preview of Homefront went live and in case you've missed any of them we've compiled all the relevant jumps below.

Yep, we enlisted the help of the team behind the game to bring you this in-depth video preview of both the multiplayer and the campaign. So far it's been watched by around 150,000 peeps.

So,…

Homefront's Creative Director David Votypka introduces the opening level of Homefront's single player campaign in episode 3 of PowerPlayr Homefront.

The game begins with members of the Korean Army breaking in to your flat. They want to use your skills as a pilot. But the resistance have other plans for you. 

PowerPlayr is our new…

Get to grips with another of MotorStorm's as yet unseen tracks in our exclusive video walkthrough.

Jase - our designated driver for the week - returns to the game's story mode for today's demo.

MotorStorm Apocalypse releases March 18th in Europe on PS3.

See some new parts of it right…

Yesterday, we delivered the world's first in-depth video preview of Homefront's multiplayer, with our exclusive walkthrough of the innovative Battle Commander mode. Now prepare for another huge exclusive, as we present a video walkthrough of the game's Ground Control multiplayer mode, in which players fight to hold strategic objectives.

Episode 2 of PowerPlayr…

The PlayStation blog has just released a video interview with Marcus Smith the Creative Director of Resistance 3 in which he talks multiplayer, and in particular, the rationale behind the player count, setting and progression system.

Some of this stuff may have already been discussed in other interviews done at GDC, but here's what he says anyways.

- They've…

Epiosde 3 of PowerPlayr featuring MotorStorm Apocalypse is ready to view now. It delivers another insane direct-feed walkthrough. Today it's an Elimination race on the Good Herb - Double Decker track played in Wreckreation mode. You almost certainly won't have seen this track before and it's hectic!

PowerPlayr is our new daily show dedicated to video game…

See Homefront's Battle Commander multiplayer mode demoed for the very first time in episode 1 of PowerPlayr Homefront, ready to watch right now. 

Today, Kaos Studios' Creative Director David Votypka presents a 6-minute direct-feed walkthrough of the most innovative aspect of its multiplayer , Battle Commander.

In this mode, each team has an AI Commander who…

Get ready for a 6-minute headspin cuz our our review of MotorStorm Apocalypse is right here right now. 

MotorStorm Apocalypse spits PS3 dust across Europe March…