Posts Tagged ‘Breaking into the Industry’
Monday, September 13th, 2010
The 100% free-to-read September issue of Thirteen1 is available now, keeping your Autumn blues at bay with crazy shooters, head scratching strategy sims, previews of upcoming gems and free to enter competitions. Summer eh..who needs it!
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This month sees T1 dabble in the shady lie of crime, as 2K Games’ gangster sequel Mafia II dominates the front cover. Does the series’ next-gen debut outing deserve your respect? Or should it be cast aside and left sleeping with the fishes?
The heist and gun play fun doesn’t stop there either, with Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days bursting onto the scene in a bid to right the wrongs of the original. They’re actually looking pretty good for a couple of dead men..
And if that isn’t enough run-and-gun fun for you, the frenetic action continues with a special preview of Natural Selection 2, an epic upcoming FPS from Unknown Worlds Entertainment, as well as a review of MMO-shooter Global Agenda, which was recently released in the UK and has adopted the growingly popular free-to-play model. Guns, explosions, crimes and robots…it doesn’t get much better than this! (more…)
Tags: Assassins Creed II, Breaking into the Industry, Cataclysm, Community Management, Competitions, Corbomite Games, Drinking Games, DrunkenGamer, FFXIV, Final Fantasy XIV, Global Agenda, Hardware, Kane & Lynch 2, Kontrol Freek, Land of Chaos Online, LOCO, Mafia II, Music Reviews, Natural Selection 2, Ninety Nine Nights II, Omerta, Patrician IV, Plants vs Zombies, preview, PvZ, Q&A, Red Steel 2, Retro, Review, Sandstorm, Star Shipping Inc, Terra Militaris, TLBB, Uncharted Waters Online, Victoria II, We Sing Encore, Wish You Were Here, World Of Warcraft, Worms, wow, xbla, XNA
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Monday, September 13th, 2010
Tags: Assassins Creed II, Breaking into the Industry, Cataclysm, Community Management, Competitions, Corbomite Games, Drinking Games, DrunkenGamer, FFXIV, Final Fantasy XIV, Global Agenda, Hardware, Kane & Lynch 2, Kontrol Freek, Land of Chaos Online, LOCO, Mafia II, Music Reviews, Natural Selection 2, Ninety Nine Nights II, Omerta, Patrician IV, Plants vs Zombies, preview, PvZ, Q&A, Red Steel 2, Retro, Review, Sandstorm, Star Shipping Inc, Terra Militaris, TLBB, Uncharted Waters Online, Victoria II, We Sing Encore, Wish You Were Here, World Of Warcraft, Worms, wow, xbla, XNA
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Friday, August 13th, 2010
Tags: 3DS, Advent Rising, Archetype, Bloodline Champions, Breaking into the Industry, ComicCon, Commander II, Competitions, Countdown, DeathSpank, Donkey Kong, Dragonica, Drakos Tower, Drinking Games, DrunkenGamer, Encore, Epic Mickey, FragFX Pro, Gears of War, God of War, Goldeneye, Governor of Poker, Hardware, Hydro Thunder Hurricane, Kirby, Lancer, LIMBO, Metroid, Most Shocking Moments in Gaming, Music Reviews, nintendo, Omerta, Project TriForce, Retro, SC II, Splitfish, Starcraft 2, WeSing, Wii, Wings of Liberty, Wish You Were Here, XNA, Young Thor
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Friday, August 13th, 2010
The 100% free-to-read August issue of Thirteen1 is available now, featuring more reviews, previews and original features than you can shake a C.O.G Lancer’s chainsaw at!
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Perhaps unsurprisingly, August’s cover star is StarCraft II, the sequel to Blizzard’s genre-defining RTS, which has finally burst onto the scene after 12 years of agonising anticipation. But does T1’s self-confessed fan-boy think it was worth the wait? And just what did he get up to at the midnight launch event in London? You’ll find the answer to both right here in the latest issue.
The upcoming Nintendo 3DS is the talk of gaming-town right now, so Thirteen1 decided it was high time to get hands-on with the device themselves. The DrunkenGamer brings you his honest report of just how effective the handheld console is, as well as his take on some of the games you can expect to play on it. All in mind-boggling 3D!
He also got the chance to look at some of the titles shaping the Wii’s future, including Metroid Prime: Other M, Donkey Kong Country Returns, GoldenEye 007, Kirby’s Epic Yarn, and more. So much gaming goodness..and T1’s got it all covered for you.
In fact, this month’s issue of Thirteen1 is packed with reviews and previews, from Frima’s surprisingly polished PSN title, Young Thor, to a hands-on with FunCom’s latest MOBA (that’s Massive Online Battle Arena, if you didn’t know), Bloodline Champions, and a full tilt look at Youda Games fascinating casual poker game sequel, Governor of Poker II. It’s poker ‘and’ a proper game!
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Tags: 3DS, Advent Rising, Archetype, Bloodline Champions, Breaking into the Industry, ComicCon, Commander II, Competitions, Countdown, DeathSpank, Donkey Kong, Dragonica, Drakos Tower, Drinking Games, DrunkenGamer, Encore, Epic Mickey, FragFX Pro, Gears of War, God of War, Goldeneye, Governor of Poker, Hardware, Hydro Thunder Hurricane, Kirby, Lancer, LIMBO, Metroid, Most Shocking Moments in Gaming, Music Reviews, nintendo, Omerta, Project TriForce, Retro, SC II, Splitfish, Starcraft 2, WeSing, Wii, Wings of Liberty, Wish You Were Here, XNA, Young Thor
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Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
There are a few questions that I can usually expect to be asked whenever I tell someone about my job in the games industry.
1.How did/do you get a job like that?
2.Can you get me any free games?
3.How DO you make that stuff move about on the TV?
I love the first question and I find I’m being asked it more and more – by students looking for work experience, by younger gamers who’ve been inspired by the games on their iPod touch, or by others just looking for a way into the industry.
My journey into the technical side of games started back in 1980, when I discovered the Sinclair ZX81 in my school, and it totally captured my imagination. I typed in all the programs in the user manual and was enthralled by the results produced on the screen. From there I graduated to a BBC Micro, and later a 32-bit Archimedes. Machines like these really were the games consoles of the time, and although we played a ton of games on them, we also started to figure out how these games were programmed and, crucially, started to figure out how to make our own.
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Tags: Breaking into the Industry, Issue 28, space ark, strawdog studios
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Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
The South African fun is over, and unless you’re lucky enough to be Spanish (or don’t care about football), you’ll undoubtedly be nursing some kind of World Cup hurt..
Luckily, as always, gaming is here to act as a shining light in the darkest of times, and the 100% free-to-read July issue of Thirteen1 magazine is now available, covering all of the month’s top gaming releases.
There really is little reason to be down with all of this finger-bashing fun to be had.
The much anticipated Crackdown 2 has finally jumped onto the scene, and right onto the front cover of Thirteen1, probably leaping over a massive skyscraper while firing a rocket launcher in mid-air to get there. Does it live up to expectations? Check out T1’s extensive review of all things super-powered to find out.
EA have fittingly released FIFA Online just in time for everyone to right their personal international wrongs, so T1 has jumped straight in there to cover it with a beta hands-on. Will it prove as popular as it’s console counterpart?
The DrunkenGamer has had a great time flying around Cataclysm, the latest mind-blowing expansion for Blizzard’s World of WarCraft, and wishes you was there so much that he’s put together a brand new feature, Wish You Were Here, showing you all of the best areas before it’s released.
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Tags: 13-1 countdown, Babel, battlefield, Biker Battles, Blacklight, blizzard, Boss Battles, Breaking into the Industry, Call of Duty, Castle of Heroes, COD, Competitions, Crackdown 2, Dark Lineage, Darkness Within 2, Dr Who, Drinking Games, DrunkenGamer, E3, Fifa Online, Game Horizon, Hardware Section, Imperator, Issue 28, King Arthur, landit bandit, Lost Horizon, Magazine, Make your own XNA Game, Mario Galaxy 2, Metal Gear Solid 3, Mirrors Edge, Music Reviews, Naughty Bear, Omerta, preview, razer, Retro Section, Review, SteelSeries, Syberia V2, Tango Down, Wish You Were Here, World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, wow
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Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
Tags: 13-1 countdown, Babel, battlefield, Biker Battles, Blacklight, blizzard, Boss Battles, Breaking into the Industry, Call of Duty, Castle of Heroes, COD, Competitions, Crackdown 2, Dark Lineage, Darkness Within 2, Dr Who, Drinking Games, DrunkenGamer, E3, Fifa Online, Game Horizon, Hardware Section, Imperator, Issue 28, King Arthur, landit bandit, Lost Horizon, Magazine, Make your own XNA Game, Mario Galaxy 2, Metal Gear Solid 3, Mirrors Edge, Music Reviews, Naughty Bear, Omerta, preview, razer, Retro Section, Review, SteelSeries, Syberia V2, Tango Down, Wish You Were Here, World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, wow
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