Recent content by Fintan Monaghan

Vampire of the Rising Sun When it came to expressing a nation's fear of outside influence, the Vampire was exactly what Japan needed. Read Full Article

TGS '10: Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Hands-On Pretty, shiny cars, and good ol'-fashioned racing. Since neither of us are exactly pros at racing games, it was with some trepidation that we approached Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit at EA's 2010 pre-TGS showcase. We needn't have feared...

TGS '10: Bulletstorm Hands-On First-person-shooters, drunken space pirate style! Bulletstorm is a new FPS from Epic Games and People Can Fly. You play as Grayson Hunt, an ex-military all-around badass. Betrayed by a comrade, he hit the bottle hard and now lives the life of a drunken...

To put everyone's confused impulses to rest, Dante is female.

TGS '10: Spirits Enchants at Sense of Wonder Striking art and innovative gameplay makes indie game Spirits the belle of the SOWN ball. Mega-companies may rule at TGS, but tucked away in a corner were indie offerings selected for the Sense of Wonder Night, also known as SOWN. This...

TGS '10: Mega Man Universe Hands-On Mega Man's latest outing promises character customization and level design. Since that bizzaro reveal trailer [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/102131-Mega-Man-Universe-Teased-As-Capcom-Crossover-Title] back in June, a clearer picture has...

TGS '10: Deathspank: Thongs of Virtue Hands-On The Deathspank sequel takes the nitwit knight on a world tour. Ron Gilbert's brand of silly innuendo-filled humor is back as Deathspank gets ready for another adventure. While the original lampooned medieval RPG clichés, the sequel moves...

TGS '10: Tekken Tag Tournament Returns The classic Tekken Tag Tournament is returning for a second round, and a fan-favorite pair of fighters from Street Fighter III are coming to Super Street fighter IV. Assistant Street Fighter IV producer Tomoaki Ayano had dropped some heavy hints...

TGS '10: Castlevania Lords of Shadow Hands-On Well, it ain't your grandpappy's Castlevania ... After the nostalgic re-issuing of Symphony of Night and the flawed experiment of Harmony of Despair, Mercury Steam and Kojima Productions are taking Castlevania in a whole new direction. We tried...

TGS '10: Spidey and Wesker Join Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Marvel's webslinger and the Resident Evil villain are the latest additions to the rapidly growing Marvel vs. Capcom 3 cast. As expected, Capcom has unleashed a quartet of new fighters for MvC 3. First up today came the return of an old...

TGS '10: Deus Ex: Human Revolution Preview Game director Jean-Francois Dugas takes us through twenty minutes of Deus Ex: Human Revolution. According to Dugas, the gameplay of Human Revolution is built on four pillars: combat, stealth, hacking and RPG. We saw some of these in action in the...

TGS '10: Ace Attorney Investigations 2 Hands-On We have no objections to this game, Your Honor. Who could object to the return of everyone's favorite prissy prosecutor, Miles Edgeworth? The purple coat and cravat are back! We got the chance to play Edgeworth's latest adventure at TGS...

TGS '10: Medal of Honor Hands-On According to senior creative director Richard Farrelly, "authenticity" is the driving force behind the new Medal of Honor reboot. I asked Richard Farrelly what set MOH apart from the likes of Bad Company 2 and that colossus Modern Warfare 2. "There's...

TGS '10: Devil May Cry Getting Reboot, Face-Lift [gametrailers=704493]Dante looks a little different from what we're used to. It's Devil May Cry, but not as we know it. An emaciated man hangs from chains in a dirty, white-tile prison. His interrogators want to know his name. Cut to the...

TGS '10: EA's Create Mixes LittleBigPlanet and Scribblenauts The developers of EA's Create want to make a game limited only by the player's imagination. Bright Light game designer Emily Newton Dunn promises to deliver players a "What If" adventure. Reminiscent of LittleBigPlanet, there...