Recent content by Jeremy Wilkinson

Half-Minute Hero Rushes to Steam PC gamers will soon have their 30-second chance to save the world. The fastest-moving RPG of all time will soon be making its way to PCs. Boasting the largest amount of content and the longest title in the series so far, Half-Minute Hero: Super Mega Neo...

Lightning Returns in a Shorter, More Action-Oriented Final Fantasy In the conclusion to the Final Fantasy XIII trilogy, even time is an enemy. In an interview with Famitsu (translated by Andriasang), Square Enix has confirmed some details about the conclusion to the ongoing Final Fantasy...

Kirby Fans Burst Bubblegum World Record To celebrate Kirby's 20th birthday, over 500 people set aside their differences to blow bubblegum. 2012 is shaping up to be rather a big year for videogaming anniversaries. Metal Gear Solid and Final Fantasy last week celebrated their 25th birthdays...

Freddie Mercury Becomes an Angry Bird for Charity Queen's iconic singer is reborn as a cycling bird in Rovio's "Freddie For A Day" tribute. This Wednesday, September 5, marks the 66th birthday of former Queen frontman Freddie Mercury. It's also the date the Mercury Phoenix Trust, an AIDS...

Square Enix Unveils Gargantuan Final Fantasy Anniversary Box Set Celebrate a quarter-century of Final Fantasy with eleven pounds of Final Fantasy goodies. Final Fantasy turns 25 this year, and to commemorate this milestone anniversary, Square Enix has something special in store: a huge box...

Future of PS3 Skyrim DLC Uncertain "This is not a problem we're positive we can solve," says Bethesda's community lead. Bethesda Softworks has given another update on the situation surrounding the upcoming DLC expansions for Skyrim on the PS3...

Boss Around an Office of Superheroes in Middle Manager of Justice Double Fine adds a mundane dose of day-to-day bureaucracy to the world of super-powered crime fighting. Double Fine Productions, the developer behind Psychonauts and Brütal Legend, has unveiled its first offering for a...

Square Enix Lets You Earn Gameplay by Watching Ads CoreOnline offers cloud gaming for free without having to leave your browser. Square Enix has announced a new browser-based game streaming service called CoreOnline [http://beta.coreonline.com/]. Developed in conjunction with Google, the...

Spore Artist Gives SpyParty a New Lick of Paint SpyParty opts for an illustrative style inspired by The Incredibles. SpyParty, an indie title currently under development by Spore programmer Chris Hecker, is an "asymmetric multiplayer espionage game" in which a lone sniper must pick out a...

2K Supports Indie Retailers With Borderlands 2 Top Trumps Limited-edition goodies surface for UK pre-orders of Borderlands 2 at independent shops. Borderlands publisher 2K Games has unveiled an extra treat aimed at encouraging gamers to buy the upcoming Borderlands 2 from locally-owned...

Mysterious The World Ends With You Countdown Begins An evolving teaser site points at an August 27 announcement. A countdown page [http://www.square-enix.co.jp/subaseka/] has materialized on the Japanese Square Enix site, hinting at an announcement of some kind next Monday, August 27. All...

Venture Capitalist Bails Out OnLive Business as usual for OnLive's customers, though over half of its former staff remain "non-hired". Following last week's string of rumors [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/119144-Update-OnLive-Transitions-Into-New-Company] over the future of...

Nintendo President: Mario Games Aren't Too Frequent Satoru Iwata responds to fears of New Super Mario Bros. saturation. Nintendo's mascot Mario has appeared in countless games spanning all of its consoles, and the release of two New Super Mario Bros. titles in the same year has led to...

Social Networking Infiltrates Tekken Tag Tournament 2 The World Tekken Federation offers players an unprecedented level of stat tracking. Tekken developer Namco Bandai has announced a community network for the upcoming Tekken Tag Tournament 2. The World Tekken Federation service will be...

CLOP is QWOP With Unicorns And so begins the epic tale of one man, his unicorn, and an insurmountable hill. Four years go, Oxford University philosopher Bennett Foddy developed flash game QWOP, an exercise in videogame griefing in which players attempt to control a sprinter in a 100m race...