 | | E3 2010: Shoot To Thrill |  | Shooter fans were the real winners at this year’s E3. E3, America’s monumental video game expo, fired through a compelling three days in June and STACK was on hand to push in to queues and wrestle the sweaty controllers from a reported 46,000 attendees, all intent on grabbing... more |
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|  | | In The Third Zone | | | At the recent Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, STACK caught up with Guerrilla Games Development Director, Arjan Brussee, to talk about and play with the latest game from the Killzone universe, KILLZONE 3. Considering that Arjan Brussee has been sat in the same... more |
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 | | It's A Korea Move | | | Playing StarCraft in South Korea is serious business. So serious in fact that competitions offer lucrative sponsorships, substantial prize money and celebrity status to the winners. Could this be the best job in the world? Imagine 100,000 spectators crammed into the MCG... more |
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|  | | Let's FIFA: World Cup | | | 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa is the perfect accompaniment to the nocturnal habits Australian soccer fans will be adopting this month. Producer Simon Humber explains why. How did you go about meticulously recreating the World Cup stadiums, some of which must have been... more |
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 | | A Cross To Bear | | | Killer Teddy Bears? You bet. We went down to the woods today and spoke with Creative Director Ashley Pannell to find out the NAUGHTY BEAR necessities. Every now and then, a video game comes along that genuinely makes us smile. Not the “I shot you in the noggin from 700 metres... more |
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|  | | R YOU RATED? | | | R18+ classification debate continues Unless you have been asleep for the last 12 months, the media coverage, both here and overseas, surrounding the ongoing R18+ classification debate in Australia has been virtually impossible to ignore. In December 2009, the Australian... more |
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 | | Following Protocol | | | Sega releases its spy-themed ALPHA PROTOCOL this month. STACK spoke to Associate Producer Matt Hickman. Can you give us a brief run down of the plotline behind Alpha Protocol? MATT HICKMAN: The game takes place basically in the modern day plus a few years.... more |
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|  | | Game of the Month: 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP SOUTH AFRICA | | | EA continue their footballing dominance with this sleek accompaniment to the sporting world’s greatest spectacle. Yes, the World Cup is here, and what better way to fill in the late night gaps between games than hammering out your own chances in the finals. From the whistle... more |
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 | | The Rockstar Cowboy | | | STACK moseys on in to take a look at an exciting newcomer: RED DEAD REDEMPTION. Pablo Picasso said, “I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn to do it”. This is an analogy that the Houser brothers could confidently apply to their tenure... more |
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|  | | The Best from the West | | | A fistful of fine old Western-themed Video Games Guns, lawless towns, whiskey, whorehouses and shoot-outs – could there be a more expressive canvas on which to set a video game? Since way back in the ‘70s when the medium began, developers have been using the Wild... more |
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 | | Heroes and Villains | | | In a shower of blood, Travis Touchdown returns, armed with dual katanas and a swag of sexual innuendos. STACK spoke to Suda51, aka Goichi Suda, about bringing us No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle Were you surprised with the success of the original No More Heroes?... more |
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|  | | Duck and Cover | | | A Brief History of the Cover System What would you do if someone fired off a few rounds in your general direction? What if you were trying to sneak around a secret military facility and some bloke with an M-16 and a cranky disposition popped out of a doorway up ahead?
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