Keane Ng Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

GDC 2010

Hands On: Super Street Fighter IV

Of all the martial arts to design a Street Fighter character around, Capcom had to go with one of the most bizarre for ...

By Keane Ng Legacy AuthorMarch 12, 2010

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Going Beyond the Grave With Tales of Monkey Island: Episode Five

What do Gandhi, JFK, John Lennon, Henry VIII and Monkey Island‘s Guybrush Threepwood – Mighty Pirate (TM) – have in common? (Spoiler Alert!) ...

By Keane Ng Legacy AuthorDecember 3, 2009

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Bayonetta Dev Talks PS3 Version Problems

Bayonetta developer Platinum Games has addressed the widely reported issues in the PS3 version of its game, assuring gamers that it did its ...

By Keane Ng Legacy AuthorSeptember 18, 2009

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Left 4 Dead 2 Ban Surprised, Saddened Valve

Valve wasn’t expecting Australia to ban Left 4 Dead 2, and the news surprised and “bummed” everyone on staff. If you haven’t heard ...

By Keane Ng Legacy AuthorSeptember 18, 2009

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Yakuza 3 Localization Is Still A Possibility

Contrary to previous reports, Sega has not abandoned the idea of bringing mob epic Yakuza 3 to the West. In fact, the game ...

By Keane Ng Legacy AuthorSeptember 18, 2009

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Infinity Ward Pokes Fun at Bobby Kotick

Infinity Ward apparently does not fear the wrath of their supreme overlord Bobby Kotick, because the company subtly poked a little fun at ...

By Keane Ng Legacy AuthorSeptember 18, 2009

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The Real Robot Uprising Begins, Then Ends

The US military put down a rogue robot last week when a deadly unmanned aerial vehicle went out of control, forcing the Air ...

By Keane Ng Legacy AuthorSeptember 18, 2009

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UK Retailer Says PSP Go Will Be Dead on Arrival

UK retailer ShopTo is no fan of what Sony’s doing with the PSP Go, refusing to market the device and calling it “almost” ...

By Keane Ng Legacy AuthorSeptember 17, 2009

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What It Takes To Keep World of Warcraft Running

Keeping a game as popular and as large in scale as World of Warcraft operational is no easy task, and Blizzard has revealed ...

By Keane Ng Legacy AuthorSeptember 17, 2009

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Did Pepsi Rig Its Rock Band Contest?

Pepsi’s Rock Band contest, which handed out free DLC songs to seemingly everyone who entered, was a real jackpot – that is at ...

By Keane Ng Legacy AuthorSeptember 17, 2009

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The Beatles: Rock Band Sales Are Better Than Expected

Sales of The Beatles: Rock Band are beating MTV/Harmonix parent company Viacom’s expectations for the game with a quarter of the inventory already ...

By Keane Ng Legacy AuthorSeptember 17, 2009

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Scribblenauts Caught Being Accidentally Racist

Somewhere in the thousands of words in Scribblenauts‘ massive dictionary, there is one that, whether developer 5th Cell intended it or not, comes ...

By Keane Ng Legacy AuthorSeptember 17, 2009

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