Studio 33 Show: The importance of friendly A.I.

February 5, 2012 in Featured, Games, PC/Mac, PS3, Studio 33, Video, Xbox 360

After a damned long, refreshing and necessary rejuvenating end of year break the lads from rawDLC are back and laying the smack down on the double-edged sword of friendly A.I. Running a boot camp from an undisclosed location in Studio 33 the guys break down the pros and cons of A.I. with some reaching far beyond their limitations and others that are dumb as shit. Read the rest of this entry →

News: Microsoft outsells the competition

October 20, 2010 in DS, Featured, Games, News, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360

Investors, at present, are wary of video game stocks. The lack of success in the retail market and added competition from other sectors increase volatility of video game stocks. Continual threats from mobile gaming, social networking games i.e. Farmville and digital distribution all cut into the budgets of gamers but also time spent gaming. Sadly, relief for video game stocks won’t be coming anytime soon. [Readers please note that The Yank is obviously quoting US sales figures, and this should not be a reflection of the local Australian industry - ko-zee-ii] Read the rest of this entry →

Video: Snoop Dizzle gets his Halo Rizzle on with LL Cool J

October 1, 2010 in Featured, Games, Video

Ever wonder what would happen if a couple of old school rappers grabbed a Xbox360 controller, fired up their consoles and threw down? Well wonder no more! Watch in disbelief as they bring their expertise in lyricology to online smack talk to see who would come out on top in the ultimate contest, Halo Reach. If you haven’t seen this before, it’s a god damned laugh riot, as each guy ups the next to try and distract, and come out the victor. But it’s not just the two Hip-hop veterans who like to dish it out across XboxLive either. Read the rest of this entry →

DLC-Live Episode 14 – Reach Around

September 29, 2010 in Featured, Live Show

On this week’s show we review Bungie’s latest offering, Halo Reach and discuss the franchise drawing to a close and its effect on modern gaming (for better or worse). Plus, we analyse the new epic Bioshock Infinite trailer and as usual we’ll break down this week’s new releases and upcoming titles.

Just a final reminder that our live video show has changed permanently to a Tuesday 8pm time slot from now on. Read the rest of this entry →

User Review: Halo: Reach – fitting end or reach around?

September 28, 2010 in Featured, Review, Xbox 360

[We grab resident Halo expert and faithful DLC Crew member Northy179 as he runs point on Bungie's final installment in the Halo franchise. Take it away buddy - koz-ee-ii] Just under a decade has passed since the first Halo game swept the world and now Bungie’s involvement in Halo saga is coming to an end where it all began: the beautiful human-inhabited planet of Reach. This is no mini-project, with 10 huge campaign levels, a bunch of new multiplayer maps and modes, the improved Forge level editor and the exciting Firefight mode to sink your teeth in to. Read the rest of this entry →

Event: Microsoft Open House – part 2

September 10, 2010 in Events, Featured

For those that missed the first part of Microsoft’s Open House breakdown, the show kicked off tin full swing, covering Foxtel for 360, Halo Reach and Fable III. Now with all of the tech and games out of the way, Microsoft decided to stop procrastinating and show all their guests what they were there to see, the new “revolutionary” (Wii pun intended) technology, Kinect.

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Event: Microsoft Open House – Part 1

September 3, 2010 in Events, Featured

Mornings are never a gamers friend, and when it comes to those in the games industry, night is the best time to collect us all together for a little show and tell. When I noticed the open house presentation was during the daylight, I’ll admit, I was a little twitchy. However, the event would give me some solid hands-on time with Microsoft’s newest toy Kinect, plus a chance to laugh at other games journalists as they feebly attempted to bust moves with Dance Central. Armed with three coffees worth of caffeine and several hours sleep I headed out to Sydney’s Luna Park to rep DLC, try out Kinect and see what all the fuss was about. Read the rest of this entry →

News: E3 Microsoft Wrap Up

June 14, 2010 in Featured, Games, News

Well, it’s official. E3 has launched with Microsoft first out of the gate leading strong with their keynote presentation live at 3:30am Australian time.

It’s now 5am in Australia and we at DLC stayed up so you don’t have to. Here’s our wrap up on what happened on the Microsoft stage.

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