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Bulletstorm Developer People Can Fly Now Working on New Game Instead of Sequel

Epic Games, the owner of Polish studio People Can Fly, has confirmed that the developer is currently working on a brand new game, instead of a sequel to its first full-fledged release, Bulletstorm. Bulletstorm came out at the beginning of last year, promising to deliver a whole new first person shooter experience, i...

10 April 2012
04:22 GMT

GOTY 2011: Best Concept – Bulletstorm

It’s pretty safe to say that 2011 was dominated by many sequels, each managing to impress by refining on what their predecessors already did, so it was pretty hard to go through the already few all new releases and find a concept that truly stood out but, thankfully, I remembered Bulletstorm, the stylized shoot...

21 December 2011
15:31 GMT

Bulletstorm Developer Rumored to Be Working on Gears of War Prequel Trilogy

People Can Fly, the Polish developer responsible for classic titles like Painkiller as well as the more recent Bulletstorm, might start working on the Gears of War franchise and deliver a prequel trilogy of titles for its owner, Epic Games, at least according to a new rumor.After delivering Gears of War 3, which conc...

25 November 2011
14:31 GMT

Video Game Controversy Is Good for Innovative Games, Says EA

Electronic Arts has been blamed for including Taliban in Medal of Honor, for creating ads starring horrified moms for Dead Space 2 and for the level of violence and sexual innuendo included in Bullestorm, but at least one company executive believes that this is a good thing for the games and the company.Frank Gibeau,...

15 March 2011
18:31 GMT

NPD Software: Call of Duty: Black Ops Dominates 2011

The NPD Group has released its sales figures for the month of February 2010 in the United States and even though the industry performed better than expected, beating the same period in 2010 by 3 percent when it comes to sales, the software segment was mostly disappointing, seeing a decline of 8%.Hardware did better t...

11 March 2011
04:40 GMT

Pokemon White Better than Black in the United Kingdom

Pokemon White Version from Nintendo has managed to become the best-selling video game in the United Kingdom market in its first week on sales, with publisher Nintendo saying that it is the biggest launch the franchise has ever seen in the country. The domination is complete with Pokemon Black Version coming in sec...

8 March 2011
02:58 GMT

Bulletstorm Diary - Why Its Multiplayer Works

Bulletstorm has a very impressive single-player campaign, with a top notch story as well as unique gameplay mechanics. But you shouldn't forget that the game also has two special multiplayer modes, in order to keep players hooked well after the completion of Grayson Hunt's adventures around the beautiful...

7 March 2011
07:30 GMT

A Gamer's Week: March 6

This week, two first-person shooters grabbed most of the space in the Gaming section of Softpedia, with reviews delivered for both Bulletstorm, the more experimental game from People Can Fly and Electronic Arts, and for Killzone 3, the more traditional shooter from Guerrilla Games and Sony.We also have a set of Gamer...

6 March 2011
06:01 GMT

EndWeekGame: March 4

Andrei Dumitrescu: My review of Killzone 3 is now up and I am very much done with the single-player campaign, which is not offensive to the first-person fan but could use a bit more coherence. I am still spending some time with the multiplayer mode of the game, which manages to be more mature than what gamers g...

4 March 2011
17:01 GMT

Bulletstorm Diary - It Really Is a Beautiful Game

Bulletstorm is a pretty great game, with a compelling story, great gameplay and, even if it does throw a lot of things at the player, stands out among the rest of the shooters we see today. Another key feature for Bulletstorm is its graphics, more specifically the beauty of its environments. Grayson Hunt, the p...

4 March 2011
08:20 GMT

Bulletstorm Diary - Skillshots Can Get Overwhelming Sometimes

Bulletstorm has been released, reviewed and we already praised it quite a bit for its uniqueness, its solid story and how it managed to incorporate gameplay elements into that story. Still, this doesn't mean it isn't without its faults. Now, after praising the skillshot mechanic for finally managing t...

3 March 2011
08:00 GMT

Bulletstorm Diary - Why It Matters to Incorporate Gameplay into the Story

Bulletstorm, contrary to popular belief, does have a story, which we discussed in our previous gamer diary, and, what's more, the story does manage to incorporate all of the gameplay mechanics, including the skillshot system or the weapons. Bulletstorm takes place on the desolate planet of Stygia, a once beau...

2 March 2011
08:20 GMT

Bulletstorm Diary - Why It's More Than Just a Mindless Shooter

Bulletstorm has been launched last week and we've already posted our review for People Can Fly's bombastic shooter. The plot of the game is a pretty simple one, with a rag tag team of mercenaries, Dead Echo, being marooned on a dangerous planet after trying to take down a government general that betrayed...

1 March 2011
07:05 GMT

Killzone 3 Takes Number One over Bulletstorm in the United Kingdom

Killzone 3, the first-person shooter from developer Guerrilla Games and publisher Sony that arrived exclusive on the PlayStation 3, has managed to take the number one position in the United Kingdom video-game chart in its first week on sale. The performance achieved by Killzone 3 is all the more impressive when ta...

1 March 2011
03:24 GMT

Bulletstorm

First-person shooters are a dime a dozen these days, with such titles practically flooding the market and the consumer. As such, innovation is pretty much mandatory if studios want to create a shooter that will withstand the test of time and actually grow a loyal fan base. Bulletstorm is such a game, with the t...

28 February 2011
07:30 GMT

A Gamer's Week: February 27

It's been a busy week for gamers, with two long-awaited video game demos, for the role-playing game Dragon Age 2 and the strategy Total War: Shogun 2, finally going live, and we have Demo Look articles for both of them, detailing our early impressions of the games. We also have a One Hour With article and a Q...

27 February 2011
07:11 GMT

EndWeekGame: February 25

Andrei Dumitrescu: The big launch of the previous week was Killzone, the first-person shooter that is exclusive to the PlayStation 3 home console from Sony, and I plan to spend most of my weekend battling the orange-eyed Helghast and try to find a way out of their planet.The game, as my Quick Look shows, is a clear i...

25 February 2011
17:01 GMT

Bulletstorm Diary - Why It Would Fail As a Regular Shooter

Bulletstorm has been out for three days now, and already lots of gamers are praising it for its fun-filled gameplay that emphasizes killing enemies with skill and over the top executions. But while the skillshot mechanic is at the heart of the game throughout most of its action, the beginning of Bulletstorm is jus...

25 February 2011
04:45 GMT

How to Fix Bulletstorm PC Graphics Issues

Barely has Bulletstorm been launched and already PC users are encountering a wide array of issues with their version, including 16-bit jaggy shadows, lighting issues or bad overall graphics performance even if they have a powerful PC.On our own playthrough, Bulletstorm has been running smoothly, with all the details ...

24 February 2011
05:50 GMT

Gears of War 3 Beta Will Also Be Open to Those Who Don't Buy Bulletstorm

Epic Games has confirmed that while buying the Bulletstorm Epic Edition will allow gamers entry into the Gears of War 3 beta stage, other ways of accessing it will be revealed at a later time. Bulletstorm is currently being rolled out in North America and will hit Europe this Friday. Besides its top-notch shoot...

23 February 2011
18:01 GMT

Bulletstorm Paid DLC Already Detailed

Barely has Bulletstorm been released and already Electronic Arts, Epic Games and People Can Fly have announced the first downloadable content for the flamboyant shooter. Bulletstorm was launched yesterday in North America and is scheduled to debut on Friday in the rest of the world, and it seems that the companies...

23 February 2011
15:51 GMT

Quick Look: Bulletstorm

Bulletstorm is the latest creation from the People Can Fly, the studio behind one of the most popular, yet overlooked shooters of yesteryear, Painkiller. The game promises to make the shooter genre fun again by doing away with the classic 'go there, shoot the enemies, survive' cycle, and emphasizes killi...

23 February 2011
05:45 GMT

Buy Bulletstorm on the PC, Get Gears of War Free

Bulletstorm is on the receiving end of a pretty great deal if you opt to get it from Microsoft's Games for Windows Live marketplace digital store, as you'll be receiving a free copy of Gears of War on the PC alongside the new first-person shooter. Bulletstorm is one of the big all-new intellectual proper...

21 February 2011
03:00 GMT

Cliff Bleszinski Defends Bulletstorm Violence

Bulletstorm has generated interest among gamers for the way it breaks the conventions of the first-person shooter genre, but some have also expressed concerned about the fact that the title might lend new arguments to those who believe that games are too over the top in their portrayal of violence. But one of the ...

11 February 2011
16:41 GMT

Electronic Arts Dismantles Fox News Accusations Aimed at Bulletstorm

Publisher Electronic Arts has responded to accusation coming from television channel Fox News, saying that it is not marketing the game to children and that the violence and other mature content in the game is squarely aimed at adults. Fox News sought to sensationalize the launch of the game, saying that Bulletsto...

10 February 2011
05:54 GMT

Buy Bulletstorm on the PC, Get Shank for Free

Electronic Arts kicked off a brand new promotion for the upcoming Bulletstorm, as players that pre-order the game using the company's online store will get a free downloadable copy of Shank. Bulletstorm is one of the few all-new titles to appear at the beginning of the year, so the companies behind it, EA, it...

8 February 2011
03:40 GMT

Other Epic Games Won't Unlock Items in Gears of War 3

Gears of War 3, Epic Games' big upcoming third-person shooter, will no longer award any unlockable items to its players if they had other titles from the prestigious developer. Epic Games, in order to promote its other releases through Gears of War 3, promised to add certain unlockable items if you already ow...

7 February 2011
04:10 GMT

Free Duty Calls Game Parodies Call of Duty, Promotes Bulletstorm

People Can Fly, Epic Games and Electronic Arts, the companies behind the upcoming Bulletstorm first person shooter, have thought of a novel way of promoting the title, and released a free game, called Duty Calls, which parodies modern combat shooters, with Call of Duty receiving the biggest amount of cheeky insults. ...

3 February 2011
03:00 GMT

Bulletstorm Caught Up in Always Connected DRM Controversy

A phrase included in the End User License Agreement of the upcoming first-person shooter Bulletstorm suggested that the game would require the player to be always connected to the Internet while playing it, but developers have offered a rebuttal, saying that the language was a mistake. Gamers found that the licens...

1 February 2011
16:41 GMT

PlayStation Store Update: Dead Space Extraction and Bulletstorm

This week's PlayStation Store update may not be the biggest, but it is certainly packing quite a lot of high quality releases, including the demo for Bulletstorm or Dead Space Extraction. PlayStation 3 owners will be able to enjoy two new demos, one for People Can Fly's Bulletstorm shooter, and the other...

26 January 2011
14:21 GMT

Incoming 2011 - Bulletstorm

What we knowBulletstorm is among the few all-new intellectual properties set to appear at the beginning of the year, developed by Polish studio People Can Fly, of Painkiller fame, under the guidance of famous shooter studio Epic Games, known for Gears of War or Unreal Tournament, and set to be published by Electronic...

20 January 2011
06:55 GMT

Bulletstorm Demo Out on January 25, Unlocks Exclusive Content

Bulletstorm, one of the biggest upcoming first-person shooters, will receive a demo on January 25 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles. Among the wide array of sequels that are being released these months, including LittleBigPlanet 2, Mass Effect 2 or Killzone 3, Bulletstorm is among the few all-new intelle...

17 January 2011
18:01 GMT

Bulletstorm Started Life as Third Person Cover Based Shooter

The development team at People Can Fly that is creating the upcoming first person shooter Bulletstorm has revealed that initially the game was set to use the same third-person perspective as the Gears of War series from parent company Epic but that the approach was abandoned when the fast-paced core gameplay was set ...

11 January 2011
04:58 GMT

Bulletstorm PC System Requirements Announced

Bulletstorm is nearing the end of its development process, so its developers at People Can Fly have finally revealed the minimum and recommended system requirements in order to play the unique shooter on the PC. Bulletstorm is promising to be one of the most interesting new properties set to be launched this year,...

11 January 2011
03:20 GMT

New Epic Games Project Coming to GDC

A new Epic Games project will be revealed to the public at the Game Developers Conference that will take place between the end of February and beginning of March, next year, at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco. The announcement was made by Epic's lead designer, Cliff Bleszinski, who shared a few...

28 December 2010
03:45 GMT

GOTY 2010: Most Expected - Bulletstorm

2010 is drawing to a close and a huge amount of great games have already been confirmed for release next year by a lot of companies. Among them, I'll be looking forward to Bulletstorm, the new first-person shooter developed by Polish studio People Can Fly under the guidance of Epic Games. I've been a ...

27 December 2010
06:45 GMT

Gears of War 3 Has Unlockables for Loyal Epic Games Fans

Gears of War 3, the upcoming third-person shooter exclusive to the Xbox 360, is set to have special unlockable items or features if gamers already purchased and played other titles from its developer, Epic Games.The announcement was made by Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski on his official Twitter account.The dev...

22 December 2010
03:35 GMT

Get Gears of War 3 Beta Access with Bulletstorm on the Xbox 360

Developer People Can Fly together with publishers Electronic and Microsoft have announced that the upcoming Epic Edition of the first person shooter Bulletstorm will allow purchasers to get access to the public beta stage of the Gears of War 3, the game that will be launched during the fall of 2011. The Epic Editi...

20 December 2010
17:41 GMT

Bulletstorm Gets New Details, Will Run Great on PS3

As Bulletstorm is nearing its release date, Epic Games design director Cliff Bleszinski sat down with the PlayStation Blog and revealed a few new details about the game, including its special multiplayer mode, and revealed that the title would "take advantage of what the PlayStation 3 is capable of." For those tha...

10 December 2010
02:30 GMT

Bulletstorm Is More Than Just a Stylish Shooter

Bulletstorm is set to be launched early during next year and the leader of the development team working on the shooter at People Can Fly is aiming to change the public's perception of the upcoming title, pointing out that the experience is about more than simply shooting a lot of enemies without thinking very mu...

9 December 2010
07:21 GMT

Epic Games Unveils Unreal Tournament Powered Project Sword

Epic Games and their subsidiary company Chair Entertainment have announced that they are working on something called Project Sword, a video game that is powered by the Unreal Engine 3 and will arrive on all Apple portable devices.Mike Capps, who is the president of Epic Games, said the new game will show how advanced...

3 September 2010
04:21 GMT

Bulletstorm Developer: Gamers Do Not Care About Graphics

Adrian Chmielarz, the founder of People Can Fly, has recently revealed that he does not really think gamers are interested in graphics anymore. The Bulletstorm developer continued to comment on the fact that creating an adventure is more important than advanced visuals and that huge graphical detail does not guarante...

5 July 2010
08:01 GMT

Bulletstorm Detailed and Demoed at E3

Epic Games and People Can Fly offered a more in-depth look at their latest game, Bulletstorm, during Electronic Arts' E3 press conference earlier today. Cliff Bleszinski, alongside two other developers of the project, presented the title, talking about the freedom offered to the players to defeat their enemies a...

15 June 2010
08:34 GMT

New Gears of War 3 Screenshots Emerge

Epic Games has released new Gears of War 3 in-game screenshots. These are showing the much-vaunted mech suits and some other new features from the latest installment in the franchise. The pictures might not be modified for marketing, as they contain ammo counters and some rough texture patches, meaning that this is t...

9 June 2010
08:01 GMT

More Details About Bulletstorm Arrive Courtesy of the Developers

We've known for some time that Epic Games and People Can Fly, the people behind shooter Painkiller, are working on a new project called Bulletstorm, but the two companies only now officially talked about the new first person shooter, which is confirmed to arrive on the Xbox 360 from Microsoft, the PlayStation 3 ...

21 May 2010
03:46 GMT

Piracy Is Driving Epic Games Away from the PC

For quite a long time, developers have said that the heart of videogaming is moving away from the good old PC because of the huge impact of piracy. One of the big developers who are now initially working for gaming consoles and then port to the PC are shooter stalwarts Epic Games, and they are also saying piracy is d...

18 May 2010
14:41 GMT

Bulletstorm Is Now Official, Has Huge Guns

People Can Fly, Epic Games and Electronic Arts have announced that all the rumors are true and that they are indeed working on a new first person shooter called Bulletstorm, which they aim to launch at some point in 2011. The three companies are planning to remake the genre by putting together a game relying on &ldqu...

13 April 2010
04:18 GMT

Big Late Night Reveal from Gears of War Developer Delayed to Monday

When it was initially announced that Cliff Blezinki, the well known Gears of War developer, would appear on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon in order to talk about a new game announcement, a lot of people saw this as another clear sign that videogaming, even in its most hardcore incarnation, was going mainstream. Well, t...

8 April 2010
13:31 GMT

Next Gears of War Game Revealed on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

With Halo: Reach due out late in 2010 after a beta period that will start in about a month and supposedly the last game in the Master Chief series, Gears of War from Epic Games is one of the big Xbox 360 franchises that have not been talked about in quite some time. But it seems that on Thursday, gamers who still wat...

1 April 2010
06:29 GMT

A New Game Project Has Been Leaked, Bulletstorm

People Can Fly may not be a developer that's very famous, but that doesn't mean that it doesn't have its share of big names attached to it. Painkiller would be one of them, as well as the PC port of Gears of War, but the name of Gorky 17 might ring a familiar and nostalgic bell as well. Now existing in...

30 December 2009
04:37 GMT


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