At three weeks, E3 is now officially far enough in the past that it's once again safe to talk about games that are already out. We're totally exploiting this with the latest edition of Currently Hurling (which is incidentally what you're reading now), shamelessly looking at what games we've played recently.

In this update, Paul dominates Monopoly, John tries to play horror games with a tennis elbow, and Neil goes for some double bass action. Also, [PROTOTYPE] and inFAMOUS bring us lots of spare uppercase characters.

Richard 'Rahdo' Ham (Creative Director):
Very much enjoying inFamous! Great game overall. And I checked out the XBLA Magic the Gathering title the other day, and it stirred... rumblings, of a time long past. I'd best walk away, best not open the box in the attic. That way lies madness. Continue reading »

The big moment has finally arrived: We've selected our squad, gathered our gear, and practiced falling over in style, all in preparation for tomorrow's MCV Games 5's five a side football tournament. Programmers Arne Olav 'ao' Hallingstad, Ed 'MrEd' Reid, Flavius 'Flawe' Alecu, and Oliver 'Kensai Jauncey, Environment Artists Jaromir 'pg' Salaj and Matt 'taff' McDaid, and Production Coordinator Jiri 'JFK' Kristek have been tasked with coordinated kicking for Splash Damage and tapirs everywhere, while Media Director Richard 'Fluffy_gIMp' Jolly, IT Manager Ben 'Randles Hopkinson, and Community Relations Manager Steve 'badman' Hessel will be tagging along for moral support and documenting the whole thing for posterity.

For conoisseurs of riveting success stories in bite-sized installments of 140 characters or less, we'll be charting our march to victory on the Splash Damage Twitter throughout the day, so be sure to follow that if you don't already.

The Splash Damage astrolabe and sundial are in agreement, the Twelve Tapir Sages nod in unison: there can be no dissent - somehow it's six (6) [SIX] years to the day that Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory was released. No, wait. There is absolutely no way that can be true. Really? Really? OK. OK, if you say so. Crikey.

A massive, enormous, colossal, firm yet still sensitive thanks to everyone who made Wolf:ET (and not-very-indirectly-at-all Splash Damage) the success it/we is/are. It's been and remains a splendid and extraordinary ride and we have you to thank for it.

For old time's sake, why not take it out for a spin? Coincidentally, we've cobbled together new portal-ish page for Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory with download links, a leaderboard, and other helpful bits and pieces. And while you're at it, why not take Salteh's Wolf:ET birthday quiz? Continue reading »

Here at Splash Damage, we are all about the Victory. We have Victory. We demand Victory. We don't recognise anything other than Victory. So, following last year's criminal outrage and travesty of justice and offence against all that is just and fair, we once again lace up our boots and inflate our sporting bladders to take part in the MCV Games 5's Football Tournament. Continue reading »

Hello and welcome to another edition of Currently Hurling, our semi-regular look at what we've been playing lately here at Splash Damage. New releases are still few and far between, though independent game Zeno Clash has managed to make a rather lasting impression around these parts. Let's have Ed explain why, shall we?

Ed 'BongoBoy' Stern (Senior Game Designer):
Zeno Clash: just trying to describe this game is itself something of a psychedelic dream sequence. One suddenly finds oneself being stared at in fascinated horror as previously unconnected syllables tumble from one's lips. "Look, the Chicken-Head guy is throwing skulls at me", "See how the blind sniper hurls squirrels on parachutes and they have barrels of gunpowder on their back?" etc. Continue reading »

Dear friends, Happiness Huzzah and Jubilation for once again it is World Tapir Day. Enjoy and celebrate these best 24 hours of the year, dedicated as they are to raising public awareness of these magnificent beasts and their plight. Cute, Polite and Fascinating though they be, alas every species of Tapir is endangered, and some very splendid people are working very hard to ensure that future generations will be able to marvel at the Tapirs and Their Works. Continue reading »

Welcome to the latest edition of Snap to Grid, our semi-regular showcase of community maps and mods for Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars. As always, ETQW Mapping's MC-mappa Terry 'Salteh' Seidler is here to give you a guided tour of some of the latest happenings in Mapping Land.

This month, we pay a visit to Greece, venture deep into Steedium Mines, and do some work on a construction site. And because nothing is complete without giant robots, Mechs make an appearance thanks to the 23rd Century Warfare modification. Continue reading »

Oh zombies, we love them and they love us back. Needless to say, Left 4 Dead is still being played on an extremely regular basis here at the office, with the Character Team regularly facing off against our Production Testers and whoever else is willing to be pounced on by Huntle. As far as new releases go, only GTA Chinatown Wars and MadWorld seem to be willing to do battle in the Great Retail Arena and both of them have actually been getting play time from us and are covered at an undisclosed location in this update.

We've also got several new faces, with Programmers Ed 'mred' Reid and Ronald 'Conine' Koppers both throwing their assorted words into the mix. Welcome guys! Continue reading »

The latest edition of Currently Hurling is here and packed with new releases! After the rather quiet patch that was January, a truckload of great new games including Dawn of War II, Street Fighter IV, Halo Wars, Resident Evil 5, Empire: Total War, Men of War and of course Killzone 2 has arrived and they all need to be played.

Without further ado, let's get to the Good Stuff and find out what we've been playing:

Jamie 'Fishbus' Manson (Level Designer):
Welp. I’ve had a good time with some new games over the past couple of weeks. For starters I got to play Killzone 2 with 4 of us in the same room on four PlayStations. It was pretty ridonkulous to say the least, but it was indeed very fun. The graphics for the game is simply staggering in most areas; I can’t get enough of the light-exposure-burn-in-your-eyes effect! Continue reading »

It's been a few weeks since we last hurled peripherals at unsuspecting games, so it's about time for another installment. After the absolute insanity that was the holiday season, it's a bit strange to be back at "only" two or three big AAA releases a month. But, somehow, we'll manage to cope.

In this installment, Richard Ham hobbits his way through Lord of the Rings: Conquest, Ed plays with Men of War, and Jamie totally na-na-na-na-na's everyone in Rock Band 2. Take a look:

Richard 'Rahdo' Ham (Creative Director):
World of Goo is incredible. If I had played it last year, it would have been my game of the year. But I didn’t get around to it, so right now, it’s my #1 pick for 09’s GotY (never hurts to get started early). Continue reading »