Zonic is a singer/song-writer/Sonic fan from Cambridge who recently exploded onto the London convention scene. Real name Ziggy Newman, this charismatic little lady performed at this year’s AlCon, Summer of Sonic and the London Gaming Con (which she also played a role in organising). I managed to catch up with her for a few minutes at the con to bring you this interview, dear PlusXP readers. So Ziggy 2011 has been quite a year for you. What would you [...]
Hands on For me this years Eurogamer Expo was going to be different. Of I suppose in a way it was different for everyone because of the new venue, but for me it was an extra special occasion. Why you ask? Well this years Expo marked the official start of my new role as the resident video editor of PlusXp. Having had a great response to last years videos contributed by Mark Boss it seemed only natural that this year [...]
Back in October 2009 the Plus XP team was starting to get to its feet, we had the opportunity to hit the Eurogamer Expo in London to get some experience, and the guys at Eurogamer were nice enough to give us press passes. It was from then on we gave some pretty hefty expo coverage, got a few videos in and even met with some key game developers. It has almost been a year on and we have grown. Of course we will [...]
After the announcement concerning the Xbox Live Arcade port of Perfect Dark, previously on Nintendo 64, I was excited to know more. So with a little bit of work, I managed to score an exclusive Plus XP interview with producer Nick Ferguson, who is involved in it’s port to the re-release on Xbox 360. Leon: Thank you for taking the time to answer questions with Plus XP, Nick. After seeing the recent news on Perfect Dark on Xbox Live Arcade, we’re excited [...]
Gaming has come a long way in the last few decades – it’s come a long way since the days of TV advertising and the Internet. But like most things, it’s an idea that has evolved, from the minds of individuals who had the will and creativity to create projects of their own before the large companies really took hold of things. One game that was big in my childhood was a clever title called Hugo’s House of Horrors, a [...]
After getting my hands on Aliens Vs Predator at Eurogamer, I was given the opportunity to catch up with AvP developers Rebellion via e-mail. The Head of Art and Design, Tim Jones, took some time out from the game to answer some questions. What made you decide to create a new Aliens Vs Predator game? It was a very simple choice for us. We made the original AVP game on PC in 1999 so we were delighted to get a chance to [...]
