Gamescom

And so it’s goodbye Cologne. Thanks for all the beer and sausage. After four days in town there were plenty of games to see and what you’ve read about here only scratches the surface. Keep an eye out for Issue 197 of Play to see the full picture. In the mean time the games to see on the final day were a strong bunch

Another busy day in Cologne and another good day for Sony

Another day in Cologne and by God was it a busy one. What with running between the convention centre and a hotel where Sony has been showing all its games, Probably lost a few pounds. Anyway it was a day of Gran Turismo, Portal 2, inFamous 2 and so much more.

Play is at Gamescom and brings the first of four daily round-up blogs of what it’s seen and been up to.

Heavy Rain has been widely praised for its near-faultless character animation and acting, but what of the actors behind the avatars? Well, we had the pleasure of being introduced to the actor who plays Ethan Mars, a single father looking for his missing son in the game. This is Pascal Langdale, an English actor who’s background in largely in theatre, but who you may also recognise from his appearances in shows like Extras, Casualty and The Bill. As you can tell from the images above, he not only lent his voice to the character, but also his likeness and perhaps most importantly he did all the mo-cap work too.

Words to describe God Of War III

Check out our new Flickr page, launching right now with some photos from GamesCom

The PSP version of Media Molecule’s ground-breaking user creation game is a tale of two halves: one good, the other no so

Get up to the minute coverage of Europe’s premier games show.

Editor In Chief Nick Jones and I (News Editor Jon Gordon in case you weren’t sure) will be leaving for Cologne tomorrow for Gamescom and you can keep up with our coverage via a number of different locations.We’ll have every angle covered and we’ve got hands on time with some of the biggest games coming out in 2009 and 2010. Find out more after the jump.