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It's a Proper Game of Thrones: Season Two Trailer

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:05:00 EST

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Oh boy oh boy oh boy. More »

Metal Slug Gets Real (Really Real!)

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 04:30:00 EDT

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Reader Andrew McMurry sends us this short little video he made, in which he jumps head-first into a Metal Slug level and proceeds to shoot, slash and explode his way through legions of bad guys. All in the name of your entertainment. More »

This is Probably a Gameplay Clip From I Am Alive

Luke Plunkett — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 06:30:00 EDT

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First announced three years ago, Ubisoft's I Am Alive has barely been seen or heard of since. It's widely assumed to have been canned (or at least be in a very deep sleep), but if you feel like checking out what it looks like (or once looked like) anyway, here's a brief look. More »

The Best Moments from the World's Biggest Fighting Game Tournament

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 06:30:00 EDT

Now that EVO 2011—the world's biggest and best fighting game tournament—has come to a close, it's time to look back at the best moments. Many of which have been thoughtfully compiled into this lovely video. More »

This iPhone Game Makes Horse Armor Look Like a Great Deal

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 06:30:00 EDT

Glu Mobile has a game on the iPhone called Gun Bros. It's an arcade shooter, I've played it, it's pretty fun. It's also, sadly, one of a litany of games that are free to download then gimped so you have to pay/play for weeks for the upgrades necessary to advance. More »

Watch An 8-Year-Old Kick Ass at EVO 2011

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 03:30:00 EDT

EVO 2011 is the fighting game tournament to end all fighting game tournaments, and while we've brought you the "official" winners, here's the real winner. Noah. Who is kicking some ass. Oh, and by the way, Noah is eight years old. More »

The Single Greatest Trailer For the Greatest Games of E3

Brian Crecente — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:00:00 EDT

Can you imagine if this was one game? One shooting, stabbing, jumping, running, driving, flying master piece of gore, politics, character growth, feminism and dude-brotopia? More »

Watch Me Fail at Super Mario 3DS Over and Over and Over and Over and...

Brian Crecente — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:00:00 EDT

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Super Mario 3DS is a wonderful, difficult, though not too surprising, Mario experience. More »

Buffy, Freddy and Machete Are Call of Duty's New Zombie Slayers

Brian Crecente — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 14:48:35 EDT

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Dropped on a mysterious, ice-covered Siberian island, Call of the Dead has players control a dream-team of zombie killers as they fight to survive an army of the Soviet undead led by the set-light wielding reanimated corpse of George Romero. More »

New Creative Ways Of Crushing Humans Comes To Resistance 3

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 21:00:00 EST

The folks behind Resistance and Ratchet & Clank may be best known for their inventive, sometimes kooky weapons, but Insomniac Games are also developing new ways of turning bodies into lifeless piles of meat. More »

Street Fighter IV Ultra Combos Look Ultra Cool In Real Life

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 16:30:00 EST

When Street Fighter IV's ultra combos are recreated in the real world, is the result silly looking or totally bad-ass? As "action company" Thousand Pounds, demonstrates, it's somewhere in the middle. More »

Black Ops' Newest Four Maps in Action, Plus Zombies!

Brian Crecente — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 10:00:00 EST

Call of Duty: Black Ops' four newest maps add a healthy mix of new places to run and gun, hide and shoot, play and kill. Here's a first-hand play-through. More »

Our First Look At Anarchy Reigns (and The Lovely Sasha) In Action

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 15:40:00 EST

Bayonetta and Madworld makers PlatinumGames are giving us Anarchy Reigns (aka Max Anarchy) next, an online beat 'em up full of curious characters. Meet the first confirmed combatant—besides Madworld's Jack—the tightly-dressed ice queen Sasha. More »

Never Underestimate the Power of Video Game Wingmen

Brian Crecente — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 13:30:00 EST

What if we didn't have to rely on our own bad judgment to make clinch decisions about what to do on a date? More »

Super Crate Box Versus May Have The Best Trailer Of A Game You'll Likely Never Play

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 21:00:00 EST

Like the two-player version of one-button platformer Canabalt, the excellent Super Crate Box is coming to the Winnitron 1000, a video game platform exclusive to Winnipeg, Manitoba. At least we can all enjoy its trailer. More »

LittleBigPlanet 2 Does A Very Good Impression Of Zelda

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 18:30:00 EST

LittleBigPlanet 2 for the PlayStation 3 is a fantastic little toolbox, capable of creating video games of all shapes, sizes and genres. We've seen plenty of game recreations in LittleBigPlanet, but this Legend of Zelda aims for strict accuracy. More »

This Is The Wii's Wonderful Dead Space On The PS3

Stephen Totilo — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 16:00:00 EST

Dead Space Extraction is one of my favorite games on the Wii and it's been re-issued as a PlayStation 3 game. I've tried it. It holds up. More »

The Nano Stealth and Air Stomps of Crysis 2's Multiplayer Demo

Brian Crecente — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 14:30:00 EST

I spent a chunk of yesterday hulking my way around the rooftop gardens and helipad of Crysis 2's Skyline map. The demo gives you a solid sampling of what to expect from the game's multiplayer when it hits. More »

The Flimsy Mass Effect 2 Instruction Manual, One Year Later

Stephen Totilo — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 12:00:00 EST

The 2011 PlayStation 3 version of Mass Effect 2 is superior to the 2010 Xbox 360 in some ways, but not in the way of the printed instruction manual. More »

Man, Wii Skiing Is More Dangerous Than It Looks

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 04:00:00 EST

Wii Fit's skiing looks harmless enough. You ski by...leaning a little. Don't tell that to this guy's living room, though. More »

It's Like Uncharted With A Fat Guy

Stephen Totilo — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:00:00 EST

There will be spoilers in the video here, featuring one of the best scenes in the surprisingly excellent expansion to Enslaved: Odyssey To The West. But, really, this is just beautiful (and I'm not giving plot details away.) More »

The Music Of Silent Hill: Downpour Sounds Familiar

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:30:00 EST

The next Silent Hill won't feature the musical stylings of series mainstay Akira Yamaoka. Dexter composer Daniel Licht is filling the void in Silent Hill: Downpour... and doing a pretty good job of delivering the same musical vibe. More »

Enjoy The Chaos And Din Of Killzone 3's Bilgarsk Boulevard

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:40:00 EST

We're just a month away from Killzone 3, the next big thing for the PlayStation 3, potentially the system's next great multiplayer hit. For those who care not for grand spectacle and story, here's some online multiplayer carnage. More »

Did This Student Improve This PS3 Game's Sound Effects?

Stephen Totilo — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:00:00 EST

Jim McGowan studies sound and music for video games at a school in England. He figured he'd test his skills by trying to improve the sound effects in WipEout HD. Listen to the results. More »

A Look at the Maps And Zombies of Black Ops First Strike

Brian Crecente — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:00:06 EST

Call of Duty: Black Ops isn't just getting four new maps when First Strike hits the Xbox 360 next month, it's also getting more zombies. More »

This Is What Super Meat Boy Success Feels Like

Mike Fahey — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 11:40:00 EST

Super Meat Boy is a 2D game with relatively simple graphics. That's what it looks like, at least. This action-packed fan film by Joseph Manalaysay captures what beating one of the game's brutal levels feels like. More »

The Surprise Dead Space Game You Need to Play

Brian Crecente — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 10:00:00 EST

This week I found myself doing something I've never done before with an iPad. Playing a game, not to pass time, but because it was fun, frightening and I wanted to see what was going to happen next. More »

The Earth Is Ruined, So We Must Kill Lots Of Robots

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 07:00:00 EST

A.R.E.S.: Extinction Agenda is an indie action title released last week on Steam (though it's been available elsewhere since December). I thought it looked pretty cool, so decided to give it a try. Won't you join me? More »

Hey, This Fallout Movie Isn't Too Bad!

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 06:00:00 EST

When the trailer for a fan movie about Fallout was released a few weeks back, I was...sceptical. Which was stupid, because the movie is now out, and it's actually pretty damn good. More »

The Origins Of Pokémon (In Two Minutes)

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 04:00:00 EST

The story of Pokémon is a long and ridiculous one. Cutting its origins down to a two-minute web animation saves us all a lot of trouble, heartache and having to actually watch an episode of the awful Pokémon cartoon series. More »

Kinect Delivers Its Ultimate Slap To The Face (Of A Small Child)

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 03:00:00 EST

Start at 1:00 in. It's OK to laugh. Because she survives. More »

NSFW: World Of Warcraft's Porn Tribute Has An Ear-Jerking Trailer

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 01:00:00 EST

When we first told you about BoneCraft, a pornographic tribute to the works of StarCraft and World of Warcraft developers Blizzard, we sadly had no trailer to accompany the news. There's now a trailer. Warning: Elven toe licking follows. More »

Video Games Privately Turn Dads Into Britney Spears Fans

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 22:00:00 EST

Chase's dad is working out. Part of his workout regimen involves getting the hell down with some Britney Spears jams in Just Dance 2. We are the ones who benefit from Chase's sneaky video of dad getting loose to "Toxic." More »

Kosmo Spin Is A Heroic Tale Of Breakfast And Balls

Mike Fahey — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:20:00 EST

If you want to protect your breakfast from aliens, you're going to have to take a few balls to the head. Kosmo Spin is much cuter than I'm making it sound, trust me. More »

Is This The Battlestar Galactica Video Game Fans Have Been Waiting For?

Mike Fahey — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 15:20:00 EST

A raging Battlestar Galactica fan was looking over my shoulder as I watched this official gameplay trailer for Bigpoint's browser-based online combat game based on the hit science fiction series. She was not impressed. More »

Excitebike's Bikes Weren't All That Exciting, Were They?

Mike Fahey — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 13:00:00 EST

In 1985 Nintendo kept North American children glued to their consoles via the magic of poorly designed motocross bikes. We were so stupid back then. More »

One Year After Red Dead Redemption, It Will Be Time For L.A. Noire

Stephen Totilo — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:14:14 EST

Rockstar Game's next game, as ambitious as its last one, will be out in late May, according to a just-released new trailer. L.A. Noire goes on sale May 17. More »

Gaming Skills May Have Saved This Man's Life

Mike Fahey — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 11:00:00 EST

When a semi-truck carrying 30 metric tons of sand jackknifed through the concrete barrier into oncoming traffic on Ontario's Highway 401 Friday morning, driver Matthew Krizsan narrowly escaped what might have been a fatal accident. More »

LittleBigPlanet: Good On PS3, Better In Real Life

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 06:00:00 EST

Give this Show About Games Show clip ten seconds to let you know what's going on. Give it thirty to warm your heart. Then give it around sixty to blow your mind. More »

Only One Child Was Harmed Making This Angry Birds Video

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 04:00:00 EST

Mobile sensation Angry Birds is one of the biggest games on the planet right now. It's fun enough on a phone, but man, it's way more fun when you're pegging birds at small children instead of fat pigs. More »