2014's Best Trailer Is Already Here
And there's not an expensive cinematic sequence in sight.
Ex-Pixeljunk Devs Mix Turn-Based And Real-Time In Nova-111
Taking turns is lovely. Twitchy action is lovely as well. Funktronic Labs' upcoming PC adventure Nova-111 combines turn-based and real-time gameplay into an incredibly intriguing, double-lovely thing.
Blizzard Explains World Of Warcraft's $60 Level Boosts
The World of Warcraft community was up in arms last week, when WoW Insider spotted a level 90 boost item available briefly in the in-game store for $60. Speaking to Eurogamer, lead encounter designer Ion Hazzikostas says the high price tag was established to ensure Blizzard didn't "devalue the accomplishment of…
World Of Warcraft's New Orc Female: Now 100 Percent Less Stupid
Of all the race/sex combinations getting a graphical overhaul
Just When You Thought FTL Couldn't Get Any Better...
...along comes word of the kind of stuff we can expect from the game's upcoming - and free - expansion
Relativity Puts You In An MC Escher Drawing
How do you design a building when gravity can change at any time? Willy Chyr is figuring that out with his first game, Relativity. Think about it as if GLaDOS gave you control over gravity instead of portals (minus the evil AI narrative).
The Always Up To Date Game Release Calendar, With Deals
Welcome to version 2.0 of our pre-order guide. We've turned our list into a calendar, and we'll be expanding to include things like movies and books in addition to games. Find a deal we missed? Is a deal we posted expired? Got a solid release date on a game missing from our list? Let us know in the comments, with…
Forget Free-To-Play Dungeon Keeper, Play The Classic For Free Instead
Once upon a time there was a Dungeon Keeper game that everyone loved. It had no arbitrary timers, no microtransactions, and it's mere mention did not cause spontaneous vomiting. Today through Sunday, that Dungeon Keeper is free on Gog.com. Can you feel the love?
How About A Post-Apocalypse Zombie Game Where You're Blind?
Some young game designers who call themselves Those Guys are trying to kickstart an idea for an unusual graphics-free game. They're calling Apocalypse: Survive It, and the idea is that you're in a zombie apocalypse...and are blind. Those Guys are joining us below to talk about their Kickstarter and answer any questions …
Everything Interesting About World Of Warcraft's First Ten Years
Has it really been that long? World of Warcraft first went live in November or 2004, quickly becoming one of the biggest, most recognized MMORPG games in the world. Danielle "Panser" Mackey walks us through everything that's happened since then.
Adam Orth Is Turning His Personal Disaster Into A Beautiful Game
Adam Orth, one of last year's most notorious people on the Internet, was nervous last week as he was showing me his new creation: a beautiful, unusual game that he says was borne from his 2013 travails.
'A Disturbing Gift For Fans Of Adventure Games.'
Anger can destroy you. It can make a bad situation worse. But last fall, Agustín Cordes and a group of other people took their anger, their hurt and their frustration and did something with it: they teamed up to make a video game.
I Don't Think You're Ready for The Floor Is Jelly. Ok, Maybe You Are.
The Floor Is Jelly seems like a pretty normal platformer with some bouncy floors thrown in. Which it is, but the way it uses those bouncy floors creates a series of really interesting new challenges.
A Day In The Life Of Octodad
Octodad may be a family man living a quiet life in the suburbs, but life can get pretty hectic when you're a 6 foot tall octopus in a suit pretending to be a human. Take a look at what the poor cephalopod has to deal with.
A look inside the $80 Diablo III: Reaper of Souls collector's edition, aka the big box special. It's everything in the $60 digital deluxe version, plus circular pieces of plastic, a square of colorful cloth-covered gel, and a hardbound art book that makes the whole thing worthwhile-ish.
Can't get enough Jack and Bigby? Here's the trailer for episode two of Telltale Games' The Wolf Among Us. Will Jack get his ass-kicked by the big bad in Smoke & Mirrors? Next week is far too long to wait for an answer. Just imagine it in your head until then. (via IGN)
Broken Age, Act 1: The Kotaku Review
This is what you wanted from Double Fine Adventure: A cartoony stylized world, lovingly rendered in 2D and fractured in ways that only nonsensical combinations of random items can fix. What you're getting in Broken Age, Act 1: All of that, but with a level of cuteness, humor and heartache that's exceedingly rare in the …
What To Do With Prison Architect, A Video Game About Building Prisons?
Is it possible to create a prison management game without trivializing or misrepresenting the issue of mass incarceration? As video games mature and tackle more serious topics, players and developers should be aware of the values embedded in their systems.
Slugcats Do Not Have Nine Lives
Rain World is a game that's the work of two people, Joar Jakobsson and James Primate. They've spent two years building a world where rain is deadly, monsters will kill you and you control a slugcat that's a lot cuter than anything with the word "slug" in its name has any right to be.