Watch Dogs finally arrives later this month. To get us all even more excited for the ambitious-sounding open-world title, Ubisoft’s has released this lengthy trailer that sums up almost everything you can do in the game’s gorgeous rendition of a near-future Chicago. Unsurprisingly, a lot of those things involve shooting and driving cars really fast—only…
Photographer David Friedman recently unearthed a set of beautiful black-and-white photos of New York City that he had taken in 2000. The only difference between these shots and the stunning higher-resolution ones available on his professional website? He captured all of the former shots with his Game Boy Camera. As he explains on his blog…
“Encouraging civility in online behavior” might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of a blockbuster video game franchise that’s best known to the general for introducing multiple generations of children to soliciting and then brutally murdering prostitutes. But leave it up to the Grand Theft Auto masterminds at Rockstar…
Necrostorm has released a new trailer for the fighting game Death Cargo, which we covered in a piece last week about the incredible allegations that the game might not exist. The new video highlights a range of different characters in addition to a fresh batch of appropriately gory deaths. In other words, it’s exactly the…
The more I learn about Mousecraft, the more excited I get. Sony recently wrote a new blog postabout the cute-looking mashup of Lemmings and Tetris that gives some details about the game’s protagonist and token cat scientist named Schrödinger. Get it? The game comes out July 8th for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, PC,…
Sony has long had a gaping, Killzone-sized hole in its roster of PlayStation exclusive titles. This has left it shuffling behind arch-rival Microsoft, a company that’s always seemed to have a finger of the dudebro’s pulse when it comes to figuring out what people want from their shooters: Halo, Gears of War, Titanfall. If a…
Fighting games don’t get a lot of love from the mainstream video game industry these days. So when someone—anyone—comes along promising to bring back the supremely gory glory of nineties-era arcade classics like Mortal Kombat into the modern era, genre-inclined gamers will listen. Necrostorm, an obscure Italian studio that mostly trades in a gruesome sub-genre…
EVE Online is at least in part a game about space pirates. But it’s also a massive, teeming online ecosystem that often blurs the line between virtual and real-life experiences. So when you mess with EVE, it’s fair to say that you can expect to be met with swift and brutal justice both online and…
Are you one of the people that’s been annoyed by the fact that the DualShock 4’s light bar never turns off? Well, Sony has finally clued us in to why the PlayStation 4 developers decided not to allow gamers to conserve battery life and their own sanity by sticking an “off” switch on the thing.…
Remember Pixel Press, the beautiful sounding app that promises to let you create your own video games by simply drawing them? Well, the thing has successfully completed its metamorphosis from an idealistic Kickstarter project into an actual thing that people can use. Huzzah! Now wouldn’t it be great it that happened more often?
There’s a fine line any artist walks when trying to titillate and terrify at the same time. But making video games scary is especially tricky. Repetitive behavior—even when that behavior is running and hiding from flesh-eating monsters—doesn’t mesh all that well with the spontaneity required to make someone jump out of their seat. That, and…
Don’t Starve, an indie game best known for its punishing single player experience, is getting a free multiplayer add-on this summer, developer Klei Entertainment announced today. It’s just called Don’t Starve Together. So far it’s only been confirmed for PC. And while its free for current owners, the extra mode will raise the game’s price…
Mario Kart 8 is almost upon us. But before we all get too carried away with all the awesome new features like anti-gravity and next-gen mustaches, let’s pause for a moment to reflect on the long, eventful life of this wonderful series. Nintendo offered up a history lesson today in a short video that sums…
Mobius strips are enough of a head trip on their own. Now imagine trying to make one in Minecraft. I mean, the game is literally made of blocks. You’d think that its inherent chunkiness would turn it into a Sisyphean endeavor. That hasn’t stopped many a brave soul from trying. This latest feat, posted with…
One of the brains behind the surreal indie game Hyper Light Drifter just unveiled his next pretty-looking project. It’s called Kyoto Wild, and you can learn (a little bit) more about it here
Despite being one of the most iconic superheroes in the sprawling DC Comics universe, Wonder Woman still hasn’t received the same big-screen treatment as her male counterparts like Superman, Batman, Thor, and the Green Lantern. What gives? I mean, come on…the Green Lantern? Remember how that cinematic reboot turned out? I’m still trying to forget.…
Announcing a new contender in the category of games with names that are difficult to pronounce, Zenzizenzic is a old-school bullet-hell style shmup that looks about as crazy as a game with that name should. Check it out on Kickstarter
Outlast was one of the best and most disturbing surprises of 2013. Whistleblower, a prequel out this week, is less surprising but no less terrifying. The new chapter offers up a fresh batch of blood-drenched bad guys that will make any horror buff cower in delightful fear. Whistleblower continues developer Red Barrels’ mission to “scare…
Well, that didn’t take long. After drawing overwhelming criticism from disenchanted players for its shoddy quality and misleading marketing, Earth: 2066 has been dealt a final blow by Valve. The company is pulling the game from its early access program and offering customers who paid $19.99 for the poorly received game a full refund. Earth:…
Virtual reality and gaming technologies have been used by militaries across the world for training and therapeutic purposes. But the Norwegian military has taken VR-assisted combat to the next level with this Oculus Rift-supported rig used to pilot tanks through dangerous combat situations. According to a report from the Norwegian TV station TuTV, the country’s…
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