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Watch Two Sports Games At Once On Xbox Live With ESPN Overhaul
Xbox Live’s take on ESPN is getting an overhaul today that will allow viewers to see two sporting events at once, create personal channels and flip through a mini guide, among other things. Here’s a completely rundown of the updates hitting now, from Microsoft: My Sports – ESPN on Xbox LIVE now allows you to…
By Brian Crecente Published August 25, 2011 -
Celtic Rockers Dropkick Murphys Performing at Call of Duty Con
Kanye West isn’t the only musician performing at the first-ever Call of Duty convention, Irish-punk rockers Dropkick Murphys will be closing the first night of the show, Activision said today. The band is performing opening night at 8 p.m. on Sept. 2 at the Call of Duty XP event. Then on Sunday night Kayne West…
By Brian Crecente Published August 25, 2011 -
Fallout: New Vegas Lonesome Road Hits Sept. 20, Two New DLC Inbound
Lonesome Road, the fourth add-on pack for Fallout: New Vegas, will be available for download on Xbox LIVE, PlayStation Network and Steam on September 20th. (Xbox LIVE for 800 Microsoft points, PlayStation Network and Steam for $9.99), Bethesda said today. Two additional DLC packs, Courier’s Stash and Gun Runners’ Arsenal, will also be available for…
By Brian Crecente Published August 25, 2011 -
DOTA 2
DOTA – I think that game critics should be getting preview code of DOTA 2 in the not too distant future. For now I’ll have to make do with this t-shirt and wristbands from the game’s Gamescom outing. This is Why Some People Call El Shaddai a Visual Masterpiece In a little over five minutes,…
By Brian Crecente Published August 24, 2011 -
Catch Wing Commander-Inspired Sol: Exodus at PAX
Remember that last, great hope we have for another Wing Commander space combat game? Well it’s going to be at PAX this weekend, so you better go check it out. Seamless Entertainment tell me they will be at booth number 6026 demoing SOL: Exodus and listening to what gamers think about it. Do us all…
By Brian Crecente Published August 24, 2011 -
Thirteen Easy Steps For Kicking Ass in Age of Empires Online
Age of Empires Online is a fantastically fun strategy game. I’ve been playing it off and on since before its release with my son who is entirely new to not only the series, but the genre. I figure he’s likely not the only inexperienced gamer drawn to this flashy, new (sorta free) real-time strategy game…
By Brian Crecente Published August 24, 2011 -
Play Skyrim, Rage at PAX
PAX Prime 2011 kicks off on Friday and with it comes a chance for every day gamers to check out oodles of new games, games like Skyrim and Rage Bethesda tells us that their booth (1314) will include playable Rage, Skyrim as well as hourly Prey 2 presentations. Bathesda will also be putting on a…
By Brian Crecente Published August 24, 2011 -
Walking Through The End of Prey 2’s Amazing Trailer
Prey 2 game director Chris Rhinehart walks us through all of the many things we see in that amazing Prey 2 trailer from earlier this year. The commentary comes in three parts. Below are parts one and two, in case you missed them.
By Brian Crecente Published August 24, 2011 -
The Stark Lines, and High Contrast of Dishonored
First-person action game Dishonored oozes style, but I’m still not clear on whether I should be excited about this game. These new screen shots, released today, give some more glimpses of the Arkane Studios game that has you taking on the role of a supernatural assassin. That’s right… a supernatural assassin. Sounds great and terrible…
By Brian Crecente Published August 24, 2011 -
Blueprint for a Zombie Zap Gun
Zap – We got this blueprint in the mail from the Call of Duty: Black Ops folks today. it’s a blueprint for a gun in their new zombie Rezurrection pack. How Capcom Turned Buddhist Mythology Into A Game About Planet-Splitting Battles Asura’s Wrath is an angry game based on an angry group of Buddhist demigods.…
By Brian Crecente Published August 23, 2011 -
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Playable at PAX
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive will be playable at this week’s Penny Arcade Expo, Valve says. The Xbox 360 version of the game will be on the floor. The Playstation 3 version will be showing up at Eurogamer Expo next month. We’ll be telling you about it soon. EXCITED! You can contact Brian Crecente, the author of…
By Brian Crecente Published August 23, 2011 -
How Capcom Turned Buddhist Mythology Into A Game About Planet-Splitting Battles
Asura’s Wrath is an angry game based on an angry group of Buddhist demigods. In the game you play as Asura, a god stripped of all of his powers out to save his daughter from the seven gods that betrayed him. As Asura grows angrier in the game he also grows more arms. That multitude…
By Brian Crecente Published August 23, 2011 -
This is Gamescom
We’ve talked about the games, about the cosplay, the camping and the crowds. But no single story or set of photos can truly encapsulate all that is the world’s biggest video game show. Here’s a look at the show through the organizer’s own camera lens. Don’t forget to click on the bottom right of each…
By Brian Crecente Published August 22, 2011 -
A Visit To the Thousands-Strong Gaming Tent City of Cologne
COLOGNE, GERMANY – For one week a year a very different sort of campsite forms along Cologne’s pebbled shores of the Rhine river. Tucked between the fourth largest convention center in the world and the towering, majestic Cologne Cathedral, more than 3,000 people set up a small town of tents, camp chairs, bonfires and video…
By Brian Crecente Published August 22, 2011 -
World’s Biggest Video Game Show Locked Down Over Crushing Crowds
Gamescom, the biggest video game show in the world, just got too big. Saturday morning the convention had to temporarily stop letting people in after the massive Cologne’s Koelnmesse, the fourth largest convention center in the world, neared the show’s 62,000 person capacity. A Gamescom official told Kotaku that the center started regulating the show’s…
By Brian Crecente Published August 20, 2011 -
Ghost Recon: Future Soldier’s Zambia
Despite simplifying the heads-up and on-screen information displayed in Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, Ubisoft’s upcoming third-person shooter still has a lot of things to tell you on screen. Here’s a look at the subtler, slightly refined intelligence gathering of the shooter. These shots also give you a look at the game’s Zambia level You can…
By Brian Crecente Published August 20, 2011 -
They Want to Blend Lemmings with The Lost Vikings
They’re not sure what to call their budding creation yet, but they know what they want it to be: The love child of puzzle games Lemmings and The Lost Vikings The game, which at one point they were calling Troopies, has players taking command of five soldiers as they puzzle-solve their way through the game’s…
By Brian Crecente Published August 20, 2011 -
Watch This Epic Guild Wars 2 Dragon Fight
We published some footage of Guild Wars 2 gameplay shot off several television screens earlier this week. Wartower.de does one better, capturing a direct feed straight off a rig. In the video you see a fight against Tequatl the Sunless, a giant dragon boss of Guild Wars 2 You can contact Brian Crecente, the author…
By Brian Crecente Published August 20, 2011 -
Germany Loves PC Gaming
Gamescom is held in a massive convention center that sits aside the Rhine. Inside there are towering halls of concrete and steel, each filled with massive booths, games and people. Hall 9 is dedicated almost exclusively to computer games. It’s in here that you will find the likes of Nexon, NCSoft, World of Tanks, competitive…
By Brian Crecente Published August 20, 2011
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