Tomb Raider gave me the worst kind of quiet at first. The game’s silences were ones filled with tension and dread, interludes where my worries about getting Lara through the experience would fester. All throughout Crystal Dynamics’ reboot of the archeological adventure series, players are left to wonder how the awful mythology of its fictional…
It’s been a rough few months for folks who bought the Wii U right at launch. Almost none of the third-party games that came out alongside Nintendo’s new home console set the world on fire and the first-party offerings made by Nintendo didn’t deliver a lightning-bolt success like Wii Sports. It’s no wonder that Shigeru…
Yesterday in New York City, Electronic Arts held a special event focused on queer issues in gaming. And it happened mostly because the company itself was willing to face its own stumbles in presenting gay characters in its video games. The impetus for Thursday’s Full Spectrum event—co-sponsored by the Entertainment Software Association and the Human…
I’ve been waiting to see more of the world of Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons. The downloadable game looks so different than most of the games that Starbreeze has put out and seems to be an eye-catching mix of exploration and co-operative puzzle-solving. The twist, though, is that you’ll need to co-operate with yourself.…
The man known as Lord British has been gone from video games a long time. Yeah, he’s had the whole space travel thing going on. And there was a messy bit of business where he got half a million dollars stolen from him to buy fancy magician paraphernalia. But it seemed really weird that Richard…
There have been five God of War games and, in each one, Kratos slaughters his way through significant portions of the Greco-Roman pantheon. Wow, you might say, is there anybody left for the Ghost of Sparta to be mad at? Yeah, there is. In a post on the PlayStation Blog, God of Ascension lead combat…
Who was expecting the relaunch of 1990s comics imprint Valiant Comics to be one of the best things to happen to Wednesdays in a good long time? Oh, you were? And you? And you? Okay, good. The reborn publisher’s managed to attract great talent who have delivered sharp updates to the Valiant universe and its…
This panel tells you all you need to know about Age of Ultron #1. The staging in the panel immediately communicate a desperate tenison and exhaustion of the characters in the scene. You don’t even really need the dialogue but it does let you know that the Avengers in this scene are former allies who…
First, Bravoman appeared in Japanese arcades in the late ‘80s. Then, the obscure Namco character showed up in a TurboGrafx port two years later. As of last year, he wound up launching the ShiftyLook line of webcomics dedicated to characters from old-school Namco Bandai games. Now, the stretchy-limbed hero is making the jump to an…
Dead Space 3 presented a pretty radical departure from the first two games in the sci-fi horror series. Too many fetch quests and co-operative play made Isaac Clarke’s third outing against the Necromorphs feel less scary and atmospheric than DS1 & DS2. But, most of all, longtime Dead Space fans missed the freaky hallucinations that…
The Nintendo Download this week has a demo for Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity. Check out the full list.
We all know Uncle Sam. The guy in the Old Glory-styled top hat and tails is the personification of the United States that American schoolkids grow up learning about. You probably know him from the famous poster strongly urging that you enlist and maybe you’ve seen him done up as a superhero But did you…
Originally pegged as an early 2013 release, publisher Capcom has announced that Lost Planet 3 won’t be coming out until June. Specifically, it’ll be available for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC on June 25 in North America and on June 28 in Europe. The newest trailer shows lead character Jim Peyton landing on the…
Sega’s announced that Company of Heroes 2 will be out on June 25th. Watching enemies freeze to death will have to wait.
Reader Ryan sent in the video below, which features a notorious bug in Ubisoft’s latest blockbuster Assassin’s Creed game. The glitch makes it look like Connor likes his tomahawk a little too much. Look, Connor, it’s okay: we understand that sometimes the redcoat stabbing feels so good that you don’t want to stop. But you…
The newest teaser for Marvel Comics’ upcoming action flick shows a bit more of the drama surrounding Tony Stark as his life blows up around him. There’s political tension involving a new President, best friend Rhodey flying around in the Iron Patriot armor from the comics and Mr. Stark himself looking decidedly haunted throughout. Iron…
The newly rebooted Tomb Raider is out today. Check out the review to learn about Lara Croft’s harrowing origin story.
To my mind, the best kind of downloadable content expands on the experience that you’ve grown familiar with while also offering an alternative point-of-view. The add-ons for Mass Effect 2 are exemplars, letting you take Shepard on a snarky James Bond/heist adventure or a chilling experience tinged with sci-fi horror flavor. And Undead Nightmare did…
Ready to feel like a teenager again? No? Me neither. But one part of gamers’ youths will coming back in the form of four mutated reptiles who wield deadly martial arts weapons. After a report surfaced yesterday of a new TMNT game, Activision has released info on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows:…
These Tomb Raider Minimates—seen at ArtAsylum—really need a bow & arrow. Best weapon in the game. C’mon, guys.
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