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Shhh! It’s Unit 13’s Stealth Gameplay on PlayStation Vita, Okay?
Our previous glimpses at Zipper Interactive’s Handheld social shooter focused on Unit 13‘s firefights and social network elements. But a new demo video from the CES floor focuses on the sneakier side of thing in by highlighting the military action title’s Covert missions. The actual gameplay starts at about 2:26. You’ll be able to creep…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 12, 2012 -
Goths Don’t Cry In This Villain-Centric Lollipop Chainsaw Trailer
In the high-school food chain, it always seemed like nerds or stoners would be the natural enemies to cheerleaders, not goths. Suda51 seems to think otherwise, judging by the trailer for the developer’s upcoming Warner Bros.-published action game. This guy Swan looks disturbingly like the Billy puppet from the SAW movies. Knowing the horror-centric film…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 12, 2012 -
Get Ready to Turn Invisible and Disembowel Fools in Ninja Gaiden 3’s Multiplayer
Ultra-violent. Fetishtically obsessed with gore. Single-player. These are the words that we’ve associated with Team Ninja’s modern Ninja Gaiden games. But, the upcoming three-quel will change all of that. This trailer gives a long, bloody look at the competitive multiplayer component for Ryu Hayabusa’s latest outing. Ninjas of all colors will be able to slash…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 12, 2012 -
A Popular Oblivion Mod Comes to Skyrim
One PC gaming truism is that modders make magic, by altering the rules or looks of a vanilla game release into something shinier or more idiosyncratic. In the case of PC modder Xilver, the magic-making’s literal. A.K.A. Brian Rivers, Xilver made an insanely robust mod called Midas Magic: Spells of Aurum for Oblivion. It delivered…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 12, 2012 -
Little Mac Gets a Big Tribute in This Minecraft Stop-Motion Video
The same folks who made that amazing Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening animation in Mojang’s hit sandbox construction game have come back with yet another homage to an old-school classic. MinecraftA2Z managed to recreate Punch-Out‘s first bout—where series hero Mac trades blows with Glass Joe—by manipulating millions of blocks frame by frame, in the same…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 12, 2012 -
There May Not Even Be a PlayStation 4 or Xbox 720, Says Cloud Gaming Company Gaikai
Brace yourselves, readers! A company whose whole business plan depends on consoles going away says that one of the big platform holders might be getting out of the hardware business altogether. Industry Gamers has Nanea Reeves, chief product officer for Gaikai, saying the following: “Not all of the current console makers will have one more…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 11, 2012 -
Contest: Write Force-ful Dialogue for This Star Wars: The Old Republic Comic and Win The First Issue Free
BioWare’s new Star Wars MMO covers a lot of ground when it comes the pre-history of Luke Skywalker’s universe. But, even with all the gameplay and dialogue in The Old Republic, there’ s still lots of stories to be told about the conflicts between Jedi, Sith, Mandalorians and The Republic of the old. Star Wars:…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 11, 2012 -
OnLive Partners Up With Google TV to Deliver Console-Free Gaming to Your Living Room
With overpriced hardware and unfriendly UI, Google TV didn’t exactly set the world on fire when it launched last year. But, a much-heralded 2.0 revision brought Android apps and better navigation to the service last year. Now, thanks to a partnership with OnLive, users of the streaming/search hybrid will be able to play AAA video…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 11, 2012 -
This Melodramatic Binary Domain Trailer Takes You into the Human/Robot Wars of 2080
Developed by the same team that’s made Sega’s open-world Yakuza games, Binary Domain‘s a futureshock shooter that imagines the robot servants of the future rebelling against their human masters. You know, basic Skynet stuff. The twist in Binary Domain comes by virtue of ‘bots that are outwardly indistinguishable from humans, which puts everybody on edge.…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 11, 2012 -
Everquest II Sees a 300% Surge in New Players After Going Free-to-Play
In video game years, Everquest II‘s like the great grandpa to newer MMOs like The Old Republic or Rift. Launched in 2004, it’s got a faithful community that’s still questing around on its servers but the game’s days of accruing new players month after month seems to have ended a while back. But, in a…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 11, 2012 -
Here’s Lex Luthor (and More Villains) from the Superman Video Game That Got Hit by Cancellation Kryptonite
Great Rao, does the Man of Steel have terrible video game luck or what? Either the games that have Kal-El as the main character suck tremendously or they never get finished in the first place. Codenamed Blue Steel, the Superman title that was in development by the late Factor 5 studio falls into the latter…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 10, 2012 -
Hey! You Can Grab Final Fantasy XIII-2’s Playable Demo Today
If you’re wanting to see just how different Final Fantasy XIII-2 is from its predecessor, you finally be able to check out a demo today. The playable snippets of Square Enix’s epic fantasy sequel go live on PlayStation Network and Xbox Live today. If you’re not in front of a console right now, the video…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 10, 2012 -
Microsoft on Foxconn: We’re “Committed to the Fair Treatment and Safety of Workers”
An earlier piece on the mass suicide threat at the Foxconn electronics manufacturing factory reported how 300 people there nearly jumped off a building in a labor dispute. Microsoft’s responded to the situation and you can see the full comment by going back to the original story
By Evan Narcisse Published January 10, 2012 -
Only Kinect Rush Will Take You Up and Make You an Incredible Butt-Sliding Rat
Microsoft’s using CES 2012 to talk up its best-selling motion-sensing peripheral, with its announcement of blockbuster sales and a Windows version of Kinect. Part of that push will be the recently announced Kinect Rush, the all-ages game being developed in partnership with Pixar. These new images from Kinect Rush give a glimpse of some of…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 10, 2012 -
The 10 Most Bogus Entries in the Guinness World Records 2012 Gamer’s Edition
Growing up in the 1970s and 1980s, I remember being awed at when the TV specials based on the Guinness Book of World Records would show up on network TV. I’d see really big things! Really small things! Weird life forms out of 1950s monster comics! A guy who’d never cut his fingernails, like, ever!…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 10, 2012 -
Art Brut Makes Me Want to Rock Out
Art Brut made the best song ever about not being able to achieve erection. “Rusted Guns of Milan” appears on their 2005 debut album Bang Bang Rock & Roll and its lyrics hit a sweet spot of not-that-it’s -ever-happened-to-me. “I’m sorry/I’m so sorry/Can I get you a cup of coffee?” Indeed. I’ve seen them live…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 10, 2012 -
Final Fantasy Origins Get Summoned to the PlayStation Network Today
Folks looking to re-visit where Square’s big-deal JRPG franchise started—or encounter it for the first time—can do so today. Final Fantasy Origins bundles the first two Final Fantasy games in a downloadable package that can be had for $9.99 on the PlayStation Network
By Evan Narcisse Published January 10, 2012 -
SSX Gets Its First Real-Life Athlete in The Art of Flight’s Travis Rice
The tricks and uber-moves you pull off on EA’s SSX games use reality only as a jumping-off point, quickly spiraling into the arcade-y stratosphere. Not a lot of pro snowboarders would fit into this snowy universe. Travis Rice, however, is one of them. As seen in the 2011 documentary The Art of Flight, Rice rides…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 9, 2012 -
iCade Houses Your iPhone in the D-pad Dock of Your Dreams
iCade, the iPad accessory that started as a April Fool’s Day joke evolves into an all-new form just announced at CES 2012. iCade Mobile lets you slide your iPhone or iPod Touch into a d-pad style sheath that provides physical inputs for your on-the-go gaming. You’ll get four face buttons and two shoulder buttons. Now…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 9, 2012 -
Call of Duty Elite Comes To iDevices Tomorrow, Letting You Tweak Loadouts on the Go
Some hardcore fanatics might say that Call of Duty’s a major part of their life. Thinking about killstreaks, prestiges and perks in Activision’s multi-developer FPS series takes up a large part of their days and their nights get spent filling online opponents full of bullet holes. It’s these players who’ve flocked to Call of Duty…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 9, 2012
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