The next portable installment of Capcom’s survival-horror action series looks like it’ll be hitting Europe first, along with the dock that’s bringing additional control inputs to the Nintendo 3DS. Eurogamer—among other sites—reports that Nintendo will be offering a bundle that binds Resident Evil Revelations and the Circle Pad Pro starting on January 27th. The Circle…
Some people think video games qualify as works of art. People like the Supreme Court. Like other great forms of cultural production, video games can hold references to and reproductions of other creations. A NeoGAF thread homes in one on this metacontextual aspect, focusing specifically on great paintings hanging on the walls of various virtual…
Weak economy? What weak economy? According to a Microsoft press release, 960,000 units of their game console found homes in consumers’ living rooms last week. The necromantic power of Black Friday is such that 800,000 of those were sold in 24 hours, marking the most successful week in Xbox history. Along with that, 750,000 Kinect…
Today’s launch day for 2K Sports’ premium DLC add-on for their pro hoops title. As previously mentioned, Legends Showcase lets you play in a cel-shaded Times Square with 40 new Legends hoopsters in a variety of modes. Also on display is how you’re My Player looks when imported into the Legends modes. You know all…
We’re still more than two months away from the launch of Sony’s touch-happy, twin-stick handheld but the PlayStation company’s taking it on a month-long tour so folks can get their hands on the PSP successor. This week, residents of the City by the Bay will get to try out Uncharted: Golden Abyss, WipeOut 2048 and…
Concept artist Larry Quach made the Batcave image I used for a piece on Arkham City‘s upcoming challenge maps DLC. But that’s not the only video game-related creativity that the California resident’s whipped up. Quach gave a total visual design treatment to the wedding of two friends, with invitations, a seating chart and a take-home…
As mentioned in the previous post about the Microsoft/Verizon partnership, you’ll be able to watch 26 channels on the game console. A screenshot of the Verizon app that you’ll need to download is above and a full list of the channels available at launch follows: Available in HD: BET Cinemax CNN Comedy Central ESPNews Food…
How tall would Samus Aran be in real life? The seller on this eBay item claims that it’s life-size so, if this crafty piece of artwork’s to be believed, she’d be about 5’6″ (165 cm, for you metric-heads). The sculpture’s made from defunct Nintendo games from the Japanese publisher’s legacy systems, like the Game Boy,…
In most combat games, you get into a vehicle and you ride/drive it—often, it’ll have weapons for you to fire, too—until the wheels fall off. You might be able to upgrade the guns or armor in some instances but that’s generally the extent of it. CCP’s taking a different approach to the vehicles in Dust…
It’s taken a long time for Fez to get finished. It’s taken a long time for Indie Game: The Movie to get finished, too. So, when filmmakers Lisanne Pajot and James Swirsky showed the documentary to gamemaker Phil Fish—who, along with Braid creator Jonathan Blow and the two-man Team Meat, is one of the indie…
So, getting Call of Duty Elite functional has been a struggle for Activision. The publisher’s promising that the social platform built for their best-selling FPS franchise will finally be mostly functional this week. The mega-publisher’s turned out a trailer to celebrate this occasion. In the clip, you’ll see an overview of Elite‘s basic functionality as…
In my hands-on preview, I talked about how Final Fantasy XIII-2‘s trying to shake things up a bit. You’ll find some new things in these screens, including a bizarre new character who’ll be popping up throughout the game. The woman in the feathered suit is Chocolina, a flamboyant chicken woman who’s a traveling merchant in…
EA DICE’s promised shiny, new revisions of classic multiplayer locales from Battlefield 2 and this new trailer shows off how the seaside environment looks when done up in the Frostbite 2 engine. For some reference, see the videos below for how the Gulf of Oman used to look in its previous implementation. Doggie52 Battlefield 2…
You’ve tolerated their presence in your life for years. Maybe it’s because they have attractive physical attributes, pay half your rent or gone halfsies. It might even be all three. But, if your partner—or heck, maybe just your roommate—is really going to understand who you are in the depths of your soul, then it’s way…
If you look at the fancy Kinect Effect commercial (seen above) Microsoft’s been airing for the one-year anniversary of its best-selling motion-sensing camera, then you’re led to believe that all sorts of innovations might be made manifest via the device’s current iteration. But Kinect 2 might be even more mind-blowing, if a new report at…
First, they put advertisements in front of men’s urinals, figuring dudes who have to answer nature’s call are a built-in audience. Now, men’s latrines are becoming interactive as the urinal consoles that have been in place in Japan begin their march westward. The report linked above showcases the first installation of playable pee stations in…
After being mentioned in the GTTV Presents GameStop Unwrapped TV special on Thanksgiving, it looks like the newest location for players to kick the asses of Gotham’s worst criminals is going to be the Dark Knight’s innermost sanctum. A new DLC pack’s coming on December 20th, which bundles the all-new Batcave challenge map, along with…
The child who inherits an old iPod Touch, begins a lifelong relationship with the joys—and, let’s be real, frustrations—of technology. Still, pre-teens today have it pretty good. Nearly every handheld gadget around—from most low-end cell phones to Kindles and iPod Touches—rivals the computers and consoles of yore in terms of the speed and multitasking they…
You’re going to have to shake off that that turkey coma this year, because there are deals to be had. Video game deals. GameStop’s going to opening up 2,200 store up at 12:00 a.m. so you and thousands of others can swoop down and grab up the games and hardware you’ve been lusting after. Today’s…
The masters of information over at Google are commemorating American Thanksgiving with a quaint turkey doodle taking place of their usual rainbow font. It’s what you’ll see if you’re logging in from the United States. But non-American web surfers are getting something much cooler. Today’s Google Doodle offers up a interactive adventure game inspired by…
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