Crytek, the developer behind Crysis and Xbox One launch game Ryse, is having trouble paying employees, and the company has been bleeding staff since March, according to people who work there. In addition, from what I hear, the multi-national studio has had to cancel work on multiple games over the past few months, including some…
Crytek, the multinational video game company behind games like Crysis and the new Homefront, appears to be facing financial difficulties, according to numerous rumors and reports. For the past few months I’ve heard rumblings of employees going unpaid at Crytek studios. Though Crytek representatives have denied that the company is facing payment issues, a handful…
Sony has added prices to the beta for their PlayStation Now streaming service, and though these are experimental numbers—it’s a beta, after all—the current prices are insane What’s more, as of right now, PS Now beta testers actually have to pay to play games. If I want to test out the service, I have to…
Happy Friday, Legend of Korra fans—the next season of the popular cartoon show will start next week. Nickelodeon announced the news today on IGN—and they’ve got an exclusive clip. The first two episodes will air on Friday, June 27, from 7-8pm. Episode descriptions: “A Breath of Fresh Air”: After the events of Harmonic Convergence, Avatar…
Hey look, it’s the annual Mario Marathon! Watch these guys and gals play Mario games for charity, because both Mario and charity are excellent things. The gist is this: the folks behind Mario Marathon play through as many Mario games as possible, progressing through the canon based on how much money they raise for Child’s…
Welcome to the Summer of Old JRPGs, where we’re playing classic role-playing games and talking about them every week. Check out the full schedule here The one thing I always remember about Lufia II is the bushes. See, there’s this one dungeon near the end of the game where you have to figure out how…
Welcome to Dragon Age, Lieutenant Vega. Actor Freddie Prinze Jr., best known as the guy who got to marry Buffy, is playing the Iron Bull in Dragon Age: Inquisition, which is out in October. More on Iron Bull in the video above.
Don’t miss Summer Games Done Quick, the speedrunning marathon for charity that starts this Sunday and runs throughout the week. We’ll be hosting the stream and monitoring for cool moments throughout the week, so stay tuned. The full schedule is really exciting, and part of me really wants to stay up all night watching them…
Confiscated e-mails. Sinking ships. The looming feeling that layoffs are coming, and there’s nothing you can do to save yourself. Two weeks ago, we took an extensive look at why there are so many layoffs in the world of video game development. Since then, hundreds of developers have reached out to sympathize, and to share…
The Steam Summer Sale has begun. Lots of PC games, super cheap. See all the deals right here Today’s big deals include Dead Rising 3 ($37.50), Far Cry 3 ($7.50), and The Witcher 2 ($3.50). There’s also an insane new Summer Adventure program that will let you earn free things as you buy games and…
Over the past few years, we’ve seen a remarkable rise in the popularity of competitive gaming. The fighting game community gets bigger and bigger; the Dota 2 International’s prize pool is almost up to $10 million; and League of Legends remains one of the biggest games around. Lots of people are starting to notice the…
Today Nintendo announced that the 3DS eShop just got a new $2 game called 2048, by a developer named Cosmigo. Cosmigo’s 2048 is a copy of Gabriele Cirulli’s open-source 2048, which itself is a clone of a game called 1024, which is, of course, a clone of the stellar iOS game Threes Video games
In September of 2012, I got an e-mail from veteran writer and game designer Chris Avellone. He told me that he and a group of other designers at Obsidian were planning to launch a Kickstarter, and that they were looking to make an RPG in the style of old Infinity Engine games like Baldur’s Gate…
Hey Suikoden fans: series creator Yoshitaka Murayama has given an interview to the Suikoden Revival Movement, and while he’s no longer involved with Konami or the series he built, he still has some interesting things to say. “I believe Kickstarter’s notion of ‘by the fans, for the fans’ may very well be the solution to…
When it comes to mobile gaming, there’s one complaint that has bubbled up for years now, and never seems to go away: touchscreen controls are a pain in the ass. See, for a lot of games, those touch-based controls are just straight-up inferior to buttons and joysticks, and to many gamers, recent iOS ports like…
You’ll now be able to download and install many digital PS4 games before they come out—like you can on the PC—thanks to a new pre-loading plan that Sony just announced You won’t be able to play those games until their release dates, of course. But if you know you’re going to buy a game, and…
Your boring old grey console is totally lame compared to this hot pink Barbie Corvette that craftsman Robin Graves turned into an actual working N64. I met Graves, who asked that we not use his real name, at E3 last week, where he told me about this project and promised to send over some photos.…
If you’ve ever wanted to know how Thwomps make love, this is the video for you. Dorkly’s take on Mushroom Kingdom sex is about 10% as gross and 400% funnier than I expected it to be. Watch. Laugh. Enjoy. Squirm a little. It’s totally worth it. [h/t Buzzfeed]
Last week at E3, I got to chat with the fine folks behind the next two Zelda games: the action spinoff Hyrule Warriors and the recently-announced open-world Zelda that will be out next year. Both games are on Wii U. We talked about what Hyrule Warriors will do, what “Zelda” actually means, and whether a…
Wondering when GTA Online will get those heists that Rockstar had promised for this spring? “We are very sorry for the delay, and are working hard to bring them to you as soon as we can,” Rockstar wrote on their blog this morning. No word on a new release date yet.
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