In honor of The Witcher 2, which was rereleased as an enhanced edition for Xbox 360 and PC last week, here’s an awesome action sequence that was inspired by the game’s frenetic spell-filled combat. It’s quite well done. Confrontation at Dawn – Witcher-inspired short [YouTube]
BioWare’s sci-fi role-playing game is available at Amazon today for $30, thanks to an all-day Gold Box video game sale. Looks like they’ll have PlayStation Move and Final Fantasy XIII-2 later today. [Amazon]
The voice and video chatting service Skype will be available on PlayStation Vita later today. You’ll be able to use the chatting app on both the 3G and WiFi models. [PlayStation Blog]
By now you must have seen the box art for the Game of the Year edition of Batman: Arkham City It’s pretty much the worst thing ever, stuffed with superfluous quotes in giant red text that almost make the whole thing seem like one big parody. Well here’s a better parody. The fine folks at…
The song (a cover of Jonathan Coulton’s now-infamous “Still Alive”) is well done, too. Don’t turn it off after the first few squeaky seconds. It gets better. I swear. Bonus points if you spot the Duck Hunt dog. And the Skyrim giant. Professor Shyguy – Still Alive (Portal Cover) [YouTube]
Turns out video games aren’t all that bad. CNN says so. They’ve got a story on 23-year-old Trace Curry, a student who goes to Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio. Curry studies aviation. He’s in a program that teaches him how to pilot unmanned aerial vehicles. And he’s doing quite well, which he says is…
Joy. Bliss. Serenity. It’s difficult, almost impossible to believe that two human beings could achieve such eternal happiness, such unequivocal euphoria. Such… perfection. But the truth, dear readers, the truth is that this couple—this beautiful, radiant couple—is no couple at all. These two ecstatic video gamers died a long time ago. And now they’re in…
The Norwegian mass-murderer responsible for the deaths of 77 people was “unremarkable” and “not very opinionated,” one of his World of Warcraft guildmates has informed Kotaku Last week, we profiled the virtual life of Anders Behring Breivik, who says at one point he spent an entire year playing Blizzard’s massively multiplayer online role-playing game for…
And if you must invite Batman to your birthday party, make sure it’s the nice one. Not the Christopher Nolan version. He’s kind of a dick. The Dark Knight Birthday [YouTube]
You’ve already read Kate’s summary of “Plot vs. Play,” the PAX East panel about storytelling in video games, but now you can watch the whole thing courtesy Mash Those Buttons From right to left: Ben Gilbert (Reporter, Joystiq), David Gaider (Senior Writer, BioWare), Chris Avellone (Creative Director, Obsidian), Ken Levine (Creative Director, Irrational Games), Jason…
Capcom will reveal an “unexpected” new game in next week’s edition of Famitsu, Andriasang reports today. We don’t know anything about it yet, but I’ve got some suggestions for the Japanese publisher: Breath of Fire V Mega Man Legends: ‘Sorry We Screwed You Guys Over’ Edition Phoenix Wright x Tekken DLC: The Experience Marvel vs.…
Today seems like the perfect day to reminisce about Earthbound, a Japanese role-playing game that is best described as a 16-bit electronic acid trip. Earthbound, which Nintendo originally unleashed upon the United States in June of 1995, is in many ways a traditional turn-based JRPG. It draws much of its inspiration from the original Dragon…
Did you stop playing the massively multiplayer online role-playing game Final Fantasy XIV? Square Enix wants you back. All returning players will get access to a 10-day free trial from May 9 to May 20, the publisher said today. Returning players will be able to test out all of the heavily-criticized MMORPG’s new features. On…
Hey! Listen! Watch this! Really, doesn’t this video just make you want to play the hell out of a Zelda first-person shooter? It’d certainly be more interesting than Brown Military Shooter #43242395823532. The Legend of Zelda: FPS [YouTube via Reddit]
Here’s a confession: I have absolutely no interest in Microsoft’s Kinect. The controller-free interface doesn’t appeal to me. I don’t want to dance around my living room or wave my arms to fling boulders at castles. I get bored just thinking about it. Shouting dragon words in Skyrim might have changed my mind. Kinda. Within…
Anders Behring Breivik smiled during court on Monday as the prosecution displayed an image of his World of Warcraft character, Andersnordic. The Norwegian mass-murderer, who admitted last year to killing 77 people, must have tapped into some inner well of nostalgia when he thought about Blizzard’s massively multiplayer online role-playing game. Breivik has said he…
Square Enix said today it would include this cute stylus as a preorder bonus for Theatrhythm Final Fantasy, which is great for two reasons: 1. It’s adorable. 2. It’s an actual bonus, not content that has been stripped from the game and only made available to people who preorder. Theatrhytmhtmhmrhmrthmrthm, which is basically Elite Beat…
It had a script. It had the backing of two major film studios. It had the support of Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson. Everything seemed like it was clicking into place for the Halo movie before it abruptly collapsed, and you can blame Microsoft for that, according to writer Jamie Russell. Writing in…
The official God of War: Ascension listing has the upcoming action-adventure game slated for a Spring 2013 release. One player only! [Sony via @JimReilly]
It’s always tricky to get water right in a video game. All those messy physics. Seems like real life is just as tricky. Check out what happens when you trickle water next to a speaker playing a 24hz sine wave. It’s like a glitch in the Matrix. Or Skyrim Cool Sound and Water Experiment! [YouTube…
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