Just in case you haven’t suffered enough anguish over the years/decades at the demise of quality LucasArts Star Wars games, let’s look back at a pitch for a game that sounded too good to be true, and so was promptly never made. Before we go any further, let’s be very clear: This was an idea,…
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Sony just showed off the PlayStation 5’s logo on-stage at CES. It’s…well, yeah, it sure is a PlayStation console logo. So you can see just how similar it is to the PS4’s logo, here’s a comparison: Don’t fix what ain’t broke, I guess! That’s all Sony announced at the show, so if you were hoping…
While Unreal Engine remakes of classic games are everywhere you look these days, this 2020 take on Dark Forces—still the best Star Wars game—has a refreshingly narrow scope, seeking not to overhaul the entire game, but just wonder what it’d look like with a more modern user interface/experience. Arvydas Brazdeikis—who has done something similar with…
Britain’s Royal Mail is about to launch a series of stamps paying tribute to the country’s biggest and best video game creations from days of old, from Tomb Raider to Elite to Wipeout to Sensible Soccer They’ll go on sale on January 21, and will cost £14.25 (USD$18.75). The main collection also includes Micro Machines,…
The cosplay calendar—at least as far as cons go—has a tradition of closing out just before Christmas, when Holiday Matsuri is held in Florida. With warm weather, pools and an Orlando resort on offer, it was the perfect place to get away from colder climates and spend a weekend dressing up. Below is a gallery…
Christopher Cao is a character artist who has worked on games like Mass Effect Andromeda, Assassin’s Creed IV and Batman: Arkham Origins You can see more of Cao’s stuff at his ArtStation page
For its first issue of 2020, Vogue Italia is trying something new (and very old), by ditching photography and devoting an entire edition to fashion illustration. There’ll be seven different covers made to celebrate this, and one of them has been done by Yoshitaka Amano, who many of you will know for his extensive work…
1992’s Super Star Wars, one of the best Super Nintendo games not actually made by Nintendo, was—along with its sequels, Super Empire and Super Jedi—one of the defining exclusives of the SNES v Genesis era. Turns out, though, it was also in development at one point for Sega’s console. The Cutting Room Floor and Hidden…
Legendary concept artist and futurist Syd Mead, famous for his work on movies like Blade Runner and Tron, has died. He was 86 years old. Mead had only announced his retirement in September. His career as a concept artist saw him work on projects like the aforementioned Blade Runner (and its sequel, Blade Runner 2049)…
Crusader Kings the video game is a massive, unwieldy thing that can’t possibly be crammed into a 2-3 hour board game experience. But developers Free League, bless them, have certainly given it a shot. Crusader Kings the board game tries to take pretty much every key element of Paradox’s grand strategy series—dynastic characters, complex diplomacy,…
Anime NYC was held at the Javits Center on Manhattan’s West Side late last month, and being one of the biggest anime shows in the U.S., there was lots of cosplay there. We’re featuring some of the best of it below, with everything snapped by Mineralblu. As usual, you’ll find the cosplayer’s social media info,…
One of my favourite end-of-year treats in this job is getting to see all the amazing screenshots that Andy Cull puts together for his annual collections. We’ve featured them for the last few years, and this year’s compilation includes shots from games like Red Dead Redemption 2, Sekiro, Metro Exodus and Control You can see…
Alone Lee is an artist based in China. You can see more of Lee’s stuff at her ArtStation page
Sneaker companies no longer look to just athletes for deals. For a while now musicians have also been at the forefront of promotion efforts, and in 2019 that extended further to gamers, when Adidas signed Ninja to their ranks alongside other non-sporting celebrities like Kanye, Pharrell, and Beyonce. The first serious fruits of that deal…
I’m not sure what this says about the odds of a successful union, but it’s at least a very nice way to spend big on an engagement. When Gavin Carter—a producer on Fallout 3 and Halo 4—wanted to propose to his girlfriend recently, he didn’t want to do things the old fashioned way. Instead, he…
Luigi Lucarelli is a character and concept artist who has done work for companies like Disney, Universal and Hasbro. You can see more of Luigi’s stuff at his ArtStation page
Unsettled is a new board game where teams of 2-4 players work together to try and stay alive in a universe where the hostile alien environment, not the bad guys, is trying to get everyone killed. The game’s brief says “every step, breath, and particle around you could mean immediate, terrifying death”, and has players working…
I’m going to get this out of the way upfront: I did not think 2019 was a great year for video games. Between the dying days of a console generation and the divisive nature of some of the big contenders, this is the hardest I’ve ever had to work to put together a list of…
Total War: Three Kingdoms’ next DLC chapter pack is a prequel called Mandate of Heaven. In a neat touch, your playthrough of the prequel can then carry over into the main game.
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