And you thought people could only be bothered making replicas of Assassin’s Creed’s pointy weapons. Landstalker Props made this terrific replica matchlock pistol for Ubisoft, part of a launch event for Assassin’s Creed IV. So no, sadly, you cannot buy it. You can look at pictures, though. So hey, not a total loss. There’s a…
There are PS4 controllers popping up in the wild ahead of the console’s release. Some people in the industry have one already. Here’s one, taking advantage of the fact the pads will run – with a minimum of fuss on more than just a PS4.
In 2013, the PC is arguably one of the strongest gaming platforms on the planet, blessed with a massive variety of games, the promise of virtual reality and a planned invasion of the living room imminent. But it hasn’t always been that way. Before the release of the last generation of consoles, the PC as…
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For something that’s such a big part of many people’s daily lives, religion doesn’t play a terribly big role in video games. It does in Crusader Kings II, however, and that role is about to get a lot more interesting. Sons of Abraham is the latest expansion to one of the best games ever made,…
There’s a custom Magic Card collection called The Indie Custom Cube. It features cards representing some of the world’s most famous developers, companies, games and other assorted characters, including Gabe Newell, Notch, Electronic Arts, Phil Fish and Charles Barkley It is one of the most amazing things I have ever seen. Seems it was playtested…
Marat Ars is an artist who has worked for both game studios and Plastic Wax, the Australian animation house You may remember we featured his work a few years back when he did one of the most badass Mario redesigns I’ve ever seen. That art up top is not from the kill-it-with-fire Akira movie project.…
Reader Adam had a smith craft him a replica Master Sword. It’s so good I hope he goes and hides it in a temple somewhere. The sword was built by Australian Brendan Olszowy, who stresses “The swords I make are REAL swords. Fully functional. Built for durability, and to perform as a live sword for…
So McDonalds in Sweden held a competition earlier in the year. The winner got to name a burger. And now we have a burger named after an eSports team. Seems the winner was a big competitive gaming fan, so decided to name the burger the McNiP, after Ninjas In Pyjamas, one of the most successful…
I’m not sure what’s more impressive about this RoboCop cosplay. That it moves so well, that it looks so good, that this fan recreation of a movie scene is so perfect or that the outfit is made out of cardboard YouTuber Comicbookgirl19 made this costume for this year’s Dragon-Con and Comic-Con, but to really show…
There’s a rumour that the next Call of Duty runs at 1080p on PS4 and 720p on Xbox One. For those who care, we’re looking into it with Activision, and will get back to you if we hear back.
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Yeah, the name could have been snappier, but if you’re in need of a new Wii U game to look out for, they don’t get more promising than this. What you’re seeing up top is a refreshingly exhaustive (it’s six minutes long!) look at gameplay from the upcoming Super Mario 3D World, courtesy of Nintendo…
Nintendo Japan just revealed two new flavours of 3DS, and for once, they’re not long-term additions to the line. These puppies are strictly limited edition. Going on sale on November 28, they’ll retail for ¥19,900 (USD$205). They might come to the West. They might not. Nintendo works in mysterious ways. Want that orange one. So.…
Karaoke is fun for some. For many, though, even with booze involved, it tends to be an exercise in fear and awkwardness. So hopefully this new card game can help. Karaokards is actually two games in one. Here’s the pitch: So when you support Karaokards you’re getting two different games: Karaokards Classic to play during…
Military games that feature robotic combat drones are normally labelled as “futuristic”, or “near future”. Might need to change that to “contemporary” real soon. This video shows demonstrations by a number of companies, who were recently presenting their combat robots in front of the US military. Yes, that is a robot firing an MG-240 machine…
Florent Auguy is a character designer at Quantic Dream, where he helped design the look of PS3 game Beyond: Two Souls. Prior to that, he’s worked in publishing illustration. You can see more of Florent’s work at his personal site and CGHub page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re…
It’s a dream combination, I know, so it’s weird it’s taken this long to do it. But hey, Enemy Starfighter is just that: a space combat game with the art style (and some ship design influence) from the Homeworld series. It’s due for Windows, Mac and Linux, and along with space combat also promises some…
Remember, the Xbox One’s new achievement display does more than just look fresher. It also lets multiple people earn separate achievements from within the same game, even logged onto the same console, and display that as its own colour-coded pop-up. Here’s an example, taken from around the 11:15 mark in this video You’ll notice at…
Oh Microsoft. What were you thinking? When people point to Microsoft’s biggest folly of the last hardware generation, they’ll normally suggest either the Red Ring Of Death pandemic or an unhealthy obsession with Kinect. Both of those have been problems for Microsoft, sure, and I’m sure we’ll get to covering both of them in our…
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