Luke Plunkett

Turn Your Current-Gen Games Into Next-Gen Games For Just $10

Torn between buying a big game now or holding out for the next-gen version? Publishers like EA, Activision, Ubisoft and 2K want to take the hassle out of the decision by offering a pretty reasonable way for you to get both Over the past month, some of the biggest publishers in the world have revealed…

Terraria 1.2 Is Still Coming, Guys, Honestly

It was meant to be out in July. We’re obviously well past that, but Terraria’s big 1.2 update on the PC now has a release date, and that date is October 1.

Kim & Kanye Must Be Destroyed, At All Costs

Kanye West and Kim Kardashian’s union, and subsequent procreation, is the subject of this video game, in which the pair have taken to space, and you have to shoot their faces until the world is saved. This is not games as art. It is games as catharsis. Kimye Invaders [Play]

I Like How These Video Game Cars Break

Bugbear are the team behind the Flatout series, which were games built around the idea of smashing cars into scrap. So of course their next project has a great tech demo showing how the video game cars of tomorrow can be smashed into nothingness. It starts slow, but stick with it. Things get progressively destructive…

Welcome Back Space Games. I’ve Missed You.

My growing years were dominated by space flight games. X-Wing, Tie Fighter, Elite, Wing Commander, Privateer. It’s been a sad, lonely gaming existence without them over the past decade or so, so it’s just the best to see the genre making a spirited comeback. Star Citizen looks great, CCP’s EVE shooteris a dream come true…

A Most Unexpected Cosplay Gallery

You know, normally, our weekly cosplay roundup features costumes from series like Final Fantasy, or Assassin’s Creed, or Zelda. This week is a welcome change, though, because it’s going to feature some stuff I never dreamed I’d get the chance to feature here. Like Warhammer. And…Ace Ventura. The Warhammer one is just incredible. It’s from…

One Of The World’s Best Developers Is Down To 17 Staff

Criterion, the guys behind the Burnout series and the good Need For Speed games (not the movie), are going through what you could call a transitional period. Like, there’s hardly anyone actually working there anymore. But that’s not a bad thing. Criterion creative director Alex Ward Tweeted over the weekend: Ward says that, with most…

Now This Is Extreme Trash-Talking

Hearing someone say your mother [verb] [noun] is pretty common in gaming, but this clip, of some in-person DOTA gloating, is on a whole other level. Insults? Not needed when you’re throwing up amassed, skull-crushing wall of noise The dude in the yellow shirt giving the rare lean-in double bird is the best DOTA Trash…

The 12 Best Mods For PC Games

The real joy of playing a game on PC is that, thanks to mods, your entire experience can be improved by the work of dedicated fans. Because some mods are so extensive, transforming almost everything about the source title, we felt it was only fair to list 12 of the best of them here, since…

Hyper Light Drifter, You Look So Hot

Diablo II. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. Secret of Mana. These are just some of the inspirations behind Hyper Light Drifter, a game I’m off to Kickstart right about now

Now that is a tiny computer. It’s the Gigabyte BRIX. More at Engadget

Sure, Minecraft With Mass Effect Powers Would Work

Eden Star is the perfect game for those of who have always wanted to play Mass Effect, but were put off because there wasn’t enough Minecraft in it. A first-person game by indie team Flix Interactive, Eden Star is described as an “immersive first-person, survival creation game that blends innovative physics based combat, destructible environments,…

A Soundtrack For The Best Game That Never Existed

Remember SKull & Shark? Dave Rapoza’s badass comic concept that fancied itself as an old-school beat-em-up? It’s now also got a soundtrack coming. The music is by Lazerhawk. If you haven’t head Lazerhawk,fix that

Everything You Need To Survive The Apocalypse

Henrik Sahlström works as a concept artist at Battlefield developers DICE. But hey, that’s not all he does. Guy also did stuff for the gorgeous Brothers: A Tale Of Two Sons. Previous to his job at DICE, Sahlström worked at Starbreeze, they of Riddick and Syndicate reboot fame. You can see some examples of his…

Awww, The Vita’s Awesome New TV Thing Might Not Come To The West

It sounds stupid on paper, but the PS Vita TV is one of the most interesting, and for my life situation appealing pieces of gaming tech to come along in a long time. So naturally, it might only be released in Asia. Sadness. In an interview with regional gadget site Tech-On, Sony’s Andrew House said…

Link Has Killed The Hulk, And Will Now Kill Darth Vader

Reader James made this short called Young Wonder, which has made it into the Toronto International Film Festival. He seems surprised it got in, but come on dude. It’s awesome. It’s about two kids, playing in the woods, when their imagination takes over. As though the badass toy commercials from the 80s came to life,…

Of Course Someone At Microsoft Hates The Name “Xbone”

Having just had his NeoGAF account approved, Microsoft’s Larry Hryb told users on the site earlier this week that he doesn’t care for the now-standard nickname for the company’s new console, the Xbone. “I don’t like it”, he says in response to a question from a user. “…it disrespects the teams that have put in…

The Military Shooter I Can’t Review

Bohemia Interactive’s ArmA III, a super-realistic modern combat simulation, is out today. I’ve been playing the retail release for over a week now, so under normal circumstances this is where a formal review of ArmA III would go. But with ArmA III, that just doesn’t feel right. Firstly because the game’s not technically finished yet.…

Steam Is 10 Today. Remember When It Sucked?

It wasn’t until 2005, when Valve began signing on external publishers, that the service really blew up

Think The PS4 Is Expensive? Be Glad You Don’t Live In Argentina

Or, for our Argentinian readers who do live in Argentina…I’m sorry. So sorry. Americans have it made. Gamers in Europe and Australia (and elsewhere!) pay a lot more, comparatively, for games and hardware. But the PAL Tax is nothing on what gamers in other markets, like those in South America, face. Small consumer bases As…