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Xbox One Voice Commands Won’t Work At Launch For Everyone
One of the key draws of making the new Kinect mandatory for the Xbox One is that it allows you to do stuff like turn the console on just by talking to it. For Americans, you’ll be able to do that at launch, but if you’re from Australia or Austria, you won’t. Some very, very…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 29, 2013 -
How To Build Your Own Nintendo 2DS
Here’s Francis, proving that in addition to fury, he can also make videos of a more helpful nature. In this case, a handy instructable on how to build your own Nintendo 2DS It’s a lot cheaper, and easier, than you think. How To Get a Nintendo 2DS [YouTube]
By Luke Plunkett Published August 29, 2013 -
Future Gran Turismo Will Feature This Guys’ Sweet Car
Every year, developers Polyphony Digital hold the Gran Turismo Trophy, an event which sees the winning car immortalised with a promise to appear in a future GT game. Not just the overall make and model. The actual, individual car. This year’s winner is a gorgeous 1953 Aston Martin DB3S Sports, owned by Brian Classic. You…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 29, 2013 -
This Isn’t Cosplay, It’s An Action Figure
We know, threeA make good Halo figures, but damn, these two new ones are just pushing the envelope. The envelope marked “Exquisite Giant Halo Figures”. The two latest figures from the Hong Kong toy company are again from Halo Reach, this time of Emile and the Spartan Mk V EVA. Both figures stand 13.5 inches…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 29, 2013 -
Culture
Oh, Nothin’, Just Thinkin’ About Some Great Game Art
Artist Karla Ortiz, who has worked at NCSoft and Ubisoft, and also done stuff for Wizards of the Coast, is currently doing some stuff with Lucasfilm. She is very good. I’ve posted some of her work below, but really, you’re going to want to go to her site to see more, it’s fantastic stuff. To…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 29, 2013 -
Assassin’s Creed: Better When Nobody Has A Neck
Reader Mads, inspired by the creepy TF2 mod we posted recently, let us know about something similar he did to Assassin’s Creed II. Cracking open the game’s code, he was able to find stuff that let him mess with the game’s field of view, timing, weather, cameras and…necks. Assassin’s Creed 2 – Camera Mod and…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 29, 2013 -
Let’s Help Nintendo Choose Next Year’s “Year Of ” Star
The best thing about 2013 is that it’s the Year of Luigi. So it’s going to suck when 2014 comes around and it’s not the Year of Luigi anymore. Unless… …unless we can keep the good times rolling and make 2014 the Year of Blathers. Or the Year of Birdo. Or the Year of Any…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 28, 2013 -
You’ll Think Valve Made This Team Fortress 2 Video, It’s That Good
Given the quality of Valve’s own “Meet The…” shorts for Team Fortress 2, it’s natural to expect/pray for the company to make a movie based on the popular shooter. One look at this clip, though, and you’ll see they won’t ever need to. End Of The Line is a fan-made project that takes every single…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 28, 2013 -
The Last Of Us’ New Box Art Is Just Beautiful
The Last Of Us’ box art was pretty good, but it’s got nothing on this new take, which is the work of designer Cory Schmitz You might be able to get away with printing these off from the jpgs below, but for the real thing, you can pick up prints at PAX. The Last Of…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 28, 2013 -
It’s Like League Of Legends. Only With Mechs…And Laser Guns.
Decimal is an in-development indie game from Orb Interactive. On the one hand, it’s a MOBA game (ala League of Legends, DOTA). On the other, thank the Maker, it’s trying some different things The big one is that there aren’t any wizards, trolls, swords or spells. It’s got a slick sci-fi aesthetic, helped along by…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 28, 2013 -
Monty Python LEGO Is A Flesh Wound For Your Dreams
We see LEGO mock-ups all the time here, and that’s cool, but these ones – for a series of sets based on Monthy Python’s Holy Grail – are so real it hurts. The box art, the product codes, you look, you stare, you dream, and try and convince yourself they’re real, but sadly, no. You…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 28, 2013 -
Culture
More Stunning Art From 2013’s Prettiest Video Game
If you’re just joining me on the Banner Saga hype train, know that it’s a turn-based combat/strategy game, and that it is already one of the most beautiful video games of all time. So any chance I get to post more art from the game, you can bet your shieldmaiden I’ll be doing just that.…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 28, 2013 -
Kickstarter Games Accused Of Scamming The System
Company offers to double the money a game makes on Kickstarter in exchange for exclusivity. What could possibly go wrong? Nothing concrete, as of yet, but two games looking to take advantage of Ouya’s new Free The Games campaign – which sees the console makers match the funding target of successful Kickstarter campaigns in return…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 28, 2013 -
How A Basically Blind Girl Can Play Nintendo Games
Jennifer Powers suffered an anoxic brain injury at birth, and as a result she’s practically blind, unable to “focus within a few inches of her face, even with very thick glasses”. That should rule her out of playing regular video games, but nope, luckily, she’s found a way to get her game on. As her…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 28, 2013 -
Sega’s Crazy Pitch For Modern Remakes Of Its Classic Games
Here’s something so nutty it might actually have worked: a few years back Sega’s Australian studio pitched an idea for a series of remakes called “Sega Reborn”, which wouldn’t just recreate classic games like Golden Axe and Altered Beast, but somehow tie them into the same, single universe. While the idea was obviously never picked…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 27, 2013 -
This Year’s “Biggest” Video Game Is Not Call Of Duty Or GTA
Not in terms of literal game size, at least. No, the honour of the game with the biggest world will surely go to Bohemia’s upcoming ArmA III, which takes place on an island so damn big one of its designers went out and made this comparison chart. Drawn (roughly) to scale, the top half are…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 27, 2013 -
The Xbox One Will Not Launch On November 8 After All
Yesterday, we heard from a source at a marketing company who had seen documentation pencilling the Xbox One in for a tentative, unconfirmed November 8 launch. Today, a source close to Microsoft tells us that’s not the case. The source says to expect the console at a date later than November 8, though obviously still…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 27, 2013 -
Polygonal Pokémon Are The Best Pokémon
Artist Jan Carlos Garcia made these great Pokemon, stripping their designs back into a low-poly design that would have made the best early-90s virtual reality game ever made. Or, now that I think about it, the best low-poly fan update of Pokémon Snap for the Oculus Rift that nobody’s actually made yet. Low Poly Pokemon…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 27, 2013 -
A Card Game That Makes You Do Terrible, Terrible Things
Terrible Things is a card game with a simple premise. Teams have to draw, describe or act out a terrible thing. If you can’t guess what it is, you have to do a terrible thing How terrible? Not, like, murder. An example the creators provide include…sticking your hand down the toilet. I’m sure booze –…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 27, 2013
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