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Fans Design Their Own Gran Turismo 5 Car. So, Yeah, It Can “Transform”.
Despite what looks like a screenshot from the game, above, the E-motion concept car is not available to drive in Gran Turismo 5. It’s not even a real car. It’s instead one of the best fan projects I’ve ever seen for a game. Four French designers have teamed up to design the vehicle, which they’ve…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 18, 2013 -
You Won’t Blend In Wearing A Snazzy Dishonored Shirt
It looks like I may be about to add a third outlet to my tiny list of “stores I buy gaming shirts from”, because Gametee—a new outlet that’s about to hit its Kickstarter goal—is designing some very attractive tops. As they should! One of the partners is British artist AJ Hately, whose Dishonored work floored…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 18, 2013 -
There’s A Playable, If Broken Build Of An Unreleased Resident Evil Game Out There
One of the more famous unfinished games on the PlayStation is Resident Evil 1.5, a title that was originally intended to be Resident Evil 2 before it was scrapped at the 11th hour and replaced with, well, Resident Evil 2 The title’s unfinished and mysterious nature has led it to develop a bit of a…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 18, 2013 -
Welcome To Pandora… And Hyrule… And The Citadel…
As usual, it’s been a stellar week in cosplay around this spinning ball of dirt, with a great assortment of characters, costumes, photography and towering Warhammer 40K Chaos Marines. To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), right-click on them below and…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 18, 2013 -
Fresh DayZ Screens Show New Faces, New Map Areas
The standalone version of DayZ is on its way, and in these new screenshots, developers Bohemia Interactive show off some more improvements slated for the upgrade, including face models and some low-res shots of one of the new areas of the map being slotted in. A post on the game’s development Tumblr is also worth…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 17, 2013 -
A Man Has Played Q*Bert For Over 80 Hours To Break A 30-Year World Record [Update]
The last two guys to try and beat the Q*Bert world record had to pull out due to fatigue, because they’d need to have played the game for over 70 hours to beat it. Well, consider that record broken. Last week, two men—George Leutz (one of the failed iron men from 2011) and Ed Heemskerk—set…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 17, 2013 -
Giant LEGO X-Wing Might Be The Coolest LEGO Set Ever Made
Normally when we post something LEGO-related on this site, it tends to be a custom build, because that’s where the really amazing stuff happens. Today, though, my hat is off to LEGO’s designers, because this new X-Wing model is fantastic. Replacing the older, weird-looking version (I never liked the nose), this Ultimate Collectors Series “Red…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 17, 2013 -
That Terrific Mortal Kombat Series Is Back For Season 2
Mortal Kombat Legacy, the web series that was way more professional than it had any right to be, is back for a second season. And it’s looking even slicker. Some of the cast involved have appeared in projects like Glee and Hawaii Five-O, and they’ve even got the original Shang Tsung, but all eyes—well, both…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 17, 2013 -
Destiny Dev Says ‘Nobody Plays Shooters The Way They Used To’
Well, Destiny, that didn’t take long. Speaking with Destructoid, Bungie’s co-founder Jason Jones says something that anyone reading this with mouse in hand at keyboard at front might find a little… weird. We did a bunch of ambitious things on Halo deliberately to reach out to people. We limited players to two weapons, we gave…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 17, 2013 -
Here’s Five Of The Best Attempts At Creating A PS4 Logo
On February 20, there’s a good chance we’ll not only get to see the PlayStation 4, but also get to see its branding. Stuff like the logo. Unable to wait that long, Aussie company 99 Designs held a competition for users, asking them to come up with their own take. Being open to the general…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 15, 2013 -
A Beautiful GIF Of My Most Hated Video Game Enemy
Look, I know if there was a list of the top 100 toughest bosses in video gaming, Minish Cap’s Vaati wouldn’t make the cut. There are NES games, or games that end in “Souls”, that are way harder than any handheld adventure Nintendo has ever conjured for Link. But for me, for some reason, I…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 15, 2013 -
The Last Barfighter Is An Arcade Game That Literally Pours The Winner A Beer
This is The Last Barfighter. It’s a 2D arcade fighting game. It looks pretty awful, but that’s OK. The point here isn’t to simply enjoy a video game. It’s to beat your opponent so you get beer The video above explains it all. Players insert their cups, they fight, and the winner’s cup is filled…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 15, 2013 -
Meteorite Explodes Over Russia, Crazy Footage Looks Like A Disaster Movie
A meteorite has exploded over central Russia, resulting in some absolutely nutso footage. The first video above shows the moment the meteorite streaks across the sky before exploding, while the subsequent videos give you an idea how loud the thing was, before showing you the amazing trail left behind. If ever there was a time…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 15, 2013 -
Culture
The World, Or At Least What’s Left Of It, Is Yours
Nivanh Chanthara is a French concept artist who works at Beenox, a studio that’s worked on a bunch of games for Activision over the last few years. His latest project is an “unrevealed” AAA project. Before that, though, he did some work in animation, getting his start on the Iron Man: Armored Adventures series. You…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 15, 2013 -
Watch Capcom Get Sound Effects By Recording Some Very Angry Zoo Animals
If there was a list of the most underappreciated fields in the video game industry, surely sound design would be up near the top. Despite creating and capturing one of a game’s most crucial aspects, you never really hear from the men and women working in the field, and you rarely get a chance to…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 15, 2013 -
You Can Preorder This Game Before You Even Know What It Is
Indie developer 11 Bit Studios has quite the deal for you: if you preorder their game now, you’ll get 50% off the final price. That’d be quite the saving, if we actually knew a damn thing about the game. But we don’t. The deal “is for those brave souls who are willing to jump into…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 15, 2013 -
All This Beautiful Landscape Needs Is An Actual RPG To Play It With
Unigine are a busy little company. They make games, like 2012 RTS Oil Rush. They make PC benchmark tools. And they also make engines. We’re looking at a combination of the latter two here today, as this video takes us on a sweeping tour of an enormous, 64 square-kilometre wooded landscape that looks just perfect…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 14, 2013 -
Maybe Mods Can Improve Aliens: Colonial Marines On PC
No other version of Aliens: Colonial Marines is as disappointing as the PC edition, seeing as it ships with such limited support for even the most basic level of visual flair gamers on the platform are accustomed to. Seeking to fix that, though, as they always do, are modders, who in only a few days…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 14, 2013 -
Grown Man Turns Living Room Into Enormous, Incredible Battle Of Hoth Diorama
So, Barry here likes Star Wars. A lot. So much so that he’s sacrificed an entire room of his house to recreate Empire Strikes Back’s Battle of Hoth, in a diorama that would make even Industrial Light & Magic proud. It’s a completely static piece; the explosions and smoke you see don’t move, despite how…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 14, 2013 -
You Can Now Buy Ryu’s Head. If You Want.
This is a 1:1 scale bust from Pop Culture Shock collectibles. For those who always wanted to see how the size of their head matched up with that of Ryu’s. If the size and design aren’t creepy enough, the eyeballs can be moved, so that he is always watching No word on price or release…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 14, 2013
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