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Sorry Nolan North, My Gaming Voice Hero is Dave Fennoy
Quick. Name your favourite video game voice-over artist. If it’s not Nolan North, it’s most likely…that guy who played..that guy. Or that lady who was that woman in that one series I really like. It’s sad that so few of these talented artists are recognised for their work, so I figured today I’d shine the…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 15, 2012 -
First DayZ Screenshots Are…Well, There’s No Zombies
The upcoming standalone version of DayZ, currently a mod for military sim ArmA II, won’t look too different from the original. As you’ll see from these screenshots, the first released for the project. There’s no people. No zombies. No buses. Just empty buildings, which look a lot like those already found in the game, albeit…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 15, 2012 -
Play Halo 4 Early, Get Banned From Xbox Live. Forever.
With Halo 4 not out until the first week of November, the fact people are playing it now—and getting banned from Xbox Live for doing so—all but confirms the suspicion that copies of the game have been leaked According to a report on MCV, Xbox Live users found playing the game are being given permanent…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 15, 2012 -
The Places You’ve Been Playing Video Games…
Where have you been in the last few years? I don’t mean in the real world. I mean in that other world. The one where Skyrim’s customs officer checks your bags for juniper berries, or where amidst the rubble of a post-apocalyptic society someone found a working sticker machine. British artist AJ Hateley (who we’ve…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 15, 2012 -
Hawken Beta Starts Real Soon
There have been some secret alpha tests going on for a while now, but a much wider pool of people will finally get their hands on mech shooter Hawken when it kicks off a closed beta on October 26. Invites will start going out this week, while the beta will run until October 29. More…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 15, 2012 -
It’s Not a Crime to Paint LEGO
I mean, it should be. The whole point of LEGO is that it allows people to create (or recreate) things within the bounds of a visual style that’s supposed to be basic. Yet here we have a Maschinen Krieger vehicle (explanation here), painted like it was some Warhammer 40K miniature, and…it’s not terrible. It’s actually…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 15, 2012 -
Game Developers Stuck in Jail Because Greece’s Legal System is on Strike
A month ago, a pair of developers working for ArmA developers Bohemia Interactive were arrested by Greek authorities, who claimed the holiday snaps they were taking of a military installation were acts of espionage. It seems a ridiculous story, and one that should have had a swift resolution, only…there’s nobody around to resolve it. Panagiotis…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 15, 2012 -
Xbox Music Sounds Amazing (If You Use Microsoft Devices)
First announced back at E3, Microsoft today revealed the first serious details about its Xbox Music service, which will use the cloud to stream a music catalogue across platforms like the Xbox 360, PC and Windows 8 tablets. It’ll have around 30 million songs when it opens. It goes live on the Xbox 360 tomorrow,…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 15, 2012 -
The World Ends With Awesome Cosplay
It’s always nice to see when a cosplayer wanders off the well-trodden path and dresses up as a character you don’t exactly see every day. Like this The World Ends With You outfit. Of all the Square Enix games people cosplay from, it’s criminally under-represented, so it’s nice to see it get its due here.…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 15, 2012 -
Syfy’s Defiance Looks Like Resistance With Elves
We may not have heard about Defiance the video game since E3, but Syfy is still forging ahead with the TV show based on the property, releasing this new commercial for the series during New York Comic Con this weekend. Long ago conceived as a series where an MMO and a TV show would co-exist,…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 14, 2012 -
Thank You, Metro: Last Light, For Not Shipping With Multiplayer
It’s kind of faded into the background now that most people like to focus their anger on downloadable content, but for me, multiplayer has always been the biggest problem with modern, big-budget video games. It just doesn’t, for many games, need to be there. At all. Sure, your big sports games and shooters need it,…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 14, 2012 -
EA Accidentally Gives Away Thousands of Free Games
Over the weekend, some gamers received a special code from Electronic Arts as thanks for completing a survey. That code allowed them to download a free game from Origin, EA’s online store for PC games. Or, it would have if EA thought to secure the code properly. Instead, it was quickly discovered that the code…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 14, 2012 -
These Gamers Won $1 Million on Saturday
Those young men you see up there are five of the members of the Taipei Assassins, who on Saturday took out season 2 of the League of Legends World Championships at the Galen Centre in Los Angeles. They easily defeated South Korean team Azubu Frost – at the centre of a cheating controversy that rocked…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 14, 2012 -
Maybe an HD Zelda Game Could Look Like This?
Despite the depth-of-field effects, this isn’t a statue. It’s a 3D model of Link, done by games artist Chris Brincat It is now also near the very top of my wish-list as to what an HD Zelda game should look like on the Wii U. Though ideally such a game would ditch the fairy. Link…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 12, 2012 -
In Preserving Old Arcade Cabinets, This Man is Doing God’s Work
Richie Knucklez is an arcade gaming legend. Not only is he the world record-holder in Space Invaders, but he also runs a fantastic business that locates, repairs and restores old arcade cabinets. He does good work, important work, so it’s only fitting that someone has gone and shot a documentary about him. The King of…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 12, 2012 -
The Hobbit’s New LEGO Sets Are Looking Mighty Precious
In addition to its Ninja Turtles reveal, LEGO has also been showing off new sets and figures from its Hobbit line at the New York Comic-Con. The two playsets are The Goblin King Battle, which will sell for $100, and Riddles for The Ring, which will sell for $10. They’ll be out in December, just…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 12, 2012 -
These Water Bottles Deserved to Die
When he’s not making playthroughs of video games on YouTube, Will Keith is killing water bottles. Killing them with flair In case you couldn’t guess from his Twitter handle @Fatswordsman, Keith has all kinds of sharp and dangerous weapons, and it looks like he knows how to use them. Against a collection of water bottles…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 12, 2012 -
Uwe Boll’s Latest Trailer is a Masterclass in Hilarity
Infamous director Uwe Boll, who’s remembered around these parts mostly for his terrible video game adaptations, has a new movie out soon, called Zombie Massacre Whether it’s based on the obscure 1998 Amiga game of the same name nobody seems quite sure, but one thing I am sure of is that this clip is awesomely…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 12, 2012 -
Culture
Hey, Aliens Can Have Kraken Too, You Know
This isn’t the only planet to have water on it. There are likely countless other worlds out there covered in the wet stuff. So don’t go assuming we’ll be the only civilization to have ever come up with the idea of giant sea monsters! That piece above, plus all the others you’ll see in this…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 12, 2012 -
The Number of People Who Play League of Legends Just Blows my Mind
Because it exists in something of a bubble, outside of the normal video game release schedules and news channels, it’s often difficult for outsiders to grasp just how freaking huge PC game League of Legends has become. So here’s a reminder: it is freaking huge Developers Riot Games have released some user data for the…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 12, 2012
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