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If Art Was An Adventure Game
You’d either click everywhere on a painting until something worked, or you’d be greeted with messages like these, done by artist Joe Alterio Jeez, rip those messages out of bright and cheery games and they’re pretty blunt. And depressing. “You can’t go any further” just makes me want to curl up in bed and not…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 25, 2012 -
Nobody Loves Rayman Quite Like This Guy
Yeah, he’s been in some decent platformers, but I never thought much of Rayman as a character. He’s just too 90s. So it’s a little surprising seeing him paid tribute in one of the biggest and best pieces of gaming graffiti I’ve ever seen. The piece, by estaphette, can be found in Saint-Étienne in France.…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 25, 2012 -
Hey Look, It’s a New Trailer For That New Panzer Dragoon Game
Look, it doesn’t carry the official name, but we all know upcoming Kinect title Crimson Dragon is basically a new Panzer Dragoon game. Especially after watching this clip. It also looks like it’s going to need a bigger-than-average seizure warning at the beginning, because there’s points here where I don’t know what the hell is…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 25, 2012 -
Culture
We Can Only Hope Next-Gen Street Fighter Looks This Good
Loraine Howard III doesn’t just have the best name of any artist we’ve featured here on our concept art spotlight, he also has some of the most impressive 3D work, headlined by the incredible Balrog you see up top. If next-gen pants don’t look that good I’ll be very disappointed. Loraine has previously worked with…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 25, 2012 -
ArmA III Gets Prettier Every Time I See it
DayZ might be the talk of the PC gaming town at the moment, but for all its qualities at the end of the day it’s still just a mod. It’s using the engine and effects from ArmA II, which play a big part in helping the game achieve its brooding atmosphere. Thing is, ArmA II…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 25, 2012 -
Game Glitch Causes Mass Nightmares
I love Mount & Blade. Sure, it’s a little rough around the edges, and its ugly as sin, but that’s just part of the charm. What other game lets you engage in 200-man battles with muskets and/or swords? Not enough, that’s how many. Correction: I did love Mount & Blade. Now, having seen this texture…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 25, 2012 -
CultureTotal Recall
How to Beat the Worst Video Game Ever Made
While that’s a subjective boast, has any other game been so terrible that copies of it were taken out into the middle of the desert and buried? No. So I’m sticking with it. ET, released in 1982, was so terrible that marketing material had to be produced helping players get through it. If what’s written…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 24, 2012 -
CultureTotal RecallThe Internet Has Never Been More Awkward Than Julia Stiles in 1994
As awful as this is, I can’t stop watching. This is Julia Stiles circa 1994, guest-starring on Ghostwriter, and introducing kids to the wonders – and perils – of the internet. Such an idealist, she was! Shame she never saw the porn, cat pictures and Facebook coming. She might have lingered a little less longingly…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 24, 2012 -
Freakin’ Amazing StarCraft Statue Now Looms Outside Blizzard Office
Blizzard’s company HQ has an enormous Warcraft statue out front. It’s incredible. Making it officially a “thing”, Blizzard’s offices in Versailles, France now have one too. Only it’s from StarCraft An enormous Queen of Blades now guards the front courtyard. She was designed by renowned Hollywood effects man Steve Wang, who even got to sign…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 24, 2012 -
“Hacker” May Have Asked for Microsoft’s Help Breaking Into Call of Duty Creator’s Emails
According to a report from Robert Schwartz, the lawyer currently representing Call of Duty creators Jason West and Vince Zampella in their big case against Activision, the notorious “Project Icebreaker” sounds even crazier than we first thought. Schwartz tells Game Informer that Thomas Fenady, the Activision IT expert approached to hack into Infinity Ward’s email…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 24, 2012 -
Culture
What is This, Video Games or a Fashion Show?
Jace Wallace is a concept artist currently employed by Electronic Arts. Some of his more recent works include The Sims 3. But don’t let that put you off what you’re about to see. Because what you’re about to see is some beautiful art. You can see a lot more stuff at Jace’s personal site To…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 24, 2012 -
Another Enormous, Expensive Metal Gear Figure
Though it was unveiled last month at an event in Hong Kong, it was tough to get an idea of the scale of threeA’s Metal Gear Ray figure until now. And boy, it’s just as big and ridiculously excessive as the company’s Metal Gear Rex was That “small” figure underneath it is Square Enix’s Cyborg…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 24, 2012 -
Designing a Better Face for Mass Effect’s Tali
There comes a point in Mass Effect 3 where, your actions permitting, you get to see what Tali looks like under her mask. To say it’s a crushing disappointment is to take the piss Rather than stew in her own rage and/or send hostile emails to BioWare employees, Finnish artist K4ll0 decided to set things…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 24, 2012 -
The Soviets Are Making Their Own Fallout, and it Looks Great
Novy Soyuz is an upcoming game from Best Way, the Ukranian devs behind the excellent strategy series Men at War. It’s basically Fallout, only set in the USSR. The story – translated by Reddit user Dreamercz, since the game’s page isn’t in English – is that the Cuban Missile Crisis doesn’t end so peacefully, and…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 24, 2012 -
Now THIS is How You Celebrate a Game’s Anniversary
It’s been really disappointing in the last few years watching companies like Nintendo do so little to really commemorate significant anniversaries in the life of beloved game franchises. Mario got a tiny little extras disc while Zelda got even less. Capcom, though, seem to know what long-time fans are looking for with their anniversaries, that…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 24, 2012 -
Relax, The Xbox 360 Probably Isn’t Going to be Banned
International Trade Commission judge David Shaw has recommended that the import and sale of Xbox 360 consoles in the US be halted immediately. Sounds drastic, I know, but maybe it’s not as bad as it sounds. Speaking with GI.biz, patent expert Florian Mueller says “I’ve never seen an ITC judge make any other recommendation than…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 24, 2012 -
Leaked Copernicus Screens Look Like a Futuristic World of Warcraft
Most likely spilled by a disgruntled current/former employee of developer 38 Studios, which isn’t exactly having the best time of it at the moment, a Kingdoms of Amalur fansite has what sure look like the first screens from Copernicus, the codename for 38’s upcoming MMO. While we recently got to see a trailer for the…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 24, 2012 -
The Secret Behind the Success of DayZ, the Most Interesting PC “Game” of 2012
You can keep your Diablos, the most interesting thing to happen to PC gaming this year has easily been DayZ, a zombie survival mod for military shooter ArmA II What’s even more impressive than the experience itself, though, is the fact it was created by a single man, New Zealander Dean Hall. So earlier this…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 24, 2012 -
CultureTotal RecallThe Excitement of Driving a Public Bus Around Tokyo. Very Slowly.
Japan has a long and storied tradition of developing games where you are a train driver. Doing very little but going forwards, backwards and slowing down at stations. If that sounds a little too pedestrian for your tastes, well, there’s always Tokyo Bus Guide. Released around the turn of the milennium on the Dreamcast (and…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 23, 2012 -
CultureTotal Recall
Game Box Nipples and Gunsmoke Moustaches
This is Game Over, a title for the Spectrum, first released in 1987. A game released amidst controversy. See, while later editions of the game would feature slightly edited variations of the box art, the original featured one of video gaming’s first wardrobe malfunctions. You could see half a nipple. And it caused an outrage.…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 23, 2012
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