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Sony Working on its own Kinect
A patent filed in late 2011, but which has only been published this month, reveals that Sony is working on its own version of Kinect, Microsoft’s popular motion-sensing peripheral for the Xbox 360 (and now PC). Of course, the argument could be made that Kinect was Microsoft’s own version of Sony’s EyeToy (indeed, this new…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 20, 2012 -
The iPhone’s Pokémon is Gone. Here’s How to Get Your Money Back.
Despite the fact we warned you, the lure of playing Pokémon Yellow on an iPhone proved too much for many, who sent the scam to second spot on Apple’s App Store charts Well, it’s gone now. And thousands of people paid $0.99 for something that shows a title screen and then crashes. If that’s you,…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 20, 2012 -
I’ve got a Ticket to Ride, and I Care, Very Much
If you’ve never played the board game Ticket to Ride, boy, are you missing out. It’s almost the perfect game. There are enough cards and rules to keep serious board gamers thinking, but the basic gist is simple enough you can be up and playing in only a few minutes. As with many other great…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 20, 2012 -
Breaking: Gabe Newell Grows Beard
Progress Score: Initially startling, but apprehension soon gives way to an appreciation of its wispy whiteness. Post-apocalyptic desert ranger meets Santa Claus. Most likely not a Half-Life Episode 3 tease. Most likely Valve’s Gabe Newell [Penny Arcade Report | Pic by Dabe Alan] UPDATE – Wow. This little thing generated some unexpected responses. For what…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 20, 2012 -
Yankees Pitcher has one Hell of a Custom PlayStation 3
Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia – who we already know takes his video games seriously – has a very special, one-of-a-kind PlayStation 3. And it’s one that speaks directly to my tastes It’s wood-panelled! Pimped out like an old Telstar Classic. Sony made the console for Sabathia and emblazoned it with his number, a crown and…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 20, 2012 -
BioWare Trio Leave to Make a Strategy…RPG…Thing
Arnie Jorgensen, Alex Thomas and John Watson just spent over five years working on Star Wars: The Old Republic at BioWare. After which the perfect palette-cleanser seems to be leaving the studio to make their own game. That game is The Banner Saga, which the trio’s studio Stoic describes as “role-playing meets turn-based strategy, wrapped…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 20, 2012 -
The Very Best In Cosplay: Echow88
Today’s feature on the very best cosplayers in the world takes us to Indonesia, where we’re taking a look at the astounding work of Echow88. While some cosplayers can get by modelling characters with “basic” costumes, Echow88 goes all-out, appearing as the stars of games like Star Ocean 4, Kingdom hearts, Lineage II and Aion,…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 20, 2012 -
Want Your PS3 Games to Run Faster? Buy an SSD
The Xbox 360 and Wii are, if you want to stay under warranty, locked entities. You can’t upgrade them at all. The PS3, though, lets you swap out a hard drive, and with the coming of the age of solid state drives (SSD), this can result in big performance gains. Running a series of tests…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 20, 2012 -
Old Nintendo Game Contains Heart-Warming, Hand-Written Note
The story on a Reddit post from over the weekend goes like this. “My girlfriend bought an old copy of Animal Crossing. The surprise we found inside just made our day.” It’s made our day too. Located inside the box, and written in a style that to someone who once worked in childcare for six…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 20, 2012 -
This Amazing GoldenEye Homage Totally Nails it
If you’ve ever played the original GoldenEye on the Nintendo 64 – or even seen someone playing it – you’ll quickly see just how great this clip is. The fact it doesn’t just serve up the game itself, but YouTube playthroughs at the same time, only makes it twice as good.
By Luke Plunkett Published February 19, 2012 -
Pikachu, Wario, Snake and Mega Man Find Comfort With Kindred Spirits
Fresh off his explorations of droids with feelings and adorable video game weapons, artist Chris Gerringer is back with some heart-felt fist-bumps from some emotional little characters realising that, hey, they’re not alone in the world/universe after all. I know that feel, bro [Paperbeatsscissors]
By Luke Plunkett Published February 19, 2012 -
What a Western Final Fantasy Could Have Sounded Like
One of the most fascinating video game dead ends in recent years has been the fact that, up until a few years ago, a Swedish developer was working on a big-money Final Fantasy game While the project was ultimately cancelled, and in a very messy way, it still tickles a lot of people’s “what if”…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 19, 2012 -
Dinsaurs? Jetpacks? This New Shooter Has Them Both.
ORION: Dino Beatdown is an upcoming team-based multiplayer shooter for the PC. Players take control of guys using jetpacks who face waves of dinosaurs, and have to shoot them all in their pointy little faces. Not that all the faces are little. As you’ll see in the clip above. It’s being worked on by Spiral…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 19, 2012 -
More Gears of War 3 DLC Coming
A new set of downloadable content for Gears of War 3, Forces of Nature, will be out on March 27. It includes three new character skins, three new maps, two old maps, seven weapon skins and Gears of War 2’s Guardian Mode. Forces of Nature will cost 800 MSP. [GameTrailers]
By Luke Plunkett Published February 17, 2012 -
Half-Life 2’s Strider Comes to Life With This Custom Action Figure
Actually, calling it an action figure does it a bit of a disservice. The term “action figure” conjures all sorts of images, mostly of very small men. This custom Strider from the Half-Life universe is not very small at all. Not only does it look awesome, but its builder, nomadamusic, says it was almost entirely…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 17, 2012 -
Buy Yourself a Real Dragonborn Helmet
You’ve seen Dragonborn helmets made out of yarn. You’ve seen Dragonborn helmets made out of bacon. Both were awesome, but hardly practical. Now, this real Dragonborn helmet, you could crack some skulls with this. This replica helmet is actually about as authentic as you could hope for, as the seller claims it was cast from…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 17, 2012 -
Culture
The Dinosaurs, Robots and BioShocks of Artist Ben Mauro
Ben Mauro is a concept artist from New Zealand who has recently worked on The Hobbit. The new Superman movie, Man of Steel. Neill Blomkamp’s Elysium. Even the upcoming Star Wars TV show, Underworld He’s also done video game work with Insomniac Games on both Ratchet & Clank and Resistance, as well as helping out…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 17, 2012 -
Valve’s $100 Joke Ends in Half-Life Delay Gags
Valve’s $100 Valentine’s Day gag was actually taken up by a lot of people, who figured the money was well spent since it gave them a chance to broadcast a message to the entire Team Fortress 2 community. What resulted, then, were not actual engagements, but people making Half-Life 3 jokes for the whole world…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 17, 2012 -
Damn It, Link, Put Those Eyes Away
Artist OMOCAT takes Zelda and dials the cuteness up as far as it can go without making you puke. Even the Zelda stuff that’s already cute, doesn’t matter, it gets cuter Those with a high tolerance for sweetness head through the gallery above. If you make it out alive, OMOCAT’s got plenty of other awesome…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 17, 2012 -
KOTOR, Mass Effect & Dragon Age Writer Leaves Games Behind
Drew Karpyshyn, who’s been a writer at BioWare for over a decade now, will be walking away from the games business to focus on his novels. In that decade, Karpyshyn contributed to some of the best-written video games of all time, including Knights of the Old Republic, Jade Empire, the first two Mass Effect games…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 17, 2012
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