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Is the Xbox Live “Hacking” Problem Worse Than Microsoft Realises?
So late last year, people began to complain that their Xbox Live accounts were being “hacked”. Microsoft said no, they weren’t, but acknowledged there was an issue with unscrupulous types “phishing” for account info. “It’s not a hack, it’s really just a different way to monetise stolen accounts”, Microsoft’s Doug Park said at the time.…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 6, 2012 -
Rumor: Next Xbox and Next PlayStation Will Both be at E3 2012
MCV is reporting that both the next Xbox console from Microsoft and Sony’s next PlayStation home console will both make their debuts at this year’s E3. It’s implied in the story that the news comes from external parties associated with both platform holders, in Microsoft’s case its “partners”, in Sony’s case “third parties”. Were this…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 6, 2012 -
Zelda’s Boss Offers a Giant Disclaimer over “Official” Series Timeline
When the “official” timeline for The Legend of Zelda series was first published in a Japanese book, I warned you. “Be warned…Nintendo may later own up and say this isn’t the super-secret official timeline they’ve been guarding with their lives for decades”, I said. “This may be just an ‘interpretation’. Or something”. Turns out that…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 6, 2012 -
Harrison Ford Watches Indiana Jones for the First Time
Remember last year how Harrison Ford helped Sony market Uncharted 3 in Japan? Well, those clips have been remixed into something way better. Instead of fumbling his way through Uncharted 3, Ford is instead sitting down (well, not really) and watching the Indiana Jones movies. For the first time. Ever (well, not really). He loves…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 6, 2012 -
Developer Receives Death Threats Over New Devil May Cry Game
I’ve never been as besotted as others are with Devil May Cry’s Dante. He looks like Carmen Sandiego-turned-serial-killer and has all the action hero swagger of a male hairdresser. So news certain fans of the series have made death threats to developers Ninja Theory over the character’s new appearance are…well, either disconcerting or hilarious. Probably…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 6, 2012 -
Report: EA Closes Studio Behind Terrible Harry Potter Game
According to a report on Develop, EA has closed its Bright Light studio based in the UK. The developer had last released the awful Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. You know, the one that people called Gears of Wand
By Luke Plunkett Published January 6, 2012 -
How To Get Banned Playing Modern Warfare 3 (and What a Ban Actually Looks Like)
Let’s say you’re curious as to how, exactly, developer Infinity Ward determines whether an online offence is grave enough to warrant banning from their blockbuster shooter Modern Warfare 3. Or you’re an asshole who just wants to see how far he/she can push it before copping a ban. To satisfy your potentially self-harming curiosity, here…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 6, 2012 -
House of the Dead Arcade Games Coming to the PS3
Sega announced this morning that both House of the Dead 3 and House of the Dead 4 will be coming to the PS3 as downloadable titles on the PlayStation Network. Both will include Move support. While Sega says both games “have been updated with HD graphics”, don’t go expecting a big HD overhaul. They’ve just…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 5, 2012 -
A Japanese Street, Circa 1986
Cityscape | How I like to imagine Japan actually looked in the 1980s. Like a giant Famicom game. Via noirlac When Video Games Come to Life, Emilio Estevez Must Die When it comes to old video game movies, you’ve probably seen, or at least heard of, stuff like The Last Starfighter. Or Joysticks. Or adaptations…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 5, 2012 -
Bullet Bill Will Destroy This Man’s Kitchen
The aspiring baker at the wonderfully-named Bake With a Vengeance got just about the best Christmas present ever for someone who loves video games and who wants to bake stuff: a Bullet Bill blender. It was made by taking a black KitchenAid Pro mixer and getting some custom decals sent over. After that, the mixer’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 5, 2012 -
How a $21,000 Half-Life Gun Was Made
Harrison Krix’s replica Half-Life 2 gravity gun looked incredible, but it was never destined for his shelf, or that of an international adult collectible retailer. It was built for charity, and it’s for charity it was auctioned. Awesomely, the gun went as part of a Child’s Play auction for a whopping $21,000. That’d be a…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 5, 2012 -
Metroid Cosplay Based On Nerdy Metroid Cartoon
Early last year, artist Chris Furniss drew some cute Metroid cartoons, one of which had Samus giving a TED talk It was as cute as it was dorky, but not half as either as this cosplay picture taken by David Dorn, which recreates it in the real world. Dorn did a few of Furniss’ other…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 5, 2012 -
New Kingdom: Unicorns Were Horses
Ah, New Kingdom. They came, they went and few cared, except people who started sampling them a decade later and made everybody else realise what the hell they’d missed. Formed in 1987 and releasing their second and final album in 1996, New Kingdom were a rap duo from NYC comprised of Nosaj and Sebastian. It’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 5, 2012 -
Somebody Built An Actual Minecraft Village, And It Is Amazing
Oh man. So, the tech that lets you print 3D recreations of in-game objects in Minecraft can be used for a lot more than objects. You can recreate entire villages using it. Then build them and sit them on your desk. A Flickr user by the name of post-apocalyptic research institute has printed, glued and…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 5, 2012 -
PC Gamers, Remember the Name Castle Story
Sauropod, a two-man indie studio from Canada, is working on this interesting little PC game called Castle Story It’s a seemingly simple strategy game where players control a team of little yellow men who can build a castle from the surrounding countryside. LEGO Stronghold, if you will. What’s cool is that it isn’t just an…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 5, 2012 -
Culture
The Head-Punching Game & Comic Art of Dave Wilkins
Dave Wilkins is a concept artist in the video game business. He’s also an artist in the comics business. So if you see awesome art in this gallery about comic characters in video games, or video game characters in comic books, do not be alarmed. What you’ll see in the gallery above is a selection…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 5, 2012 -
Oh, If Only We’d Actually Gotten This Brilliant Battlestar Galactica RPG
In the same vein as the previously wonderful Game of Thrones RPG parody video, CollegeHumor has posted a mock-up of what a SNES RPG based on the recent Battlestar Galactica series would have looked like. And just like with GoT, they nail it. Especially the effects budget stuff. If you haven’t seen the show, and…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 5, 2012 -
What If Skyward Sword Was a…Game Boy Game!
Let’s imagine, for a moment, that 2011 Wii game The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword had been released a little earlier. Early enough to have wound up on the Game Boy. Artist Constantin Georges provides the illustration of this fantasy, mocking up both box art and some impressive screenshots to go with it. The Legend…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 5, 2012 -
Who’s Winning Old Republic’s PvP War, Empire or Republic?
Seeing as Star Wars: Old Republic takes place within the confines of a massive galactic conflict, every Player vs Player encounter can be viewed as a small battle in one enormous war. At this stage, then, who’s winning? According to BioWare the Empire is, having taken out 53% of the Alderaan Civil War and Voidstar…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 5, 2012
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