Earlier this year, Obsidian and Square Enix released Dungeon Siege III. The game had a big reveal trailer involving a raven flying towards the camera then exploding into a bunch of other ravens. Fast forward to November, and the debut trailer for the new Snow White movie is shown. And…it features the exact same shot!…
A new Elder Scrolls game does funny things to people. Reader Spenny, for example, in all seriousness tried to get his wife to agree to name their newborn son Dovahkiin, after the hero of Skyrim She, um, declined (maybe the fact it was for a competition helped), so Spenny went and did the next best…
Last month, a surprisingly large-scale hacking attack went down on Xbox Live, all centred around EA Sports’ FIFA 11 and FIFA 12. Microsoft today acknowledged the intrusions, but is adamant they weren’t the result of hacks Microsoft’s online safety director Doug Park has told Eurogamer “It’s not a hack, it’s really just a different way…
The internet’s got Skyrim fever today. That means everyone has it, from me to you to animator Harry Partridge, who is so excited he’s made a second cartoon all about the RPG. Like the first, it’s a little hit-and-miss with its humour, but also like the first, the quality of the animation and the enthusiasm…
Among many of those who like to label themselves as a “gamer”, there is no franchise more reviled than Call of Duty. The merest mention of its name sends people flying to post anonymous comments blasting the game as the very model of everything that’s wrong with video games today. Take a look at any…
Dead End Thrills, a great site for your downtime/wallpaper needs, is a bit of a favourite of mine. And for good reason. They take screenshots very seriously, turning them from promotional tool or keepsake into art. And not just the kind of art that you just stare at. The kind that’s a little more practical,…
People don’t love Just Cause 2 for its story, or its characters. They love it for the fact it’s a giant toybox, giving them the vehicles, the environments and the physics to do whatever the hell they want. Want to tie a jeep to a plane? You can do that. Want to drive a boat…
The PC version of Assassin’s Creed: Revelations won’t ship with Ubisoft’s ridiculous “always-on” DRM. Let’s hope it’s a sign of things to come. [Rock, Paper, Shotgun]
I know, we ran one of these only a few weeks ago, but that was but a taste. An appetiser for the main course that is today’s bumper serving of Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim concept art. Which, now I’m talking about menus, even includes food And soldiers, and bears, and monsters, and wolves. And harbours,…
Nerd rap superstar Random, who you may also know as Mega Ran, is back with a brand new album called Mega Ran 10. It’s all about, yeah, Mega Man. What’s great about Random is that you don’t ever drop an asterix next to his skills. Like, oh, he’s good, for a nerdcore rapper. Guy can…
What’s this, a new, more angular version of Microsoft’s Kinect? Not quite. It’s just a wireless receiver for a PC that looks like a Kinect, down to the Microsoft-inspired packaging. But wait! Don’t write it off as some useless piece of Chinese junk. This may be worth a novelty shot, as it’ll let you use…
Ocarina of Time might not be the only Zelda game we see brought back to life on the 3DS. Nintendo talisman Shigeru Miyamoto has been thinking about bringing some older games to the handheld as well. In an interview with GamesRadar, Zelda boss Eiji Aonuma said “Well actually, even Mr. Miyamoto himself has been talking…
Like God of War, Team Ico and Sly before them, Sony platform heroes Jak and Daxter will soon be getting HD re-releases on the PlayStation 3. [Game Informer]
In their attempts to thwart pirates, most PC publishers end up pissing off paying customers with intrusive or bothersome DRM. All, that is, except for Bohemia Interactive, who the likes of EA and Ubisoft could learn a thing or two from. Bohemia’s games have long used a copy protection system called FADE, which is part-security…
And that’s just when you’re looking at the pretty pictures of it. Its amazingness levels up when you find out the whole thing is made out of paper It’s the work of graphic designer Taras Lesko, who was smart enough to not only build the thing—right down to the tiniest detail—but to take snappy pictures…
Stories involving video games and crime can sometimes be sad. Or shocking. Thankfully, this is neither. It’s hilarious. Last week a 23 year-old man by the name of Timothy Joseph Mandes applied for a job at his local Best Buy in Bethlehem Township, Pennsylvania. When he was turned down, instead of leaving, he promptly walked…
Later this week, the fifth game in the Elder Scrolls series will be released. Considering the franchise is seventeen years old, that’s not many Elder Scrolls games! It’s been quality over quantity, though, and over the years the series has sought to continuously evolve and improve, staying a perennial favourite while competing games come and…
One game based on George RR Martin’s Song of Fire & Ice series of fantasy novels was released this year. It was a PC strategy title, and it was a bit rubbish. Next year, though, there will be three more games. We knew about one of them. It’s an RPG that’s based on the HBO…
Russian concept art studio Grafit may not be an outfit you’ve heard of—and you may not have heard of many of the game’s they’ve worked on either—but that doesn’t make their work any less beautiful. While some of the art in this gallery is for games the non-Russians among you will have never played, like…
These new Assassin’s Creed hoodies from British outlet Insert Coin are neither cosplay nor fashion. They’re occupying a strange place in between. On the chest, there’s a Monteriggioni 1499 motif, which is, well, it’s OK. The Assassin’s Creediness come in, though, when you flip the hood up, with the top designed to mimic Ezio’s distinctive…
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