It’s been a while since we saw how the fan-made MMO built on the bones of StarCraft II is looking. So let’s take a look! Yup. Looking great. Admittedly, as a man who finds the prospect of playing a traditional MMO as exciting as watching paint…just sit there, on the wall, I love what’s being…
Those without an Xbox 360 (or looking to get a new one) for the holiday season, Microsoft has you covered with two games-and-hardware bundles, one with Kinect and one without
Ubisoft’s Splinter Cell: Conviction lived two very public lives. The first had Sam Fisher looking like the sexiest homeless man on the planet. That version was binned. The second version, the one that was actually released, was more “traditional”. This art, from Ubisoft’s Bruno Gauthier Leblanc, is of this second Sam Fisher. And loads of…
EA says that 5 million people use Origin every day. Note that this isn’t a measure of popularity; like Steam, it’s hard to avoid a service when you practically have to use it to play certain games.
It’s a wonderful world we live in when rappers can release singles from albums devoted entirely to Final Fantasy VII Nerd rap superstar Mega Ran, who we’ve featured before, has with Jon Louden put together this video for the track Absolute, which can be found on his Black Materia album If you like what you…
Oh, if only that were the case. This fan art from poopbird, dropping the Muppets in as Call of Duty characters, certainly has me wishing. Though, when you think about it, it’s not that crazy an idea. It’s not that far a leap to go from soldier dudes to zombies to Muppets. Is it? Especially…
Throughout its public relations cycle, DICE’s Battlefield 3 was shown only on PC and, later, PlayStation 3. The Xbox 360 version was kept under the stairs, beaten weekly and fed fish heads and stale water. That led many to assume it was a hideous thing, but if these screenshots from the Korean version of the…
SimCity 4’s world creation suite is a wonderful thing, allowing players fine control over the hills, valleys and rivers of their virtual building plot. It’s so fine, in fact, people can try and recreate entire countries. In this case, Taiwan. OK, so it’s a small country, but at 3,902 square miles and with a population…
Now that it’s free to use its planned name, Scrolls, the next game from Minecraft developers Mojang, is all systems go. As is this documentary going behind the scenes of the game. Filmed by 2 Player Productions, the same guys currently working on a big Minecraft documentary, the clip above shows the first of what’s…
Sorry to get all Jeremy Clarkson on you for a second, but after seeing this trailer for upcoming MMO Bless, that’s the first thought that popped into my head. The game, developed by Korean studio Neowiz, has teamed up with Epic to bring us one of only a few Unreal Engine 3-powered in existence, finished…
It’s an ugly thing, and one that sadly rears its head from time to time when big games are released: the practice of a publisher exerting a little too much pressure on gaming press. Of course, pressure is applied all the time! That’s the people in marketing and PR’s job, to try and make sure…
Vietnam is a war that still looms large in the American psyche, both in terms of its impact on modern history and its portrayal in popular culture. Yet for all the protests, rock n’ roll and classic films that came out of the war, good Vietnam video games are hard to find. This is mostly…
There’s a point that a shameless rip-off of a more well-known, established game can be not quite shameless enough to be barred from Apple’s App Store. And Mooncraft knows the point well. The game is a shameless rip-off of indie smash hit Minecraft. Utterly shameless. From the world design to your inventory management to your…
This new trailer for Starbreeze’s upcoming Syndicate shooter tries to show the common ground between the 1993 original and this new reboot. Those who really have no idea about Syndicate, but enjoyed Starbreeze’s work on games like Riddick, it’ll be interesting! Those who enjoyed the original Syndicate and loathe the idea of a first-person shooter…
In an interview with the LA Times, Warner Bros.’ Martin Tremblay, president of the company’s video games division, gets to talking about their “tent-pole strategy”, based around big, quality games. Tremblay of course name-drops Batman: Arkham City, and another Warner hit of 2011, Mortal Kombat, but near the end of the interview mentions something interesting.…
Asia has Gran Turismo 5’s latest downloadable content already. Europe gets it very soon. But in the US, it’s been delayed until October 25. To make up for the wait, players will receive a “special bonus”.
Matt Rhodes is an artist who has worked on two of BioWare’s biggest games in recent years, namely Mass Effect 2 and Dragon Age 2 What I love about his style, and why we’re featuring it here today, is that it’s often not as “realistic” as other pieces of concept art you’ll see. It’s more…
So we’d be led to believe, going by this single screenshot. Just the one. No video. Taken at a reportedly recent Soulcalibur V press event. I’m so suspicious I’m furrowing my brow, but we’re checking with Namco Bandai just to be sure. Ezio Auditore a guest fighter in Soulcalibur V? [Scrawl] You can contact Luke…
This Portal 2 turret stands 14.5″ tall. It’s soft. It’s cuddly. And it talks. Due out in mid-December, it’s an officially-licensed product available at ThinkGeek, and will go on sale for only US$30. While the plush’s product listing doesn’t specify which phrases the little darlings will utter, they do say the turrets will know all…
Turbine, developers of Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons & Dragons Online, have sent out an email this evening warning users that the studio’s forum accounts may have been compromised. The guts of the message read like this: Turbine is concerned that a third-party recently may have attempted to access forum account information. There…
Mode
Follow us
