Real-time tactics evolve with StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, Blizzard’s long in the making sequel to one of the most beloved, bestselling sci-fi strategy games of all time. Oh, so you’ve heard of it, then? Three distinct races, the displaced humans known as Terrans, the ancient, mystical alien Protoss, and the insect-like Zerg horde, are…
Next week’s Rock Band additions are certainly an eclectic mix, ranging from Christian pop to German industiral to indie rock. What’s the theme? Singles! New tracks from Blondie, La Roux, The Decemberists and Eagles of Death Metal might inspire you to drag the plastic instruments out and commence to wailing. That is, provided you have…
Ladies and gentlemen, grab your forks. Please insert into this week. For it is done. Now, let’s celebrate with a little off-topic conversation. Anything, everything, is up for discussion. I’m going to deal with a few thousand pesky ants that are crawling all over my workspace and my person. Then I play more StarCraft II:…
While Nintendo managed to lose a cool $290 million USD this past quarter (for very good reasons), its one-time rival Sega actually managed to have a showing in the black. Or, rather, its parent company Sega Sammy Holdings did. Because without all those yen flowing in from the company’s pachinko business, Sega could have had…
This year’s gathering of first-person shooter diehards at Quakecon will feature more than just id Software’s Quake, Doom and Rage. Bethesda’s showing up too, armed with Brink. More surprising is an appearance by the former heads of Infinity Ward. Jason West and Vince Zampella, who went on to form Respawn Entertainment after getting canned from…
If you thought Darius Burst’s transition from PSP game to old-school super widescreen arcade cabinet was an odd choice, Sega’s arcade return to old school might blow your mind. That is if you’ve ever heard of Pengo before. Of all the arcade properties to revisit, Pengo is perhaps the least expected. The arcade game, released…
Do you love computer adventure games? You know, Zork, Planetfall, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy or anything that falls under the “interactive fiction” description or bears the Infocom label. Then get Get Lamp, a long-in-the-making documentary. Jason Scott, who you may know from his BBS documentary, has been slaving away on this thing since…
The creator of Half-Life, Team Fortress and Portal has a plan to increase the number of Mac games that are available through its digital distribution service, Steam. Valve plans on giving away* “some” of its Mac-specific game code to developers. *The only real catch here is that Valve will be helping out those game creators…
We haven’t had a year without an Insomniac Games-developed release since 2001, but this year is looking to be both Resistance and Ratchet & Clank-free. At least we have an Insomniac Games announcement to look forward to very soon. The developer says it will be announcing its next game “sometime between now and the Penny-Arcade…
While the PSP may sit atop this week’s list of bestselling hardware in Japan, it’s still the Nintendo DS that Japanese gamers love more than anything else. Cheaper versions of the Nintendo DSi LL, DSi and DS Lite walk away with the biggest share of the pie this week, sales likely spurred by the latest…
While much of this weekend will be occupied playing StarCraft II multiplayer—and likely spent very sad at the beatings I’ll be receiving—I’ll also spend some time slaying monsters cooperatively in Castlevania: Harmony of Despair. I’ve already logged an hour or two with the Xbox Live Arcade version of Castlevania HD, but not enough to learn…
Looks like Sony’s Kevin Butler character isn’t the only ad campaign inspiring an imitator. This new Saw 3D movie poster is a little too close to an older PlayStation 3 spot for comfort. Can you spot the similarities? I suppose I could just ask “Do you have functioning eyes?” Saw 3D—the torture slasher horror flick…
Let’s end the day with a little interstellar insanity. As a fan of watching people go bananas in the far reaches of our universe, I figure it’s as good a conversation starter as any. I’m talking about movies like Sunshine, Moon, Event Horizon, 2001: A Space Odyssey and the like. Those films in which the…
Why is this man smiling? Because a Texas jury just awarded him $28 million in a suit filed against NCsoft, the publisher of his now defunct massively multiplayer online game Tabula Rasa. Last year, Garriott and NCsoft parted ways not long after the closure of Tabula Rasa and the developer’s trip to the International Space…
If, like me, you’re playing StarCraft II on a Mac, you’ve little choice in the hardware on which you’ll play it. But if you’re in the market for a new PC, you may want to make it a StarCraft-playing beast. Fortunately for you, TechSpot has put the recently released StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty through…
Michael Jackson’s estate wasn’t too thrilled with the zombie King of Pop lookalike featured in Plants Vs. Zombies. Not wanting to be startin’ something legally with Jackson’s legal team, PopCap opted to drop that moonwalking zombie for something less litigious. Courtesy of PC Gamer, we get a good look at the pretty undead thing that…
Can fans take the Gears of War teaser formula and make it better? You know the formula, right? Grim, in-game capture of cinematic footage plus stark, haunting music plus COGs versus insurmountable odds equals great Gears of War ad. If you were slightly disappointed by the grayness or tone of Gears of War 3’s debut…
Designer and motorcycle enthusiast Igor Chak‘s Space Invaders couch concept, which exists in the virtual world until Taito sees fit to start releasing designer furniture. More renders at Chak’s personal site
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed executive producer Haden Blackman was at Comic-Con last weekend to show off the sequel to that game. Today, the 13 year LucasArts vet resigned, three months before The Force Unleashed II is due to ship. IGN received a statement from Blackman, who confirmed his exit from LucasArts by saying that…
Is your Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies experience a little lonely? Mine was. For those in the United States who are looking for an adventurous friend (and a few exclusive downloadable treasure maps), Nintendo brings good news. DQIX players can get their “Tag Mode” on and partake in the downloading of new…
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