BioWare is giving the more feminine side of Mass Effect‘s Commander Shepard some love in Mass Effect 3. Fem Shep, for short, will get some shred of box art glory in the game’s collectors edition, but what will she look like? That’s up to you. BioWare’s letting the Mass Effect fan base pick from one…
Not content to limit themselves to Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Tekken X Street Fighter, Tekken 3DS, Tekken for Wii U and Tekken Hybrid, the Tekken team has another product to announce: Tekken Bowl for iOS. It’s out now (and it’s out for free). Series producer Katsuhiro Harada announced at the closing of Namco Bandai’s Comic-Con…
PlayStation 3 owners will get a taste of fighting game Tekken Tag Tournament 2 this fall. A “Prologue” version of the arcade game will be included in the upcoming Tekken Hybrid Blu-ray, Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada revealed at Comic-Con today. In addition to the CG animated feature Tekken: Blood Vengeance and the enhanced port Tekken…
Plush or plastic? If you’re an Earthworm Jim fan or a Ratchet & Clank enthusiast, toy maker Mezco Toyz has something for you to consume later this year. For the LittleBigPlanet and Uncharted 3 fans, Mezco has something for you too. Mezco Toyz brought its upcoming toy line to San Diego Comic-Con this week, a…
This is Brandon. He just won “Best In Show” at Konami’s cosplay competition for his take on Snake from Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. Look closely and you’ll see why his costume impressed the contest’s judges. This Snake cosplay is based on the GA-KO camouflage from Snake Eater. GA-KO is a cartoon duck featured…
Telltale Games, the creators of the episodic video game series based on Robert Kirkman’s comic book The Walking Dead, have but one screen shot to spare of their upcoming PC and console title. But one screen shot will do perfectly fine. The folks at Telltale are bringing an ink and watercolor aesthetic to the The…
What could bring together Yoshi and Birdo, Tinkerbell and Team Fortress 2’s Spy? Only Comic-Con, where hundreds, maybe thousands of costumed comic book, anime and video game characters roamed the halls of the Con. Many dressed up, only a few were photobombed by a TF2 character. Day two of Comic-Con cosplay saw some impressive get…
“Snake? SNAAAKE?! It’s your roll.” You too can make this ill-conceived attempt at a joke with the forthcoming Metal Gear Solid-themed edition of classic strategy board game Risk, a game not surprisingly titled Risk: Metal Gear Solid Board game maker USAopoly—makers of Risk: Halo Wars!—will bring the military conflicts of Metal Gear to tabletops, seemingly…
Since I’ll be at the San Diego Comic-Con for the vast majority of this weekend, I’ll play whatever it is that publishers and video game developers have available on the show floor. Maybe some Castle Crashers? Maybe not. I’ll probably play a little Street Fighter X Tekken to get a better feel for Poison, maybe…
Japanese toy maker Kotobukiya has already welcomed a few Comic-Con friendly femme fatales to its “bishoujo” line of beautifully sculpted figures. They started with superheroines from Marvel and DC Comics, but now they’re moving on to video games. Kotobukiya has already welcomed some Tekken characters into the fold, but the company is also recruiting some…
To answer the question “What will a middle-aged Ivy look like in Soulcalibur V?” Namco Bandai has responded with a still youthful looking Ivy, now dressed more modestly. Slightly. The fighting game maker has also fully revealed two fresh souls. Meet Natsu—the ninja girl who appears to be a replacement for Soulcalibur veteran Taki—and Zwei—a…
Did the Comic-Con crowd bring its cosplaying A-game to this year’s convention? Well… some did. We saw some great video game fashion homages while crawling the halls in San Diego on day one of the pop culture con, some of which you’ll see here. We like to think that Comic-Con attendees were just warming up…
Square Enix does way more than just FInal Fantasy figures. They’ve got fantastic looking toys from other games—Metal Gear Solid, Street Fighter, Batman: Arkham City, Vanquish, Halo, God of War…—coming to their Play Arts Kai line. They brought ’em all to Comic-Con. Some of them look finished. Plenty don’t. They all look sharp, especially Sam…
The talent behind Gears of War 3 is talking about the forthcoming game during the game’s annual presence at San Diego Comic-Con. Design director Cliff Bleszinski and executive producer Rod Fergusson will be fielding questions from fans. What will they say? Let’s follow along in the liveblog below to see what surprises they have in…
BioWare and LucasArts are showing off the latest from their ambitious, massively multiplayer online game Star Wars: The Old Republic at Comic-Con today, giving us the skinny on the Star Wars a long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. Let’s see what’s new in BioWare’s Star Wars MMO, which we’re talking about…
Blizzard Entertainment, maker of World of Warcraft, StarCraft and Diablo, comes to Comic-Con each year armed with all-new things for fans to rabidly consume. From books to belts to food to thigh-high demon socks, Blizzard and its partners innovate new ways for fans to spend, spend, spend. What’s new this year? Plenty of things for…
High-definition, big headed baseball is currently the hottest thing in Japanese video games. Konami’s latest cartoonish baseball sim, Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2011, is the country’s number one game. According to sales tracker Media Create, the weekly software sales chart is ruled by superdeformed baseball on the PlayStation 3. Hot on the heels of that…
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before, but the next Saints Row video game will tap the oral talents of one well-known porn star, one better-known professional wrestler and one Daniel Dae Kim. THQ and developer Volition revealed some of the star talent performing acting duties in Saints Row: The Third, leading with actress…
You? How about you? I am. Owen Good is. But if you’re going to Comic-Con and haven’t chimed in, tonight’s open thread might be a good place to do it. Of course, if you’re not going to San Diego for this ‘Con this year, you can talk about whatever you would like. That’s why we…
Online retailers may have outed details on EA and BioWare’s ambitious massively multiplayer online game, Star Wars: The Old Republic, specifically its pre-order plans and its equally massive Collector’s Edition, a few days earlier than expected, much to the delight of Star Wars fans. Polish retailer Empik posted (then pulled) details on the Star Wars…
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