Nathan Grayson

Coming Soon To Steam… A Baseball Fighting Game

Yes, you read that right. Baseball fighting game. Two combatants, two bats, one deadly, deadly ball. Oh, and some of the characters are skateboarding robots. The game is called Lethal League, and we wrote about it back when it was still a squalling baby flash game. Now it’s all grown up, feature-packed, and set to…

It’s Easier To Bring A New-Gen Game To 360 Than PS3, Ubisoft Says

Today Ubisoft announced that country-sized racer The Crew will be coming to Xbox 360 in addition to Xbox One and PlayStation 4. PlayStation 3, however, has been left sputtering at the starting line. Fans aren’t pleased, but Ubisoft claims it’s much easier this way. While Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 are roughly comparable in terms…

The Sims 4‘s Create-A-Sim demo is now free for everyone. Make anything your heart desires, so long as it can be sculpted (literally, if you want) from human flesh. I made an evil Leonardo Da Vinci. What will you come up with?

I Can’t Believe It’s Not Mirror’s Edge (And Is Instead Minecraft)

I’ve seen a metric brick-stick-fuck-ton of game location recreations in Minecraft, but I don’t think one’s ever come this close to looking exactly like the original. Look at that. It’s the city from Mirror’s Edge. That’s it. What else is there to say? You can download it here

Night Trap Creators Defend Sloppy Kickstarter… Sorta

More than 20 years after being the target of industry-changing controversy, infamous live-action video game Night Trap has all eyes on it again thanks to a Kickstarter for an HD revival that was sloppy at best. I brought a slew of concerns to its creators, and their responses were… kinda weird. At first glance, Night…

Hideo Kojima And Guillermo del Toro Team Up For New Silent Hill

Yeah, this is actually happening. Classic horror game series Silent Hill is back, with Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima and famed horror movie director Guillermo del Toro involved. Walking Dead TV show actor Norman Reedus is the star. It was revealed in the form of an interactive teaser on the PlayStation Store. You can…

Resogun‘s Creators Are Making A Game About Aliens For PS4

Resogun developer Housemarque just revealed a top-down co-op alien shooter that sees players blasting hundreds of aliens into strawberry mush. At the same time. You can also betray your friends, if you want. The game is called Alienation, because of course it is. It’s a co-op blast-’em-up in the vein of previous Housemarque release Dead…

Teen Horror Game Until Dawn Moves To PS4

Eight unsuspecting kids. A barrage of fucked up homicidal horror. You’ve got to keep them alive. Until Dawn was originally revealed for PlayStation 3 a couple years ago, but it never came out. Now, however, it’s officially fled—bruised, shredded, and screaming—to PlayStation 4. Stephen took a look at it back when it was still a…

Far Cry 4 Gameplay Goes To Seriously Unexpected Places

A snow-capped Himalayan mountain? Yeah, sure, I figured we’d get there eventually. The mythical spirit realm of Shangri-La? OK, Far Cry 4, you’ve got my attention. Greeting interesting cultures with an arrow to the heart instead of a warm handshake is always a bit… odd, but that’s kinda Far Cry‘s M.O. at this point. For…

Robin Hood meets Metal Gear (in the fuuuuuuture) from the creator of Thomas Was Alone. Mike Bithell’s Volume continues to look equal parts sneaky and mysterious, and it’s coming “first” to PlayStation platforms. If you want more, check out this demo video Kirk shot

Binding of Isaac Is Gonna Take Over My Life (Again)

There’s a new Binding of Isaac coming to PC and PlayStation, and it’s nearly ready for release. Series creator Edmund McMillen just released a video of the bloody, malformed roguelike madness. As a recovering BOI addict I’m worried about my ability to function in everyday society. The video is indicative of “basically what you will…

It’s Like Katamari Damacy, But You’re A Giant Hole

In Donut County you play as a sentient hole in the ground that gets larger and larger as it consumes all things in its path. It looks magnificent. It’s an extremely simple concept, but goodness does it ever look weird and charming—with players gobbling up everything from tiny donuts to entire mountains and solving puzzles…

Adding Pools To Sims 4 Isn’t Easy, Claims EA

The Sims 4 isn’t going to launch with pools or toddlers, and people are pretty upset about that. But you know, toddlers are complicated. Makes sense that the developers might want to put that effort elsewhere. Pools, though? They’re just water. How hard could it be? I asked producer Graham Nardone why it’s so tough…

The Most Infamous ’90s Live-Action Game Is Making A Comeback

I suppose aNight Traprevival was inevitable, wasn’t it? Many of ’90s FMV (full-motion video) pioneer Night Trap‘s original creators have gotten back together to kickstart an HD version of the campy, controversial trap-’em-up and—pending its success—possibly create a sequel. Right now, however, they’re focusing all fire on the HD remake, which apparently requires $330,000 to…

Capcom Says They’re Fixing Ultra Street Fighter IV‘s PC Multiplayer

Widespread multiplayer connectivity issues in the Steam versions of Super andUltra Street Fighter IV have had players fuming for weeks, but apparently Capcom is working on a big fix—contrary to popular belief. First, a brief history lesson: recently Super Street Fighter IV, a relative elder statesman of the fighting game world, underwent some pretty major…

Your PC Must Be This Advanced To Run Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare [UPDATE}

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare is the first “pure next-gen” entry in the endlessly popular shooter series, but what does that mean for PC gamers? In short: nothing. Nothing whatsoever. UPDATE: Activision says these are the wrong specs. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare‘s specs are the same as Call of Duty: Ghosts‘ on PC. Exactly…

Never Have Battlefield 4 Jet Skis Flown With Such Grace

People have been making jet skis rocket through the air in Battlefield 4 since the dawn of time, but this… this is just beautiful. Cinematic stunting, they call it. It’s strangely soothing to me, watching jet skis explode—metal screaming in agony as fire consumes all—while a camera pans languidly around. It doesn’t need to be…

A Game Where You Play As The Killer Kid From Horror Movies

You know the ever-looming embodiment of tiny evil that scary movies trot out for cheap scares? Lucius II will let you play as one. Expect blood. Lots of blood. I really wanted to like the originalLucius more than I did. It had a killer concept (itsy bitsy horror movie murder machine, played with almost Hitman-style…

It’s Raining Cars, Hallelujah

Road Redemption, the Kickstarted spiritual successor to damn near legendary motorcycle racer Road Rash, has a mode where cars just continuously rain from the sky while you’re driving. Seriously. Truth be told, I’d sort of been steering clear of this one after its first footage looked a bit bland and uninspired, but this is the…

Here’s Why Video Game Insects Make You Feel Itchy

I remember the first time I encountered giant, fire-breathing ants in Fallout 3. I wasn’t afraid—just really itchy. Like, in real life. “This doesn’t seem right,” I thought to myself as I clawed furiously at my otherwise untouched skin. Flash forward a mere six years: science to the rescue! Just in the nick of time.…