Patricia Hernandez

DayZ Dev Shows Us What A Convincing Zombie Moves Like

Boy does motion capture—the process involved in animating digital characters—looked darned goofy sometimes. This is especially true when you’re pretending to eat a human, apparently. Here’s the latest DayZ standalone video blog, which features the mind behind DayZ, Dean Hall, along with other members of Bohemia Interactive. Dean is suited up in a mocap suit,…

What Sonic Might Play Like, If Sonic Were Invented in 2013

Magnets, man. They make you go fast. Major Magnet looks like Sonic a little, even though Sonic is a hedgehog and Magnet’s protagonist is a pudgy, big-nosed hero. Major Magnet kind of sounds like Sonic at times, too. As far as I can tell, these similarities are intentional—but, unlike Sonic, Major Magnet is an iOS…

A Dance Party Is Just A Button Away In Crysis 3

Remember the dancing CELL soldiers from Crysis 2? No? Well, either way, the easter egg is back in Crysis 3—all you have to do is press a certain button while in a certain menu. Check out this video by Game Front to see what I mean. Also visible: frogs and robots. And, sure, Prophet himself…

New DLC for the fantastic roguelike, Spelunky: more characters (like a robot!), and also more maps.

What A High Definition First-Person Mario Game Looks Like

Now all Mario needs is a gun—then this would be truly modern No but seriously though: take a look at this awesome rendition of a Mario level by freddiew, which shows us what playing the franchise in first person could look like. Well, if Mario was a little grittier. You might remember freddiew from this…

The Skeptical Reaction To The PS4 Reveals Questions Sony Still Has To Answer

The cat is out of the bag! Between the Wii U launch and the PlayStation 4 reveal last night, it’s safe to say that next gen is here, people. But what are people thinking about that reveal last night? Some of these reactions are funny and witty. Some are thought-provoking. Some are excited. Most, to…

Why Were There No Women Presenters At The PlayStation 4 Event?

Today we got a healthy dose of next-gen information, delivered to us by a bevy of excited, breathless developers and publishers. Here’s the thing: not a single one of the presenters at the PlayStation 4 event were women, and people noticed. It’s not something folks are happy about, either. This is a french Vita ad,…

The PS4 Will Stream PS1, PS2, And PS3 Games

The PS4 will not feature backwards compatibility with older PlayStation titles, according to today’s PlayStation 4 conference. Instead, Sony will use cloud gaming to allow the system to access older PlayStation back catalogue. No details as of yet in regards to whether or not we’ll be able to play games we already own. As we…

Watch Dogs Will Be Out On PC, PS3, 360, And Wii U. But First It’ll Be On PS4.

In a presentation by Ubisoft at the PlayStation 4 event, they talked a little bit about their upcoming title, Watch Dogs—which we reported as likely coming to next gen consoles last week. According to the presentation, you’ll be able to control all sorts of things—like traffic, and folk’s personal information. We saw a little bit…

PS4 Sculpting ‘Game’ Makes The PlayStation Move A Thing Again

More news from today’s PlayStation 4 event: the ongoing tyranny of the polygon. No, but seriously though: here’s Media Molecule on their latest project, which uses the move controller as a sculpting tool. It looks crazy cool for you creative types. Watch footage above!

Infamous: Second Son Is A PlayStation 4 Exclusive. Here Is Some Footage.

Today, in an event in New York, a PlayStation 4 event revealed a new, exclusive game by Sucker Punch. It sounds as if it’ll riff off the recent trend of paranoia, government and such similarly to Watch Dogs—only, there will be folks with super powers. That’s because it’s inFAMOUS: Second Son More as it develops.

Knack Is The First Announced PlayStation 4 Game. Here’s Some Footage.

Today, in an event held in New York City, Sony revealed that the next PlayStation—the PlayStation 4—has a new franchise. It’s called Knack. Check out what it looks like above. The game features a little robot dude. Watch footage above. You will be able to access remote play on Knack via the PlayStation Vita, similarly…

Realistic Pokémon Starters Are Way Cooler Than The Ones In The Games

I’ve accepted that we’ll probably never see something particularly realistic when it comes to Pokémon designs. Nintendo is all about the cartoony looks that aren’t graphically intensive. But sometimes, when I look at artistic renditions of Pokémon— like these ones by Sam Yang over at CGHub—I can’t help but think of what-could-have-been. The one above…

It’s Daft Punk Breakout, And You Play It On Buildings By Moving Your Body

Many of us have played some version of Breakout before—but probably not on this scale, and probably not to Daft Punk. The neat thing is, this game uses a Kinect so that you control the paddle by moving your body—and, more interestingly, snippets of the song are played depending on what you can hit with…

Rampant, Careless Use Of Phoenix Downs Can Classify As A Drug Addiction, You Know

I have a problem. You probably do too, if you’re a gamer. I’m talking about the inability to stop using life-restoring phoenix downs. But, that’s just something in a video game. What if they actually existed, what if we could use phoenix downs in real life? They would probably be abused—no different than a drug,…

This Call of Duty Harlem Shake Just Wants The Meme To Die Out Already

Maybe you’re sick of all the Harlem Shake videos (they almost never have the real Harlem Shake, dang it!) This take on the dance by SanchoWest knows your pain, knows it well enough to take matters into its own hands and destroy the jerks that are running the meme into the ground. Boom. Gone. If…

Embracing Piracy Is One Of The Best Decisions These Developers Have Made

Ever wonder how much a developer benefits from promoting a game on The Pirate Bay? The folks behind the Zelda-like Anodyne revealed the specifics behind their recent promotion, and get this: TPB drove way more sales and awareness than reviews and videos alone did. To be specific, the promotion involved spending $7 to have a…

This Person Sniped A Chopper In Battlefield 3 Using Only A Magnum. Awesome.

Props to sSantzuu here, who does some major work with his sidearm in the video above—look at how he takes down a chopper at long range. Crazy stuff. Sniping people with things other than sniper weapons is definitely one of my favorite things to do in Battlefield games, so I imagine pulling this off must’ve…

He’s Getting Threatened With Legal Action Over A Counter Strike Map

Fun fact: Canada has never appeared in a Counter Strike map before. That is, until Diego Liatis made a map of Montreal’s Berri-UQAM station, which you can see above. Pretty cool, right? Well, not everyone feels that way. According to The Escapist, Montreal’s city transit authorities contacted Diego Liatis over their “copyrighted metro network,” letting…

There’s No Shame In Liking A Game For Your Own Reasons (No Matter How “Stupid”)

This weekend, I came upon a curious conversation: a stranger telling a friend of mine if they wanted to play Fire Emblem: Awakening for the “throwaway romantic skits,” that they were doing it wrong. And all I could think was: those “throwaway” skits are the only reason I care about that game! The reasons we…