Yep, Valve Is Experimenting With Half-Life In VR

Valve’s virtual reality demo at the Game Developers Conference melted my brain. Afterward, my mind swam with possibilities. So of course, I ignored most of them and asked the age-old question: “Half-Life?” Surprisingly, Valve actually had an answer for me. The short version is: Valve has tried using Half-Life characters, settings, and ideas in VR,…

A List Of Times Hideo Kojima Has Said He’s Done Making Metal Gear

In an interview published yesterday, Hideo Kojima said the upcoming Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain would be his last Metal Gear game. I thought that sounded familiar, so I did some researching. Turns out… well, let’s take a look. December 12, 2000 – IGN IGNPS2: When you’re done with [Metal Gear Solid 2],…

If you missed out on This War of Mine or don’t have access to a gaming PC, Touch Arcade reports the developers are bringing the somber game to iPad later on this year. You can reach the author of this post at [email protected] or on Twitter at @patrickklepek

Comcast Is Still Screwing PlayStation Users Out Of HBO

If you’re a PlayStation 4 owner who enjoys HBO, it’s awesome that HBO Go is now an app on the machine. If you’re a Comcast subscriber, though, you can’t use it. That’s a bunch of bullshit. I’m not the only person in our apartment who likes using the TV. It turns out my wife is…

All The Indie Game News Out Of GDC

The Game Developer’s Conference is indie game central this year. There’s so much indie new that it’s difficult to keep track of it all. Here are the major announcements compiled into one great big list for your convenience. Release dates, as always, are vague and subject to change. Super Dungeon Bros. A four-player co-op brawler,…

50+ Game Steam Sale, Sony Gold Headset, $8 Blu-rays, and More Deals

Steam just kicked off a great sale on over 50 games coming to SteamOS. Highlights includePAYDAY 2 for $6, Civ V for $7, FTL for $4, and Kerbal Space Program for $18, but be sure to check out the full list. [SteamOS Sale] Want to enjoy the PC game ecosystem with the simplicity of a…

How Blizzard Is Taking Aim At Toxic Players In Heroes Of The Storm

Heroes of the Storm might be the new kid on the block, but Blizzard’s still-in-beta-but-already-popular MOBA has grown enough that it’s now forced to reckon with an ever-present problem in these sorts of games: toxicity. One developer broached the subject in a recent interview with Red Bull in an interesting way. Kaéo Milker, a senior…

Nintendo Needs To Seriously Consider Making Zombiibos

I haven’t bought a single Amiibo yet, but maybe that’s because Nintendo hasn’t made one I’m looking for yet. Reddit user darkdreamr has spent some time modifying their Princess Peach Amiibo and came up with a potential line of NFC-enabled figures I can get behind: zombiibos. There’s even more detail on the backside of the…

A Brief Q&A With The Writer Of Danganronpa

One of last year’s best gaming surprises was Danganronpa, a twisted series of mysteries that involve high school students, murder mysteries, and a talking stuffed bear. Danganronpa and its sequel, Goodbye Despair, came out of nowhere to become two of my favorite games of 2014. With news that the spinoff, Danganronpa: Another Episode, will come…

Elite: Dangerous was announced for Xbox One yesterday, but what about PlayStation 4 owners? You’re in luck. Creator David Braben clarified on Twitter it’s a timed exclusive, and Elite: Dangerous will arrive on PS4 eventually. You can reach the author of this post at [email protected] or on Twitter at @patrickklepek

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Video Games As Vintage Sci-Fi Books

Artist Joshua Ketchen has designed a series called Arcade Adventures, imagining video games as covers of vintage sci-fi books with in a retro-futuristic style. Here’s Resident Evil, Bioshock, Portal, Mega Man, Star Fox, Metroid, Earthbound and Pikmin, from an era where conquering space and alien planets meant the future. Pretty sure that Pikmin one at…

Over at the game’s official forums, community manager Loki confirmed that the dev team plans to release Terraria’s next big content update, version 1.3, in June. The Terraria wiki has a list of the new additions revealed by the team so far.