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20th Anniversary PS4s Are Getting Crazy Bids on eBay
The 20th Anniversary PlayStation 4 looks spectacular. I’d certainly like to have one, but some people want one bad. So much so they’re apparently willing to part with large amounts of cash for the limited edition hardware. GameSpot reports that the console, which is limited to only 12,300 units worldwide, sold out within minutes of…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 10, 2014 - Culture
That Time Aliens Landed In The 80s And We Were Totally Cool With It
Simon Stålenhag is a Swedish artist who has done concept art for film, commercials and video games. He’s also half of the development team behind 16-bit platformer Ripple Dot Zero You’ll notice a theme running throughout his work. Like Super 8, if Super 8 had been any good. You can see more of Simon’s work…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 9, 2014 -
UncategorizedIt’s Basically Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, But With Birds
Yes, Aviary Attorney stars birds. You’ll remember that the feather-flaunting ex-dinosaurs have also taken our dating simulators. What’s next? Far Cry? Wait… oh nooooooooo Despite the rather comical premise, this one looks to play it pretty straight and let the absurdity of bird lawyers paired with some gorgeous period art do the talking. Or squawking.…
By Nathan Grayson Published December 9, 2014 -
UncategorizedThe New Nathan Drake Shows Off The Power of the PS4
We’ve seen Uncharted 4 in action.Here’s a closer look at the star of the game, Nathan Drake—and how Naughty Dog updated the character. This panel, which comes from last week’s PlayStation Experience show, has the Naughty Dog team talking about how they drafted the newest Nathan Drake model. In short, there was a lot of…
By Patricia Hernandez Published December 9, 2014 -
UncategorizedConquest, Murder, Pillage…Yup, That’s Christmas
Video games don’t usually get into the Christmas spirit. Which is a shame! So it was nice to see that, upon reinstalling Crusader Kings II yesterday, I ran into this: a new holiday soundtrack to one of the most bloodthirstygames ever made. Seems it came out last year, as free (and optional, you can disable…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 9, 2014 -
UncategorizedSome Tips For Taking On Destiny’s New Raid, Crota’s End
Getting through Crota’s End isn’t easy—but with some key pieces of information, you’ll be able to do it in no time. Here are some pointers by TeftyTeft Games on some of the things you’ll have to look out for while playing the new Destiny raid, including: The new ‘weight of the darkness,’ which limits your…
By Patricia Hernandez Published December 9, 2014 - Uncategorized
Despite Player Outcry, Elite: Dangerous Will Remain Always Online
Elite: Dangerous is shaping up to be the best open galaxy/virtual reality space trucking game this side of the Milky Way (which it includes all of), but controversy recently blotted out its starry sky when Frontier yanked a long-promised offline mode right before release. Worse, not everybody was offered refunds. In a recent interview with…
By Nathan Grayson Published December 9, 2014 -
Uncategorized2014’s Video Games, In Under Two Minutes
2014 was a big year in video games. Maybe not the biggest, but alongside some disappointments came some truly great games. This video covers pretty much all of them. Not all of them. If you’re a fan of Generic Indie PC Crafting Hybrid Game Still In Early Access On Steam, you might not find your…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 9, 2014 -
UncategorizedThe Best SimCity Is Now Free
Forget the bustedremake. Forget the cash-hungry mobile games. The best SimCity Maxis ever made is still available, and as of now it’s a free download on EA’s Origin store. I’m of course talking about SimCity 2000, the game that struck the perfect balance between accessibility and the finer tuning of city-management. More devoted fans might…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 9, 2014 -
UncategorizedFive Nights At Freddy’s 2’s ‘Real Murderer’ Is Unexpected
It’s easy to get caught up in the jumpscares of Five Nights at Freddy’s and leave it at that. But underneath those scares, there’s a very disturbing story hiding in the background of the series—and players are still hard at work at trying to figure out all the details. Concretely, what players know is that…
By Patricia Hernandez Published December 9, 2014 - Uncategorized
Fallout: New Vegas, As Told By Steam Reviews
What better way to make the wait for Fallout 4 news more torturous than to look back on some of what made the older games so excellent? Fallout is a series full of difficult choices, yes. But it’s also a series where you can horde a billion tiny T-Rex toys in your casino suite, if…
By Patricia Hernandez Published December 9, 2014 - Uncategorized
Dragon Age‘s New Update Took Away My Damn Scars
Dragon Age: Inquisition‘s second big patch went out today, largely focused on the RPG behemoth’s PC version. I took it for a spin and discovered a few tiny tweaks paired with a big change for the worse: my character’s scars are gone—her face pristine as fresh plastic—and I’m not alone in that. The patch, released…
By Nathan Grayson Published December 9, 2014 - Uncategorized
Great Gaming Gifts for $60 and Over
The hints that your special gamer people have been dropping? You’ve caught them. The money required? You’ve saved it. They deserve something bigger, something cooler. And you’re going to give it to them. Here are some finer things that just might make their holiday game run a lot more more sparkly. Corsair Gaming K95 RGB…
By Evan Narcisse Published December 9, 2014 -
UncategorizedSmash Bros. Players Have Invented…’Smashketball’
Ever since Super Smash Bros. came out for the Wii U, players have been playing around with the game’s new stage builder. While many fans have focused on recreating their favorite stages from past games, one idea has stood out because of its novelty: turning Smash into a particularly silly version of…basketball? That’s right. Shortly…
By Yannick LeJacq Published December 9, 2014 -
UncategorizedTiny GTA V Tricks You Into Thinking Los Santos Is Cute
“Cute” is not normally a word I’d use to describe Grand Theft Auto…unless it has been miniaturized. Then GTA becomes so adorable you could just eat it up. Check out GTA Series Videos‘s take on Los Santos—they use something called tilt-shifting to get a really striking effect that miniaturizes GTA V: Neat, right? You might…
By Patricia Hernandez Published December 9, 2014 -
UncategorizedSee A Motion-Captured Face Come To Life
A well-animated face can be the difference between empathizing with a game character and looking at a glassy-eyed marionette. That’s why this mocap tech demo so strangely moving. The video above is a demonstration of the current animation pipeline from a company called 3lateral (who were responsible for rigging the faces in Ryse and Grand…
By Chris Person Published December 9, 2014 - Uncategorized
How To Unlock The New Strike In Destiny: The Dark Below
Destiny‘s new DLC is out today, and with it comes a brand new strike called The Will of Crota that also doubles as the weekly heroic. Of course, the game doesn’t do a very good job of explaining how you can unlock and play that strike. That’s what we’re here for. It’ll take you about…
By Jason Schreier Published December 9, 2014 - Uncategorized
Mega Man X Makes A Much Cooler Statue Than The Original
Back is September, First 4 Figures revealed thefirst in their new line of Mega Man statues. It was nice, if a bit too Astro Boy for my tastes. Now the company unveils its first Mega Man X statue. That’s more like it. Not that I have anything against the original Mega Man. He’s an adorable…
By Mike Fahey Published December 9, 2014
