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UncategorizedWell, At Least The Racing Looks Good in the New Need for Speed Movie
Look, it’s pretty clear that the Need for Speed movie is trying to draft off the success of the Fast & Furious films. But the upcoming Dreamworks feature needs, like, 1000% more crazy. Aaron Paul certainly looks wounded in the clip for the upcoming car-stravaganza—which comes just days after the debut of the latest NFS…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 18, 2013 - Uncategorized
Three Nintendo Systems Share a Birthday Today
Though plenty of attention this week is on the PlayStation 4’s launch last Friday, and the Xbox One arriving on the next, at the midpoint—today—is a rather significant date in video gaming history: Three Nintendo systems all released in North America on Nov. 18. The Wii U, of course, is most recent, launching last year…
By Owen Good Published November 18, 2013 - Uncategorized
Sony’s Three-Pronged Plan To Save The Vita
It’s no secret that the Vita is a flop. Sony’s powerful handheld has failed to make much of a dent in this brave new world of iPhones and tablets and crushing candy on your daily subway ride to work. The real shame is that the Vita is a great piece of hardware—Sony’s just never been…
By Jason Schreier Published November 18, 2013 - Uncategorized
No The Multiplayer Column Today: Sorry folks, I (Patricia) was caught up in Crimson Dragon/Xbox One stuff this weekend, leaving me little time for today’s column. But feel free to talk about anything multiplayer related here—we’ll be back next week!
By Patricia Hernandez Published November 18, 2013 - Uncategorized
Man Shot Dead Over PlayStation 4 Sale
Saturday brought news of the first robbery of a PlayStation 4; today brings news of the first killing associated with one. Police in Orlando, Fla. say two men were shot, one fatally, in the aftermath of a PS4 sale gone wrong Sunday afternoon. Authorities say Emmanuel Johnson, 25, had agreed to meet an unidentified 23-year-old…
By Owen Good Published November 18, 2013 -
ReviewsSideshow’s Diablo III Statue Is The Real Prime Evil
If you thought the final boss from Blizzard’s Diablo III was terrifying, wait until you’ve got the Prime Evil staring you down in your own living room. Sideshow Collectibles’ Diablo polystone statue is truly terrifying. The second (ignore what I say in the video) of a three-part collaboration with Blizzard Entertainment that began withArthas from…
By Mike Fahey Published November 18, 2013 - Uncategorized
11,000-Kid Study Finds That Video Games Aren’t That Bad After All
Any time a high-profile act of violence happens, some media pundits are quick to blame video games for influencing the perpetrators’ actions. But results of a UK study says that such a link may not exist. Recent research from the University of Glasgow —aiming to chart just how consumption of video games and television changes…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 18, 2013 -
UncategorizedNew Anita Sarkeesian Video Looks At Gaming’s ‘Ms. Male’ Trope
Feminist Frequency continues its ‘Tropes vs Women in Games‘ series, this time spending some time analyzing female characters who are kind of copy and paste versions of the male lead—only with added stereotypical stuff like the color pink, bows, interest in shopping, amongst other things. Think, for example, of Ms. Pac Man. Or heck, if…
By Patricia Hernandez Published November 18, 2013 - Uncategorized
Royal Family PS4 Watch: Prince William Still Does Not Have A PS4
We can confirm that as of today, November 18, 2013, the Duke of Cambridge Prince William Arthur Philip Louis does not have a PlayStation 4. Prince William would like a PlayStation 4, but he does not yet have one, for even the Earl of Strathearn is subject to the iron rule of a small human…
By Jason Schreier Published November 18, 2013 - Uncategorized
EA’s Sportsbros Are Very Disappointed In You
They’re so disappointed. They can’t believe you did that. Why would you do that? Adrian Peterson is shocked that you said that about him. Lionel Messi can’t believe you spilled hot sauce on the rug. Kyrie Irving is appalled that you farted in the elevator.
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 18, 2013 - Uncategorized
Your New Achievements Are Much Prettier On Xbox One
The little achievement pop-upisn’t the only thing that’s changed on the Xbox One. Actually viewing Xbox One achievements themselves will be better, too. The first image in this post, which comes from Microsoft’s Mike Ybarra, may look like a wallpaper, but it’s actually what a specific achievement in Ryse looks like. It’s the screen you’d…
By Patricia Hernandez Published November 18, 2013 - Esports
eSports Is Getting Its Own Network—MLG.tv [Corrected]
Video gaming’s not a sport? Don’t tell that to MLG.TV—an Internet-broadcast network that’ll showcase the league’s major events and, yes, broadcast a studio show with highlights and news, akin to the coverage that, yes, real sports get. MLG announced the new programming venture today in this story at TechCrunch. The broadcast will stream up 1080p…
By Owen Good Published November 18, 2013 - Uncategorized
Xbox One Games, Cheap Playstation Plus, Boardwalk Empire [Deals]
Head over to the Microsoft Store and get $10 credit back on select pre-orders, reducing this great selection of games to $50/piece, or buy 6 get 1 free. You also have the option of walking into a physical Toys R Us and getting a $50 gift card with 3 Xbox One games purchased, which works…
By Shane Roberts Published November 18, 2013 -
UncategorizedThe Prettiest Space Game in Years Might Never Come to Consoles
When you’re behind the game that’s broken all sorts of records for crowd-funding—$27,689,361 and counting—you can do what you want when it comes to the hardware that said title will show up on. Cloud Imperium founder Chris Roberts says that Star Citizen “will NEVER be dumbed down for a lesser platform.” And yeah, by lesser…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 18, 2013 - Uncategorized
The Big Valve Conference You Probably Can’t Attend
On January 15 and 16, Valve is holding a special event. I’m not invited. You’re probably not, either. It’s called “Steam Developer Days,” and it’s a two-day conference designed to showcase Valve’s upcoming living-room-centric PCs, the Steam Machines. During the conference, which will feature guest speakers from companies like AMD, Oculus, and Nvidia, attendees will…
By Jason Schreier Published November 18, 2013 -
UncategorizedIt Took More Than 12,000 Paintings To Make Blade Runner This Beautiful
Swedish artist Anders Ramsell created 12,597 watercolor paintings to craft a 35 minute long “paraphrasing” of Ridley Scott’s 1982 cult-classic science fiction film Blade Runner. It’s like watching the movie in a dream. First featured on Kotaku last year in the form of a 12 minute teaser, Ramsell’s Blade Runner – The Aquarelle Edition captures…
By Mike Fahey Published November 18, 2013 -
UncategorizedTeam Fortress 2 With Little Dolls Is Just Too Cute To Handle
Made by a group of Source Filmmaker animators for Valve’s annual machinima competition, “Lil Guardian Pyro” tells the heartbreaking story of a miniature Pyro and other Team Fortress characters, in a way that you might think it’s one of Valve’s own animations. Here’s the full clip. Get ready for 4 minutes of cuteness overload: Lil…
By Gergo Vas Published November 18, 2013 - Uncategorized
It’s a nice day for a white Ouya. Just in time for Christmas, the tiny Android console gets its first limited edition recolor. At$129.99it’s $30 more than the standard edition, but it’s also $30 prettier and comes with 16GB storage instead of 8GB, so it all works out.
By Mike Fahey Published November 18, 2013 - Uncategorized
Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: Stormborn’s Super Mario Brothers redesign project continues in fine fahion, with a Princess Daisy that nobody would want to mess with. And Pink Zapper Helmet implores everyone to stop invoking Roger Ebert’s name when it comes to video game, criticism and discussions of artistic merit.…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 18, 2013
