Martyr Dog, Earning XP While Not Playing & More Call of Duty Surprises

Today’s big Call of Duty Ghosts multiplayer reveal event didn’t reveal everything. They actually skipped some really interesting things, including “martyr dog.” Thankfully, Ghosts executive producer Mark Rubin decided to spill more news when he spoke to us. Here’s what we got out of him… The game will ship with 14 multiplayer maps. There probably…

I Would Play The Hell Out Of This Old-School Blade Runner Game

Maybe it’s just the soft spot I’ll always have for Westwood’s underrated Blade Runner adventure game, but I immediately loved this new video from the 8-bit cinema purveyors at CineFix

Why Female Soldiers Were Finally Added to Call of Duty‘s Multiplayer

There is no great suffrage movement to credit for finally enabling players of the world’s most popular first-person shooter tokill each other as female soldiers. For better or worse, that’s not how these things tend to happen in video games. Certainly not this time. With the announcement of playable female soldiers for November’s sure-to-be-a-blockbuster Call…

NBA 2K14 Calls the Crew Back to the Court

My Crew—the cooperative multiplayer mode introduced in NBA 2K10 but absent from the series for the past two years—will return for NBA 2K14, 2K Sports said today. The mode will be available only on current-generation versions of the game. In My Crew, gamers could take their created basketball player from the game’s career mode (“My…

Tywin Lannister’s Actor To Appear In The Witcher 3

One can already make a great deal of comparisons between the dark fantasy world of The Witcher and the arguably darker fantasy world of Game of Thrones. Now there’s one more. Actor Charles Dance, best known for his outstanding work as the cruel, calculating ruler Tywin Lannister on HBO’s Game of Thrones, will be joining…

Pixel People Was Dangerously Entertaining. Now It’s Deadly.

In late January, LambdaMu Games took over every non-working waking hour of my life with Pixel People for iOS, a game about gene splicing, city-building, and desperately trying to avoid spending money (I failed on more than one occassion). It took me a month to stop playing. That’s why today’s massive update is a jerk.…

7 Ways To Initiate Sex In Saints Row IV

If you didn’t already assume, there’s definitely some NSFW language. Saint’s Row IV has 7 different voice actors, and 7 romance options, so I decided to give everyone their due and make 7 different characters and try them all out. Up top is Female 1 – Laura Bailey The other voice actors feature the same…

Three Major College Conferences Will Stop Licensing EA Sports Games

The Pac-12, the Big Ten and the Southeastern Conference—cornerstones of major college football—will no longer license their league’s symbols or trademarks to EA Sports. While the 40 members they represent may still appear in future video games, the departure of these leagues is a painful blow to the series. The Southeastern Conference is home to…

The Typing Adventure Of A Lifetime Is Just A Click Away

Mario. Mavis Beacon. The Dead. Over the years many video game characters and Mavis Beacons have attempted to impart the art of keyboard-diddling, but none have come as close to perfection as Icarus Proudbottom. Before you read on, it’s time for character creation. Icarus Proudbottom Teaches Typing is a free-to-play PC game hand-crafted by Holy…

50 Jokes, References, Easter Eggs In Saints Row IV In Under 5 Minutes

The ever-resourceful folks over at GameFront compiled a fairly comprehensive video on a bunch of the jokes and references found in Volition’s latest Saints Row title. Which is quite good, by the way. There are a lot. This is just a good, chunky scratch off the top of that iceberg. There’s an arguable spoiler near…

So Maybe Microsoft Does Want To Be More Like Steam

When Microsoft revealed their pre-180 plans for the Xbox One, some pundits theorized that they were trying to build a Steam-like digital network, complete with frequently-discounted games and a user-friendly, retail-free interface. With news that the Xbox One isn’t actually going to be as digital as Microsoft wanted to be, we’ve all kind of assumed…

Your Commander Shepard Isn’t As Fabulous As This Lolita Shepard

Sorry. I’m sure many of you spent a ton of time in Mass Effect’s character creation, but I just gotta give it up to roguemumei’sCommander Shepard cosplay here. They manage to combine lolita fashion with Mass Effect, and that’s pretty amazing. Here are a few more shots from cons, if you need convincing. Some of…

The Latest Call of Duty Sends You a Squad to Fight With—or Against

Multiplayer in Call of Duty: Ghosts will introduce the “Squad,” a group of up to ten soldiers with unique loadouts and appearances, with one level of prestige per character. These guys will also join you, as AI teammates—or adversaries—in a new mode called, of course, Squads. This video does all of the explaining, but the…

Why would there suddenly be a new post about Battlefield 4 on the PlayStation blog right now? And an announcement from Valve about a new Counter-Strike update? What timing!

Breaking Down What We Saw In Call Of Duty: Ghost‘s Multiplayer Reveal

We just got a lot of juicy details for the next Call of Duty. Fans of the multiplayer for one of Activision’s biggest franchises will want to tune in here to hear a breakdown by myself and other CoD experts. I will be hosting the show with the captain of team compLexity and current reigning…

Check Out Ghost’s New Killstreaks, Including One With Call of Duty Dog

There are over 20 new killstreaks coming to Call of Duty: Ghosts—and yes, Riley, your trusty attack dog, makes an appearance. And like in a previous Call of Duty game, you can earn also Killstreaks via things other than just kills. Oh, and—no more deathstreaks, and there are also fewer air-based killstreaks.

Moneysaver: Humble Origin Bundle, Saints Row IV, Mario Dream Team

For those about to save we salute you. Join us for the first ever Moneysaver Co-Op segment where we’re discussing and voting on the best gaming mice. Humble Origin Bundle Well, the header kind of says it all right? HumbleBundle.com Deal Leaderboard Grab The Last of Us for $45 right here. Amazon has a killer…

What’s The Best Gaming Mouse?

The choice is yours and yours alone. Here’s how it goes: Post #1: You guys nominate your favorites in the comments section. Post #2: After counting the votes from Post #1, we take the top five choices and vote on them. Post #3: We announce the winner. This is a great opportunity for you (and…

How Perks Will Work In Call of Duty: Ghosts

Today, Infinity Ward revealed a bevy of new Call of Duty: Ghosts features. Not only is the game getting playable female soldiers in multiplayer, there’s also some changes to perks. Perks have a point system which limits what you can equip, while still giving you room to customize how you want to play. The game…

Two Modes Offer New Twists on Call of Duty‘s Multiplayer

“Cranked” and “Search and Rescue” will join the playlist in Call of Duty: Ghosts‘ multiplayer this year, offering variants on the game’s team deathmatch staples. As discussed at today’s multiplayer event in Los Angeles, in Cranked, a kill will boost a player’s speed and other attributes but it’ll also start a countdown clock; get another…