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In Destiny, Mars Is Dead (But Also Alive)
Dorje Bellbrook is a concept artist at Bungie, who has previously worked at FASA and Red Storm Entertainment. His Bungie work means he’s been one of the more public contributors to the art we’ve seen so far for Destiny, the studio’s first game since leaving the Halo franchise behind. Indeed, you might recognise the image…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 7, 2013 -
UncategorizedAs Expected, Francis Is Not Happy at All About Today’s Xbox One News
Think you’re mad about tonight’s flood of controversial news from Microsoft about the Xbox One? Your rage pales next to Francis’ fury. Francis’ reaction to the unveiling of Microsoft’s next home game console was something to see. But, in this one, he takes the current-gen Kinect into his big, meaty hands and tries to break…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 7, 2013 - Uncategorized
Classic PC Franchise Quietly Purchased For $7500
Freespace was the world’s last great space combat series, a genre you may not even be aware of if you’re under the age of 20. Yet it’s still quite active today; the amazing Battlestar Galactica mod Diaspora is built on Freespace 2’s engine. Given its popularity, reverence and continued practical uses, it seems insane to…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 7, 2013 - Uncategorized
Game Gets Gay Marriage, Because Kickstarter
Double Fine’s strategy game Massive Chalice will let you get married, and make babies. But wait a minute. What if two dudes/ladies want to get married? Well, the game didn’t originally support it. “That was something I got kinda blindsided by”, Double Fine’s Brad Muir tells Rock Paper Shotgun. “That was really unfortunate. It kinda…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 6, 2013 - Uncategorized
Arrested Development Gags Make BioShock Infinite Hilarious
Imagine, for a moment, that you play through Infinite not as Booker DeWitt, but rather as Michael Bluth. Okay. Now imagine that you still have Elizabeth around, only her characterization is less “Disney Princess” and more “Gob Bluth.” Still with me? Because this isn’t just an idle thought experiment, as you might’ve guessed from the…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 6, 2013 -
UncategorizedHere’s Why You Should Play State of Decay
Between DayZ, ZombiU, Left 4 Dead 2 and The Walking Dead, I thought I was burnt out on zombie games. Well, it turns out I was wrong. In the video above I quickly show you around the world of State of Decay, the open-world zombie game released yesterday for XBLA that’s been slowly winning me…
By Chris Person Published June 6, 2013 -
UncategorizedA Pair of Kings: NBA 2K14 Gets LeBron James for Its Cover
Solidly established as professional basketball’s best player and a mortal lock for the hall of fame, LeBron James, after 10 years as an A-list superstar, will finally appear on the cover of a video game when NBA 2K14 hits shelves this autumn. 2K Sports has made a practice of luring MVPs of the present and…
By Owen Good Published June 6, 2013 - Uncategorized
Here’s A Pretty Crazy Conspiracy Theory About Metal Gear Solid V
Many Metal Gear Solid fans aren’t exactly happy that David Hayter will not—as far as we can tell—be reprising his role as Snake in the upcoming Metal Gear Solid V. That much isn’t surprising. Amusingly, the inability to let Hayter go has led some fans to concoct a ridiculous conspiracy theory about what’s actually happening…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 6, 2013 - Uncategorized
Can Your Network Handle The “Optimal” Xbox One Experience?
Along with today’s clarification of the online requirements of the Xbox One, Microsoft also gave us an internet speed target: “For an optimal experience, we recommend a broadband connection of 1.5Mbps.” That doesn’t seem unreasonable. Let’s see how we do! A quick trip to Speedtest.net will tell you how your network is doing, and while…
By Mike Fahey Published June 6, 2013 - Uncategorized
It’s a Game Console. It’s Art. It’s Both.
The PS4. The Xbox One. The Ouya. The Game Stick. 2013’s turning out to be the year for all sorts of new hardware to come out of hiding. And now those systems are joined by the most mysterious and colorful one of all: the iam8bit Entertainment System. Want to know the hardware specs? You’ll need…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 6, 2013 - Uncategorized
The Xbox One Just Had A Very Bad Day
In two weeks’ time, we may look on this as one of the smartest PR moves of all time. But for now? It’s been a bad day for Microsoft. Seeking perhaps to head off criticisms that it had been vague (at best) and incompetent (at worst) in its messaging of core Xbox One services at…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 6, 2013 - Uncategorized
Xbox One Lets You Share Your Games With Up To 10 “Family” Members
Here’s another interesting detail from the Xbox news that popped up this evening. Microsoft says that 10 of your “family” members can access your shared games library. Not just on your console. On any Xbox One. Here’s Microsoft: Xbox One will enable new forms of access for families. Up to ten members of your family…
By Tina Amini Published June 6, 2013 - Uncategorized
Xbox One Kinect Privacy Concerns? Turn It Off. Pause It While Gaming.
Responding to worries that an always-on Kinect sensor recording camera and audio information would be a threat to user privacy, Microsoft offers a simple solution: the ability to turn the Kinect off, which they’d told us about. Better: pause it while gaming. You can also determine which personal data is or isn’t shared with others.…
By Mike Fahey Published June 6, 2013 - Uncategorized
Xbox One Games ‘Can Only Be Given Once’ [UPDATE]
This is unreal. Microsoft’s new policies seem to confuse more than they clarify. Right at the bottom of one section of the big list of policies Microsoft just released for Xbox One is a little detail about how you’ll be able to share games with your friends. Turns out you’ll only be able to give…
By Jason Schreier Published June 6, 2013 - Uncategorized
Xbox One Games Can Be Traded In, If The Publisher Enables It
After much waffling, Microsoft finally delivers a concrete answer on the ability to trade-in or resell your used Xbox One games — it’s not up to them. According to the “How Game Licensing Works On Xbox One” document released today by Microsoft, the console has been designed so publishers “can enable you to trade in…
By Mike Fahey Published June 6, 2013 - Uncategorized
Xbox One Needs To Connect To The Internet Every 24 Hours For Gaming
Following a whole lot of mixed messaging and confusion Microsoft has just confirmed what we told you three weeks ago: the Xbox One will indeed need to be connected to the Internet once every 24 hours to play games. If you don’t connect once every 24 hours, you will not be able to play games…
By Jason Schreier Published June 6, 2013 -
UncategorizedHe Uses Battlefield and Call of Duty To Cope With The Horrors of War
AlloySevenVideo—Bryant Chambers, a former platoon leader in Iraq back in 2003—never got formally diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. But that doesn’t mean war can’t haunt him in some ways. That’s where games come in, as he talks about in this video. “I honestly never thought I had any issues until several years after the event,”…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 6, 2013 -
UncategorizedThe Best Tower Defense Game On iOS Gets A Worthy—If Similar—Sequel
I spent a large chunk of 2012 playing Kingdom Rush, the unfairly addictive tower defense game that tasks you with upgrading towers, maneuvering troops, and throwing down last-minute fireballs in an attempt to thwart invading monsters. I mastered it, maxing out every level on the hardest difficulty. (I am allowed to brag about this, because…
By Jason Schreier Published June 6, 2013
