Ignore Those Early Negative Ouya Reviews. It Wasn’t Ready.

While the Android-powered Ouya isn’t hitting retail until early June, early backers have received their preview units, and some of them don’t have very positive things to say about the great open source console hope. That’s to be expected as, according to the console maker, the system isn’t review-ready yet. In a statement issued to…

The One Man Who Influenced Mass Effect’s Look More Than Anyone Else

The Mass Effect series draws creatively, like all “new” universes do, from those which came before. You can see traces of Star Trek’s intergalactic politics. Star Wars’ “science magic”. The influence those properties had on Mass Effect, though, pales in comparison with the work of one man, a single artist whose 20th-century output defined the…

As this (spoilerific) special effects reel demonstrates, The Walking Dead season 3 had a lot of head-trauma. Like, a looooooot. It’s pretty cool to see how special effects house Stargate Studios put together all the tasty, tasty head-cleaving. (Via) Everyone good? Having a decent week so far? Cool. Head on over to Talk Amongst Yourselves…

Mass Effect 2 Review: Once More Unto The Breach

This review was originally published on Kotaku on January 26, 2010. To celebrate Mass Effect week, we’re bumping it up! What kind of man (or woman) has intergalactic hero Commander Shepard become after saving the universe from the Reapers in Mass Effect? That’s all up to you in BioWare’s Mass Effect 2. Shortly after the…

They Look Real, But These Are Actually Just Amazing Team Fortress 2 Props

Forget collecting hats. I want to own the fantastic Team Fortress 2 replicas made by Nathan Longest, the man behind HVD Props. The images come from his blog, which details the process involved in making these beauties. Let’s take a closer look at some of these, shall we? The Scattergun: The Ambassador: The Bonesaw: The…

The Most Iconic Moments of the Mass Effect Trilogy

The Mass Effect series is a true space opera full of interstellar battles, irreversible decisions, sprawling story-lines and so, so many defining moments. The events of the trilogy could fill twice as many games and novels as there already are. The story of Commander Shepard is over, which creates a good opportunity to collect—in no…

Please, Watch The First Trailer For Elysium, From The Man Who Directed District 9

This is the debut trailer for Elysium, the new movie by District 9 director Neill “I nearly directed the Halo movie” Blomkamp. If you think it looks like a modern video game come to life, right down to the lone super-soldier, you are not alone.

“Those are however small prices to pay for a game that may not advance some great BioShock canon, but still stands as a great way to round off your view of Rapture – a world that always felt like a designed dystopia more than a failed city suddenly converted into a much more plausible place.”…

Half the People Who Got BioShock Infinite on Steam Have Finished It. Not True for That Walking Dead Shooter

Can we judge the quality of a video game by the number of people who finish it? Probably not, since I’ve met many a people who just loooove Shadow of the Colossus and never reached the fourth Colossus. Nevertheless, that PC gaming service Steam allows us to determine which games people bother to finish. Take…

The Sex, Booze and Hard Partying of Mass Effect

Saving the world from the Reapers is hard work. That’s why Commander Shepard also made sure to enjoy the finer things in life: booze, sex and partying. Let’s playfully reminisce on the the debauchery of Mass Effect, shall we? Clubs We’ve got to start with the night clubs, if only because these are often the…

Now that the people at GameFront have created a Metal Gear timeline (1944-2018), that series’ storyline makes so much more sense. See for yourself

This Xbox 360 Batman Arkham Origins Boxart Is Most Unexpected

Are you excited about the newly-announced Batman: Arkham Origins? It’s ok if you were on the fence. But surely this boxart for the Xbox 360 version can win you over? This is a real listing at Wal-Mart. They’ll probably change it soon. [UPDATE: And they just did.]

Apple Bans Upcoming Issue Of Comic For Featuring Gay Sex

Tomorrow’s Saga #12—the latest issue of Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples’ critically acclaimed series—won’t be available for purchase via comics-reading apps on the iPad or iPhone, because it contains images of gay sex. That means that folks who buy and read the sci-fi adventure drama via apps like Comixology won’t be able to do…

Mass Effect: Pinnacle Station Micro-Review: A Curious Experiment

This post was originally published on Kotaku on August 28, 2009. To celebrate Mass Effect week, we’re bumping it up! What if Mass Effect was multiplayer? What if there was a way to get a taste of that, even if it was just in a solo mode? Now, strangely, there is. Mass Effect: Pinnacle Station…

Mr. Runner Was Wonderful. Mr. Runner 2 Looks Wonderfully Insane.

The original Mr. Runner is a lovely little bite-sized mobile platformer that’s been downloaded some five million times. Due out in on April 24, Mr. Runner 2: The Masks doesn’t care what Mr. Runner did, it does what it wants. It’ll cut you. With awesome. For reference, here is the original Mr. Runner: And here…

Here’s How You Eat All the Pellets in Snake and ‘Win’ the Game

In real time, this playthrough takes 13 minutes, 17 seconds. Sped up in the .gif above, it’s 2:06. It’s the amazing solution to a version of Snake, a genre of casual game going back almost 40 years, so old its original form is all but lost to memory. This .gif hit a Russian message board…

Where The First Mass Effect Failed, And Succeeded, According To Its Head Writer

Drew Karpyshyn was there at the beginning of Mass Effect, but he still hasn’t played the end. He was lead writer on the first two games in the series, but has yet to see the third game through to its conclusion. He knows about the the controversy, about the cupcakes and the Extended Cut. But…

Cancer, The Video Game

Before I sit, Josh Larson is careful to make one thing clear: “This is a game about Ryan and his wife’s four-year-old son, who was diagnosed with terminal cancer two and a half years ago,” he explains. And then this: “He’s still alive.” I look around; Ryan Green has already slipped out of the room.…

Hackers Find A Way To Download Games For Free on Ubisoft’s uPlay [UPDATE]

Last night, (now-removed) footage of Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon broke out. It’s likely the work of Russian hackers who found a way to trick the uPlay game launcher into thinking that they already own certain games according to Eurogamer—even if, in this case, the game isn’t out yet. The exploit allows users to download…

Game Developer Magazine—arguably the leading publication for people for making interactive entertainment—will nolonger be printing physical copies of the magazine. The last issue will be printed in July. Best wishes to all those affected by this decision.