Some of This Year’s Best Indie Games Will Come to Steam Next Year. We Just Don’t Know Which Ones Yet.

For the last few years, titles nominated for the Independent Games Festival’s various awards have been amongst the best digitally playable experiences in the preceding 12 months. But, as good as some of these games are, they haven’t all been as lucky as, say, Fez, which was able to make it to a wide release.…

The Importance of Being A Bro

Few games understand the true meaning of being a bro. Being a bro is more than being a burly man in a group of burly men who shoot at anything that moves. The concept of “bro” reaches beyond polo-wearing frat boys double fisting red plastic cups. Bro is a mindset. It’s not even constrained to…

Like All Things, 2K Play’s Latest Game Gets Better When the Sheep Show Up

Despite the fact that 2K Play sent me a plush cow stuffed with a whoopie cushion to promote it, I wasn’t finding Herd Herd Herd nearly as charming as I thought I would. Then the sheep showed up. First demoed at E3 2012, Herd Herd Herd transforms your finger into a sheep dog. Nowhere in…

League of Legends‘ Massive Pre-Season-3 Patch Released

Riot has released a whopping pre-season-3 patch for League of Legends, which will doubtless make a ton of diehard players very happy. Since everyone loves massive patches that change tons of things about their favorite video games. In the video above, Riot’s Joshua “Jatt” Leesman and Ryan “Morello” Scott walk viewers through the many changes…

Far Cry 3 PC Performance Test: Graphics & CPU

Designed exclusively for PC, the original Far Cry sold 730,000 copies in the first four months following its March 2004 release and was hailed as one of the best shooters, combining an adventurous plot that followed ex-Army operative Jack Carver’s heroic exploits on a mysterious Micronesian archipelago with engaging sandbox combat and some of the…

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is Go on Mobile, and It’s Glorious

I shouldn’t have to tell any self—respecting gamer to go drop $4.99 on the tenth anniversary edition of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City on iOS or Android (once it’s live). For those that lack self-respect, go drop $4.99 on the tenth anniversary edition of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. It’s better than ever. Along with…

Join Dikembe Mutombo, a Sweater-Wearing Bear, and a Random Turkey in Their Quest to Prevent the Apocalypse

According to the Mayan Calendar, we are all hurtling toward inescapable destruction. On December 21, the world will cease to be. What better way to help prevent the apocalypse than to join former NBA player and current Old Spice Champion Dikembe Mutombo in his quest to add more time to the calendar? Three whole levels…

Feminist Game Critic On Her Online Attackers: They Cast Me ‘in the Role of the Villain’

The woman behind Feminist Frequency hasn’t been shy about sharing stories of the harassment she’s gotten while trying to create Tropes vs. Women in Video Games. Anita Sarkeesian’s goal of examining how women get portrayed in video games won her lots of enemies but, according to her, they thought of themselves as heroes. In this…

Can You Guess Which Of These Bioshock Infinite Influences Are Legit?

I love reading about what sorts of things influence people. I don’t know if I’d ever truly understand or approach genius myself, but the next best thing is to look at the things that inspire it. Then I can only wonder how people can take such random, disparate things and make them into art. It’s…

Zynga’s CoasterVille: A Complete Guide to the First 10 Quests

Zynga‘s CoasterVille has finally launched on Facebook, an outlet for players to build the theme park of their dreams, complete with customizable roller coasters, plenty of attractions, stalls and much more. To help you get started, we’re here with a complete look at the game’s first 10 quests, along with some tips. To start, you’ll…

Watch Four Of This Year’s Biggest Video Game Characters Beat Each Other Down

The action and fighting in this live action video is pretty fun. It’s just too bad they made Cortana so robotic and Lee so out of character. I have to commend Max for that nice trigger finger. He keeps it steady until the very last second. In the video above is also Connor from Assassin’s…

What It’s Like to Play a Game About Someone Else’s Dreams

Dreams are such personal things. No matter how vividly you describe them, it’s hard to put someone in your shoes, to convey the utter weirdness of dreams. Telling never works: It’s about the experience. Which is why LSD: Dream Emulator gets it so right. In the video above, I discuss the Playstation cult classic LSD:Dream…

Come for the Unintentional Call of Duty Parody, Stay for the Stellar Multiplayer

In early 2011, Epic Games released Duty Calls, a Call of Duty parody game that made fun of the military shooter in order to promote the release of Bulletstorm. The story mode for Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour is ten times as funny, only I’m pretty sure it wasn’t meant to be. Modern Combat 4…

Skulk, Stab and Speed Through Dishonored’s Dunwall City Trials Trailer

Revenge may solve everything, according to Dishonored‘s marketing spiel. But it doesn’t fill the burning need to teleport, slow down time or possess enemies once you’ve finished Arkane’s masterpiece. Thankfully, DLC that lets you craft more gloriously choreographed kills hits next week. Get your glimpse of the Dunwall City Trials in the video above.

I Can Relate To Too Many Of These Dumb Ways To Die In Video Games

When you think about it, there really are a ton of dumb ways to die in video games. Megasteakman uploaded this song yesterday to poetically put all of those death scenarios into one video. How many can you relate to?

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Why David Petraeus Will Never Be a Strategy Game General

David Petraeus would not have gone down in history as a great general, even if he had been able to keep his zipper zipped. Certainly not great enough for the retired Army four-star general and former commander of coalition forces in Iraq and Afghanistan to merit appearing in a strategy game. It is true that…

Knightly Adventure Comes to Android Just in Time for the Holiday Update

Free-to-play cross-platform action role-playing game Knightly Adventure has been capturing the hearts of iOS and Facebook players since its November 8 launch. Now developer Pangalore takes on Android, with the help of a little holiday spirit. Nothing says “Merry Christmas” like a witch, right? Okay, so maybe the timing on the new premium Witch character…

Captain America Reminds Iron Man That He Knows How to Actually Fight in This Week’s Nintendo Download

Look, I know that the Iron Man movies ushered in a new wave of Marvel cinematic dominance. But Tony Stark isn’t in charge of things in that superhero universe. Captain America is. He’s got actual battlefield experience and a rank in his codename. In this brave new era of Nintendo embracing all things online, full…

Compete In A Halo 4 Tournament For One Of 2,800 Prizes During Spartan Ops’ Mid-Season Break

Today 343 Industries announced a partnership with Virgin Gaming to host their Halo 4 Infinity Challenge, a free-to-enter tournament in lieue of Spartan Ops updates during the almost month-long mid-season break. You can register online for a shot at one of 2,800 prizes, including the grand prize of a 343-designed Ford Raptor truck modeled to…