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Diablo Meets Final Fantasy VII In This Ambitious Action-RPG
In a year filled with addictive action-RPGs with names like Diablo, Borderlands, and Torchlight, it might seem insane for another contender to jump into the fray. But the people behind Path of Exile don’t mind a little insanity. This December, Path of Exile will officially enter open beta and what the team is calling a…
By Jason Schreier Published October 15, 2012 - Uncategorized
Say Hello to Your Little Friends — Scarface Mobile Goes Multiplayer
What good is a drug-fueled murderous rampage if there’s no one to share it with? Fuse Powered and Hothead Games’ single-player mobile Tony Montana adventure game goes multiplayer today, giving players a chance to make friends, recruit friends, and rob friends. Scarface for iOS was sort of a graphical Mafia Wars, only without the social…
By Mike Fahey Published October 15, 2012 -
UncategorizedHere’s What an Anti-Tobacco Video Game Looks Like
There’s no more illusion that smoking isn’t bad for your health. And tobacco companies are obliged to divulge the risks involved with using their products. They still want to make money, though, and resort to questionable means to market their wares to the public. One of Big Tobacco’s tactics is to lure in younger customers…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 15, 2012 - Uncategorized
Valve Announces 20 More Games For Steam Greenlight
Valve’s second set of Greenlight games includes an HD remix of The Stanley Parable, Octodad, and Miasmata Announced today, here’s the full list of 20 new games that Valve will release on Steam in the coming months thanks to their crowdsourced Greenlight program. Afterfall InSanity Extended Edition AirBuccaneers Blockscape Contrast Fly’n Folk Tale Forge Giana…
By Jason Schreier Published October 15, 2012 - Uncategorized
Breaking Bad’s Aaron Paul Set to Star in a 2014 Need for Speed Movie
Electronic Arts has signed up an Emmy-winning actor to put the pedal to the metal in an upcoming film adaptation of their Need for Speed franchise. According to today’s press release, Paul will be leading a cast in a Dreamworks-produced NFS movie directed by Scott Waugh, who also helmed real-life-Navy-SEAL action movie Act of Valor.…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 15, 2012 -
UncategorizedModern Combat 4 Probably Doesn’t Employ CRAP Technology
I am relatively sure lead artist Vince Coupal doesn’t say “technology called CRAP” in this first developer diary for Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour, but part of me wishes he had. Gameloft’s latest first-person shooter, coming this fall to iOS and Android, looks fine. Heck, it looks more than fine; that’s pretty gorgeous. It would…
By Mike Fahey Published October 15, 2012 -
UncategorizedWatch Borderlands 2‘s Mechromancer In Action
The first official trailer for Borderlands 2‘s newest playable class—the Mechromancer—shows off how versatile her three skill trees are. You can get a sense of the kind of play style you can mold Gaige towards, as well as how she looks in action. I already told you she feels great, but here she is backing…
By Tina Amini Published October 15, 2012 - Uncategorized
Drawing Pokémon Based On Their Physical Descriptions Alone Is Harder Than It Sounds
Artist Noelle Stevenson has never played a Pokémon game first-hand. She has, however, accepted the challenge of drawing several of the combative pocket monsters, based solely on physical descriptions provided to her by friends and blog readers. It turns out, accurately describing a creature that looks a lot, but not quite, like a duck wearing…
By Kate Cox Published October 15, 2012 - Uncategorized
Prey 2 Is In ‘Limbo,’ Designer Says [UPDATE]
You might be wondering what has happened to Prey 2, the delayed shooter that Bethesda was supposed to release this year. Rumors have suggested that maybe it was actually cancelled, that maybe developer Human Head Studios is no longer working on it, that maybe Bethesda has just given up. Well it’s not cancelled, according to…
By Jason Schreier Published October 15, 2012 -
UncategorizedThis Pretty Much Sums Up How I’ve Been Playing Dishonored
I love sneak games, so when given the option I’ll try my best to successfully navigate games without setting off alarms or killing guards. But Dishonored all too often provokes me to kill every single damn living thing on the screen every once in a while, just like it has here for CplusGamers. After my…
By Tina Amini Published October 15, 2012 - Uncategorized
I Like Girls Like Robots
Though I am her favorite male human, I’m pretty sure my wife would leave me in a heartbeep if the right robot came along. Adult Swim and Popcannibal’s Girls Like Robots is a painfully true game of love and logic. Logic puzzles have never been so cute, quirky and entertaining. Popcannibal takes the boring old…
By Mike Fahey Published October 15, 2012 -
ReviewsThe Unfinished Swan: The Kotaku Review
In the first chapter of The Unfinished Swan, you will paint a wall. In the second, you will water plants. The third lets you walk next to a river and then build a staircase. In the fourth you will feel tall. You don’t want me to tell you much more. All that I’ve mentioned will…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 15, 2012 -
UncategorizedThis Is What It Looks Like When Disasters Strike In The New SimCity
There are those careful, obsessive builders (like my junior-high self) who disabled disasters, when possible, in our SimUtopias. Then there are those diabolical builders (like my high-school self) who delighted in bombarding their hapless SimHellholes with disaster after disaster. (My personal favorite was SimCity 2000‘s Monster.) So, what of disasters in the new SimCity? This…
By Kate Cox Published October 15, 2012 - Uncategorized
It’s Like Pictionary, But With a Crappy Artist
I love art—adore it. Yet, I’m not very good at drawing. I wish I was better, and my lack of illustration talent is probably why I enjoy appreciating the work of others that much more. So going into today’s Gaming App of the Day, I could immediately identify with the game’s main character. That’s right,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 15, 2012 - Uncategorized
Some Gamers Are Really Pissed At EA For Screwing Up This Weekend [UPDATE: EA Responds]
This weekend, Electronic Arts accidentally gave away thousands of free games thanks to a discount coupon, rewarded to anyone who filled out their marketing survey, that would take $20 off any purchase of more than $20. Some crafty gamers figured out that they could use the coupon more than once, and they walked away with…
By Jason Schreier Published October 15, 2012 -
UncategorizedCall of Duty Elite Going Completely Free With Black Ops II
The Call of Duty Elite service will be completely free of charge for all players with the launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops II this November, Activision announced today. Call of Duty Elite began life in 2011 with both free and paid premium subscriptions. While all Elite players have access to stat-tracking and social…
By Kate Cox Published October 15, 2012 - Uncategorized
What Facebook is Playing This Week: In a World Without Zynga, Candy Crush Saga is King
Two straight weeks of FarmVille 2 being at the top of the daily active users Facebook game charts is plenty. This week I’m bending the laws of time and space to imagine a chart without Zynga—a chart in which Candy Crush Saga reigns supreme. It’s a silly concept, really. Without the success Zynga’s had in…
By Mike Fahey Published October 15, 2012 -
UncategorizedThe Most Horrifying Thing You Could Ever Catch A Zombie Doing
Video spoilers …is pooping. From one of my favorite YouTubers—and in the spirit of zombie week—comes this short and sweet clip of a very…unique encounter with Left 4 Dead 2‘s tank. I never thought I’d feel bad for a zombie until now. There he was, minding his own business on a flushable porta potty when…
By Tina Amini Published October 15, 2012 -
UncategorizedPlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale Enters Open Beta This Week
You can check out the beta for Sony fighting game PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale starting tomorrow, assuming you are A) a PlayStation Plus user or B) a Vita owner. If you want to play on PS3, and you don’t have PlayStation Plus, you’ll have to wait until October 23 for access to the beta, which…
By Jason Schreier Published October 15, 2012 -
UncategorizedA Delightfully Melodic Take on the Monster Breeding Game
Thanks to the success of titles like Dragonvale you can’t swing a dead lizard without hitting a dozen games that feature mystical islands filled with magical creatures having sex with one another to create new magical creatures. Developer Big Blue Bubble has taken the sub-genre and made it into a musical. The familiar elements are…
By Mike Fahey Published October 15, 2012