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UncategorizedApps Plus Toys: Zapped Battleship and Spellshot
Hasbro’s Zapped line of app-enabled toys and games combine the company’s popular properties with interactive iPad apps, creating a compelling hybrid of the old and the new. The initial entries in the line were products in which the iPad was used to supplement popular board games like Monopoly and The Game of Life. These are…
By Mike Fahey Published October 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
Four Comics That Mix Things Up This Week
If you’re here in the Panel Discussion programming block, you might be a lapsed comics reader, trying to find a way back to the JLA Satellite. Or you might someone killing time until you pick up your weekly Wednesday pull list. Or maybe you’ve said goodbye to dozens of longboxes to embrace the promise of…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 9, 2012 -
UncategorizedMobile MMO Arcane Legends Stars Warriors, Sorcerers, Rogues and Puppies
How am I supposed to care about the main characters in Spacetime Studios’ latest mobile and browser MMO when there’s an adorable little puppy following me around? Hopefully they’ll take the cuteness down a touch once Arcane Legends gets out of the cinematic trailer phase. Spacetime Studios has been kicking out legendary MMO jams on…
By Mike Fahey Published October 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
Green Arrow Is The Latest Addition To Injustice: Gods Among Us
The superheroes that make up the battling members of Injustice: Gods Among Us was today revealed by Entertainment Weekly to grow by one new hero. In the gameplay trailer over at EW, you can see Green Arrow use his arrows and bow to shoot and slap around his opponents. Oliver Queen’s trademark trash-talk is in…
By Tina Amini Published October 9, 2012 -
UncategorizedOne Creeper, Several Aquamen and, Well, Just About Everybody Shows Up in This DC Comics Cosplay Video
I should know better than to ever be surprised by any cosplay creativity. The people dedicated to dressing up as their favorite fictional characters keep on raising the bar for ingenuity. Still: there are people dressed as MiniMates. MiniMates! Spotted on the Distractotron YouTube Channel, this video parades hundreds of DC Comics characters in front…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 9, 2012 -
UncategorizedI Would Watch An Entire Movie Of The Avenger Pugs
Without their masks, these pugs seem like normal, adorable squishy-faced pups. But with their mighty armor and weapons strapped to their paws, they make up The Avenger Pugs. I’d put my life in their hands. They seem reliable. Earth’s Mightiest Heroes Are… Avenger Pugs! [YouTube via BuzzFeed]
By Tina Amini Published October 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
No More Crossovers: Five Thoughts on the End of Marvel’s Avengers vs. X-Men
This is the way things work in superhero comics: trauma explodes and its aftermath is only good for shuffling the status quo. Grief gets its 15 minutes, sure, but cataclysmic happenings are really just about getting readers interested in coming back for new chunks of story. That’s not always a bad thing, but it’s annoying…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
FarmVille 2 Worked Out Okay, So Zynga’s Working on CityVille 2
Currently the fastest-growing game on Facebook, FarmVille 2 is a bright spot for the financially troubled social gaming masters at Zynga. Its 3D graphics and crafting system have drawn in new players and kept them in the game (that’s me testifying). So it’s no surprise that the newly-revealed CityVille 2 features the same friend-driven gameplay…
By Mike Fahey Published October 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
Square Enix Defends The Surprisingly High Pricing of Their iOS/Android Games
Over the past few years, Square Enix has become something of a force in mobile gaming. The big Japanese publisher, best known for making console role-playing games like Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest, has also found success making solid games for tablets and phones. Some of them are ports of old classics; others are new,…
By Jason Schreier Published October 9, 2012 - Reviews
Fable: The Journey: The Kotaku Review
Did you ever go to school with a kid that was way too into horses? Like, waaaaaay too into horses? I’m talking about the kind of kid who has horse posters on the wall, a horse lunchbox and a horse backpack. Because Fable: The Journey feels like a game made by and for that kid.…
By Chris Person Published October 9, 2012 - Esports
Guild Wars 2 Adds PvP Features, Plans For a Future Jump Into eSports
If there is one overwhelming theme to gaming in 2012, it seems to be the rise of eSports and competitive PvP. MOBAs attract millions of players and tens or even hundreds of millions of watchers logged into livestreams. Prize pools for competitions grow ever larger, and more and more games are jumping into the fray.…
By Kate Cox Published October 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Redesigned Games.com Makes It Easier to Play New Games on Any Platform
AOL’s destination for competitive casual gaming features more than 5,000 games to play. Today a sleek new multi-platform redesign for Games.com makes it much easier for players to find and play them. The problem with having several thousand web-based games in one spot is giving users a way to sort through and discover them without…
By Mike Fahey Published October 9, 2012 -
UncategorizedWatch The Makers of SimCity Play Their New Game Live… Right About Now
Starting at 1pm ET, 10am PT folks from the Maxis studio behind The Sims 3 and next year’s very promising SimCity revival are going going to be showing off the newest stuff in their games. This is a two hour event and at some point, the Maxis folks have promised, they’re going to be playing…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
Some Players Say New Borderlands 2 DLC is Erasing Their Badass Stats [UPDATE]
Players on both the 360 and PC platforms (PS3 seems to also now be available appears to not be available for download yet) are reporting bug issues with the latest patch and download necessary to play as Borderlands 2‘s latest character, Gaige According to threads on both the official Gearbox forums and Giant Bomb’s, some…
By Tina Amini Published October 9, 2012 -
UncategorizedLet’s Keep Talking About Bravely Default Until Square Enix Brings It To America
We still haven’t heard a peep from Square Enix’s North American offices about Bravely Default: Flying Fairy, a lovely-looking 3DS RPG that’s out in Japan this week. Which is a real shame. I really want to play it. Yesterday, RPGLand posted an interesting interview with Bravely Default producer Tomoya Asano. It’s got a lot of…
By Jason Schreier Published October 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
You Can Now Download Borderlands 2‘s Mechromancer DLC
Gearbox surprised fans with an early release of the Mechromancer DLC that was originally planed for an October 16th release. But instead we get it a week early. And get it you should, because the Mechromancer is a powerful, versatile, spunky character with an amazing robotic bodyguard at her disposal But a specific time when…
By Tina Amini Published October 9, 2012 -
UncategorizedMy Favorite Rhythm Game Series Makes Its Stunning (and Stumbly) iPhone Debut
With DJMax Technika Tune bringing a different take on Korea’s premiere rhythm game to the PlayStation Vita later this month, fans of the original can score a heavy dose of track-based tapping with DJMax Ray on the iPhone, if they don’t mind dealing with a bit of bugginess. DJMax Ray is essentially an evolution of…
By Mike Fahey Published October 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
Dishonored‘s Writer Thinks That Gordon Freeman Is Creepy As Hell
Lots of reviews have compared Dishonored to Valve’s classic Half-Life 2. Both titles enjoy richly-drawn gameworlds with play mechanics that let you get creative. And they’ve both got lead characters who don’t talk. So, you’d figure that Gordon Freeman served as a model for Dishonored‘s Corvo, right? Not exactly. “I hate what Valve does with…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
So Which Games Are You Getting Today?
There are lots of games out today. Lots and lots of games. Stealthy assassins, anti-alien defense squads. Kinect wizards. Lots of games! So tell us: what are you planning on getting this week? Free free to pick multiple options if you plan to get more than one game. What game are you getting today? (Ridiculous…
By Jason Schreier Published October 9, 2012 - Tips & Guides
Before You Start…Tips For Playing Dishonored and XCOM: Enemy Unknown The Best Way
Two amazing games come out today: stealth-action-RPG Dishonored and strategy game XCOM: Enemy Unknown. Both are vastly different, but equally lovable Before you abandon all other duties because how the hell else are you going to make room during the day to play both games, read up on some tips from Jason and Luke/Kirk that…
By Tina Amini Published October 9, 2012