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What a New Mario Game Could/Should Look Like
Part of the reason I’m not exactly thrilled about the Wii U isn’t because of its hardware, it’s because of the games. I want to see what a new Zelda game or a new Mario game looks like on the console. And when I say new, I mean new So I like what artist Luigi…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 26, 2012 -
UncategorizedRazer Has a Fancy New Keyboard and VERY Fancy New Mouse
Razer today took the wraps off a few new products, including several models of its BlackWidow line of mechanical keyboards and a mouse that looks, and moves, like an evil Transformer. The first keyboard is the BlackWidow Ultimate 2013, going on sale next month and costing $130. Razer says the improvements include “green backlighting and…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
Building The Art Of Darksiders II
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By Kirk Hamilton Published July 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
What the Average PC Gamers’ System Looked Like in June 2012
We haven’t checked in on a Steam system survey in a while, so let’s fix that today. Every month, Valve publishes the results of a survey that drags in all kinds of information on its customer’s computers, from what graphics card they’ve got installed to the kind of browser they’re running. If you want to…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
Why Your Games Have That Stupid “Don’t Turn Off While Saving” Notice
If you play video games on a console, you will have seen it. Upon booting a game up for the first, tenth or thousandth time, a screen warning you to never, ever switch off your machine while a game is saving. It’s sound advice, because turning a console off while it’s writing the data can…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
Covering The Westminster Dog Show While On Acid
“That dog is crazy.” Oh, man. Sometimes, as a reporter, you have these ideas to do something crazy. It isn’t that often that we get to follow through on those ideas. But every now and then, it pays off—as it does when Vice photographer Braydon Olsen covers the famous Westminster Dog Show while tripping his…
By Kirk Hamilton Published July 25, 2012 -
UncategorizedThe Never-Ending Battle of PlanetSide 2 Becomes Three Minutes of Stunning CGI
Premiering live today at the 2012 China Digital Entertainment Expo & Conference, PlanetSide 2‘s ‘Death is No Excuse’ CGI trailer takes the spirit of Sony Online Entertainment’s upcoming massively multiplayer online first-person shooter and dresses it up in a fancy coat of blood-splattered CGI. If only the game were so pretty. That’s not saying PlanetSide…
By Mike Fahey Published July 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
Left 4 Dead 2’s New DLC is Only a Year Late
The add-on campaign created by the loyal Left 4 Dead community was supposed to launch about a year ago. It’s finally hitting Windows and Mac platforms today as a free update. The official site teases that the DLC will land on Xbox Live soon. Cold Stream [Left 4 Dead 2 official site]
By Evan Narcisse Published July 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
Microsoft Reportedly Shuts Down Vancouver-Based Studio [UPDATE: Projects Cancelled]
Looks like Microsoft has laid off quite a few people at its Vancouver-based studio that was responsible for developing a core Kinect shooter Update: Microsoft has informed Kotaku that they have not shut down the studio but it has ended development on flight simulator Microsoft Flight and Project Columbia, a Kinect interactive TV project designed…
By Jason Schreier Published July 25, 2012 -
UncategorizedPeople Resort To Some Terrible Things For Survival In DayZ
From the YouTube creators that brought you the live-action video of the miserable experience that is finding each other in Arma II mod, DayZ, comes this latest live-action episode. This time, the two survivors are pushed to steal precious beans from an innocent bystander. Oh, the things we’ll do to win games. Shame on you.
By Tina Amini Published July 25, 2012 -
UncategorizedRe-Watch A Great Austin Powers Scene, But With Team Fortress 2 Actors
The only thing that’s missing is Mr. Bigglesworth. And then I think the YouTube creator should outfit the entire movie in Valve’s Source Filmmaker. Source Filmmaker – Zip It [YouTube via Reddit]
By Tina Amini Published July 25, 2012 -
UncategorizedThe Newest Skylander is a Giant Bee, and They Didn’t Name Him Bee-Hemoth
Dear Toys for Bob, I know you folks are really good at making toys. I’m sure this Bob guy is completely overjoyed. Your Skylanders game wasn’t too shabby, and I’m really looking forward to the follow-up, Skylanders Giants. I love your work, but you really need to leave the character naming to the people most…
By Mike Fahey Published July 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
Charlie’s Angels Screenwriter Says Diablo III‘s Story Is ‘Pretty Damn Weak’
The man who wrote movies like Charlie’s Angels and Big Fish has written an interesting blog post about Diablo III‘s narrative failures, calling its story “pretty damn weak.” John August, a Hollywood screenwriter with a rather lengthy resumé, has a few gripes about Blizzard’s action-roleplaying game. He says the story fails because your character has…
By Jason Schreier Published July 25, 2012 -
UncategorizedNow That’s Some High Quality Battlefield 3 Machinima
Awesomely produced machinima like this reminds me why machinima is so great to begin with. It’s often easy to forget, amidst the muck and confusion of what the hell machinima even is that seems commonplace on YouTube and elsewhere on the Internet, but Patwwa reminds us of the skill that’s meant to go in to…
By Tina Amini Published July 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
Zynga Stock Drops 41%
Zynga’s stock has suddenly dropped 41%. This is surprising news for the FarmVille maker, which has been facing difficulties on the stock market since it went public late last year. Shares fell to $2.99 a pop after hours today and have been fluctuating around there since. When Zynga went public in December, shares sold for…
By Jason Schreier Published July 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
Dad Asks For Advice on Son’s Minecraft ‘Addiction’, Gets Told to Help Him Build Stuff
Kid loves video game, spends lots and lots of time with it. Parent frets over kid, thinks offspring might’ve fallen prey to the bogeyman of video game addiction. It’s a scenario that probably plays out in thousands of homes. Maybe even yours. One father went to Quora, where questions get asked and answered by site…
By Evan Narcisse Published July 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
Gabe Newell Wants to Support Linux, Because Windows 8 is a ‘Catastrophe’
The head of Valve says his company is working to develop for Linux, calling Microsoft’s Windows 8 a “catastrophe” that will lead product manufacturers to abandon the platform. At a gaming event in Seattle last night, as reported by AllThingsD, Valve CEO Gabe Newell said the one thing holding back Linux is video game support.…
By Jason Schreier Published July 25, 2012
