The Secret World Reveals Deep Mysteries, Intuitive Play, and Deadly Zombies

Norwegian game designer Ragnar Tørnquist is perhaps most associated with the classic PC adventure game The Longest Journey and its sequel, Dreamfall. The two posit that our world is really only half of the world-that-is, and that our Earth as we know it has remained sundered from its more magical, mystical half for ages. In…

At Its Most Primitive Aztez is Still More Fun Than Most Beat-em Ups

I’m playing an April 2011 build of a game due out in 2013. It only has one level, one hero and only six enemies to dispatch. I’ve played through it a dozen times since last night. The stark and striking black and white visuals of Ben Ruiz and Matthew Wegner’s Aztez are what initially drew…

Dark Souls ‘Prepare To Die’ Edition Coming to PC On August 24

The action-role-playing game Dark Souls will be available on August 24 for PC, publisher Namco Bandai said today at a Las Vegas event. It will feature new content and use the much-maligned Games for Window Live platform. Rumors have suggested that it will also have new bosses. As our lovely commenters point out, you can…

Would I Rather Command Marines or Bite Them In Half? Hmmm.

Wow, did Charlie Cleveland ever surprise me at PAX East. I don’t know the guy, and I didn’t pay much attention to the game his studio was showing off at the big show in Boston. Not at first. Charlie’s game looked, at a glance, like just another team-based shooter. I walked by a row of…

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The Curse of Nordic Cove Lets You Smack Viking Ghosts With Golf Clubs

Okay, so The Curse of Nordic Cove kind of looks like a rejected Nintendo 64 game. And the hit detection seems a little off. But hey, at least this golf-simulator-slash-action-adventure title thinks outside the box. I saw it on the PAX East show floor last weekend and thought it was so bizarre, I had to…

Forget 3D, I’m Ready To Play This 4D Video Game

Miegakure is a video game set in four spatial dimensions: specifically, the dimension that goes out to the sides, like your keyboard; the one that goes up, like a tree; the one that goes out deep, like a dog fetching a stick… and that other dimension, the one you can’t point to unless you’ve got…

Jack Lumber Is The Argument That Fruit Ninja Really Needed Logs

Please check out our game, the developer of Jack Lumber asked me, as I walked through the indie booth. My reply, because I was in a hurry: Can you pitch me the game in 10 seconds? In fewer than 10 seconds, the developer told me that the game is about a man whose grandmother was…

Classic RPG The Legend of Dragoon Is Coming to PSN

The excellent old role-playing game The Legend of Dragoon will be out as a PS1 Classic for the PlayStation Network on May 1. Dragons! [PlayStation Blog]

Alternative Mass Effect 3 Launch Trailer Is Better Than The Official One

BioWare’s Mass Effect 3 launch trailer was great. The high-intensity of the final chapter in the sci-fi universe really came through in the slices of action and dramatic moments that were featured. But this alternative, fan-made trailer using Mass Effect 1 and 3 elements is even better. I love the heavy emphasis on the Reapers,…

Dogs Do Not Like Lightsabers

And really, can you blame them? Lightsabers are terrifying. Still, this is the cutest thing I’ve seen today. Watch it! My Dog Maggie Hates Lightsabers [YouTube — thanks, Dino!]

Amoebattle Is Loaded With Smart and Challenging Touch-Screen Strategy

A touch-screen should work well with real-time strategy games, you know? RTS games require a good overhead view, the ability to quickly flick between units, and a ready batch of hotkeys and functions. The iPad in particular is uniquely suited to do all of those things; it just takes the right game. Amoebattle, a terrific…

A Song Built From the Sounds of Skyrim

We’ve seen more than our fair share of covers of Skyrim‘s bombastic theme music over the past six months. Now it’s time for a little something different: an original song pieced together using sounds recorded from the Xbox 360 version of the game. Through creative use of audio layering and filters, Peter “Flash! Bang!” Sneddon…

Wednesday Watch This, Play This

Watch! The sounds of Skyrim brought together make dubstep. Watch! Poor pup really hates this lightsaber. Play! Kirk digs this strategy title on the iPad. Watch! I love this alternative Mass Effect 3 trailer.

Watch This, Play This Begins Now

Stuff to play, stuff to see, here comes Watch This, Play This. Confused? Read this

StarCraft II Ladder Enters Its Seventh Season

The real-time strategy game’s official multiplayer mode is now up to season seven, Blizzard announced today. Rankings will be reset once again. So now’s your chance to prove to the world that you deserve better than Bronze. [Blizzard]

Peter Molyneux Explains Why He Left Lionhead and Microsoft to go Indie

Game designer Peter Molyneux surprised many when he announced his departure from Microsoft last month. Molyneux is best known for heading up the Fable franchise and for his ambitious, unusual game ideas, both the successful and the cancelled Speaking with Eurogamer, Molyneux finally explained why he chose to leave Microsoft when he did, and why…

Aaron Rodgers, Cam Newton Headline Madden 13 Cover Finalists

Your four Madden 13 cover vote finalists are Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton, San Francisco 49ers linebacker Patrick Willis, and Detroit Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson. Who do you want cursed the most? [@AdamSchefter]

Wreckateer Is Like A Kinect Version Of Angry Birds

Here’s some video footage of Wreckateer, an upcoming Xbox Live game for Kinect that requires you to smash and destroy castles by moving around your body. I found the game at PAX East last weekend and thought it looked interesting enough to record. There’s just something about wanton destruction that tickles that section of my…