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You’ll Get Your Chance to Build-&-Battle When Starhawk’s Public Beta Opens on January 18th
There’s a fair amount of buzz surrounding the upcoming sci-fi/western mash-up from LightBox Interactive. You’ll finally get to see what all the hollering’s about when Starhawk‘s public beta goes live on January 18th
By Evan Narcisse Published January 13, 2012 - Uncategorized
Silent Hill Will Fog Up All of March With Three New Games
You won’t be able to escape the scariest town in all of video games in a few short weeks. Konami’s outed the release dates for the upcoming portable, remake and console iterations of their horror franchise and they’re all within a few weeks of each other. On March 6th, the games you may’ve already played…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 13, 2012 - Uncategorized
Chatroulette Kinect! and Four More Games That Will Never Be Made
In today’s truly inspired edition of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter DunnCarnage shares with us five top secret video game concepts he might have completely made up. Through sources I’m unwilling to reveal (Brian Hetting is refusing to let me acknowledge him, he asked for anonymity in case he loses his job at EA) I…
By Mike Fahey Published January 13, 2012 - Uncategorized
I Should Be Much More Excited By a Live-Action Chun-Li Versus Cammy Battle
Dominique “Chun-Li” Vance and Lane “Cammy” Kwederis do a fine just looking and acting their roles in Eddie Lebron’s live-action ode to Capcom’s Street Fighter franchise. Unfortunately they battle like a couple of actresses brand new to fight choreography. For all I know they are just that, and that’s not their fault whatsoever. Like I…
By Mike Fahey Published January 13, 2012 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
On schedule and on point, it’s time for Talk Amongst Yourselves, your official forum to talk about games, games, and also games. Did we mention games? With Minecraft 1.1 out it seemed like the right time to choose Pan1da7‘s blocktastic TAYpic today. Thanks! Join in the fun and submit your own TAYpic. Please do your…
By Mike Fahey Published January 13, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Coy Sex and Extreme Violence of The Darkness II
The Darkness II is a video game about restrained sex and unrestrained violence. It’s the kind of a game that will show you, through a half-cracked door, the back of a fully-dressed woman giving a man oral sex but will let you stretch a man, supine, across the length of your TV screen—suspended by the…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 13, 2012 -
UncategorizedThe Makers of Scribblenauts Give You More Bounce to the Ounce With Run Roo Run
The App Store’s rotten with platformers. Everywhere you turn, there’s some developer revisiting his or her childhood with their own take on the hoppy/jumpy left-to-right adventure genre. Many of these stink or are otherwise unremarkable. But 5th Cell’s Run Roo Run is different. You might expect to find some complicated evolution of jumping action from…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 13, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Smithsonian’s Going to Throw a GameFest to Celebrate The Art of Video Games and You Should Totally Go
You did vote to get your favorite games into The Art of Video Games exhibit, didn’t you? If not, don’t crying that Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom didn’t make it into the show. Anyway, we’re only two short months away from the exhibit’s opening of at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Smithsonian’s announced…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 13, 2012 -
UncategorizedThe Illuminati Party Hard and Fight Even Harder in The Secret World
Up until I saw this teaser trailer for the Illuminati in Funcom’s upcoming MMO The Secret World I was pretty sure I wanted to be in the Dragon secret society. Now I’m not so sure. The personality test on the game’s official website pegged me as a Dragon, but now I feel the urge to…
By Mike Fahey Published January 13, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Wrath of Japanese Game Promotion
Wrath | TOKYO, JAPAN: Capcom gets excited for Azura’s Wrath. (Photo: GameWatchImpress) The Most Insane Battery Test I’ve Ever Seen I’ve tested battery life. Usually, I play some, write down how long I play, take a break, and comeback. Not this dude. YouTube user Kurekureyon filmed himself playing the PS Vita and the Nintendo 3DS…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 13, 2012 - Uncategorized
Persona Like You’ve Never Seen It Before. On an Audi.
When you think of Japanese role-playing game Persona, you probably don’t think of German engineering. Spotted at the Tokyo Auto Salon by sister site Gizmodo Japan, this is a customized Audi S5 itasha. It is covered in Persona 4 decals and has gullwing doors. You will never forget this. Never. Audi S5がペルソナ4の痛車になってた [Gizmodo Japan]
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 13, 2012 -
UncategorizedThis Zelda Map Will Get You Drunk
It’s one of the greatest games ever made. Playing it is a rite of passage for millions. It’s a game that becomes increasingly difficult the longer you play it. That’s right, I’m talking about beer pong—make that, Beer Pong The River Falls Pong Table Company created this custom beer pong table that displays The Legend…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 13, 2012 -
UncategorizedBinary Domain‘s Live-Action Ads Look Better Than the Game
From what I’ve seen of Binary Domain, it looks rather vanilla, but it could be interesting. These live action promo spots? They’re incredible. In the above ad, a female office worker is getting chewed out by her boss. He leaves the meeting room, and to relieve her stress, she writes, “Department Manager, Die!” And she…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 13, 2012 - Uncategorized
South Korea Won’t Muck Up Diablo III‘s Worldwide Release
There was concern that South Korea’s rating board was throwing a monkey wrench in Diablo III‘s certification. If the game went unrated, then Blizzard’s planned worldwide release would go right out the window. The Korean Game Rating Board finally rated the game, giving it an 18-and-up rating. What was holding up the game’s rating was…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 13, 2012 -
UncategorizedTycho: A Walk
Tycho has been the only thing getting me through this working week. Handling both his own synths and much of his own artwork as well, San Francisco musician Tycho – aka Scott Hansen – is signed to the wonderful Ghostly label, where you’ll find loads of other similar artists. Tycho fans – or anyone interested…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 13, 2012 -
UncategorizedCheap Ass Gamer Shoots People in the Face for a Good Cause
Head cheap-ass at Cheap Ass Gamer and my breakfast friend CheapyD shelled out to appear in Saints Row 3. It wasn’t just because Cheapy loves Saints Row (he does), it was also for a good cause. Back in 2010, after a young woman was tragically burned in a fire, Steve Jaros, senior writer on Saints…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 13, 2012 - Uncategorized
Capcom Bar Serves Resident Evil “Brains”. You Can Eat Them.
On Jan. 25, Capcom, the game company behind Resident Evil and Street Fighter, will open…a bar. It’s called Capcom Bar. Clever. As previously posted, the bar will have booze and food, and it will play host to Capcom promotional events. Wonder what to expect? Monster Hunter meat (fitting), Ace Attorney seafood pasta (oh), and Resident…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 13, 2012 -
UncategorizedThe Most Insane Battery Test I’ve Ever Seen
I’ve tested battery life. Usually, I play some, write down how long I play, take a break, and comeback. Not this dude. YouTube user Kurekureyon filmed himself playing the PS Vita and the Nintendo 3DS non-stop. Only occasionally does his hand leave the frame for what, I’m assuming, is bathroom breaks—or coming up for gasps…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 13, 2012 -
UncategorizedWhy It’s Not a Good Idea to Make Portals In Real Life
Creating orange and blue teleportation…hole…things like those found in Valve’s Portal series sounds awesome, but remember: in the real world, everything awesome is ultimately corrupted by assholes. Roommates and Portals [neatorama]
By Luke Plunkett Published January 13, 2012 - Uncategorized
Gundam Mecha Modded into Young, Cute Girls
March 11, 2011 was a horrible day. Japan was ravaged by a powerful earthquake and tsunami, resulting in destruction and death. Tokyo felt it, sure, but areas like Fukushima were hit hardest. The earthquake touched so many different kinds of people. Complete strangers offered to help and give money. Many of those whose lives were…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 13, 2012