Choplifter HD, Asura’s Wrath Demo New This Week on the PlayStation Store

Plenty of updates as usual to the PlayStation online store, with full downloadable games Choplifter HD, Crazy Machines Elements, Toy Story 3: The Video Game (There’s a Toy Story 3 video game? Hmm.), as well as the earlier-than-expected demo for Capcom’s Asura’s Wrath That’s all well and good, but none of those games can hold…

With Great Power Comes a Great View

With Great Power Comes a Great View | Why, look, it’s new concept art for next summer’s Amazing Spider-Man video game! The 10 Most Bogus Entries in the Guinness World Records 2012 Gamer’s Edition Growing up in the 1970s and 1980s, I remember being awed at when the TV specials based on the Guinness Book…

Efforts Intensify to Save Game Developer Who Was Sentenced to Death in Iran

A day after news broke that U.S. citizen and former game developer Amir Hekmati was sentenced to death by the Iranian government, a glimmer of hope emerged that the 28-eight-year old’s life might be spared. “The news is not positive, but we try to reassure [his family] that it is not over,” Pierre Prosper a…

Steam-Powered Dustforce Keeps Your Whole PC Clean January 17

What if Mario were a janitor instead of a plumber? Find out January 17, when Hitbox Games’ 2D sweep-em-up Dustforce hits Steam. We checked in with Dustforce earlier in its development cycle and couldn’t be more excited that the finished product is finally seeing the light of day. Only $9.99 scores you more than 50…

Here’s Lex Luthor (and More Villains) from the Superman Video Game That Got Hit by Cancellation Kryptonite

Great Rao, does the Man of Steel have terrible video game luck or what? Either the games that have Kal-El as the main character suck tremendously or they never get finished in the first place. Codenamed Blue Steel, the Superman title that was in development by the late Factor 5 studio falls into the latter…

Hey! You Can Grab Final Fantasy XIII-2’s Playable Demo Today

If you’re wanting to see just how different Final Fantasy XIII-2 is from its predecessor, you finally be able to check out a demo today. The playable snippets of Square Enix’s epic fantasy sequel go live on PlayStation Network and Xbox Live today. If you’re not in front of a console right now, the video…

A Gamestop Manager’s Tribute to the Best Big Brother Ever

Sometimes, it’s the little acts of heroism that make the biggest impression. Blogger Kristen Wolfe has written a humbly triumphant tribute to one such everyday hero, a young man who stood up for his little brother’s right to enjoy “girly” video games. Wolfe, who works as a shift manager at a Gamestop, witnessed a strapping…

The Heroes and Villains of DC Universe Online Are a Crafty Bunch

Look folks, just because you’ve been granted superhuman powers that allow you to go toe-to-toe with the biggest names in the DC Universe doesn’t mean you can ignore your chores. In its latest free update DC Universe Online grants players the power to craft. Sony Online Entertainment is calling it research and development, but we…

Microsoft on Foxconn: We’re “Committed to the Fair Treatment and Safety of Workers”

An earlier piece on the mass suicide threat at the Foxconn electronics manufacturing factory reported how 300 people there nearly jumped off a building in a labor dispute. Microsoft’s responded to the situation and you can see the full comment by going back to the original story

It’s the Hour of the Dour in These New Game of Thrones RPG Screenshots

Today, we got six new screenshots from Cyanide Studio’s forthcoming Game of Thrones RPG, which appears to not actually be called “A” Game of Thrones. Which will make a lot of nerds a little grumpy. Including me! Just kidding, I’m still hoping the game will be good, in part because I was heartened by my…

Yes, We Know Diablo III Is Under Development for Consoles

Thanks, everyone, for pointing out that Diablo III has been confirmed to be in development for consoles via a Twtter post by Blizzard community manager Bashiok, even though we already knew that. I’m not quite sure what all the fuss is about here. Blizzard has been candid about the fact that they had a team…

Razer’s Latest Project is a Gaming PC Trapped in the Body of a Tablet

While it may look like your average Android tablet adorned with a pair of button-festooned handlebars, beneath the shimmering screen of Razer’s Project Fiona lurks the beating heart of a high-powered gaming PC. Are we looking at the future of portable gaming? Project Fiona’s debut today as a proof-of-concept design at this year’s Consumer Electronics…

Mario Trades His Pistol for Fireballs in the Updated ‘Real Life Super Mario Bros.‘

Filmmaker Andrew McMurry has posted this updated version of his last “Real Life Super Mario Bros“. In the last version, Mario, played by McMurry’s brother, finds himself up against a group of famous Mario enemies, eventually getting a “power-up” handgun and blowing away a bunch of poor defenseless Goombas. That was a funny joke! This…

Razer’s Naga Hex is a Mouse Made with the Multiplayer Online Battle Arena Fan in Mind

Mice aimed at massively-multiplayer online role-playing gamers are all well and good, but what does a League of Legends or Diablo III player need with twelve thumb buttons? That’s why the Razer Naga Hex only has six. I’d say the newly-announced Razer Naga Hex was built from the ground-up with MOBA and action RPG players…

Survive Yarngasms and Shark-Infested Jungles in Saints Row: The Third‘s Genkibowl VII DLC

Next week, Saints Row: The Third players will get the weirdest DLC for the game yet (and that’s counting the gun that launches shark-attacks) with Genki Bowl VII The trailer above gives the gist, as crazy-killer-feline-human-thing Professor Genki takes his Running Man-style competitive/deadly reality show out into the real world. Among the various challenges: Sail…

This Modern Day Live-Action Skyrim Short Proves Some Things Never Change

It is the year 2012 in the province of Skyrim, a land where magic and technology coexist, and shopkeepers still haven’t learned their lesson regarding irresponsibly-placed head-sized buckets. Brothers John and Justin Grosjean take a trip to present-day Whiterun in their latest YouTube creation, Skyrim: 2012. where they find not much has changed since the…

The Piazza Multiplayer Map

The Liberation Multiplayer Map

Modern Warfare 3‘s 9-Month Season of New Content is Ambitious, Surprising and Complicated

There will be at least 20 “drops” of new content for Modern Warfare 3, as a nine-month season of expansions to last year’s big game kicks off this month. The makers of the first-person shooter juggernaut are promising a season of new content, starting with the Xbox 360-first release on January 24 of the first…

Experience Asura’s Wrath First-Hand Today

Capcom’s interactive anime epic Asura’s Wrath doesn’t hit North America until February 21, but you can play it right now via downloadable PlayStation 3 demo, or tomorrow if you’re all Xbox-y. Enjoy the demo trailer, randomly in German.