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UncategorizedThis Uncharted 3 Commercial Is Not Deceptive
The latest entry in the Nathan Drake saga, Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception won’t be out until Nov. 1 in North America. Television ads, like this, are airing, featuring Drake, his mentor Sully, a whole lotta sand and a whole lotta explosions. You can contact Brian Ashcraft, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 17, 2011 -
UncategorizedHardcore Dude Defeats Dark Souls in Under 90 Minutes
Dark Souls is a difficult game. It takes time—days, weeks, sleepless nights. That is, unless you’re player twilightRTA. Then you can apparently finish the game in under ninety minutes. The game’s spiritual predecessor, Demon’s Souls, was also subject to incredible speedruns. One dude beat it in about an hour In the Dark Souls speedrun, twilightRTA…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 17, 2011 - Uncategorized
Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition Punches Out a Ver.2012 Update
On Dec. 2, the free update will hit Japanese arcades first, and then it will be available for home console download on Dec. 13. The patch rebalances SSFIV:AE and adds a “Ver.2012” below the title screen’s logo. [Capcom]
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 17, 2011 -
UncategorizedNow This is a Wii U Game We’d Like to See
We’ve seen glimpses of its potential, but here’s an idea for a Wii game that takes the unique controller’s augmented reality capabilities and just runs with them. Note that it’s not a real game. It’s not a teaser from Metal Slug creators SNK, and it’s not a trailer for an actual product. It’s just an…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 17, 2011 - Uncategorized
Super Mario vs Metal Gear vs Tron
Sure, there’s been some great cosplay to be seen over the weekend at the New York Comic-Con, but New York isn’t Planet Earth. There’s been plenty of great cosplay happening everywhere else over the past seven days too! Some of which you’re about to see, in a lineup that includes cosplay of No More Heroes,…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 17, 2011 - Uncategorized
Stupidly Low Salary Offered to Street Fighter II‘s Iconic Artist
Akira Yasuda, better known as “Akiman” is about as big as they come among Japanese game designers and illustrators. Besides designing and planning titles like Forgotten Worlds, Final Fight, and Street Fighter II, he’s created some of gaming’s most iconic characters and art, such as for, again, Street Fighter II For a guy with credits…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 17, 2011 - Uncategorized
There Are Battlefield 3 Screenshots, and There Are Battlefield 3 “Screenshots”
Here’s a batch of new images from EA’s upcoming shooter Battlefield 3. Half of them are useful, beautiful shots of the game’s multiplayer maps The other half? Well, it’s nice they look like the cover art and all, but yeah. Not as useful. As hard as it is to believe, Battlefield 3 will be out…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 17, 2011 -
UncategorizedSix Minutes of the Most Unique 3DS Game Yet
Guild 01 is not your typical 3DS game. It features four games from four different game creators. Here is some gameplay footage. In order of appearance, the above clip shows Goichi Suda’s Kaihou Shoujo, American Zarigani’s Rental Bukiya de Omasse, Yoot Saito’s Air Porter, and Yasumi Matsuno’s Crimson Shroud Guild 01 isn’t merely a game,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 17, 2011 -
UncategorizedWhy you Should Never, Ever Invert Your Controls
Look, if you want to invert flight controls on your own game, fine. You’re a freak, but it’s your game, so whatever. Just know that you should never, ever do it when other people are around. Or it could lead to disaster. Death, ruin and disaster. So remember: while it’s OK to laugh at this…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 17, 2011 -
UncategorizedIs this Lady the Most Famous Final Fantasy Tester Ever?
Meet Yuko Oshima. She’s 23. She’s famous. And she’s testing Final Fantasy XIII-2 Make that “famous”, if you follow Japanese pop music. Oshima is a member of idol group AKB48. And “testing”, if you mean appearing in promotional clips. Testing video games is hard, gruelling and time-consuming work! Not that being an idol is a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 17, 2011 - Uncategorized
Get a Cerberus Flush with Mass Effect (and Dragon Age) Playing Cards
Dark Horse’s merchandise wing have put together two welcome, if unexpected pieces of Mass Effect and Dragon Age merchandise: decks of playing cards. The decks feature character art from both series, and at the moment are going for the decidedly affordable price of $4. What I need to know before buying, though, is whether the…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 17, 2011 -
UncategorizedThis Guy is Way too Into This Arcade Game
And it is a beautiful thing to watch. The game in question is Ghost Squad, a 2004 light gun shooter from Sega. The action’s taking place in a Thai arcade. And note that, in addition to the theatrics, he’s also awesome at the game, playing through the whole thing with a single credit. If the…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 17, 2011 - Uncategorized
Cheating Boyfriends? There’s an App for That.
They don’t just sneak around, they sleep around. And if they’re already in a relationship, they’re called cheaters. In Japan, tech has helped them get away scott free for years. That’s changed. With new smartphones and GPS tracking, it’s now possible to find phones—and presumably their owners. But what about privacy? And the law? Ha!…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 17, 2011 - Uncategorized
Why Battlefield 3’s PC Version Is More Than Just a Game
We know that console games help sell consoles, but it’s easy to forget that PC games can sometimes do the same. And when it happens on PC, it happens on an enormous scale. That’s because when a big PC game comes along that’s considered a generational leap, PC owners can, en masse, feel the need…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 17, 2011 -
UncategorizedArkham City’s Launch Trailer Shows Batman Has a lot on his Plate
This is the launch trailer for Batman: Arkham City, out this week on 360 and PS3. It shows most of the people you fight with, and against, in the game. I actually finished the game yesterday. The reason I bring this up is that I didn’t see some of the content in this trailer, meaning…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 17, 2011 - CultureTotal Recall
How to Find a Classic American Arcade
Forget many of the more modern “arcades”, full of skill-testers and UFO catchers. Sometimes you just want to play something old, vintage, with wood-panelling and a faded marquee. An arcade game with history Sadly, classic arcades are hard to come by these days. So here’s how to find one. Carly Kocurek’s detailed map seeks to…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 17, 2011 - Uncategorized
Objection Sustained, or Overruled?
Objection Sustained? Or Overruled? | A Phoenix Wright cosplayer joins the Occupy demonstration in Santa Rosa, Calif. yesterday. (Image submitted by Joel B.) Burglary Delivers Huge Setback to Indie Game Project Zomboid The Indie Stone, the U.K.-based team behind the survival-horror game Project Zomboid might have the worst and hardest luck in independent games development.…
By Owen Good Published October 16, 2011 -
UncategorizedSee the Stunning New Trailer for Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
Level-5 has followed their announcement that Namco will be publishing Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch‘s western releas, with this trailer, which showcases gameplay, cutscenes, combat and, of course, one gorgeously animated game. Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch will arrive in North America and Europe in early 2012. [via DualShockers]
By Owen Good Published October 16, 2011 - Culture
The City That’s Never Sane
Batman: Arkham City dominates this week’s new releases, but there are alternatives. Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure already is out on five platforms, Professor Layton arrives tomorrow on the DS and Ratchet & Clank returns on Tuesday, too. Today • Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure (PC, 3DS, 360, PS3, Wii) — Activision’s ambitious melding of video game and collectible…
By Owen Good Published October 16, 2011 -
UncategorizedMinecraft’s Creator Thinks This Video is a Fake; This Video’s Creators Insist It’s Real. Is It?
The gang behind that enormous stop-motion Tetris animation in Minecraft have struck again, and this time they have really outdone themselves. It’s a gargantuan stop-motion animation of The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, covering the opening montage and the first three minutes of gameplay. Thing is, Minecraft’s creator himself, Markus “Notch” Persson, believes it is…
By Owen Good Published October 16, 2011