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The Hardcore Gaming Myth
Do you ever use a word without fully understanding what it means? I have a friend like that. He uses the word “frumpy,” but I’m fairly sure he’s never opened the dictionary to find out just what it means. In his mind, “frumpy” means “bloated” or “bored” or whatever he needs it to mean in…
Tim Poon Published September 23, 2011 -
UncategorizedLet’s Take a Walk Through Deus Ex‘s Missing Link
Due out in October, the Missing Link downloadable content for Deus Ex: Human Revolution sees players navigating an augmentation-stripped Adam Jensen through a mysterious freighter. Here’s lead narrative designer Mary DeMarle to show us how that works. Man, Jensen does not look good as this demonstration starts up. It turns out removing augmentations is more…
By Mike Fahey Published September 23, 2011 - Uncategorized
Facebook Finds a Way to Make Facebook Gaming More Viral, Less Annoying-As-Fuck
By splitting the main feed into two parts, the personal update timeline and the movie, music, and game-powered ticker, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg believes Facebook games will regain the viral nature lost when everyone was blocking them. Good luck. [Develop]
By Mike Fahey Published September 23, 2011 - Uncategorized
More Than a Quarter of 3DS Owners Feel 3D Hurts Gameplay
With Nintendo placing emphasis on delivering strong gaming experiences to their latest handheld. just how important is the 3D in the 3DS? According to a recent survey, more than 28 percent of 3DS owners feel the special effect takes away from gameplay. The large percentage of users dissatisfied with the portable’s 3D effect was revealed…
By Mike Fahey Published September 23, 2011 -
UncategorizedBattlefield 3 Has 99 Problems, But a Bitch Ain’t One
In this teaser trailer for a full length ad to run on television September 27, rapper Jay-Z explains that while Battlefield 3 does have (at least) “99 Problems”, not one of those problems is a bitch. And here we were all worried! But when EA’s Battlefield team teases something, there’s generally something interesting waiting on…
By Mike Fahey Published September 23, 2011 -
UncategorizedCan Four Ratchet & Clank Heroes Triumph Over the Massive Light-Eating Z’Grute?
When Dr. Nefarious’ latest evil plan goes awry, two heroes, one villain, and one President Qwark must join forces to take down a rampaging Z’Grute. This is how it all goes down. What’s going to work? Teamwork! Insomiac’s wonder pets must work together to steer clear of obstacles, activate weapons, and spring traps, and survive…
By Mike Fahey Published September 23, 2011 - Uncategorized
Crysis Doesn’t Just Run On Consoles, It Soars
The original 2007 Crysis has a benchmark-y quality to it. It is no longer the Best-Looking PC Game In The World, but it retains some of that “must-have” mystique nonetheless. Perhaps it’s because it’s one of only a few hardcore first-person shooters that has never been ported to consoles. But every time one of my…
By Kirk Hamilton Published September 23, 2011 - Uncategorized
Every Virtual Book in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is Now One Epic Leather-Bound Reality
Reddit user notadoctoreither shall henceforth be known as king of the Oblivion fans, having spent a month’s time and $130 collecting the countless books scattered across the game’s cities and towns into one gorgeous tome, and you can too. Not only did notadoctoreither gather together every work of fictional fiction and reference in Oblivion, print…
By Mike Fahey Published September 23, 2011 - Uncategorized
Decorating Your Home in Early Video Game Crap
In today’s well-designed edition of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Monsieur.Froid wonders if anyone else has a home full of useless video game crap, or if it’s just him. Does anybody else decorate their abode with video game ‘swag’? I have, from the Bioshock 2 Collector’s Edition, the lithographs framed and matted, along with a…
By Mike Fahey Published September 23, 2011 - Uncategorized
Exploring the Tiny Differences Between the Original and Final PS Vita
The Tokyo Game Show didn’t just give us a chance to check out nearly three dozen games, it also gave us our first look at what Sony says is the final design for their PS Vita The changes between those first images released of the Vita and these final ones are pretty subtle, but if…
By Brian Crecente Published September 23, 2011 - Uncategorized
Conan O’Brien Shows Us a Kinder, Gentler Gears of War 3
Last night on TBS’s Conan, Mr. O’Brien touched on game reviewers’ fears that the more mature, emotional storyline for Gears of War 3 might alienate hardcore gamers. I say he knows nothing of French cinema! I don’t see what the audience finds so funny. Seems like a typical Gears of War 3 match to me.…
By Mike Fahey Published September 23, 2011 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
It’s Friday, let us rejoice! The end of the work week is always worth celebrating, I say. There are some big games coming up soon, but I’m sure there are more than enough already to get you through this weekend. A lot of Gears 3 to be played, I’d wager. Many thanks to NotTheOtherBob for…
By Matthew Buzzi Published September 23, 2011 - Uncategorized
Here’s Your Full First Season of Retro Game Master, Why Not Have a Viewing Party?
Last week we wrapped up our first experimental season of Retro Game Master Sure this is the Internet, but we thought it would be fun to run a full season of the first official U.S. airing of the popular Japanese television program, known as Game Center CX in Japan, as if it were airing on…
By Brian Crecente Published September 23, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Beautiful, Mysterious Classic Another World is Reborn on iOS
Silence and danger; stark, foreboding mystery, and the wonders of a truly alien world. Eric Chahi’s Another World stands as one of the great video games of the 1990’s, a testament to the power of one man’s creative vision. It was a game that was so far ahead of its time that many of today’s…
By Kirk Hamilton Published September 23, 2011 - Uncategorized
Blizzard: Diablo III Hits Early 2012
Looks like we’re going to have to make do with a beta for longer than some of us had hoped, Blizzard this morning said that Diablo III won’t be hitting computers until early next year. “With every game we make, the temptation is always very strong to launch as soon as possible. However, we didn’t…
By Brian Crecente Published September 23, 2011 - Uncategorized
New World Order
The BRIC group of nations – that’s Brazil, Russia, India and China – have never looked cuter than in this pixel art. | by Dave Wilson Dark Souls: My First 24 Hours in Hell I’m now 24 hours into Dark Souls, the successor to 2009’s brilliant and challenging role-playing game Demon’s Souls. I have, of…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 23, 2011 - Uncategorized
An Xbox, a PlayStation and Batman Walk Into a Bar…
Actually, it’s not a bar. It’s a Chinese market, where this abomination hails from, bringing together the very worst in Xbox, PlayStation and ill-advised superhero movie sequels. Called the Battman, there’s something that looks a lot like an Xbox, only it’s in a hideous “Christmas Tree” colour scheme. There are also two controllers that look…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 23, 2011 - Culture
We may Never Play the Aliens RPG, but we can Look at its Concept Art
There once was a time Obsidian was making an RPG based on the Aliens universe. That game has since been cancelled, but today we’re looking at some art done for the project by Charles Lee. We’ll also be looking at some of his other stuff, as he’s also recently been involved in the production of…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 23, 2011 -
UncategorizedPlay the Layton RPG, From Some guys who Made Mother 3
Nintendo studio Brownie Brown helped make Mother 3. It also, quietly, made a Professor Layton role-playing game, available only in the Japanese and American versions of DS game Professor Layton and The Last Specter It’s called Professor Layton’s London Life, and while it was a “mere” unlockable in the Japanese version, in the US edition…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 23, 2011