They call it their flawed masterpiece. Released last year, 4A Games’ Metro 2033 gave gamers a chance to experience a different sort of apocalypse, one untainted by Western views and culture. Metro 2033 was an apocalypse shaped by old world fears, and Russian ethos. Based on the novel of the same name by Russian author…
Today’s Talk Amongst Yourselves will be the best Talk Amongst Yourselves of all time. After all, anything that includes the subtitle Majora’s Mask is the best of its kind. Celebrate the excellence of today’s TAY by commenting here about video games. Side-quest: Go to #TAYpics and post suggestions of which public-domain painting we should use…
The Nintendo DS Lite, rumored to be discontinued, is getting a price drop, down to $99.99 effective June 5, according to a Nintendo press release that went out this morning. That’s a $30 drop for history’s first non-ugly DS, a model that’s been supplanted by the DSi, the DSi XL and the $250 brand-new 3DS.
The iPhone seems packed to the rafters these days with loud, violent shooters and games about money. So let’s take things a little slower, and relax with a puzzling platformer about some cute spirits instead. Spirits is an iPhone and iPad game by Spaces of Play that, at the risk of crudely comparing the game,…
What is Heroes of Ruin? It is Square Enix’s stab at social gaming on the Nintendo 3DS. The game features a band of four heroes taking on monsters and other creatures that pop up in games involving bands of heroes. Heroes of Ruin uses 3DS StreetPass functionality for an in-game “Traders’ Network” that lets players…
The people who make Call of Duty keep promising that they won’t charge you extra to play their hit game against other people. They shoot down any fears that they’re going to turn CoD multiplayer into a pay-per-month subscription service, a la World of Warcraft or HBO. But starting this fall, series publisher Activision will…
The Force | LAS VEGAS, NV: Filmmaker George Lucas appeared at CinemaCon earlier this spring. (Photo: Ethan Miller | Getty) Hands On With StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm ‘s Campaign, Now With More RPG and Space Yetis StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm is a mutated beast of last year’s real-time strategy game infused…
Maybe! Apparently the stealth game was accidentally revealed on the PlayStation.blog, but then taken down. There were apparently discussions of this on the PlayStation Community Forums, but they too were taken down. According to a post on GameTrailers.com, the game is going to be a PS3 title and will be out in late 2012. Sony…
On June 7, Yang is coming to Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition as a downloadable player. Kotaku posted the first footage of him last fall. Here’s the latest look at him in action.
A handful of downloadable content is coming to detective game L.A. Noire. The DLC includes standalone cases, in-game items and challenges. “With its blend of real crime influences and noir atmosphere, L.A. Noire contains boundless potential for new stories and new cases,” said Sam Houser, founder of Rockstar Games, in an official release. “The four…
Fan films, like this Portal one, are impressive and all, but stage renditions are more impressive. Without digital effects or camera tricks, you’ve got to be creative.
Back before games had cinematic intros, and many of the biggest titles were still in arcades, the video game title screen was often one of the most important “lures” for a customer. Featuring big artwork and even bigger titles, it had to capture everything the game stood for. Everything it was about. Everything it was…
Over the past few days, broadcaster PBS has been the target of a concerted series of attacks on its online presence. Those hackers now claim they’ve moved onto targeting Sony. A tweet issued by the group, going by the name LulzSec, says “Hey @Sony, you know we’re making off with a bunch of your internal…
As far as short nicknames go, hers must be on of the shortest. Going by the frisky sounding “H”, this cosplayer focuses her attention primarily on one thing: games made in Osaka. Her cosplaying efforts breathe life into characters appearing in titles from Platinum Games, such as the titular Bayonetta, and also characters from Capcom…
What’s best is when you actually bother to read all the code. URL Link by Steven Rice
Remember when hack-and-slash title Sengoku Musou 3 (Samurai Warriors 3) came out on the Wii in 2009? A poster for Sengoku Musou 3: Empire reveals that the game’s latest iteration is apparently PS3-bound. No word on if it’s also heading to the Wii. PS3『戦国無双３ Empires』8月発売予定！ 無双シリーズはWiiで続けるって言ったのに・・・ [オレ的ゲーム速報＠刃]
I always thought Activision overpaid for those Rolling Stones rights in Black Ops. Good to see they’re getting a bit more mileage out of them here, in this thoroughly chatty trailer for the new Call of Duty Elite service If you can stomach what sounds like nearly seven minute’s worth of TJ Miller’s voice, there’s…
A slightly iffy Japanese site is taking preorders for a portable Dreamcast that may not look like much, but promises to do everything you’d expect from such a unit. The all-on-one handheld has a screen, control surfaces and speakers, and plays retail Dreamcast games. They’ll ship next month, but at $470 each, only serious (or…
RAcaseal, the female android from Sega’s Phantasy Star Online, is getting memorialized in plastic. Famed Japanese figure maker Kotobukiya is releasing a 1/12 scale pre-painted RAcaseal kit that comes with two sabers, a shotgun and a pair of extra hands. The pink version is ¥3675 (US$45), while the sky blue one is a limited edition…
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