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What’s Better Than Radical Fishing? Ridiculous Fishing
Last year a game was released called Radical Fishing. It was fun, and had a great name, but didn’t look so hot. The developers (Vlambeer) are now back with another fishing game, and this one looks great It’s called Ridiculous Fishing, and is a sequel for the iPhone. You’re still fishing, only now with some…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
This PixelJunk Game Isn’t On a PlayStation
PixelJunk Monsters was a 2007 PS3 game. Actually, every PixelJunk game has been a PS3 game. Until now. Q-Games has announced that PixelJunk Monsters will be re-released as a free-to-play browser game later this year.
By Luke Plunkett Published July 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Video Game Cosplay of Comic-Con – Day One
Did the Comic-Con crowd bring its cosplaying A-game to this year’s convention? Well… some did. We saw some great video game fashion homages while crawling the halls in San Diego on day one of the pop culture con, some of which you’ll see here. We like to think that Comic-Con attendees were just warming up…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
You Can Use Steam Keys On Origin
Here’s an interesting, if random, aspect to the brewing war between Valve’s Steam service and EA’s new rival, Origin: you can use keys from the former on the latter. Running some tests on the competing platform, PC Gamer found that some Steam keys (the codes you can use to activate a downloadable copy of a…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 22, 2011 -
UncategorizedCollapsing Buildings, Giant Dildos & Breakdancing Explosions
This new trailer for Saints Row The Third is equal parts stupid and ridiculous. But then, this is Saints Row we’re talking About. It wouldn’t want it any other way. The comical open-world action game will be out on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 in November.
By Luke Plunkett Published July 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
Wow, so, a Ton of People are Suing Sony
While Sony’s “Welcome Back” package smoothed over most people’s concerns following the PlayStation network attacks in April and May, not everyone is won over. Some are taking Sony to court. And when I say some, I mean many The PS3 manufacturer is currently battling a total of 55 class action lawsuits as a result of…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 22, 2011 -
UncategorizedCan You Handle the Colors? The Cuteness?
If you’ve ever done an interview with Patapon designer Hiroyuki Kotani, you’ve heard him sing “Pon Pon Pata Pon” as he plays through the game. As striking as the visual style for that game is, it’s got nothing on the visual craziness in this music video. This is “PonPonPon”, the debut single from 18-year-old fashion…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
Your Official Valve Action Figures (and Replica Portal Guns) are Coming In 2012
Toy company NECA revealed at Comic-Con today that its range of merchandise based on the intellectual properties of Valve will start shipping in 2012. Oh, and they also let us know what they’ll be! While there are sadly no pictures yet of the figures or merch, here’s what you’ll need to be saving your money…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
Australia is (Probably) Getting Adults-Only Games
Despite one of the state Attorneys General required to change Australia’s classification laws not turning up to a meeting earlier today, those present (and the Federal Government) have agreed “in principle” to institute an adults-only game rating for the country. Having never foreseen the day games would ever need one, Australia never instituted an adults-only…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 22, 2011 -
CultureTotal RecallSegata Sanshiro, the Greatest Video Game Ad Man Of Them All
Sony’s fictional executive Kevin Butler has won himself a legion of fans. Which is great! Kevin Butler, though, ain’t got shit on Segata Sanshiro. In the late 90’s Sanshiro was concocted by Sega to help sell the Sega Saturn. And there’s never been a more entertaining ad mascot for a video game company. For pretty…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 22, 2011 -
UncategorizedBehold the Power of Green Lantern’s Light in D.C. Universe Online
From the beginning, in every panel on the game, in its every appearance here at Comic-Con, there has been one question facing D.C. Universe Online “When are you going to do light powers,” Mark Anderson, the game’s director, recalled on the Comic-Con floor. “‘When am I gonna be a Lantern?” Well, that time will come…
By Owen Good Published July 21, 2011 - Uncategorized
Street Fighter X Tekken Shows Its Character in Ten More Screens
As noted earlier, Street Fighter veteran Dhalsim has been confirmed for Street Fighter X Tekken alongside Poison, and Yoshimitsu and Steve Fox from Tekken. Capcom today released these ten new screens showing them in action. Scarf ’em up! There is undoubtedly more to come.
By Owen Good Published July 21, 2011 - Uncategorized
Batman, Master Chief, Solid Snake & Sam Gideon are Square Enix’s Newest, Most Beautiful Action Figures
Square Enix does way more than just FInal Fantasy figures. They’ve got fantastic looking toys from other games—Metal Gear Solid, Street Fighter, Batman: Arkham City, Vanquish, Halo, God of War…—coming to their Play Arts Kai line. They brought ’em all to Comic-Con. Some of them look finished. Plenty don’t. They all look sharp, especially Sam…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 21, 2011 - Uncategorized
Risk Meets Resistance in Insomniac’s Global Resistance
Insomniac Games has launched the beta for a web-based strategy game called Global Resistance, described as a “massive strategy game,” featuring all players battling on the same global map in a game offering crossover features with the upcoming console title. In a trailer shown at Resistance‘s Comic-Con 2011 panel, the conflict between humans and Chimera…
By Owen Good Published July 21, 2011 - Uncategorized
Gears of War 3 Live from Comic-Con
The talent behind Gears of War 3 is talking about the forthcoming game during the game’s annual presence at San Diego Comic-Con. Design director Cliff Bleszinski and executive producer Rod Fergusson will be fielding questions from fans. What will they say? Let’s follow along in the liveblog below to see what surprises they have in…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 21, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe New Captain America Game Includes This Perfect Captain America Moment
I consider Captain America to be a bit boring. I mean, what’s he got… a shield and some steroids? Still, I respect the Marvel hero’s popularity and I think I know what makes Captain America who he is. So I was happy to see, early on in the new Captain America: Super Soldier video game,…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 21, 2011 - Uncategorized
X-Men: Destiny Takes a Voice of Protest to the City by the Bay
San Francisco is a city long associated with rights movements, idealism, and rallies for peace, making it a useful backdrop for X-Men: Destiny. But Silicon Knights isn’t planning on a Summer of Love when the game arrives this fall. Shown off at a preview event Wednesday at Comic-Con, Destiny will present three different stories for…
By Owen Good Published July 21, 2011 -
UncategorizedRetro Game Master Episode 5: Clock Tower
In this fifth episode of Retro Game Master, our game-testing everyman, Shinya Arino, faces off against Clock Tower Clock Tower was released for the Super NES in 1995. Loosely based on Dario Argento’s movie Creepers, Clock Tower is a point-and-click game that has players controlling the movements of orphan Jennifer Simpson as she tries to…
By Brian Crecente Published July 21, 2011 -
UncategorizedHow a Wish and A 9-Year-Old Led To a Great Game
Tanks and Hovercrafts rage against the evil purple Flamions. Shots are fired on both sides as the player attempts to subdue the oncoming hoard of enemies. Sounds like a fun game, if not a little common in it’s setting. But Allied Star Police, and how it came into being, is anything but typical. The game…
By Max Abrams Published July 21, 2011 - Uncategorized
Happy Birthday Old Man
KENYA – Ernest Hemingway (who was born on this day in 1899) at a fishing camp, his hand and arms burned from a recent brushfire; his hair singed from recent plane crashes. (Photograph in the Ernest Hemingway Photograph Collection, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston.) I’ve Seen Battlefield 3 on PS3 Firsthand. It’s…
By Brian Crecente Published July 21, 2011