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  Get Excited To Kill North Koreans With Homefront’s New ‘Resistance’ Trailer

  Homefront’s version of the “second American Revolution” will pit U.S. citizen against North Korean invader, restoring freedom to our nation’s White Castles, Hooters and gas stations with a feel-good bloodbath. Kaos Studios’ take on a North American invasion is looking pretty damn good, full of grim violence and spectacular destruction. It’s due for the PlayStation…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 10, 2011
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  The Tester 2 Isn’t Quite Over Yet

  Just when I thought it was safe to watch original PlayStation 3 programming, Sony returns with The Tester 2 Reunion Special, in which Big Fazeek proves once again that he is not capable of behaving like an adult. Stop this madness! I liveblogged all of the episodes. I interviewed the winner. I put Big Fazeek’s…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 10, 2011
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  A Raging Bulletstorm, DC Universe and the Promise of Duke Nukem

  Today was the meatiest of the DICE days. It was packed with talks, interviews and ended with an awards ceremony. The day also included plenty of candid, off-the-record talks, and several on the record ones. I’ll be writing up stories from those last ones, interviews with Ted Price, the Bioware doctors and others, over the…

  By Brian Crecente Published February 10, 2011
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  DJ Hero, Guitar Hero Downloads Dry Up

  Publisher Activision is getting out of the Hero business. That means no new DJ Hero and Guitar Hero games (at least for 2011), but it also means no new downloadable songs for the games it has already released. The official “Guitar Hero Franchise Update FAQ” breaks the bad—but not wholly unexpected—news that after the release…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 10, 2011
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  Smouldering first trailer for X-Men: First Class tells the real story of the Cuban Missile Crisis

  Holy crap, it is on. The guitar-saturated trailer for X-Men: First Class issues a bold challenge to Green Lantern, Captain America and Thor to raise their game. And the Kennedy-era setting actually adds a whole new layer of coolness to the whole affair. But what do you think? [via Facebook]

  By Charlie Jane Anders Published February 10, 2011
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  If John Hughes Made The Legend of Zelda…

  …instead of Shigeru Miyamoto, it would look something like this, a blend of Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, in which Link, Zelda and… err, Tingle go looking for love. Created by the same team behind the equally great God of War indie movie and Inglourious Plummers, this Legend of Zelda…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 10, 2011
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  The Creators Of Guitar Hero ‘Sad To Hear’ Of Its Demise

  Even though their biggest competitor in the rhythm video game genre is now essentially dead, the people who started the Guitar Hero franchise say they were saddened to hear that Activision had put the seminal music game to sleep. Harmonix Music Systems, who created the original Guitar Hero, call the discontinuation of Guitar Hero and…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 10, 2011
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  PixelJunk Shooter 2 Explores PSN In March

  The next game in Q Games’ great and quirky Pixeljunk series arrives on the PlayStation Store March 1. What’s new in PixelJunk Shooter 2? Lots! Why not read our preview? Or ask Q Games yourself at the PlayStation.blog

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 10, 2011
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  Sexy Science Fiction Game Blackstar Reborn As A Mobile MMO

  Back in 2008 MMO developer Spacetime Studios saved its stylish space MMO The Blackstar Chronicles from oblivion after publisher NCsoft cancelled the project. Three years later and Blackstar is still on the way; just a little bit smaller than expected. In 2008 I was enthralled by the distinctive character designs for Spacetime Studio’s Wing Commander-meets-Descent…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 10, 2011
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  Yeah, But What If The Wii Remote Was A Sci-Fi Prop?

  The Wii Remote is so versatile. It controls games. It smashes TV sets. It is also being used in this clip by filmmaker Michael Haas as some sort of sci-fi movie prop. I don’t know what this is for, but I want to see more! wii remote turned into spaceship [Vimeo]

  By Stephen Totilo Published February 10, 2011
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  See The Amazing Mechanical Pac-Man In Action

  Jonathan M. Guberman, creator of the previously featured Automatypewriter—a typewriter that plays Zork—is working on a new project, a playable, fully mechanized Pac-Man cabinet. This is our first peek, the Pactuator, a hand-cranked, fully geared Pac-Man. Guberman calls the Pactuator “the first (visually interesting) part” of his mechanical Pac-Man remake, which he calls Pac Machina.…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 10, 2011
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  The Doctor Who Said Video Games Cause Rape Explains What She Meant

  A couple of days ago, psychiatrist Carole Lieberman gave a quote to Fox News about the violent upcoming game Bulletstorm. Dr. Lieberman isn’t a fan of such games. She thinks the worst of them cause people to do bad things. Two days later, she’s been through a storm. Dr. Lieberman is no accidental enemy of…

  By Stephen Totilo Published February 10, 2011
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  Mass Effect 3 Gets The Sound Of Black Swan, Requiem For A Dream

  The soothing sounds of Clint Mansell will accompany BioWare’s Mass Effect 3 later this year. Who’s that? The longtime Darren Aronofsky collaborator who’s scored films like The Fountain, Black Swan and Requiem For A Dream. Mansell’s work can also be heard in sci-fi fodder like Duncan Jones’ excellent Moon and the big screen adaptation of…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 10, 2011
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  Your Multiplayer Foes Will Learn To Fear Your Crysis 2 Nanosuit

  If you thought the new nanosuit for Crysis 2 was impressive in the single-player game, wait until you see what it does after 60 hours of online multiplayer. Crysis 2 multiplayer looks like a blast, and it’s all thanks to the technology driving the Nanosuit 2. As you level up in Crysis 2 multiplayer the…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 10, 2011
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  Some Strange New Video Game Toys Are Coming

  Tetris The Card Game. It exists. I plan to see it this weekend. I plan to see lots of great (and maybe) silly toys, because I’ll be at Toy Fair a multi-day expo in New York City. The biggest video-game-related toy coming out of the event may be whatever mystery toy/game/who-knows that Activision boss Bobby…

  By Stephen Totilo Published February 10, 2011
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  A Beginning or An Ending, Duke Nukem Forever Is At Least Resolution

  What Randy Pitchford bought last year wasn’t the rights to a storied video game franchise, it was a promise. “When I made the decision to take the risk, to buy the brand, I became the guy responsible for making sure this ships,” said Pitchford, president of developer Gearbox Software. “I felt the best commitment I…

  By Brian Crecente Published February 10, 2011
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  Luring Women Into Computer Science Through Gaming

  Computer science needs more women, and video game development could be the key to making that dream come true. A recent study finds that teenage girls take to game creation just as readily as teenage boys. The impetus behind the study recently jointly conducted by the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Education and the Department…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 10, 2011
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  The Art of Design Innovate Communicate Entertain

  The DICE Summit isn’t just about talks and networking, there’s also an indie contest, a massive awards show and this wonderful art exhibit.

  By Brian Crecente Published February 10, 2011
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  This Is A Shitty Way To Teach A Child New Words

  The Nintendo Wii continues to prove itself quite capable when it comes to teaching children new things. In fact, it taught three-year-old Oliver Smith a brand new word! Can you say shitheads? Countdown is a long-running British television show involving the descrambling of letters and numbers into words, a fact I know only because the…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 10, 2011
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  Do You Think The Giant Eye Saw Us?

  I had no idea E’lara and Caddoc, the two mercenary stars of inXile’s Hunted: The Demon Forge, could be so witty. What an eye-opener. I’ve not had any hands-on time with Hunted: The Demon’s Forge, so my main exposure to the game has been through reading Totilo and McWhertor’s impressions of the game. From those…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 10, 2011