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A Western Trilogy Arrives Too Soon for Those Caught in Drug Violence
“Call of Juarez” wasn’t a provocative title, when it referred to the Mexican border town during the Old West. As the modern-day scene of more than 3,000 murders in the past year, it’s a touchier subject. “Call of Juarez: The Cartel” will be the third offering in the Ubisoft series, and it brings the tale…
By Owen Good Published February 17, 2011 -
UncategorizedMinecraft Note Blocks Cover Bohemian Rhapsody — All of It
Not only does this note-block ballad of “Bohemian Rhapsody” span (nearly) a virtuoso five minutes in Minecraft, it’s hardly this artist’s first production. He’s also turned in covers of Mega Man and Super Smash Bros themes. Says YouTube user jae100jj, he created the cobblestone ground and torches using the mcedit tool, but everything else “(note…
By Owen Good Published February 17, 2011 -
UncategorizedStarfront: Collision Does A Great StarCraft II Impression On iPhone
Gameloft brings StarCraft II—or at least the closest thing to it—to the iPhone with Starfront: Collision, a sci-fi real-time strategy game that works surprisingly well in such a tiny space. Should Blizzard be worried? Maybe it should simply be flattered, for Starfront: Collision is blatant in what it borrows from StarCraft. There are three races,…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 17, 2011 - Uncategorized
Your Final Pre-Lockout Madden Roster Arrives Tomorrow
The last roster update for Madden NFL 11 hits sometime tomorrow, boosting Super Bowl MVP Aaron Rodgers to the coveted 99 OVR rating. This could be the roster Madden NFL 12 plays with if next season is interrupted by a lockout. The 2011 draft class and any free agent moves – that is, players becoming…
By Owen Good Published February 17, 2011 -
UncategorizedSee This? This is My Diamond Boomstick.
Combining zombies and Minecraft crafts one hell of a video, as Corridor Digital demonstrates here in the splendidly done “The Last Minecart.” Some outstanding editing and special effects – not to mention a well-sprayed sweaty brow during the crafting sequence – make this one award-worthy, if I knew what award or which festival would be…
By Owen Good Published February 17, 2011 -
UncategorizedReal Life Mario Kart Would Really Look Like This
There’s a new contender in the battle for real world Mario Kart action, Rémi Gaillard. Master video makers Freddie Wong and friends have taken their special effects laden know-how to the track, the most realistic looking Mario Kart-meets-real life video yet. Even if you’re creeped out by floating Freddie as a Lakitu—Aaaahhh!! Those realistic eyes!!—stick…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 17, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Glass Is Half Full of Portal 2, Half Full Of Facebook Games
We had stories that would make PC gamers happy today, and stories that made PC gamers mad. Plus a double-dose for fans of boxing and a single shot for aficionados of medieval torture devices. All that and a heavenly body. That’s a good mix. If This Is How PC Gaming Will Live, Maybe It Should…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 17, 2011 - Uncategorized
There’s More Left 4 Dead Coming To Left 4 Dead 2
Valve has revealed the next batch of downloadable content coming to Left 4 Dead 2. There’s something old—maps from the original Left 4 Dead—and something new—a campaign called “Cold Stream”—coming for owners of Left 4 Dead 2. The official Left 4 Dead blog writes that the three remaining campaigns from the first game, Blood Harvest,…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 17, 2011 -
UncategorizedNo More Gimped Lyrics When You’re All-In with an M
It’s an appropriate opening for a song placed in a game that begins in prison. “You know you fucked up, right?” begins “The Loser Wins,” by Atmosphere. In another sports game, this would have to be blanked out, or just not used. Not so with Fight Night Champion, which chose to be EA Sports’ first…
By Owen Good Published February 17, 2011 - Uncategorized
Two Of The Coolest Comic Books Are Going To Be Video Games
Not only is Telltale Games working on a title based on the hit television and comic book property The Walking Dead, they’ve also snagged the rights to create games based on Vertigo’s fan-favorite fairy tale series Fables. Rumors were crawling all over the internet concerning Telltale’s involvement with The Walking Dead, with the company hinting…
By Mike Fahey Published February 17, 2011 -
UncategorizedArtists That Use Video Games As Their Canvas
Are game developers creating games, or are they creating art? In the case of the ten creators showcased in flavorwire’s “10 Artists Who Use Video Games as Their Medium” I suspect it might be a little bit of both. These are small, modest titles like Steph Thirion’s Eliss, seen above. An interactive artist by trade,…
By Mike Fahey Published February 17, 2011 - Uncategorized
Your Sims Medieval Torture Update
What’s more exciting about a Sims game set in medieval times than the olde-fashioned opportunities that miserable era affords players for putting virtual human beings in uncomfortable positions? I’m not being ghoulish. Many people play The Sims as virtual torturer or tormentor. They put Sims in door-less rooms and watch them go crazy. They link…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 17, 2011 -
UncategorizedThere Are Easier Ways To Recreate Castlevania Music
But they aren’t nearly as impressive as the rendition famed DJ DeadMau5 performs using the sort of equipment you’d see in a 1950’s science fiction film. This is definitely no waste of time. Thanks, John!
By Mike Fahey Published February 17, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Boxing Game That Starts In Prison Should Be The Better Boxing Game
In the second scene of Fight Night Champion, the most unusual boxing game EA has ever made, you’re getting beat up in a prison bathroom. You’re a guy named Andre Bishop, and you’ve just beaten a neo-Nazi-looking guy fair and square in a bareknuckle fight in the middle of a ring. Prisoners in orange jumpsuits…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 17, 2011 - Uncategorized
A Million Demo Downloads Unlocks Dragon Age II Prizes
If one million players download the Dragon Age II demo in the week following its February 22 release on the Xbox 360, PC, and PlayStation 3, magic artifacts will be theirs for the taking. BioWare issues its Dragon Age II Call to Arms. A million downloads may seem like quite a lot, but when you’re…
By Mike Fahey Published February 17, 2011 -
UncategorizedFelicia Day Teaches Us Proper Dragon Age Dagger Techniques
Felicia Day, star of the Internet series The Guild, will also be the star of Dragon Age: Redemption a web spin-off to the dark fantasy Dragon Age series that will debut this summer. She also has a huge crush on Thane, the dying green alien from Mass Effect 2 (“He is not a lizard man!”…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 17, 2011 - Uncategorized
Epic Promises Bulletstorm Will Make Your Computer Weep
Getting a brand new computer gaming rig soon? Mike Capps, president of Epic Games, says you should let it rest up for the release of Bulletstorm next week. I asked Capps, as he strolled down the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences red carpet last week, how he’d break in a new gaming computer. “Right…
By Brian Crecente Published February 17, 2011 -
UncategorizedCan You Save Humanity from RAGE?
On August 23, 2037, an asteroid carrying the force of 2.4 million megatons called Apophis 99942 strikes Earth’s eastern hemisphere, rendering 30 % of life extinct in 26 seconds. Within one year, 80% of all life has vanished. Darkness blankets the planet, and Earth falls into an impact winter lasting almost 50 years. Prior to the…
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The Massive Chaos-Causing Solar Flares Are Just Getting Started
This week the sun shot off a massive class X solar flare. Its effects on radio broadcasts, electronics, and power are still being felt today, and this is only the beginning. The sun is our shiny friend in the sky, generating heat and light and basically making life a whole lot more livable, so we’ll…
By Mike Fahey Published February 17, 2011 -
UncategorizedAssassin’s Creed: Brotherhood Finally Gets New Single Player Content
The Da Vinci Disappearance brings eight new single-player missions, two new mulitplayer modes and plenty more to Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood when the add-on pack hits the PS3 and Xbox 360 next month. After the fall of the Borgias in Rome, Leonardo Da Vinci is kidnapped by the Hermeticists, an underground cult dedicated to transforming mankind.…
By Brian Crecente Published February 17, 2011