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Ship “Wreck” Maroons Video Game Launch
Upcoming PC title Two Worlds II was supposed to launch in the UK tomorrow. That launch has been pushed back to the end of February, however, after the freighter carrying all the games had a little trouble “We just received the container from China with the Collector’s Edition and other components and they are wrecked,”…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 4, 2011 -
CultureTotal RecallMicrosoft’s First Console Adventure Was A Lesson In Failure
Like most other things associated with Sega’s ill-fated Dreamcast console, it’s been largely forgotten that the ahead-of-its-time machine featured the first ever console appearance (at least in terms of the console itself) for a company by the name of Microsoft. While Microsoft would of course enter the console business properly with the Xbox in 2001,…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 4, 2011 - Uncategorized
2010’s Most Popular Xbox Live Titles
Halo: Reach finished second to Call of Duty: Black Ops among the 2010 video game releases played most on Xbox Live. The annual rankings dropped yesterday courtesy of Xbox Live community guru Larry “Major Nelson” Hyrb. In downloadable titles, LIMBO trailed Dead Rising 2: Case Zero, and Baby Maker Extreme was the top Indie game.…
By Owen Good Published February 3, 2011 - Uncategorized
UFC Undisputed Takes a Swing at Facebook
THQ adds its UFC Undisputed to the list of licensed console sports titles with a Facebook game adaptation, wheeling out a microtransaction-supported venture that focuses on training and leveling-up your created fighter. UFC Undisputed Fight Nation doesn’t feature arcade action, but performs more like a sports management sim. In this case, you name a performer…
By Owen Good Published February 3, 2011 - Uncategorized
Tonight, We Roguelike!
Hey, Kotakus! While some of us are plumbing the depths of blocky dungeons, the rest of you can join us in off-topic conversation. Or you can discuss your love of the roguelike. I’ll be playing the recently Mac-ified Desktop Dungeons, trying to break this Bejeweled 3 habit, while also finding the time cook dinner and…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 3, 2011 - Uncategorized
A Peek at the Primordial Scrawlings of Game Developers
The idea for a video game must begin in someone’s mind. From there, its first expression isn’t necessarily digital. Notebooks and paper napkins often carry the first scrawls of the next big hit. One person is chronicling them. Gamestorm, a Tumblr blog established this week, is collecting and displaying submissions from game developers, either of…
By Owen Good Published February 3, 2011 - Uncategorized
GameStorm Images
“Here is the first brainstorming sheet for Codex, my RPG project, from February 2009. I did a lot of this in the early morning while still in my pajamas, if I remember correctly. I was in the US at the time, so the paper size doesn’t match any of my other sketches.” – Agnes Heyer,…
By Owen Good Published February 3, 2011 - Uncategorized
PlayStation Plus Subscribers Get Stacking For Free
Double Fine’s Stacking is one of the newest perks for PS3 owners who subscribe to PlayStation Plus. PS+ members will get the Russian doll adventure on day one (February 8). More good PlayStation Plus news at the PlayStation.blog
By Michael McWhertor Published February 3, 2011 - Uncategorized
Conduit’s Developer Vows They’ll Bring the Game to 3DS
Conduit 2 (it dropped the “The”), the sequel to the pioneering Wii shooter, has had its release date pushed back twice. Once developer High Voltage finishes it, though, they’ll begin working on an installment for the Nintendo 3DS. “Now that we’re winding things down a lot of our resources are on pulling this technology over…
By Owen Good Published February 3, 2011 - Uncategorized
Tron: Legacy Comes To Blu-ray (With The Original Tron!)
Looks like Disney’s planning a Blu-ray and DVD disc orgy for the upcoming home video release of 2010’s Tron: Legacy. And it looks like that includes the long-awaited release of the 1982 original on Blu-ray as well. While it appears that Disney hasn’t made details on Tron’s Blu-ray plans, a handful of four- and five-disc…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 3, 2011 - Uncategorized
Fatal Stabbing In Game Boy Dispute Nets a 5-Year Sentence
An argument over a stolen gaming handheld last May led to a fatal stabbing, a guilty plea, and a sentence to 5 1/2 years in state prison today in New Jersey. The victim’s mother is outraged. John Rosa, 23, of Paterson pleaded guilty in December to the homicide, described as “passion-provocation manslaughter” under New Jersey…
By Owen Good Published February 3, 2011 -
UncategorizedFruit Frenzy Is Charming Juicing Fun For The iPhone
Are you thirsty for more match three puzzle gaming? Then perhaps you should drop 99 cents on Fruit Frenzy, a delightful little iOS game that delivers colorful puzzle gaming in high concentration. Fruit Frenzy is the work of White Bat Games, the product of Neil Millstone’s brain. He’s a developer brave enough to promise that…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 3, 2011 - Uncategorized
Open-World Zombie Survival Shambles Slowly Towards Xbox Live Arcade
Code name Class3 is not an action game with zombie targets. It’s an open-world zombie survival game, and it’s coming to the Xbox Live Arcade courtesy of Undead Labs and Microsoft Game Studios. What’s the difference between a game with zombies in it and a zombie game? A game with zombies in it could just-as-well…
By Mike Fahey Published February 3, 2011 -
UncategorizedA Monster Closet Packed With Swag
No endlessly spawning bad guys coming out of these closets. There’s no room! They’re both too packed with gaming giveaways for any to fit. What you missed First Hands-on With Deus Ex: Human Revolution Teaches Us To Walk, Then Fly See The Augmented Cyberpunk Side of The New Deus Ex How Do You Budget Your…
By Brian Crecente Published February 3, 2011 - Uncategorized
Your First Brief Look At Battlefield 3
Battlefield creators DICE will give us our first peek at the long-awaited Battlefield 3 tomorrow, February 4, in video teaser form. But the latest Game Informer magazine cover gives us a small hint at what to expect. Visually, Battlefield 3’s art has the same vibe present in Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and its Vietnam expansion,…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 3, 2011 - Uncategorized
Why Would a Game With No Online Play Require an Online Connection?
For some, the inclusion of DRM – “digital rights management” which prevents copying – is a provocative act. That makes requiring an online check-in for a game with no online component, like Bionic Commando: Rearmed 2, both perplexing and obnoxious. PlayStation 3 owners buying the sequel to Capcom’s show-stealing hit of 2008 were greeted with…
By Owen Good Published February 3, 2011 - Uncategorized
Mega Man On The Mend
Rock and Roll! Mega Man’s battle damage is quickly patched up by his sister Roll. Such a killer piece for UDON’s Mega Man Tribute contest by ReevolveR Fully Restored by Salvador Ramirez Madriz / ReevolveR Need your daily fill of geek eye candy? If so, head over to Justin Page’s Rampaged Reality and get your…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 3, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Games Found and The Games Still Missing in Murdoch’s Newspaper Killer
Rupert Murdoch’s daily interactive iPad newspaper replacement, The Daily, brings with it not only a new way to read news, but a fresh look at the sections that divide a newspaper up. Among The Daily’s six relatively traditional sections was one surprise: Apps & Games. So far that means a section that talks about technology,…
By Brian Crecente Published February 3, 2011 -
UncategorizedA More Beautiful Call Of Duty Replay
YouTube is clogged with drearily long replays of Call of Duty: Black Ops. They account for most of the most popular gaming clips on the giant site. Thankfully, someone has finally made a better, more beautiful one. YouTube user IVIachineX sets his first-person shooter clips to music. He edits them. He adds special effects. He’s…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 3, 2011