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How An Emulator Saved A Video Game Developer’s Bacon
Part anti-publisher rant, part impressive display of creative coding, Mark Feldman’s fascinating little story about how the multiple arcade machine emulator MAME was instrumental in rebuilding a Spy Hunter port from scratch is a must read. While publishers often rail against video game emulators like MAME (for good reason) and the legally gray area in…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 13, 2010 -
UncategorizedMass Effect Scrolls 3: Skyrim
What happens when you slap on the audio from The Elder Scrolls V’s first teaser trailer onto the Mass Effect 3 equivalent? Things… seem to work out surprisingly fine. Better than YouTube user Solgineer‘s other recent audio-visual mash-up, the Call of Duty: Black Ops trailer set to Tears For Fears music? You’ll have to be…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
Believe It Or Not, There Are New Tony Hawk: Ride & Shred Accessories
This is the DEK and it may be the first video game peripheral designed to work with the latest, wildly unpopular Tony Hawk skateboarding and snowboarding games that require dedicated skateboard controllers to play. The DEK is, quite simply, a mat on which players use their Tony Hawk Ride and Tony Hawk Shred skateboard controllers.…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 13, 2010 -
UncategorizedSuper Smash Bros. ‘De-made’ For Game Boy Looks Crazy Enough To Work
This is Super Smash Land, the Game Boy release of Nintendo’s bestselling brawler that never existed until now. And, yes, that’s Kirby and Mario duking it out at Peach’s Castle in monochromatic glory. Super Smash Land is the creation of digital artist Dan Fornace, writes Piki Geek, an 8-bit de-creation that manages to squeeze good-natured…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 13, 2010 -
UncategorizedMess
What you missed Uh-Oh, Guillermo Del Toro’s Insane Is A ‘Trilogy’ The Waffle Game That Changed Their Lives On Kotaku’s Compromised Commenting Accounts Indie Mega Hit Minecraft Gets Inevitable Merchandise The End Of Brotherhood And The Future Of Assassin’s Creed When Sprites Explode (It’s Very Colorful) Who Is Batman’s New Enemy, Hugo Strange? Dungeon Hunter…
By Brian Crecente Published December 13, 2010 -
UncategorizedLEGO Black Ops Is Too Gory To Ever Be A Video Game
Will we ever get a Call of Duty game for the kids? Not if it’s as bloody and gory as LEGO Black Ops, the stop motion animated elimination bloodbath from YouTube movie maker Keshen8. You won’t find much in the way of killstreaks, perks or outrageous tomahawk kills, but LEGO Black Ops, via FourZeroTwo’s Twitter,…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
iTunes Chart Toppers: It Slices, It Dices
Epic’s amazing Infinity Blade dominates the iPhone and iPad charts this week. Rightfully so. Here’s the full list of games for both platforms: iPhone Position Title Price Weeks Last Week 1 Infinity Blade (Epic) $5.99 1 — 2 Angry Birds (Clickgamer.com) $0.99 30 1 3 Angry Birds Seasons (Rovio) $0.99 1 — 4 Smurfs’ Village…
By Brian Crecente Published December 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
Paper Link Vs. Octorok Ink
Link is about to get inked in this killer stylized artwork by FOLKFIDDLE. Watch out for the Octopus by FOLKFIDDLE Need your daily fill of geek eye candy? If so, head over to Justin Page’s Rampaged Reality and get your fix. Republished with permission.
By Michael McWhertor Published December 13, 2010 -
UncategorizedDungeon Hunter 2 Scratches Your Diablo Itch
Gameloft’s Dungeon Hunter 2 brings more of what made the original Diablo-clone so much fun to play with the addition of online multiplayer and plenty more dungeons to crawl. I’ve only just started playing Dungeon Hunter 2, but it already looks like the two things I liked least about the original have returned: The generic…
By Brian Crecente Published December 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
This Is Definitely Not A Tease For Kinectimals 2
This cake featuring a crashed Air Force One is based on a game David Braben’s Frontier Developments is making. Their most recent work was the toss-frisbees-at-cute-tigers game Kinectimals. But could this be Braben’s reminder of something thought lost, something cooler? Before Kinectimals, before the LostWinds games for the Wii, back in 2005, Braben got a…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 13, 2010 -
UncategorizedDouble Your Demon in the Ultimate Co-op Sweepstakes
Need a new TV? What about two new TVs? Enter GameStop’s sweepstakes, where someone will take home a double dose of awesome (perfect for enjoying the co-op experience of Hunted: The Demon’s Forge) to keep for yourself or to share with a friend. Grand prize includes: • Two 50″ HDTVs • Two Home Theater Surround…
By Gawkercreative Published December 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
Forza Motorsport 4 Has Kinect Under The Hood
We’ve known that Microsoft’s racing contender, Forza, would get controller-free Kinect support in some fashion since E3. Microsoft makes it doubly official today, naming Forza Motorsport 4 as the Kinect-powered “definitive racing game of 2011.” Forza developer Turn 10 Studios already pegged Forza 4 for a fall 2011 release date at this weekend’s Spike TV…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
Who Is Batman’s New Enemy, Hugo Strange?
Hugo Strange is a major bad guy in the next Dark Knight video game, Batman: Arkham City. Who is he? He’s a villain who has been around since before the Joker. And he’s got an obsession. As you can see in the new trailer for Arkham City, Strange knows Batman’s secret identity — and he…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
Mass Effect 3 Coming To 3 Platforms Simultaneously
BioWare’s next big sci-fi role-playing game, Mass Effect 3, will come to the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 “simultaneously” in 2011, putting an end to the series’ former console exclusivity once and for all. That means PlayStation 3 owners will get double the Mass Effect next year, since Mass Effect 2 is due in…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 13, 2010 -
UncategorizedNew X-Men Game Sounds Mass Effect-y
This new trailer for fall 2011’s X-Men Destiny keeps hammering away at one point: as a virtual X-Man, we will be able to choose our destiny in Destiny. That sure makes it sound like this game’s a role-playing game. Maybe it has a morality system? We know it has a “branching storyline that features a…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Nintendo Download: Family Games, At Last
The biggest surprise about this week’s new downloadable games for Nintendo’s Wii and DSi platforms is that no one had released a game called “Family Games” yet. Oversight overcome. Read on to see what you can download this week. WiiWare Family Games Publisher: Icon Games Entertainment Players: 1-4 ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) Price: 500 Wii…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 13, 2010 -
UncategorizedSome Mortal Kombat Fatalities Only Available In Certain Stores
Do you love Sub-Zero’s killing move from the original Mortal Kombat? Well, here’s hoping you love Best Buy, where you’ll have to pre-order the next Mortal Kombat to get it in your game. But what if you like Scorpion’s? Scorpion’s original fatality will only be available in copies of the game pre-ordered at GameStop. Amazon…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
When Sprites Explode (It’s Very Colorful)
Supersonyk created this mammoth sprite Photoshop more than four years ago. YES, FOUR! But I didn’t see it until this weekend thanks to reader Yan. Now, identify all of the game characters. And…. go! Sprites Explosion
By Brian Crecente Published December 13, 2010 - Uncategorized
Celebrate Christmas With A Mass Effect 2 Demo
Next week, the PlayStation Store will be graced with something PS3 owners have been waiting quite a while for: a demo for sci-fi role-playing game Mass Effect 2. There’s no word on just which part of the game you’ll be playing – my money would be on the intro sequence where you meet your Cerberus…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 13, 2010 -
UncategorizedThese Are The Celebrations For Angry Birds Day
Saturday was Angry Birds Day, according to the people who make Angry Birds and welcomed a celebration of the game’s one-year anniversary. Around the world, people did celebrate. In New York, the Angry Birds car. [Yfrog] More of Angry Birds Day in New York [YouTube via DroidGamers.com] Angry Birds Day in London [YouTube via DroidGamers.com]…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 13, 2010