Backbreaker Sequel Headed To iPhone Soon

Backbreaker’s iPhone version – a port of the popular “Tackle Alley” minigame from the console title – flips the script in a sequel that tasks players with stopping the computer runner. New moves and “super showboating” will also be featured. NaturalMotion Games announced Backbreaker 2: Vengeance (and also Jenga) today. Vengeance mode puts you on…

The Desert Bus Departs For Charity Tomorrow

It’s that time of year again, when a group of charitable gamers sit behind the wheel of the infamous Desert Bus and drive endlessly, tirelessly, maybe even masochistically, at a maximum speed of 45mph for nearly a full week For the fourth year in a row, the world’s most boring game will be played marathon…

Backbreaker Vengeance Screens

How To Have A Frank Discussion With Your Kids About Star Wars

Click to viewParenting in the information age is difficult; children today are exposed to things that their parents never saw at such a young age. Such as Jar-Jar Binks (who killed grandma). This well written (and acted) sendup of uncomfortable-conversation PSAs comes from Asylum. Seen via Star Wars: The Old Republic Strategies PSA: Talking To…

Help! I Swallowed My World of Warcraft Authenticator!

Remember: If you ever ingest the Battle.net Authenticator you use to protect the integrity of your World of Warcraft account, the first thing you should do is seek medical attention on the official World of Warcraft forums. Just like this WoW player did… Yesterday, World of Warcraft player Preliatus took to the game’s official forums…

Costume Quest Goes On Extended Holiday With ‘Grubbins On Ice’

Halloween has come and gone, but Double Fine Productions’ candy-coated role-playing game Costume Quest will continue. The first add-on for that downloadable game, Grubbins On Ice, is coming soon. GameSpot has first details on the wintry expansion to Costume Quest, which appears to be a five hour adventure in the vein of the original game,…

Canada Truck Heist Nets $1 Million In PSPs, PS3s

What the hell is going on in Canada this week? A freight heist outside Toronto bagged $1 million worth of PS3s and PSPs from two tractor trailers. Cops are looking for the suspects. Maybe it’s the Canadian Army? Police in a region west of Toronto say that on Monday, someone made off with truck hauling…

A Rose Grows In A Strange Place

To: Ashcraft From: Totilo Re: Nothing I spotted this sprouting from the New Museum in SoHo (downtown Manhattan, you know?) while I was walking out of our New York offices yesterday. It was dark, so I waited to shoot this picture until the morning. I have no story to tell you about it, but I…

You Could Play Bungie’s Next Game Before Anyone Else

Bungie wants you to shape its future. It’s putting out the call for hundreds of thousands of committed, Halo and Marathon-loving Bungie fans to be a part of its focus testing group, a group that could become beta testers for its unannounced game. Signing up to be a Bungie beta tester may be the easiest…

What The Hell Does The Canadian Army Want With $25,000 Worth Of Video Games?

A Canadian military garrison has a rush order out for 500 video games, a requisition that a headquarters spokeswoman admitted is “strange.” The government tender, which closes Dec. 2, asks for Gears of War, Grand Theft Auto 4 and Assassin’s Creed 2, in addition to rhythm gaming titles, Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe, and X-Men…

Portal 2 Delayed To April

February 2011’s Portal 2 is now April 2011’s Portal 2, according to publisher Valve. The PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 sequel will now be out the week of April 18. Valve calls this “the shortest delay in Valve’s proud tradition of delays” but tries to cheer us up with this: “[I]t represents the approaching…

You Write It, Mr. Boomshakalaka Delivers It

NBA Jam on the 360 and PS3 hit shelves yesterday; today EA Sports is taking a page from the Old Spice YouTube campaign that drew raves. The announcer, Tim Kitzrow, is reading off Twitter-submitted catchphrases. Apparently mine (above) wasn’t objectionable. Kitzrow, as we mentioned before, is all about the fan service, so he’s perfect for…

Epic Mickey Sure Looks Lovely In 1080p

Disney’s new Mickey Mouse adventure already looks spectacular, but some discriminating video game fans would rather see Epic Mickey running on something more powerful than the Wii. Thankfully, the Dolphin emulator can give us a taste of Mickey in HD. It appears that some lucky gamers have gotten their hands on Disney Epic Mickey before…

Free Nuclear Annihilation Coming To R.U.S.E.

It’s no trick; Ubisoft is delivering three new maps and two new game types to its deceptive strategy game R.U.S.E. next month as part of the free Manhattan Project Pack. The Manhattan Project was of course the name given the secret program that led to the creation of the first atomic bombs duiring World War…

Is This The Year’s Most Liberal Video Game?

Sure, video games let us shoot at Fidel Castro and play as former Presidents, but where’s the game that attacks our favorite conservative Supreme Court Justices? If you don’t mind spoilers or hate the Citizens United decision, keep reading. One more warning… we’re talking about Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, though we’re not talking about the main…

Tactics Ogre Takes Japan By Storm

The Ogre Battle series has still got it in Japan, with the latest entry in Square Enix’s tactical role-playing game series getting a great start on the PSP. Tactics Ogre: Unmei no Wa—or Tactics Ogre: Wheel of Fortune, if you prefer—moved a damn good 176,000 copies in its first week on sale in Japan, outselling…

Black Ops Tops Modern Warfare 2 On Xbox Live In Its First Week

The two most-played games on Xbox Live are Call of Duty games, with Halo Reach in the third spot, according to the first Xbox Live popularity ranking released after several data-free weeks from Microsoft. Call of Duty Black Ops tops the list of unique users playing games on Xbox Live for the week of November…

It Takes A Big Boi To Launch Hot Pursuit In Australia

OutKast’s Big Boi feels the need for speed during the Hot Pursuit launch event today in Sydney, Australia. Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and love video games.

Borderlands Extends Its Boundaries To The Mac

Gaming on the Mac improves later this year when Gearbox Software’s shoot ‘n’ loot hit Borderlands comes to Apple computers courtesy of publisher Feral Interactive, shipping complete with everything a Vault hunter would need. This is the “Game of the Year Edition” of Borderlands, which includes add-ons The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned, Mad Moxxiʼs…

Get In Line For The Rift Closed Beta

Eight primordial forces struggle for domination of the world of Telara, and you can experience that struggle for yourself by signing up for the first closed beta event for Trion Worlds’ Rift, kicking off at the beginning of December. Rift’s unique soul combination character customization feature caught the eye of Stephen Totilo at PAX back…