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For The First Time Since 1996, There’s No Need For Speed This Year
Think back. Can you remember a year when there wasn’t a Need for Speed game? The long-running racing series has punched in at least once every twelve months. It’s a bit of a surprise, then, that calendar year 2014 will come and go without a Need for Speed entry. Annual releases for the Need for…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 6, 2014 -
Reviews
The New Vita Is An Improvement, Mostly
There’s a new PlayStation Vita handheld out today. It’s called the Vita Slim, and while for the most part it’s similar to the first model, it does improve on a number of small things. Though there is the issue of that new screen… The Vita is, generally speaking, a good portable gaming device. For more…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 6, 2014 -
Somehow, Outlast Has Become Even More Terrifying
Outlast was one of the best and most disturbing surprises of 2013. Whistleblower, a prequel out this week, is less surprising but no less terrifying. The new chapter offers up a fresh batch of blood-drenched bad guys that will make any horror buff cower in delightful fear. Whistleblower continues developer Red Barrels’ mission to “scare…
By Yannick LeJacq Published May 6, 2014 -
Treachery in Beatdown City looks like it could be something special. The indie game from Shawn Alexander Allen is promising a fusion of strategic, tactical combat and side-scrolling brawling. In addition to the intriguing genre mash-up, Allen wants to give players a far more diverse cast of playable characters than most other games. If any…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 5, 2014 -
What do you get when you combine Lemmings and Tetris? Letris? Uh…sure. But the good people over at indie studio Crunching Koalas seem like they have a better idea with this painfully adorable-looking new game MouseCraft. Check out the new trailer above. It comes out July 8th for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, PC,…
By Yannick LeJacq Published May 2, 2014 -
Your PC Must Be This Beefy to Play Wolfenstein: The New Order
When Nazis take over the world, Xbox 360s all around the weep in agony. Wolfenstein: The New Order will ship with a hefty four discs for Microsoft’s last-gen game console. You’re going to need a decent chunk of space on PC and PlayStation hardware, too. Bethesda’s letting players know the requirements they’ll need to run…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 1, 2014 -
The Next Gorgeous Game That’s Coming To PS4
Move out of the way, Infamous: Project Cars has got your number. Though we’ve seen the racing game in action before, today Sony has released a number of screenshots of Project Cars which show us what the game will look like running on the PS4 specifically. “Both the cars and tracks [in the game] are…
By Patricia Hernandez Published May 1, 2014 -
After a “rocky start,” the sci-fi MMORPG Defiance is marking its one-year anniversary by going free-to-play, developer and publisher Trion Worlds announced today. Coming alongside the premier of the second season of the related SyFy show, the change will go into effect on June 4th on the PC and July 15th on the PS3. No…
By Yannick LeJacq Published May 1, 2014 -
Old Harry Potter Games Were Absurd
I never played any of the older Harry Potter games, and now, watching Criken2 play through the PlayStation version of Harry Potter and The Sorceror’s Stone, I’m not sure if that is a mistake or not. I mean. On the one hand, WIZARD CRACKERS (???). On the other hand, cripes…this version of Hogwarts is the…
By Patricia Hernandez Published April 30, 2014 -
Sony Announces A Dozen More Indie Games For PS4
The PlayStation 4 already has no shortage of good indie games, and soon it’ll be getting even more. Today at an indie-focused press event outside of San Francisco, Sony revealed a bunch of new indie games that’ll be coming to PS4 and other PlayStation systems. The current list: Axiom Verge will be coming to PS4…
By Kirk Hamilton Published April 30, 2014 -
Watch Sony’s New Zombie MMO In Action [UPDATE]
Sony is continuing its semi-crowdsourced campaign to help develop and promote its new zombie MMO H1Z1 with a series of compelling public-facing initiatives. Yesterday, the Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) team ran a 12-hour live-stream of gameplay from an early build on Twitch. It’s still pretty rough around the edges, but you can watch some of…
By Yannick LeJacq Published April 30, 2014 -
Watch The Next Disney Infinity Reveal Live, Right Here
Teasers went out a few weeks ago and now it’s time to see what the next evolution of Disney’s hit collectible toy game will look like. Time to shout Excelsior? The House of Mouse will be hosting a Google Hangout at 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. ET today that’s widely expected to introduce Marvel Comics characters…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 30, 2014 -
How to Use the PS4’s Fancy New Video Editor
The PS4’s most ambitious firmware update yet is going to let you make sharp-looking videos from your gameplay. Let’s take a look at how the ShareFactory editing suite is going to work. You could already do some rudimentary trimming of gameplay video clips on the PS4 but the ShareFactory upgrade lets you splice in your…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 30, 2014 -
Sweet Old Man Tells You to Kill Nazis. You Damn Well Better Kill Nazis.
Don’t let the old man down. He exploded a National Socialist’s head for you, after all. The trailers for the upcoming Wolfenstein game have been good at getting folks intrigued but it’s tough to tell what the balance is going to be between snarky killfest and world-gone-wrong horror. Seeing as how this is merely a…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 29, 2014 -
Driveclub Is Out This October For PS4
One long delay later, the PS4 racing game Driveclub will be out on October 7, Sony announced today. New trailer above. Driveclub, originally slated as a launch game for the PS4, was delayed last October just before the newest PlayStation came out. “The problem with being ambitious is you have to be prepared to accept…
By Jason Schreier Published April 29, 2014 -
Fan Film Turns Battlefield 4 Into A Third-Person Experience
I love the way the running soldier connects the scenes. In Through My Eyes, a fan-made Battlefield 4 short by YouTubers The Two Scotsmen, they pretty much maxed out the possibilities with the camera tools and angles, not to mention the graphics. Battlefield 4 Through My Eyes – Cinematic Movie [The Two Scotsmen, YouTube] To…
By Gergo Vas Published April 29, 2014
