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I Didn’t Even Know I Wanted A Spelunky Metroid Mod Until Now
I don’t know how this game went this long without this mod, but that doesn’t really matter: Here it is, at last, Spelunky done Metroid-style. The title screen and music alone should fire you right the hell up. Wait! What? Where do I get it? Unfortunately, the mod maker, joey4track, has not made it publicly…
By Owen Good Published February 19, 2014 -
A Full-Fledged Horror Game Made By One Guy
The Cursed Forest is a free horror game made in the CryEngine. I decided to take a look, surely the forest couldn’t be that cursed? I was wrong, the forest is pretty cursed. The game has a slow methodical pace, although with time the tension builds until things get quite scary. If there’s some advice…
By Leo Wichtowski Published February 19, 2014 -
RoboCop Caused $8 Million Worth Of Damage By Today’s Standards
How much property damage could one cybernetic cop possibly do? Quite a lot, it turns out. The keen-eyed CinemaSins folks break out their fancy calculators once more, this time calculating the property damage wracked up in 1987’s original RoboCop. The actual figure they come up with might not be all that impressive, really, but remember…
By Mike Fahey Published February 19, 2014 -
New Dark Souls II Trailer Tries Not to Be Depressing
Everyone who’s rabidly awaiting the arrival of Dark Souls II knows that it’s going to a nihilistic affair where they will die a lot. Nobody’s fooling themselves. But, hey, this new trailer wants you to know all that painful trial-and-error builds character. It’s even got some sunshine in it! The dialogue in the promo clip…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 19, 2014 -
Valve’s Movie Comes Out In March
Free To Play, the ominously-titled documentary about professional Dota 2 players, will be out on March 19, Valve just announced. It’ll be Free To Watch on Steam. The movie follows three professional Dota players—one in Asia, one in North America, and one in Europe—and documents their challenges, sacrifices, etc. Free To Playwas totally produced and…
By Jason Schreier Published February 19, 2014 -
A Watchmen Cartoon That Stars Spongebob Characters. I…What?
Patrick as the Comedian? Spongebob as Rorschach? Gary as Dr. Manhattan? Um. What in the world? And yet! This weird mash-up by El Cid works weirdly well thanks to all the silly Spongebob gags. Man, that show was really great, no? Now I really wanna re-watch Spongebob. It’s been forever. SpongeMen SquareWatch [El Cid]
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 19, 2014 -
50 of the Best Movies Ever, PSN and LIVE Updates [Deals]
The Best of Warner Bros. 50 Film Blu-ray Collection is one of the most popular entertainment items we’ve ever listed, and today it’s down to its lowest price of $179. This set includes digital copies in addition to the blu-rays, and features films like Inception, The Matrix, Lord of the Rings, and The Dark Knight,…
By Shane Roberts Published February 19, 2014 -
Sacred 3 brings its colorful co-op Diablo-esque gameplay to PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC this summer. With four-player drop-in, drop-out online multiplayer co-op and two-player splitscreen, Deep Silver’s latest foray into the world of Ancaria should be a blast to play with friends and strangers alike. Check out fresh screens below.
By Mike Fahey Published February 19, 2014 -
What Are The Worst Multiplayer Faux Pas?
We all have them: pet peeves that drive us up the wall when playing a multiplayer game with a bunch of folks. Sore winners. Loot stealers. Lone wolves who screw everything up. They make us crazy. Let’s talk about them. A discussion about the most aggravating behaviors in multiplayer games happens in the video above,…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 19, 2014 -
What Next For Dozens Of Ex-BioShock Game Creators?
Yesterday’s surprise news that Irrational Games, the studio behind the lauded BioShock series, is shutting down raised a number of questions, including what will become of the people who worked there making games. While Irrational creative director Ken Levine will forge a new, much smaller outfit dedicated to making downloadable narrative-based games, most of the…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 19, 2014 -
Strike Suit Zero Transforms Into A PS4 And Xbox One Game
With fast paced action and mecha that transform into spaceships, there wasn’t a lot not to like about Born Ready Games’ Strike Suit Zero, and what little there was is being addressed in next month’s Strike Suit Zero: Director’s Cut for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Born Ready has polished up the textures, restructured…
By Mike Fahey Published February 19, 2014 -
Pre-Order Wolfenstein, Get Into the Beta for the Next Doom
Wolfenstein: The New Order will release on May 20, but perhaps the bigger news is that preordering it gets you access to the beta for the next Doom Bethesda Softworks’ official announcement doesn’t give any additional details about its plans for Doom, and that means a release date either for the game or its beta.…
By Owen Good Published February 19, 2014 -
A Fully Automatic Assault Rifle At 18,000 Frames Per Second
Gamers have fired billions of rounds out of virtual automatic weapons over the years, but have we ever paused to ponder the marvelous machinery that makes it all happen? The Slow Mo Guys have us covered.
By Mike Fahey Published February 19, 2014 -
Cute Characters, Turned Into Monsters
Months ago we told you about DeviantART artist Tohad‘s insane project: turning every cute video game and cartoon character on Earth into bad-ass lunatics. Since then his work just got crazier, funnier and even more awesome. Here’s Ariel, the Little Mermaid, turned into a Kraken-like monster, Hungry Birds, Dora the Tomb Raider, The Smurf Military,…
By Gergo Vas Published February 19, 2014 -
Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition! Not even in Europa Universalis IV Among the weaponry are such diverse elements as: fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency, and a completely glitched cavalry. A popular mod for the game, called “MEIOU & Taxes” causes this, so use it carefully. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some…
By Gergo Vas Published February 19, 2014 -
Conan O’Brien’s Biggest Blunder: Mispronouncing Admiral Ackbar
If you’ve ever wondered how to pronounce Admiral Ackbar’s name properly, here’s a fan giving a hard-boiled lecture to Conan, who accidentally mispronounced it. This is serious Star Wars business. And no, this is not a trap. Fan Correction: Admiral Ackbar Isn’t Pronounced Like That! [Team Coco, YouTube] To contact the author of this post,…
By Gergo Vas Published February 19, 2014
