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Rust Bans Over 4,000 Cheaters [UPDATE: Developer Addresses Concerns]
Over the weekend, the developers of open-world ex-zombie survival game Rust have deployed their newly-created anti-cheat software on the official game servers. The result? 4,621 banned players. The software, called CheatPunch, is similar to Valve’s VAC system in that its bans are permanent and incontestable—if you’re banned, you’re banned. Period. No second chances. As studio…
By András Neltz Published February 12, 2014 -
Strider’s 25-Year History In Just Five Minutes
In 1989, marking the start of the blue-clad ninja’s two-and-a-half decade career, the first Strider game was released in arcades throughout Japan and North America. From then on, it was a road filled with cameos, curious localization decisions, and slashed-up baddies. To celebrate the upcoming reboot of the platformer series, Capcom lovingly crafted a short…
By András Neltz Published February 12, 2014 -
16-bit gaming lives: Here’s the latest trailer for Chasm, the Diablolike Metroidlike Castlevanialike Zeldalike retro-ish indie platformer for PC. It shows off the Catacombs level and is basically thirty seconds of pure awesome. Go watch it. And maybe check out the new website for more info.
By András Neltz Published February 12, 2014 -
I Was Wrong About Handheld Gaming
I was wrong about handheld video games. Very wrong indeed. There’s a hilarious scene in Malcolm in the Middle. One morning Bryan Cranston’s character Hal discovers his youngest son has been carrying a handbag to school each day. Instead of getting all weird, macho and defensive, he empathises. He understands why his young son might…
MARK SERRELS Published February 12, 2014 -
More Videos Need To Be Like Akira And Video Games
This is the video for In The Middle Of The Nite, by DJ and producer RipTide. It’s a catchy track, in that 80s flashback kinda way, but we’re here for the clip. A collaboration between illustrator Stefan Glerum and animation studio Crooked Line, it’s taking inspiration from Akira, video games and even a touch of…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 11, 2014 -
Toys Are Dying, And It’s All Video Games’ Fault
That’s the gist of a great piece in The New Yorker, which looks at falling profits at both Mattel and Hasbro and knows exactly where to point the finger. Rather than angling this as some kind of terrible omen, however, writer Ted Trautman takes the sensible approach, outlining just why kids are leaving dolls and…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 11, 2014 -
Official Game Of Thrones Action Figures…Could Have Been Worse
It’s taken years, but we’ve finally got a range of bonafide Game of Thrones action figures. And while they’re not the world’s greatest figures, given the size of the license they also could have been much worse. They’re $20, have decent detail, and the likeness on some of the faces – the Hound and Tyrion…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 11, 2014 -
Descent Is Now On Steam. Go, Go, Go.
In 1995, a video game was released that was unlike anything else that had ever come before it. And really, anything released since. That game was Descent, which took the vehicle and controls of a space shooter/flight sim and dropped them into the level design of a first-person shooter. But where most first-person shooters only…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 11, 2014 -
Underground Farm Is Ready For Apocalyptic Salads
There’s a company in London that, deep underground in old abandoned tunnels, is growing fresh food. Imagine Metro 2033, then, only with fresh lettuce. Fast Company saythat the company, Zero Carbon Food, has 2.5 acres of space 100 feet underneath the Underground’s Northern Line, where they grow pea shoots, rocket, broccoli, mustard leaf and basil.…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 11, 2014 -
Ever wonder why the people wearing those awesome cosplay outfits do it in the first place? Or how they put their get-ups together? A new documentary series called Cosplay Boom wants to tell the stories of the people who dress up as beloved characters and make fan gatherings so much fun. If the filmmakers hit…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 11, 2014 -
Last of Us Creators’ Approach To DLC Sounds Great, But Risky
DLC is still such a new thing in gaming that it’s hard to say if anyone has gotten it exactly right. Maybe BioWare? Maybe Rockstar? Maybe Bethesda? The people at Naughty Dog are taking a crack at it this week with the release of some single-player DLC for The Last of Us. They took their…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 11, 2014 -
Now Here’s A Titanfall-Themed Xbox One That I’d Buy
Sleek, classy, and minimalist: it’s hard for me not to like this Titanfall-themed Xbox One. If nothing else, it’s definitely better than the mock-up that was floating around in a rumor dump recently. Here are a few more shots—you can expand the picture, if you’d like: Nice, right? The Xbox above belongs to Reddit user…
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 11, 2014 -
Tests Are Even Worse When Dolphins Won’t Let You Cheat Off Of Them
In school I hated exams, tests, pop quizzes, they were all horrible and will forever haunt my dreams. But I’ve never had a dream quite like this Classroom Aquatic is a stealth trivia game…with dolphins. Knowing the answers may be handy but why bother when you could just peak over your dolphin friend’s shoulder and…
By Leo Wichtowski Published February 11, 2014 -
Playstation Vita Borderlands 2 Bundle Pre-Orders Are Live
The new Playstation Vita is lighter, slimmer, and has a better battery, and this bundle includes the excellent Borderlands 2, complete with cross-save functionality with the PS3 version. $200 gets you the console, the game, and an 8GB memory card, and you can pre-order now with price-match guarantee. No charge until it ships. [Amazon] This…
By Shane Roberts Published February 11, 2014 -
NBA Live 14‘s Latest Patch is Talkin’ About Practice
As promised, NBA Live 14 pumped out a very large patch today to address the many shortcomings, omissions or problems the title showed at launch. Straight away it includes something that should make the game a lot more understandable: A simple practice mode. “Shootaround” is the first thing you’ll see when you download the patch,…
By Owen Good Published February 11, 2014 -
Former Jeopardy! Champ Says Arthur Chu Is Playing the Right Way
With 74 straight wins and millions of dollars in winnings, Ken Jennings has dominated Jeopardy! like nobody else. And he says that the current champ Arthur Chu—who’s been the subject of a lot of scorn lately—has been using a time-tested strategy that’s worked for people in the past. Jennings’s record-breaking run made him probably the…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 11, 2014 -
You Did It, Internet. Goat Simulator Is A Real Thing That You Can Buy.
Goat Simulator wasn’t meant to be a game played by the public—it was just the product of a game jam where the devs were playing around with programming stuff. But when the internet saw footage of the game, almost everyone agreed: we need to have a game that lets us mess everything up as a…
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 11, 2014 -
EA: Battlefield 4 Is ‘An Exceedingly Successful Product’
Two of EA’s biggest games had rough launches last year, and although SimCity seems to be in a stable place right now, the Battlefield 4 issues (and patches) continue—to the point where EA won’t work on downloadable content for their shooter until everything is fixed Question is, how are they going to handle these sort…
By Jason Schreier Published February 11, 2014
