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Amazingly, A One-Man Studio Is Responsible For This Beautiful RTS

Slated to arrive next year, Elder Games’ Meridian: New World is already looking great. Especially for a one-man game. Meridian is described as a single-player Sci-Fi RTS with a focus on storytelling and careful strategizing. Your in-game avatar, Commander Daniel Hanson, leads the very first expedition to the alien planet of Meridian, to explore the…

Cyberpunk RPG-brawler thingamajig Mars: War Logs is now out on Xbox 360 via the Live Arcade. Its PS3 version is expected to arrive on August 7 in Europe, and later that month in the US.

Old-School Charm and A Deep Crafting System Meet In This Fantasy CRPG

This is Balrum. It’s a top-down RPG, and it looks absolutely phenomenal. Sadly, it still needs to be funded The developers of Balrum, who call themselves Balcony Team, are promising a veritable bevy of features; a world filled with living NPCs, turn-based combat with over a hundred different spells and abilities, survival gameplay elements such…

After 200 Alpha Builds, Overgrowth is Still All About Rabbit Violence

That’s gorgeously animated rabbit violence, mind you. Indie PC beat-em-up Overgrowth sure is coming along nicely, having just received a video for its two hundredth alpha build, detailing the latest developments in lagomorph brawling and swordfighting. As usual, pre-order customers are free to give the build a try.

Dead Rising 3 Will Be Gritty, But Not Too Gritty

Capcom’s newest zombie-slaying sandbox for the Xbox One may not be a laugh riot, but that doesn’t mean all the silliness is gone. As evidence, I submit these screenshots, released by developer Capcom Vancouver after their initial showing at Comic-Con Dead Rising 3 is expected to hit this November as a launch title for the…

Chrono Trigger In 1080p Looks Great

Reader Rick has been hard at work recreating the intro to classic RPG Chrono Trigger in high definition. He’s now done, and it looks like it was all worth it. He recommends you make sure you’re watching in 1080p. I concur.

Cut Off Some Noses And Lord Of The Rings Gets Funnier

Not that the trilogy is lacking in lighter moments starring hobbits, whether intentional or not, but lop off their noses and suddenly things get lighter You’ll find more noseless gifs at the link below. They are the best way to spend a tea break. [Noseless Gifs]

A Video Game That Simulates Being Completely Wasted

Combine a difficult surgery simulator with a virtual reality headset and a fancy control system and you get…the physical effects of being super drunk, sans the bravado (and the hangover). Yes, this is nothing more than Surgery Simulator 2013 paired with the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset and Razer Hydra motion-control system. Three things that…

Activision Blizzard used to be owned by media giant Vivendi. Not anymore. It’s now a free company, having bought Vivendi’s stake out. You could say it’s gone indie, but that joke’s going to wear pretty thin over the next 24 hours. Fun fact: Activision boss Bobby Kotick and co-chair Brian Kelly paid $100 million of…

A Cyberpunk Weapon That (Almost) Exists Today

Harrison Krix, from Volpin Props, has shared some images of the build for one of his latest works, replicating the Militech Crusher from CD Projekt’s upcoming Cyberpunk 2077. This isn’t a cosplay piece; he was commissioned to make it by the game’s developers, and to help get it looking perfect was given reference materials from…

Remember, Mario Kart’s Arcade Version Lets You Drive A Tank

For around a decade now, while it’s been a smash hit on consoles, Mario Kart has also been an arcade racer, thanks to a partnership between Nintendo and Namco Bandai. The latest version of the game, Mario Kart Arcade GP DX is out this week in Japan, and this clip shows what it looks like…

Oh, Star Wars, Your Problems Are Nothing Next To Game Of Thrones

People in Star Wars think they got problems. Dead parents, missing limbs, bad weather. Huh. Westeros scoffs at your problems. Perhaps inspired by the equally-wonderful Arrested Westeros, a Reddit forum has sprung up comparing the worlds of Star Wars and Game of Thrones. The basic gist being that Stars needs to man up. Warning: mild…

It’s 2013, Let’s See How Good Water Can Look In A Video Game

Forget human faces, one of the hardest things to do in game development is get water right. It’s fluid, it’s messy, it’s always been a problem for games to simulate the wet stuff accurately. But hey, it’s 2013, so let’s see how things are coming along. NeoGAF user -SD- has shared a collection of videos…

Everything The Third, Worst X-Men Movie Got Wrong

Earlier this week when I posted this video from CinemaSins nitpicking the first X-Men movie, a bunch of you made the observation: “Why on earth nitpick this movie and not X-Men: The Last Stand? That one’s way worse!” Ask and ye shall receive. To be honest, I’d forgotten a lot of this film, and reliving…

Twilight Princess Looks Incredible Redone In Skyward Sword’s Style

Here’s a neat project by disbala, who is retexturing The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess to look likeSkyward Sword—the newer Zelda game in the franchise, which features visuals which aren’t as realistic. The project has been going on for a couple of months now, with the video teaser appearing earlier this month. No word on…

Shadowrun Returns Is The Start Of Endless Amazing Adventures

Shadowrun Returns is not simply a PC game based on the popular pen-and-paper cyberpunk-meets-magic role-playing game. It’s a digital sourcebook geared at harnessing the imagination of thousands of fans in order to power the creation of an entire universe of interactive adventures. It’s a player’s handbook, introducing the gamer to the professions suitable for survival…

Here’s more of Platinum’s Wii U superhero game The Wonderful 101 in action. I don’t know what the hell is going on half the time, but I do know that I’d very much like to play this game.

Yup, These Are The Types of People You Meet In Online Games

Once you log enough hours into a multiplayer game, you start noticing patterns. Things people like to do in games, sure—but also what kinds of people you’re likely to find in any given game. This image by CANADIENxBOSS summarizes everyone from Halo and Minecraft and just about every game in-between perfectly. Click on “expand” to…

The latest playthrough demonstration of Total War: Rome II takes a wide view, dipping into the diplomacy and campaign overview bits of the upcoming strategy game.

72 Hours Of YouTube Uploads Every Minute, And More Internet Stats

I bet at least 2 of those hours are Let’s Play videos. Also happening every sixty seconds on the internet: 11,000 LinkedIn searches, 278,000 tweets, and $83,000 in sales at Amazon. That’s according to this infographic from Qmee, with design by and mycleveragency. I do wish they’d included Steam in this, but I guess you…