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Microsoft Killing MS Points? Please Be True.
This is far from the first time this rumour has popped up. We heard last year that Microsoft was planning this, but as the reveal of a new Xbox console – and a new Windows update – draws closer, we’re hearing it again. This time a little more convincingly. The Verge reports that Microsoft will…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 15, 2013 -
The Fine Print On The Team Fortress Energy Drink Tumbler Is Ridiculous
Team Fortress 2′s scout class has a secondary weapon called “Bonk! Atomic Punch“. A tumbler of the item went for sale on the Valve store last week, and today Reddit user Rajorface uploaded pictures of the ‘warning label’ on the Tumbler. As you might expect, the fine print is ridiculous. Here’s a picture so you…
By Patricia Hernandez Published May 15, 2013 -
Nintendo Forcing Ads On Some YouTube “Let’s Play” Videos
Nintendo of America has muscled in on the world of “let’s play” videos on YouTube, inserting commercials into user-made clips that are of “a certain length”. Seems that late last year the publisher registered with YouTube as a “partner”, registering their content with the video service’s database. While Nintendo claims (via Go Nintendo) that “most…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 15, 2013 -
What To Play While Waiting For Plants Vs. Zombies 2
Chilean developer Syrenaica’s Evilot may look a lot like Plants Vs. Zombies, with the whole lane-based defense thing, but it’s significantly more than that. It’s an evolution. Instead of just placing your defenses and watching them get beaten down, Evilot incorporates match-three puzzle mechanics. Set down three rats and boom — much bigger, strong rat.…
By Mike Fahey Published May 15, 2013 -
This Shin Megami Tensei IV Trailer Makes Being A Samurai Seem Intense
Shin Megami Tensei IV, the upcoming role playing game by Atlus, is a game about samurai. The protagonist is a samurai, actually. That means you have two mandates: to take care of the demons (would this be an SMT game if that weren’t the case?) and to keep the peace. Also probably more than those…
By Patricia Hernandez Published May 15, 2013 -
The Game That Took Eight Years To Make
Eight years. Eight long years. When Grant Davies and Nick Kovac started Endgame Studios in 2003 they couldn’t have imagined how long it would take to release their dream project. Broken promises, regrets, sacrifice. This is Fractured Soul, the cursed project. The game that history couldn’t contain. It was only when the numbers were placed…
By Mark Serrels Published May 15, 2013 -
EA Getting Rid Of Online Passes
One of the first publishers to dabble in the idea of an “online pass” – whereby gamers were charted a fee for accessing certain online content if they purchased a title pre-owned – has decided to do away with the program. EA senior director of corporate communications John Reseburg has told VentureBeat. “Yes, we’re discontinuing…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 15, 2013 -
The Joker gets three skins from The Killing Joke in an eponymous skin pack from Injustice: Gods Among Us; this is the Red Hood. The two others depict Joker at the beginning (in tourist photographer attire, when he shot and paralyzed Barbara Gordon) and the end of the famous 1988 graphic novel.
By Owen Good Published May 15, 2013 -
This Weird Game Makes Two Players Share—and Argue Over—One Controller
Some game-makers want you to feel empowered when you play their creations. Other would love it if you felt wonderment. Matt Lopresti gets excited if the people playing his experimental puzzle game Split Tree argue with each other or get embarrassed. I interviewed Lopresti—who’s currently at Telltale Games after having previously worked on pretty/snarky portable…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 15, 2013 -
No Wonder The Corporation In This Game Owns Nearly All Personal Data
Here’s a neat speech for Remember Me, the dystopian game where a corporation manages to own the memories of nearly the entire population. The speech is delivered by Antoine Cartier-Wells, founder of that corporation—and listening to him talk about memories, it’s not difficult to see how easy it would be to sway public opinion on…
By Patricia Hernandez Published May 15, 2013 -
Google Play Games Services Bring A Little Xbox Live To Android
Today Google officially announced Google Play game services, a suite of features aimed at making Google Play a real cohesive game platform rather than a just a random pile of titles in no particular order. Top developers like Glu Mobile and Gameloft are lining up to enhance their Android titles with achievements, cloud saves, leaderboards…
By Mike Fahey Published May 15, 2013 -
The Mystery Game from Assassin’s Creed Designer Is Officially in Limbo
Don’t get your hopes up for seeing the next game from influential designer Patrice Desilets—a mysterious project called 1666—anytime soon. The latest update on 1666’s fate came today during a Ubisoft investor call when company president Yves Guillemot said the following: “So, for Patrice, after more than two months of discussions with him, we couldn’t…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 15, 2013 -
Madden Again Seeks to Put Up More of a Defense
Around this time each year, Madden bombards us with the annual list of improvements they say they’ve made to the defense. And when the game gets arrives, I’m still usually playing it as I have for years: by calling a play and letting the CPU deal with it. But one new move does look useful…
By Owen Good Published May 15, 2013 -
Former THQ Pres: Metro Makers The ‘Jamaican Bobsledders’ Of Developers [UPDATE]
In the Olympics, the Jamaican bobsledding team is famed for beating out countries who had a number of advantages over the Jamaican team—like winter coats and bobsledding tracks for training. Sure, the Jamaican team didn’t come in first, but the fact they were competitive in the first place was amazing. 4A Games, the developers behind…
By Patricia Hernandez Published May 15, 2013 -
Valve Launches Steam Trading Cards, So Much Better Than Achievements
Launching today in beta across a selection of popular titles, Steam Trading Cards are collectibles Steam users gather while playing their favorite games, with sets tradable for game badges, profile backgrounds, emoticons, coupons, and more. As if hunting for achievements wasn’t enough. They’re a means of rewarding players for playing the games they love, while…
By Mike Fahey Published May 15, 2013 -
The Moneysaver: 3DS Games, Plasma TV’s, Audio-Technicas, Harry Potter
You’re gonna love the way you save. I guarantee it. UPDATE: There’s a special Moneysaver going up at 3am tomorrow morning. Hint: there are a lot of games and a lot of deals. 3DS owners, today is your day. Amazon and Best Buy have lots of big 3DS titles on sale, including Fire Emblem: Awakening.…
By Shane Roberts Published May 15, 2013