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Please, Watch The First Trailer For Elysium, From The Man Who Directed District 9
This is the debut trailer for Elysium, the new movie by District 9 director Neill “I nearly directed the Halo movie” Blomkamp. If you think it looks like a modern video game come to life, right down to the lone super-soldier, you are not alone.
By Luke Plunkett Published April 9, 2013 -
“Those are however small prices to pay for a game that may not advance some great BioShock canon, but still stands as a great way to round off your view of Rapture – a world that always felt like a designed dystopia more than a failed city suddenly converted into a much more plausible place.”…
By Kirk Hamilton Published April 9, 2013 -
Half the People Who Got BioShock Infinite on Steam Have Finished It. Not True for That Walking Dead Shooter
Can we judge the quality of a video game by the number of people who finish it? Probably not, since I’ve met many a people who just loooove Shadow of the Colossus and never reached the fourth Colossus. Nevertheless, that PC gaming service Steam allows us to determine which games people bother to finish. Take…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 9, 2013 -
The Sex, Booze and Hard Partying of Mass Effect
Saving the world from the Reapers is hard work. That’s why Commander Shepard also made sure to enjoy the finer things in life: booze, sex and partying. Let’s playfully reminisce on the the debauchery of Mass Effect, shall we? Clubs We’ve got to start with the night clubs, if only because these are often the…
By Patricia Hernandez Published April 9, 2013 -
This Xbox 360 Batman Arkham Origins Boxart Is Most Unexpected
Are you excited about the newly-announced Batman: Arkham Origins? It’s ok if you were on the fence. But surely this boxart for the Xbox 360 version can win you over? This is a real listing at Wal-Mart. They’ll probably change it soon. [UPDATE: And they just did.]
By Stephen Totilo Published April 9, 2013 -
Apple Bans Upcoming Issue Of Comic For Featuring Gay Sex
Tomorrow’s Saga #12—the latest issue of Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples’ critically acclaimed series—won’t be available for purchase via comics-reading apps on the iPad or iPhone, because it contains images of gay sex. That means that folks who buy and read the sci-fi adventure drama via apps like Comixology won’t be able to do…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 9, 2013 -
Mr. Runner Was Wonderful. Mr. Runner 2 Looks Wonderfully Insane.
The original Mr. Runner is a lovely little bite-sized mobile platformer that’s been downloaded some five million times. Due out in on April 24, Mr. Runner 2: The Masks doesn’t care what Mr. Runner did, it does what it wants. It’ll cut you. With awesome. For reference, here is the original Mr. Runner: And here…
By Mike Fahey Published April 9, 2013 -
Here’s How You Eat All the Pellets in Snake and ‘Win’ the Game
In real time, this playthrough takes 13 minutes, 17 seconds. Sped up in the .gif above, it’s 2:06. It’s the amazing solution to a version of Snake, a genre of casual game going back almost 40 years, so old its original form is all but lost to memory. This .gif hit a Russian message board…
By Owen Good Published April 9, 2013 -
Where The First Mass Effect Failed, And Succeeded, According To Its Head Writer
Drew Karpyshyn was there at the beginning of Mass Effect, but he still hasn’t played the end. He was lead writer on the first two games in the series, but has yet to see the third game through to its conclusion. He knows about the the controversy, about the cupcakes and the Extended Cut. But…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 9, 2013 -
Cancer, The Video Game
Before I sit, Josh Larson is careful to make one thing clear: “This is a game about Ryan and his wife’s four-year-old son, who was diagnosed with terminal cancer two and a half years ago,” he explains. And then this: “He’s still alive.” I look around; Ryan Green has already slipped out of the room.…
By Jenn Frank Published April 9, 2013 -
Hackers Find A Way To Download Games For Free on Ubisoft’s uPlay [UPDATE]
Last night, (now-removed) footage of Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon broke out. It’s likely the work of Russian hackers who found a way to trick the uPlay game launcher into thinking that they already own certain games according to Eurogamer—even if, in this case, the game isn’t out yet. The exploit allows users to download…
By Patricia Hernandez Published April 9, 2013 -
The Many Memes, References and Homages of Guacamelee!
To say that the game Guacamelee! contains a few references would be a massive understatement — The game is absolutely brimming with them. While playing the game for review (which should be coming soon) I kept track of whatever hat-tips, homages, and internet memes that I could find in Guacamelee!. Most of them should be…
By Chris Person Published April 9, 2013 -
I Lost My Mass Effect Save, So I Gave Up On Finishing The Series
I used to feel like a Mass Effect fan. Like part of that community that gushed about their crush on Garrus, or commiserated over those lengthy elevator rides. I used to talk strategies and relationships and dialogue tree options with fellow fans, scrutinizing decisions with one another and theorizing about what would happen next. Even…
By Tina Amini Published April 9, 2013 -
Batman: Arkham Origins Is Coming This Fall
The next Batman game is called Batman: Arkham Origins, and it’ll be out October 25 for PS3, Xbox 360, Wii U, and PC. It’s a prequel to Arkham Asylum and Arkham City Warner Bros. Montreal is making the game, taking the mantle from Rocksteady Studios, the developer behind the critically-acclaimed first two. You can see…
By Jason Schreier Published April 9, 2013
