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The Most Iconic Moments of the Mass Effect Trilogy

The Mass Effect series is a true space opera full of interstellar battles, irreversible decisions, sprawling story-lines and so, so many defining moments. The events of the trilogy could fill twice as many games and novels as there already are. The story of Commander Shepard is over, which creates a good opportunity to collect—in no…

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.

“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.”…

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…

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…

Now that the people at GameFront have created a Metal Gear timeline (1944-2018), that series’ storyline makes so much more sense. See for yourself

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.]

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

Game Developer Magazine—arguably the leading publication for people for making interactive entertainment—will nolonger be printing physical copies of the magazine. The last issue will be printed in July. Best wishes to all those affected by this decision.

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…

To no one’s surprise (including Peter Moore’s), Electronic Arts was declared “Worst Company in America” for a second straight year in an online poll at Consumerist.com. EA defeated Bank of America for the (dis)honor. Image by ‘Shop Contest all-star Arniejolt

Tearaway—the super-cute papercraft game being made by the creators of LittleBigPlanet—will be coming out on October 22nd for PS Vita

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…

Want to play Lost Planet 3? You’re going to have to wait a while longer, as the sci-fi shooter’s release moves from June 25 to August 27 in North America and to August 30 in Europe from a June 28th date.

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…