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Here’s a Full Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft Match for Your Viewing Pleasure
Blizzard revealed its new World of Warcraft-themed collectible card game at PAX East this morning, wrapping up the announcement with a match played in front of a live ballroom audience. Here is that match, in all its glory. It’s actually a pretty standard CCG from the looks of it, enhanced by Blizzard’s signature spit and…
By Mike Fahey Published March 22, 2013 -
Blizzard Reveals Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
Blizzard has just announced Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, a free-to-play collectible card game set in the universe of Warcraft You can play as one of nine World of Warcraft classes, collect cards, and battle people online. No release date yet, but the game will be out for PC and Mac, with an iPad version coming…
By Jason Schreier Published March 22, 2013 -
Blizzard’s Got Something New To Show Us at PAX East. Let’s Watch. Update: It’s All Over
PAX East kicks off this morning in lovely scenic Boston, beginning with the big Blizzard Entertainment Presents panel from 10:00 to 10:30 Eastern. Or at least I am assuming it’s big. Perhaps I should just stick with “new” until the mystery is solved. As if the playable debut of the PlayStation 4 version of Diablo…
By Mike Fahey Published March 22, 2013 -
NSFW: Tomb Raider Glitch Makes Lara Croft Look Practically Topless
Well, this is unfortunate: a glitch discovered by a Canadian player makes it look like Lara Croft’s tank top has gone all see-through. The glitch was sent in by a person who goes by Recostar from S3DGamerZone. Here’s his account of how the bug came to light while he was playing the game in 3D…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 22, 2013 -
This Impressive Custom-Built Arcade Machine Was Specially Designed For Pokémon Pinball
It took three weeks of hard work to finish this custom pinball machine, which simulates Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire Pinball and the classic Pokémon Pinball, originally released on Game Boy Color. Its surface looks really smooth and clean, and the functioning tilt buttons, plus the classic Pokémon music make it all totally super effective. You can take…
By Gergo Vas Published March 22, 2013 -
No One Knew This Vita RPG Was Coming Out. Tecmo Koei is Working to Make Sure It Doesn’t Happen Again.
Fans of Japanese developer Gust’s long-lived series of alchemy-based Atelier role-playing games are a little miffed with Tecmo Koei. First the latest PlayStation 3 installment of the game — Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk — hit store shelves earlier this month to very little fanfare. Then the PlayStation Vita port of Atelier Totori: The…
By Mike Fahey Published March 22, 2013 -
Siliconera reports that Square Enix Europe has trademarked the name “Lara Croft: Reflections” in the US.
András Neltz Published March 22, 2013 -
BioShock Infinite: The IGN Review: The Kotaku Review
We’ve been playing BioShock Infinite, but we can’t tell you about it just yet. In order to get our early copy, we agreed to stick to the embargo set by publisher 2K Games, which is up on Monday. But we can tell you about IGN‘s exclusive review of BioShock Infinite, which went live tonight. So…
By Jason Schreier Published March 22, 2013 -
Quentin Tarantino’s Movies, If They Were Classic Paperbacks
Long have I been contemplating a QT marathon, and this illustration from Sharm Murugiah, which re-imagines the famous filmmaking foot-appreciator’s oeuvre as classic Penguin paperbacks, is gonna tip me over the edge. It’s been ages since I last watched Jackie Brown, and I only saw Inglourious Basterds the once. I recently re-watched Kill Bill Vol.…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 21, 2013 -
Here’s One Big-Budget Game That Won’t Have A Gun-Toting Character On The Cover
If it’s a big-budget game, you can (cynically) count on at least one thing: a stoic-looking guy incorrectly holding a gun on the cover. It’s a trend in the same way blue-orange movie covers are a trend. Covers rarely break that mold, but according to Gamespot, Quantic Dream is doing it with Beyond: Two Souls.…
By Patricia Hernandez Published March 21, 2013 -
Get A Load Of This Criminally Cool Red Dead Redemption Monopoly Set
There are several cool video-game themed Monopoly sets out there, but I’d be hard-pressed to think of a cooler one than this homemade Red Dead Redemption set put together by Redditor inspirermeg From the imgur description: This was a 2-week project at school, so though I’m happy with the result – I wasn’t able to…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 21, 2013 -
The Most Beautiful Cartoon-Style Adventure Games
After LucasArts’ brilliant 1993 game Day of the Tentacle, cartoon-style point-and-click adventure games slowly became their own sub-genre. Although the genre has had its ups and downs, these games are still around: Think Gemini Rue or the new Broken Sword Here’s our collection of the most beautiful cartoon-style adventure games. Broken Sword II: The Smoking…
By Gergo Vas Published March 21, 2013 -
Another Serious Game Falls to Apple’s Anger-Inducing Approval Process
Proven countless times over the past several years alone, video games are a form of entertainment uniquely suited to communicating serious subjects in an interactive fashion — far more effectively than reading a book or watching a documentary. Unfortunately Apple wants nothing to do with that sort of communication, so UK developer Littleloud’s Sweatshop HD…
By Mike Fahey Published March 21, 2013 -
One Last Crazy Theory About Mass Effect 3’s Ending
This is the last time that you’ll ever lose someone after this it’s you and your friends it’s you and your friends. —Stars, “The Last Song Ever Written” I have a theory about the end of Mass Effect 3. Not a serious theory, mind you. A crazy theory, the kind even I don’t take seriously,…
By Jordan Rivas Published March 21, 2013