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Watch Players Pull Off Stunts With Battlefield 3‘s New Dirt Bike
You know what every first-person shooter needs? I mean, besides guns? Dirt bikes. And every other high-speed vehicle imaginable. Because if shooting a helicopter down with an RPG is fun, it’s even more fun when doing so while also riding a dirt bike. The latest expansion to Battlefield 3, End Game, introduced a few new…
By Tina Amini Published March 12, 2013 -
Ouch: Surgeon Simulator 2013’s Brain Surgery Treats Patients’ Skulls Like Eggs.
So, Surgeon Simulator 2013 came out of nowhere (well, this year’s Global Game Jam) to be one of the most hilarious, disturbing games that some folks have played this year. And that was before the folks at Bossa Studios added brain surgery to their in-progress game. A new video gives a glimpse of just what…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 12, 2013 -
Heart of the Swarm Has an Official Boy Band Music Video, and It’s Not Half-Bad
In the StarCraft community, making parody music videos has always been a big thing—just look at Husky‘s Nerd Alert or Temp0. Or New Zealand-based Viva La Dirt League — the closest thing to a StarCraft boy band we’ll ever get (though, let’s admit, they should be in a higher league) — whose latest video is…
By Gergo Vas Published March 12, 2013 -
Microtransactions for ‘Customization Items’ Come to Black Ops 2 on Xbox 360
Beginning Wednesday, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 will begin offering “personal customizations” on the Xbox 360, the game’s community manager said this morning. The items don’t affect gameplay—they’re items like weapon skins, targeting reticles, and player calling cards. Moreover, the multiplayer map Nuketown 2025, originally a preorder incentive back in November, will be made…
By Owen Good Published March 12, 2013 -
Sony tells Joystiq that they’re changing the name of God of War: Ascension’s “Bros Before Hos” trophy via a patch.
András Neltz Published March 12, 2013 -
An Ingenious Mod Turns Doom 2 into Twisted Metal
Why do we bother putting out new games when there’s so much life left in the old ones? Zandronum forum member mr fiat takes the classic Doom 2 multiplayer deathmatch and replaces the marines with cars, complete with dashboards. I want to play this right now. If I had the time, I could download the…
By Mike Fahey Published March 12, 2013 -
Here’s a moving tribute to Kenji Eno, which was shown at the recent BitSummit
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 12, 2013 -
4chan Is Making Its Own Pokémon Game. Looks Pretty Good So Far.
Members of 4chan’s /vp/ board are teaming up to make their own Pokémon game. Because how often do you get a Pocket Monster trainer named “Doucherado”? Not often enough! So far, there’s a lot of concept art, a finished Pokédex, and sprites—all of which look quite impressive. Over on Reddit, Redditor Atheism4tw linked the game’s…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 12, 2013 -
Ron Gilbert Leaves Double Fine
Ron Gilbert, the developer responsible for classic adventure games like Maniac Mansion and The Secret of Monkey Island, has left longtime collaborator Tim Schafer’s Double Fine Productions, Gilbert revealed tonight in a post at his personal blog Gilbert writes: Now that The Cave is done and unleashed on an unsuspecting world (ok, we did do…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 11, 2013 -
This Unborn Baby Looks Exactly Like Emperor Palpatine
If I were Heather Large, an expecting mother in Illinois, I’d have mixed feelings about the above ultrasound. On the one hand: Your child is probably going to be very powerful! On the other hand: Evil. This image, which comes to us via Metro UK, pretty much speaks for itself. Unborn babies can look like…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 11, 2013 -
It’s Not a Real Anime, But The Fandom Around It Is
All that ‘officially’ exists of this anime is about 30 seconds of young, hunky swimmers. That’s it; the anime isn’t real. It doesn’t even have a name. The clip is a promotional thing for the Kyoto Animation studio, but that hasn’t stopped anyone from falling in love with the idea of the anime according to…
By Patricia Hernandez Published March 11, 2013 -
The Hardcore Horror Flick That Turns Up In Tomb Raider
Tomb Raider wears its cinematic aspirations on its grimy, blood-soaked sleeve. In the mode of Uncharted, this is a game that very much wants to be a movie—its ‘camera’ is a constant companion, never missing the opportunity for a close-in tension shot or a jumbled, handheld action sequence. As Lara Croft runs through the rain…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 11, 2013 -
The Visual Evolution of Sci-Fi Real-Time Strategy Games
StarCraft II‘s expansion pack, Heart of the Swarm, is already out in some parts of the world, and it’s launching tomorrow in North America. To celebrate, let’s take the opportunity to examine more than 20 years’ worth of real-time strategy history in today’s Show Us gallery, and see how much the genre has evolved visually.…
By Gergo Vas Published March 11, 2013 -
Acoustic Piano Meets Chiptunes, And It’s Freakin’ Lovely
Chiptune music is all well and good, but I like to give my ear something to hold onto along with all the bleeps and bloops. So I very much enjoy Aivi & Surasshu’s new album “The Black Box,” which mixes the keyboard chops of pianist Aivi Tran and the chiptune stylings of Surasshu. It helps,…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 11, 2013 -
The Only Way to Get Past This Tomb Raider Glitch Is By Using Another Glitch
There’s a moment in Tomb Raider where you get a crucial piece of gear required to finish the game. But a bug that can screw things up the first time you try to use the Rope Ascender is stopping some people from progressing through Tomb Raider. Lara needs to get that crate to slam through…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 11, 2013 -
SimCity Needs An ‘Undo’ Button
No, I’m not making a joke about how SimCity‘s makers doubtless wish they could hit “undo” on last week’s embarrassing, disastrous launch. (Though I don’t doubt that’s the case.) I’m saying I think SimCity actually needs an undo button. You know, Control+Z. A shake of the smartphone. A little button with a backwards-curving arrow on…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 11, 2013 -
In A World Filled With Cheesy Credits Music, StarCraft II Stands Apart
Last night, after years and years of putting it off, I finally played the final couple of missions in Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty. (Yeah, I know. Hey, I like the game and everything, but I got sidetracked!) It was a kick to finish the story the day before the sequel, Heart of the Swarm,…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 11, 2013
