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This Week’s Android Charts: Google Play Could Really Use a ‘New Release’ Section
Oh look, it’s Minecraft Pocket Edition at the top of the Android paid game charts, recovered from last week’ brief bout of Ruzzle fever. There’s not a single new game on the Android top paid charts, just the usual suspects shuffling about. Mosquitoes are starting to breed in it. The free chart isn’t much better.…
By Mike Fahey Published February 13, 2013 -
“Brutal…Brilliant”… and Coming Out Who-Knows-When
The moody, gritty PC/PS3/Xbox 360 shooter Metro: Last Light was supposed to come out in early 2013, which is probably why ads for it started showing up atop New York City taxi cabs many weeks ago. Then Metro‘s publisher, THQ fell apart. Metro will eventually be released by new publisher Deep Silver. For now, it’s…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 13, 2013 -
MLB 13 The Show Gets Seven New Stadiums—in the Minor Leagues
When I finish with my professional obligations in writing about MLB The Show and sit down to play it for my own enjoyment, I’m nearly 100 percent a Road to the Show player. That’s the game’s career mode, where you bring a guy out of the minor leagues into the majors and, one hopes, stardom.…
By Owen Good Published February 13, 2013 -
Wreck-It Ralph’s Deleted Scene Would Have Mashed Up The Sims With Grand Theft Auto
When it hit movie theaters last year, Wreck-It Ralph had tons of little details that made the Disney film feel one of the few that got video games right. It’s available for download today and a new interview at MTV reveals that some of the best stuff—an open-world social game where Ralph goes to mope…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 13, 2013 -
EA Readies Short Attention Span Tetris
Coming this spring to Android and iOS, Tetris Blitz takes the lightning round concept of Bejeweled Blitz and applies it to the world’s most beloved poozle (Russian for puzzle, probably) game. This does not mean you won’t spend an hour playing Tetris in the bathroom at work—you’ll just get a lot more games in one…
By Mike Fahey Published February 13, 2013 -
Most Reviewers Agree You Should Avoid Aliens: Colonial Marines Like The Plague
Not that they all agree, oh no. To call Aliens: Colonial Marines divisive would be an understatement. Reactions have ranged from disgust and feelings of betrayal, to indifference, and sometimes even awe and affection. A lot of them think that there’s more polish to Colonial Marines’ multiplayer than its singleplayer, but how does that affect…
Gergő Vas & András Neltz Published February 13, 2013 -
L-l-look at you, hacker. System Shock 2 is finally coming to GOG (countdown at the top!). [via RPS] UPDATE: It’s out!
András Neltz Published February 13, 2013 -
The Craziest Testosterone-Filled Japanese Video Game Characters
When it comes to Japanese developers, creating crazy, nice games isn’t the only thing they’re good at; they also design characters with pumped-to-the-max muscles, half of which don’t even exist in real life and have the size of a truck. And they are all really serious about beating the hell out of everyone around them.…
By Gergo Vas Published February 13, 2013 -
Lineage Cosplay Needs Fancy Outfits and Giant Swords
In Asia, especially South Korea, the Lineage games are quite popular. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t fans in the West. That doesn’t mean that at all. In fact, some of Lineage‘s biggest fans in the West love showing their appreciation of the massive multiplayer online role-playing game the best way they know how: by…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 13, 2013 -
America’s Newest Jet Fighter Targets Bad Guys Like A Video Game
Let’s say you’re piloting one of the United States Air Force’s shiny new F-35 fighters. Suddenly, below you, hostile tanks and rockets start firing. Not necessarily at you, just at something nearby. Almost instantly—and this footage was captured from a live test, so it works—the F-35’s Distributed Aperture System (DAS) picks up the fire, determines…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 13, 2013 -
This Scottish Far Cry 3 Video Review Is The Funniest Thing Ever (If You Can Understand It)
I am in tears. I’m shedding actual tears here. Actual tears of laughter. Bear in mind that I’m Scottish and this is how I speak when I go home and I don’t have to worry about people understanding what I say. Underneath this genuinely incisive review is some of the best Scottish patter I’ve heard…
By Mark Serrels Published February 13, 2013 -
‘Til Death Do You (And Your Action Figures) Part
I got away with a lot at my wedding. Lord of the Rings music in church, Autobot cufflinks, a Han-and-Leia-topped cake. She’s a good wife, my wife. But even she would have probably drawn the line at this. Sadly. Ben and Mimi’s wedding saw Ben and his mates ditch their boutonnières (you know, flowers on…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 13, 2013 -
Tiny Lord Of The Rings Cosplay Is Very, Very Precious
These adorable little Spanish kids have been captured by some far less-adorable adults. I don’t know what Spanish is for “looks like meat’s back on the menu, boys“, but maybe it’d be less creepy in this instance than it is in English. It’s Carnival in Spain and all the schools have family costume parties… This…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 13, 2013 -
Insane Rider Brings Trials’ Bike-Riding Madness To Life
If you thought the kind of artificial, hair-tearing stunts found in the Trials series were the only way you’d see dirtbike tricks like that, well, Aussie rider Robbie Maddison would like a word. In this clip, put together by DC Shoes, he rides around an old airbase pulling off stuff that should only really be…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 13, 2013 -
The New Aliens Game Feels Like A Bad Theme Park Ride. Here’s An Awesome Aliens Theme Park Ride.
Gary Goddard has just about the coolest job in the universe. He gets to design theme park rides. Over the decades his work has appeared all over the world, in places like Universal Studios, but not everything he put to paper made it to construction. Like his idea for a ride based on Aliens Seems…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 12, 2013 -
I Would Play The C64 Version Of The Walking Dead Until The End Of Days
Telltale’s Mark Darin, just for kicks, has taken 2012 adventure series The Walking Dead (which he helped write) and thrown it back a few decades, imagining it as a Commodore 64 title. He’s pretty much nailed it. From the resolution to the colour palette. I’m now a little bummed out I can’t actually play this.…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 12, 2013 -
Why The Empire’s Most “Spectacular Military Fiasco” Was The Battle Of Hoth
It’s one thing to pick apart plot holes in a film, but to do so while at the same time cross-examining the military strategy of fictional protagonists? That’s about as far up my alley as you can get without things getting adults-only. Wired’s military column, Danger Room, has written a fantastic piece putting Darth Vader’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 12, 2013 -
Maybe Aliens: Colonial Marines Would Have Been Better As A Musical
No, really. Check out this hilarious video by grizzl360 that showcases the incredibly deadly, ultra fearsome alien threat in Aliens: Colonial Marines. I think the The Hello! Ma Baby song makes a strong case for why the AI in the game would have been better suited for a musical, don’t you? Now the question is,…
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 12, 2013 -
Here’s How Disney Infinity Is Different from Skylanders
The folks behind Disney’s next big move in the gaming space know what you’re thinking. They know that you’re already comparing Disney Infinity to the Skylanders games. After all, their upcoming title is a video game/collectible toy hybrid where figurines of Disney movie characters come to life and romp around in a video game, just…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 12, 2013