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Borderlands Legends is Better (and Cheaper) Than Ever Before
When making a mobile spin-off of a major console/PC game, one neat thing to include would be some equivalent of the most popular features of the franchise proper. There were no gun loot drops in Borderlands Legends for the iPhone and iPad. Now there are. Part strategy, part shooter and part action RPG, Borderlands Legends‘…
By Mike Fahey Published February 7, 2013 -
Here Are The Top 30 Games Japanese Gamers Are Looking Forward To In 2013
2013 is only 1/12th over. With 11 months left and new console news on the horizon, Weekly Famitsu asked its readers what games they were looking forward to for this year. Here’s a list of the top 30 anticipated upcoming games for 2013 (note: All publishers and release dates are for Japanese release versions): 30…
By Toshi Nakamura Published February 7, 2013 -
Sweeping landscapes. Floating ruins, trees and lava falls. February 12. Sega’s teasing something, but what? Any ideas?
András Neltz Published February 7, 2013 -
The PS4 Hype Train Destroys the Internet With Animated GIFs
Last week, the internet went mental. Sony announced it would be holding an event later this month in New York City—an event to unveil the PlayStation 4, apparently. The hype train pulled into the station, and every Sony diehard in sight hopped on. In the wake of “Oh shit, cannot wait” and the “Is this…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 7, 2013 -
Skyrim’s Theme, performed By… The Chocolate Rain Guy. What Year Is This Again?
When I rolled out of bed this morning, I never expected the world would decide to present 2009’s biggest internet sensation singing the theme song to 2011’s biggest video game in… 2013. A little late on both fronts, then, but it’s not without a certain charm. Or, it will be, once I manage to get…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 7, 2013 -
RIP, The Man Who Made Yoda & Chewbacca
Legendary British special effects wizard Stuart Freeborn, who is responsible for some of science fiction’s most memorable on-screen characters, has passed away at the age of 98. Freeborn, who made the ape-men from Stanley Kubrick’s 2001, will be remembered most for his contributions in the Star Wars franchise, where his puppet-building and make-up skills led…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 7, 2013 -
Printer Is Coming With This Incredible Model Of Winterfell
This incredible, miniature rendition of Winterfell—as it’s seen in the opening credits to the Game of Thrones TV show—was done by Daniel Ammann. if you’ve got access to a 3D printer, or as I like to call them “boxes of dark sorcery”, he’s made the plans for the model publicly available, so you can print…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 7, 2013 -
You Might Get a Surprisingly Classy Skyrim Series. If You Pay.
A group of very serious fans want to make a web series based on Skyrim. So far, so modern internet, but what’s setting the pitch for Skyrim: The Shadow Cult apart is the level of professionalism that’s going into the production. Instead of just tossing robes on a few friends and letting computer effects do…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 7, 2013 -
Crytek, Long Ago, Were Working On Their Own Take On Deus Ex
Waaaay back in time, long before even the first Far Cry was released, Crytek were working on a game called Engalus. Envisaged as a first-person game with an emphasis on story and role-playing, it actually made a small public appearance in 2000 as a tech demo for Nvidia before disappearing from sight, never to be…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 7, 2013 -
Website Finds Chink In Steam’s Security Armour
Ars Technica’s Kyle Orland recently found a security issue with Valve’s online marketplace, Steam. “Out of respect for the privacy of Steam’s more than 50 million users”, Ars didn’t immediately publish the article. Instead, they contacted Valve. Barely three hours after being notified, the exploit had been fixed. That’s fast. But what’s really interesting is…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 7, 2013 -
Author Says Games Workshop Is Trying To Own The Term “Space Marine”
It’s about as ubiquitous a term in science fiction—and video games—as “starship”, “lightspeed” and “datapad”, but an author at the centre of a copyright struggle claims that Games Workshop, the company behind the Warhammer 40K franchise, is trying to take legal possession of the term “space marine”. Author MCA Hogarth, who wrote the book “Spots…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 6, 2013 -
If You Expect The JJ Abrams Half-Life Movie To Actually Get Made, You’re Gonna Have A Bad Time
You may have gotten awfully excited today when you read that not only is JJ Abrams talking to Valve about making a game, he’s also talking about making a movie with the studio. That’s OK! Perfectly understandable. He’s a talented guy, and the prospect of seeing Gordon Freeman on the silver screen is enough to…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 6, 2013 -
She Only Says Horse_ebooks Nonsense, But They Still Want To Get In Her Pants Anyway
Horse_ebooks, the automated spam Twitter account that promotes e-books by quoting random lines from them, is one of the most famous Twitter accounts out there. Much of the appeal is that despite being complete word salad, it manages to say absurd if not insightful things. But it’s not stuff that would get you a date……
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 6, 2013 -
Things. They Fit Into Other Things. Like Super Nintendos.
Probably the best thing on the internet today is the Tumblr “things fitting perfectly into things.” Which sums up the mission goal pretty neatly. Drinks fitting into other drinks, yoghurt fitting into sinkholes, God, the mind boggles the more you scroll down the page. The infinite happy coincidences we walk past every day without realising.…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 6, 2013 -
Check out this hypnotic video tracking the circuitous journey of a single car in SimCity
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 6, 2013 -
This Fallout And Hotline Miami Mash Up Needs To Happen
Here’s a scene from Fallout: New Vegas re-done Hotline Miami style. I wonder how a game like this would work? How would VATS come into the picture, if at all? Well, as long as I get to kill Super Mutants I guess! Props to the artist, Reddit user Sliferjam Click the image up top for…
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 6, 2013 -
There’s Skylanders: Swap Force Gameplay Footage Here, and It’s Lovely
Activision doesn’t have to sell me on buying Skylanders toys at this point—I literally have a bucket full of them sitting not three feet from me as I type—but the games, entertaining as they are, could use a little work. The kind of work they’ve done with the new engine for Skylanders: Swap Force This…
By Mike Fahey Published February 6, 2013 -
Seriously, Why Doesn’t Anyone In Fire Emblem: Awakening Have Feet?
“There’s an elephant in the room.” It’s a phrase people use when there’s some super-obvious thing that everyone’s consciously avoiding talking about, like, you’re at a party where the host just died of a heart attack and was carted off by the coroner, but you’re eating teeny-weenies and talking about the weather, and the elephant…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 6, 2013 -
Meet the models behind all the big characters in Archer. Trust me, it’s hilarious.
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 6, 2013