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These Are The Dead Space Spin-Offs I Really Want to Play
I’m not a Dead Space guy. Oh sure, the series is great, but Fatal Frame and Silent Hill are more my speed when it comes to pants-wetting horror. But you know what would make me a Dead Space guy? Absurdist spin-offs and mods How about a survival-horror game starring legendary comedian, father figure and star…
By Chris Person Published February 5, 2013 -
Watch The 14-Year Evolution Of PC Graphics In One Really Long Video
Wow, PC graphics have really come a long way. YouTube user PerfectHandVideos created this fascinating, 130-minute-long collection of real-time PC graphics, using Nvidia demos, graphics benchmarks and in-game benchmarks in chronological order from 2000 to present day. The 3DMark 2001 Matrix scene still looks stunning, that’s for sure. The Evolution Of Real Time PC Graphics…
By Gergo Vas Published February 5, 2013 -
Zynga Cancels Three Games Less Than Four Months Old
During today’s Zynga conference call it was announced that the company would be closing CityVille 2, the incredibly promising The Friend Game and the mobile Party Place, three recent releases that performed below expectations. CityVille 2 was launched at the beginning of November 2012, delayed slightly due to Hurricane Sandy’s effect on the Baltimore development…
By Mike Fahey Published February 5, 2013 -
Six Comics You Should Get This Week
If you’re here in the Panel Discussion programming block, you might be a lapsed comics reader, trying to find a way back to the JLA Satellite. Or you might someone killing time until you pick up your weekly Wednesday pull list. Or maybe you’ve said goodbye to dozens of longboxes to embrace the promise of…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 5, 2013 -
Too Bad This Mega Man & Sonic Comic-Book Crossover Isn’t an Actual Game
The long-teased crossover between Capcom and Sega’s iconic characters inches ever closer and each bit of preview art makes fans teases fans with the fact that this mash-up doesn’t exist in playable form. Hey, if Mega Man can take on the World Warriors of Street Fighter and Sonic can duke it out with Mario in…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 5, 2013 -
PR Vs. Reality: A Dead Space 3 Story
Once upon a time there was a video game publisher named Electronic Arts. Electronic Arts was a very big video game publisher with lots of money and friends. Every year, they would release lots and lots of video games, which they would sell for lots and lots more money and friends. One day, Electronic Arts…
By Jason Schreier Published February 5, 2013 -
Feast Your Eyes on the Amazing Artwork That Will Make You Think Batman Actually Exists
I didn’t like Lee Bermejo’s take on the Batman costume at first. For someone like me who grew up on Jim Aparo and Don Newton’s versions of the Dark Knight in the 1970s and 1980s, the way he rendered certain elements of that classic costume felt… off. The stiff lower part of the cowl? The…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 5, 2013 -
Star Wars Pinball Proposes a Unique Trilogy With Its First Three Tables
When Zen Studios went to Lucasarts about a year ago, they offered a straightforward pitch for a series of Star Wars-themed pinball tables. OK, here’s the Original Trilogy pack: Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi. OK, now here are the three prequels … “They said no,” said Neil Sorens, Zen’s creative…
By Owen Good Published February 5, 2013 -
Shooters Need To Get Better At Depicting Arabs
Whether it’s the news, television or the movies, Arabs have become synonymously linked with the word “terrorist.” And thanks to video games, we’ve become the target—literally. Both my job and my personal experience give me a unique perspective on the situation. I was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan and moved to the Beirut, Lebanon…
By Hussein M. Ibrahim Published February 5, 2013 -
Action combat-powered MMORPG Tera is now free-to-play in a non-insulting way. Go play!
By Mike Fahey Published February 5, 2013 -
It’s Adulthood vs. Childhood, The Video Game
We all get a little bit nostalgic from time to time. Childhood was so much fun; we could watch cartoons, eat candy all the time, and let our imaginations run wild. Doesn’t adulthood suck? Well… then again, adulthood has some stuff going for it too. We get to go to R-rated movies, and drink alcohol,…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 5, 2013 -
Get Ready For Some Serious Halo Parkour
Watching this video by ReiKo, you have to wonder if the people who made Halo 4 intended for players to be able to pull off some of the insane trick-jumps that they do. The spacing is just right, the trajectories lead perfectly from point to point… maybe they planned it this way? Hard to say.…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 5, 2013 -
ChefVille ‘Outback Lovin” Quests: Everything You Need to Know
After the first Valentine’s Day event in ChefVille, we learned that both Colby and Rock have feelings for Madeline, but who will she choose as her Valentine? We’ll help both of these men woo their lovely lass via individual sets of quests, starting with Rock and his “Outback Lovin” event. This event comes with new…
by Brandy Shaul | Games.com Published February 5, 2013 -
Say Happy Valve-entine’s With This Delightful Card Series
Portal is a natural theme for Valentine’s Day, as we saw with these cards Valve released in 2011 before Portal 2‘s arrival. This one is the best of a Valve-themed series done by Tumblr user applenail, which got a lot of attention over the weekend and yesterday. Print them out and put one in a…
By Owen Good Published February 5, 2013 -
The Witcher 3 Will Be The Final Game In The Series
Revealed on The Witcher‘s Facebook page today, this is the 50-second teaser trailer for The Witcher 3, the next-gen open world RPG that was officially announced last night in Game Informer There’s no gameplay footage for the third Witcher game just yet, but hey, at least the music is cool. Developers CD Projekt Red also…
By Jason Schreier Published February 5, 2013 -
You Don’t Lead Off a Game Called Garfield’s Escape with Odie, Dammit.
Garfield is the most relevant character in comics today. With his laissez faire attitude about life and the way he hides his deep abiding love for his family behind a wall of standoffishness and mild abuse, he’s a charming allegory for the decade we live in, an icon of our time. What do you mean…
By Mike Fahey Published February 5, 2013 -
A Whole Bunch Of Great Final Fantasy Games Are 50% Off For The Next Two Weeks
If I had a time machine, the second thing I’d do would be go back to last century and tell 12-year-old Jason that in 2013, I will own an ultra-powerful portable gaming device that can play just about any Final Fantasy game, including, for some reason, a bunch of fighting games with weird names and…
By Jason Schreier Published February 5, 2013