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Adventure Time’s Creator Has a Word About Video Games
Adorable. This is a clip by Pendleton Ward, Adventure Time creator, drumming up support for the wonderful-sounding LA Game Space And if that’s not enough to get you interested? The venture has also convinced Katamari creator Keita Takahashi to release his next game to backers of its Kickstarter for only $5. If people like this…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 22, 2012 -
You Can Download the Sequels to Zelda and Pushmo to a 3DS Today
Here in America, it’s Thanksgiving. It’s a day to be be thankful, a day for eating turkey and cranberry sauce and a day for ignoring the normal Nintendo download update. Cutting to the chase, the sequel to Pushmo my favorite 3DS game is out today. The new one is called Crashmo. In the old game…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 22, 2012 -
You can now take a look at the Wii U’s UK/Europe launch lineup, via VG247. The console debuts overseas on the 30th.
András Neltz Published November 22, 2012 -
Wii U: The Frankenreviiu
It’s a new console! These are momentous events in gaming, and yet nobody seems quite sure how to react to Nintendo’s new entrant, the Wii U. To some, it feels like the last of a generation that launched with the Xbox 360 many years ago. To Nintendo, it’s the first of the next generation, well…
By Kate Cox Published November 22, 2012 -
Now the Czech President is appealing to Greece for the release of the imprisoned ArmA 3 devs.
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 22, 2012 -
How Square Enix Screwed Up Black Ops II for Japan
For years now, Square Enix has published the Call of Duty games in Japan. Square Enix honcho Yoichi Wada is apparently a big fan of the series—and Western games. His goal is apparently to make Japanese gamers more open to playing foreign titles. That’s admirable. It would be more admirable if the company didn’t keep…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 22, 2012 -
Ratings agency Fitch just downgraded Sony to “junk”, Reuters reports
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 22, 2012 -
It’s Like One Piece Is Ripping Off Disney and Tim Burton
On 2ch, Japan’s largest bulletin, a thread popped up with the title, “Concrete Proof of One Piece‘s Plagiarism lulz”. In this thread, an image showed seemed to detail how One Piece continues to knock off Disney and Tim Burton. Or does it? In the above gallery, you can see comparisons from that thread. Most of…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 22, 2012 -
Making This Iron Man Helmet Required a Shirtless Man Covered in Plaster
Yes, the internet is awash with do-it-yourself Iron Man helmets. That’s okay, because d.i.y. Iron Man helmets are rad This Mark III Iron Man Helmet was painstakingly moulded, sculpted, sanded, and then painted in a highly laborious and time consuming process. It took around a year to complete! The finished helmet, which is motorized and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 22, 2012 -
These Are The Best-Looking Cars In Video Games Today (Or Even Tomorrow)
Project CARS, you’re killing me. I see trailers like this, I see the words “pre-alpha footage”, and I don’t know whether to punch you, or kiss you, or both. This clip is showing off the game’s multiplayer mods. Even the type used to show your competitors looks amazing. For those who don’t know, Project CARS…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 22, 2012 -
Peter Molyneux’s Next Game is a Lot Like One of His First
As Fable creator Peter Molyneux’s new team 22cans continues throwing game ideas against the wall and seeing what sticks, the company’s next game looks a lot more familiar than weird iOS novelty Curiosity Called Project GODUS, it’s “an innovative reinvention of Populous“, which explains why you looked at that image up top, saw Molyneux’s name…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 22, 2012 -
She’s Commander Shepard, And She’s Quite Partial To A Spot Of Snowboarding
Starting Monday, BioWare’s online store will be selling this limited edition snowboard. Doesn’t matter if you live near snow or not. The fact the board features FemShep, and not ManShep, is pretty great.
By Luke Plunkett Published November 21, 2012 -
Three Entire Countries Had Their Assassin’s Creed III Shipments Stolen
It seems that every single copy of the PC version of Assassin’s Creed III bound for store shelves in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg was being shipped in a single truck. And that truck has been stolen by criminals. According to this report from Dutch industry site EB, the theft took place on November 14.…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 21, 2012 -
Want To Be A Better Surgeon? Play Video Games.
This is rather interesting: a study floating around over the past few days (and documented in the above video) concludes that in a simulation of surgery, high schoolers who play video games regularly do as well—and sometimes better—than actual surgeon residents. But wait! Don’t stop reading and immediately yell at your children to stop studying…
By Jason Schreier Published November 21, 2012 -
Student Gets a Football Manager Job Based on Football Manager Prowess
If I was in a pitch meeting with this story as a screenplay, I’d say it was The Last Starfighter meets Moneyball with a little bit of Cool Runnings. Vugar Huseynzade, 21, of Sweden, got a job as a supporting manager despite having no experience managing a football team, other than in Sega and Sports…
By Owen Good Published November 21, 2012 -
Play A New Double Fine Game Prototype Right Now
Yesterday, Double Fine put together an interesting new idea to crowdsource the selection of their next “Amnesia Fornight” games. It’s a cool move, inviting people to support them financially while opening up their process to the world and giving fans a say in what games they make. In that same spirit, they’ve also made a…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 21, 2012 -
The Most Expensive Wii U on eBay was Melted Down in a Microwave Oven
“Professional microwaver” Kenny Irwin has performed a day-one (or close to it) nuking of of the Nintendo 3DS and the PlayStation Vita, as well as microwaving an Xbox 360 Elite (remember that model?) in the name of art. So hell yes he was going to melt down a deluxe-edition Wii U on release day, as…
By Owen Good Published November 21, 2012