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Devil May Cry DLC Will Let You Play Dante’s Twin Brother

Some might say it’s a little strange to announce downloadable content before your game is out. Some might call it rude, obnoxious, greedy, money-hungry, whatever. Not Capcom! They want you to know all about the first piece of Devil May Cry DLC, called “Vergil’s Downfall,” which will cost $8.99/720 Microsoft Points—unless you pre-order the game,…

The Craziest Feats Of Halo 4 Multiplayer Get Mythbusted

Do you ever wonder about really specific theoretical feats in Halo 4‘s multiplayer? Like, say, whether or not you can deflect an oddball with a gravity hammer, or trick an auto-sentry with a hologram? Wonder no longer: The folks at Defendthehouse have got you covered with the first episode of Halo 4 Mythbusters This must’ve…

Thomas Was Alone—one of this year’s most clever, best-executed games—is on Steam now. You really should get it.

It Isn’t All Fun and Frivolity — Gamers Have Problems Too

When non-gamers get on your case about sitting around fiddling with your game pad all night long, show them this. It’s a sobering look at the real problems that affect us as gamers, from the folks at BadWeatherFilm. As tongue-in-cheek as many of these entries, harvested from Twitter tag #GamerProblems may be, a couple of…

The Dorkly Weekly: Oh Come On, Everybody Loves Mortal Kombat‘s Toasty Guy

Don’t be like that, Dorkly! Dan Forden sounds like a great guy to hang out at T.G.I. Friday’s with on a Monday. Dan Forden, one of the four programmers that initially began working on the original Mortal Kombat, along with Ed Boon, John Tobias and John Vogel, is better known to the world at large…

Newest DirectX Upgrade Only For Windows 8 Systems

And so the inevitable march of Windows moves onward: DirectX, the software that Windows computers rely on to make games run, is getting an upgrade—but only for Windows 8. A Microsoft employee confirmed in a (tech-heavy) post to developers that “there is no plan for DirectX 11.1 to be made available on Windows 7.” Windows…

Assassin’s Creed III Is A Bummer! No, It’s Not! Let’s Talk This Out.

Last week, I wrote a lengthy article about Assassin’s Creed III and the many ways it’s disappointed me. My take on the game stands in contrast to Stephen’s—he liked the game fine. Clearly, there’s more to talk about here. Here’s Stephen: It is one of the best video games of the year, one of the…

Legends: Rise of a Hero is the Perfect Example of a Mid-Core Action RPG

“Mid-core” is a term being bandied about quite a lot lately, indicating the evolution of social games from passive clicking affairs to experiences that flirt with hardcore gameplay while remaining accessible to casual players. Need an example? Play Mob Science’s newly-launched Legends: Rise of a Hero Out today on Zynga.com, Legends is a mouse-based action…

The People Who Make Half-Minute Hero Want To Know If You Want The Sequel

Are you insane with envy that Japan got Half-Minute Hero 2, the sequel to Marvelous Entertainment’s lovely satirical PSP role-playing game, but we never did? Well, don’t get your hopes up too much, but the folks at Marvelous have been tweeting up a storm for the past week or so, asking Westerners to fill out…

He Went $63,000 In Debt To Make His Game

Video game development can take a terrible toll on a person’s mind, body, and soul. It can do even more damage to their bank account. Gordon Midwood, a developer whose game Derrick the Deathfin was released on the PlayStation Network at just about the worst possible time to release a game, says he went £40,000…

NatGeo’s Brilliant Doomsday Preppers Game is Tiny Tower, Only Underground

NatGeo’s Doomsday Preppers is a documentary series about people preparing for the end of the world, hording supplies, learning survival skills and building elaborate shelters in the hopes that when the big day comes the four horse-persons of the apocalypse might pass them by. In celebration of tomorrow’s launch of the show’s second season, G5…

Huge New Live Event This Weekend Kicks Off Guild Wars 2‘s November Update

Lion’s Arch is under attack! Or, well, make that, Lion’s Arch is under attack—again. The poor city just can’t seem to catch a break. Just as the Mad King himself burst into Lion’s Arch rather destructively on October 28, so too is something coming to the coastal city next weekend. And it’s not a nice…

SimCity Social ‘The Fabulous Baker Boy’ Quests: Everything You Need to Know

As Animal Week continues in SimCity Social, players can complete not only a set of “Accidentally on Porpoise” quests for a new Megaquarium and Dolphin Pool, but they can complete a set of quests titled “The Fabulous Baker Boy.” This set will reward players with a Creampuff Factory, if they manage to finish these quests…

Zenonia 5 Comes Alive on Android This Week

Gamevil’s ever-expanding mobile action RPG series turns five this week, with the release of Zenonia 5: Wheel of Destiny for Android devices. Has it really been five games already? That’s the joy of mobile gaming. While the console folks are still sitting around waiting for Square Enix to finish up a Final Fantasy game that…

Shoot People as Bobby Kotick Tomorrow In This Free Online Game To Celebrate Black Ops II

Tomorrow, you can play the new Call of Duty. Separately, you will also be able to play as Bobby Kotick, chief of CoD publisher Activision, in the free (well, mostly free) online shooter Offensive Combat Kotick’s character is called “Money Sack” and will be available for purchase of free rental in the game. Offensive Combat…

How Not To Get Banned From Call of Duty: Black Ops II

The next installment in the Call of Duty juggernaut, Black Ops II, launches tomorrow. In preparation for the legions of players who will no doubt soon be shooting each other, exploiting every glitch, and saying very rude things on voice chat—as well as the millions of folks who just want to play, and have to…

Alternative Halo 4 Launch Trailer Captures What’s Great About The Campaign

Most people probably play Halo titles for the multiplayer. I don’t blame them. But the singleplayer campaign in Halo 4 is too excellent to ignore. The legitimate launch trailer—which focuses on the storyline—is pretty good on its own. It’s simple, it alludes to the main threat and theme of the game. But I like this…

Pond Panic Isn’t Exactly Darwinism

Pond Panic, a new app from Fabling Game Studios, has you try to save a ladybug from deadly piranhas that are in a pond. There are several different types of piranha, and you are supposed to flick them out of the pond. Then, after you flick a certain number out of the pond, you can…

The Next Mass Effect Is Being Made on The Battlefield 3 Graphics Engine

BioWare Montreal will be heading up the development on the next Mass Effect game and they’ll be using the Frostbite 2 engine to build it. The epicenter for the hit sci-fi series has generally been done out of BioWare’s Edmonton homebase. But a new post on the BioWare blog reveals that the three-year-old BioWare Montreal…

They’re Still Not Showing Enough of Dead Space 3

Someone somewhere has decided the best way to show off Dead Space 3, an EA game only four months from release, is to keep only showing the tiniest bits of the thing. The latest third-person horror/shooter adventures of space miner Isaac Clarke could be wonderful. They could be terrible. It’s impossible to tell. The latest…