-
Having Gone Six Years Without Saying Anything Offensive, Steve Lyons Gets a Job in MLB The Show‘s Booth
Steve Lyons, whose 15-year broadcasting career is dotted with numerous insensitive remarks—one of them enough to get him fired—is taking a seat in a more controlled environment: MLB 13 The Show. As reported by Operation Sports, Lyons said via Twitter at the end of last month that he was recording “lots of VoiceOver work for…
By Owen Good -
Here’s What Is (and Isn’t) Included In Free-to-Play Star Wars: The Old Republic
We’ve known since July that Star Wars: The Old Republic would be going free to play this fall. Now, developer BioWare has published a detailed list showing just what the free tier of the game includes. Players who keep paying a monthly subscription fee of course have access to all features and content. Free players,…
By Kate Cox -
The iOS Revival of M.U.L.E. is Coming Along Nicely
Remember earlier this year when we told you the small indie team at Comma 8 Studios was bring a reskinned version of the classic turn-based strategy game M.U.L.E. to iOS this summer? This summer looks to be ending in November, and from what I’m seeing here it’s worth the extra time. Keep track of the…
By Mike Fahey -
Asari Biotics Liara and Samara Look Fantastic As a Mage And a Templar In Dragon Age
Andrew Ryan, the artist behind the spectacular, brain-bending Dragon Age and Mass Effect crossover art, has continued adding to his glorious gauntlet of crossover characters. The most recent additions are deadly asari Liara and Samara. Liara has taken the role of High Enchanter and Samara, with her strict justicar’s code, makes a perfect Knight-Commander. (Preferably…
By Kate Cox -
Apple Pulls Most Recent iPhone Game About Foxconn From App Store In Less Than An Hour
Surprising more or less exactly nobody, In a Permanent Save State, a serious game based around the suicides of Foxconn employees in 2010, was pulled from Apple’s App Store shortly after its listing. The game became available on iTunes on Friday morning and, according to The Verge, got yanked within an hour. Even artist and…
By Kate Cox -
Friends? An Outernaut Needs No Friends. Not Anymore.
Players expecting something more than standard Facebook fare from the developer of Ratchet & Clank’s first foray into the social gaming world were somewhat disappointed by Outernauts‘ strong reliance on things like asking friends for help or waiting for energy to refill. Yesterday’s major game update should make those players a bit happier, with faster…
By Mike Fahey -
Is the Star of Harvey’s New Eyes a Harmless Little Girl or Deranged Serial Killer? Yes.
Lilli is a soft-spoken orphan that does as she’s told. It’s not her fault that the tasks given her by her friend Edna and the cruel Mother Superior result in the horrible death of nearly everyone she knows. Released today on Steam, Daedalic Entertainment‘s point-and-click adventure game Edna & Harvey: Harvey’s New Eyes is a…
By Mike Fahey -
World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria Log Three: I May Be Broke, But At Least I Can Ride
Some weeks you have a lot of time to be a panda-person. And some weeks, you don’t. Though I didn’t have as much time to take my ferocious little blue-haired pandaren rogue around the Eastern Kingdoms as I had hoped, still, I made some progress. I killed things and completed quests and uncovered areas of…
By Kate Cox -
It’s Dangerous To Go Alone! Take This Detailed Custom PC.
Here’s something Link never found inside a treasure chest: a microATX motherboard. I don’t really know what he’d do with one, to be honest. Surely something in Hyrule is susceptible to silicon and electricity? It’s probably less useful to him than a sword and horse are, let’s be honest. But here in our world, wandering…
By Kate Cox -
Six Reviewers Travel From The Past To Shoot Their Way Through Doom
The Doom 3 BFG Edition arrived on store shelves (and in online storefronts) this week. This remastered version of 2004’s Doom 3 looks grand and supports fancy future tech like head-mounted displays. It takes the classic franchise off of the PC and onto the Xbox 360 and PS3, and even adds new levels But what…
By Kate Cox -
You Have One Day to Get Carmageddon Free for the iPhone and iPad
The most gloriously violent racing game ever made is making a Kickstarter-funded comeback. To thank the folks that gave their money so the vehicular genocide could continue, Stainless Games is offering the iOS re-release of the original Carmageddon for free. What are you waiting for? Reworked with touch screen controls, achievements, and the ability to…
By Mike Fahey
