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Cliff Bleszinski Leaves Epic Games

The creator of Gears of War has left his position at development studio Epic Games. Epic announced the news in a blog post today, saying that designer Cliff Bleszinski has left to “chart the next stage of his career.” Bleszinski, who worked at Epic for 20 years, was often the face of the company and…

The Most Terrifying Thing about Telltale’s Walking Dead Series? Not Being Able to Control the Camera How You Want

Lots of people have been lavishing love onto Telltale Games’ adaptation of the Walking Dead. The terror of the zombie apocalypse—first imagined in Robert Kirkman’s comics work—comes across as deeply personal in the episodic video game series. People have cried playing these games. But another, angrier emotional response has been bubbling up, too, generated not…

4 Minutes of Resident Evil 6‘s Most Ridiculous Moments

We reviewed Resident Evil 6. We showed you what we think is the coolest mode in the game. We compared its use of an in-game playground to Gears of War 3‘s. We showed you how to microwave a monster’s hand. We offered some actually useful tips We’re just about done with our launch day (+1)…

Mordin and Tali Look Perfect in Dragon Age as Long as You Don’t Think About It Too Much

We recently shared fan artist Andrew Ryan’s lovely Dragon Age/Mass Effect crossover art, starring our 22nd century sci-fi heroes in the roles and costumes of Thedas’s fantasy realm. That post featured a work in progress; Ryan has been adding detail and characters ever since. Today’s additions are dynamic duo Mordin and Tali. The fantasy world…

Fantasy Conflict is Like Modern Conflict, Only Not as Modern

Gaijin Entertainment’s real-time strategy series Modern Conflict has garnered a fair amount of praise in iOS gaming circles, but many have criticized the series for a distinct lack of castles and dwarves. And so here we are. Where are we? Why the faraway kingdom of Baldoria, where greedy dwarves have swiped the crystals that control…

Bethesda Snags The Former Executive Producer of Star Wars: The Old Republic

Rich Vogel, a longtime game designer who most recently served as executive producer on BioWare’s online RPG The Old Republic, is joining Bethesda, the publisher behind games like Skyrim and the upcoming Dishonored Bethesda’s press release says Vogel and his new team will be working on “an unannounced project,” but Bethesda is also currently working…

Rapper Gets Kicked Out of Microsoft Store Mid-Performance After Smashing The Computers [Update]

There are many things in the world that go together beautifully. Chocolate and mint, for example. Or coffee and anything. Then there are some things that are much more questionable. Like, say, The Microsoft Store and live performances. Especially live rap performances on the shelves where the expensive computers sit. Cleveland-based recording artist Machine Gun…

World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria Log Supplemental: Level 85 and Holding

While Kate is working the latest World of Warcraft expansion pack from the bottom up, I am tasked with taking my level 85 character to level 90, exploring what’s new for the high level crowd. It’s not going well so far. Pandaria is gorgeous, filled with sweeping vistas and landmarks that make me eager to…

World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria Log One: Yep, I Sure Am A Panda-Person

[The Mists of Pandaria expansion to World of Warcraft introduces new content in the starter levels as well as in the late game. This is a look at how new, low-level content appears to a new player. We’ll also be posting a look at Pandaria‘s new level 85-90 zones, and the veteran perspective, from a…

Watch The Designer Of XCOM Try To Sell It At A Game Store, Fail

Watch XCOM designer Jake Solomon try to sell his new strategy game to customers at a game store. It is not an easy sell. Even to people with Xboxes in their cars.

Lady Takes Sand And Mists of Pandaria And Makes Something Beautiful

Wow. I live in New York, so I’ve seen my fair share of talented sand artists, but I’ve never seen someone pinch and play with sand the way Silvia Emme does in the video above. The end result is impressive and quite pretty. “World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria” – Sand Animation by SILVIA EMME…

The Latest Sign that League of Legends Has Made It: Miss October Loves It

Here’s an e-mail I received yesterday from a PR person yesterday: Hi Stephen- Below please find information on Playboy’s Miss October, Pamela Horton. The Playmate of the Month graces this issue’s cover as well as the centerfold, and is an avid gamer and gym rat. She says: “I’m obsessed with MMOs! I love being known…

A Possible Portable Battlefield From DICE, A New/Old Populous from Romania and Other Gaming Secrets

Editor’s Note: The mysterious person known as Superannuation keeps on digging and keeps on finding things—gaming things—you should know about. All of the information that follows is sourced and in the public record. Secrets hiding in plain sight? It happens all the time. DICE appear to be expanding their horizons to mobile devices with the…

Here’s PlayStation Mobile Running on an Xperia Phone

Available today on the PlayStation Vita and PlayStation certified mobile devices, PlayStation Mobile brings a selection of fine indie games to a whole new platform. On the Vita it’s just a tab in the PlayStation Store. On the Xperia Ion it looks something like this. The nice Xperia people lent me an Ion for a…

$30 Assassin’s Creed III Season Pass Will Add Evil George Washington Alternate-History Campaign

In a twist from previous Assassin’s Creed post-release plans, the creators of Assassin’s Creed III are going to let players download what seems like a massive alternate-history expansion to the game’s campaign. A $30 “season pass”, announced today, will get you a large single-player add-on called The Tyranny of King George. It will be delivered…

The Games You’ve Played Most On Steam

Have you spent an embarrassing number of hours playing Team Fortress 2? Wasted way too much of your life on late-night Civ marathons? Let’s see some proof. We want you to come show off your most ridiculous Steam stats. We’ll start with a few of our own. Above you can get a peek at Luke’s…

Conan, What is Best on iPad? God of Blades’ Endless Slashing Comes Pretty Close.

I loved Conan comics as a kid. Every swordfight the Cimmerian had with another warrior ratcheted up an incredible amount of tension in my teenage heart. It’s not that I ever thought about Conan losing. Rather, it was the idea that so much depended on the steel and sinews of Robert E. Howard’s famous barbarian.…

The defunct NBA Live 13 was supposed to be out today on Xbox Live, says Microsoft’s Major Nelson

Justin Bieber Is A Playable Basketball Pro In NBA 2K13, For Some Reason

I’m not sure why such a thing as this exists, but it does. Justin Bieber—yes, that Justin Bieber, beloved of 5th-grade girls nationwide—is a playable character in NBA 2K13. YouTube user DallasCowboys94Ware has done the world the favor of putting together this saga of Bieber’s trials and tribulations on the court, complete, of course, with…

Play This Facebook Game, Help Animals in Need

Sojo Studios’ Facebook game WeTopia has generated more than $500,000 for children’s charities since its launch in November of last year. Now the developer extends its philanthropy-enabling formula to needy animals with Joy Kingdom, a fun free way to turn your social game obsession into happy critters. A lot of people say that Facebook games…