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Old-School Game Creators Want A Million Bucks (Or Two) To Make An Old-School RPG (Or Two)

Brenda Brathwaite made Wizardry, among other classic role-playing games. Tom Hall made Anachronox. They and their indie team at Loot Drop want to make a new throwback role-playing game, and they’ve posted one hell of a Kickstarter to convince you to pay them to make the game. And if you give them two million dollars,…

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If You Buy Resident Evil 6 On PSN, Don’t Download The Patch

By most accounts, Resident Evil 6 isn’t very good. But if you are playing it—and if you plan to buy it digitally on the PS3’s PlayStation Network—don’t download the day-one patch. A few gamers in Europe contacted IGN yesterday to report issues with their copies of Capcom’s new survival-horror game. In a statement, Capcom confirmed…

Survarium Developers Talk About Stopping Cheaters Even Though Their Game Isn’t Out Yet

The next game from the folks who once made the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. titles won’t be out for a while, but they already know that people will be trying to exploit it. They’ve got plans to stop those ne’er-do-wells. In the video above, you’ll get a look at how Survarium is coming along, with info on the…

Resident Evil 6 Vs. Gears of War 3: A Slide-by-Slide Comparison

Some people may have noticed that Resident Evil 6 is a bit more like a modern Gears of War game than it’s like a classic Resident Evil game. Is that because you can now run and shoot at the same time? Is it because you’re now in explosive adventures in a game that feels more…

PlayStation Mobile Launches Today with 21 Exciting Games for Vita and PS-Certified Devices

Sony’s mobile gaming push goes live today, making the PlayStation Vita much more attractive and justifying the purchase of PlayStation Certified Android devices with 21 bite-sized games. Let’s see what’s in store! Rolling out across Japan, the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Australia today, PlayStation Mobile is a platform that…

Breaking Bad, Now in Awesome Action Figure Form

Trevor Grove – who works at collectible giants Sideshow – has spent some spare time recently doing exactly what he does 9-5. Only this time instead of sci-fi movie stars or video game characters, he’s sculpting Breaking Bad’s Walter White. He’s done three figures in all, with the bodies cannibalised from Hot Toys pieces, with…

Guild Wars Comes Alive with Fancy Outfits

Guild Wars—especially Guild Wars 2—is beautiful. The world is lush and lovely. And the gear? The gear looks great. The lack of subscription fee might pull players in, but the gameplay and general pizazz keeps them around to save Tyria. And of the more dedicated players, some show their fandom by dressing up. That’s what…

Here’s What Indie PC Smash Terraria Looks Like On Console

As we know, Terraria, a game that on PC went from “huh a side-scrolling Minecraft” to “holy crap it’s sold over a million copies” at the speed of light, is coming to consoles Here’s what it looks like. So, yeah, exactly the same! Terraria Teaser Trailer [HD] [Machinima]

Turn Your Home Into a Russian Nightmare With Tetris Furniture

Tetris-inspired furniture may not be new, but in this case, it’s never looked better. Brazilian industrial designer Diego Silvério, along with his pal Helder Filipov, have come up with this surprisingly presentable concept for Tetris furniture that works throughout the house, from the living room to the bedroom. I’m not sure that kitchen one looks…

Alone With The Crunch: How a Video Game Pushed One Man To The Brink

The crunch: it’s a phenomenon most developers are familiar with. But what happens when you are deep in the crunch without a team to back you up? How does that change things? How do you survive? Dean Dodrill, the creator of Dust: An Elysian Tail, was only one man—how did he manage with little to…

If Fez’s Creator Made Portable Gaming Systems…

A while back, Fez developers Polytron released a shirt featuring a not-real gaming handheld called the Polytron Portable Pro. It’s now been upgraded to two newer, more contemporary ideas for a not-real handheld. Apparently inspired by Teenage Engineering’s OP-1 synthesizer+, but looking just as much like a Speak-and-Spell, I’d buy one in a heartbeat. No…

Fifteen Seconds of Empire Strikes Back, Turned Into an Old Video Game

Remember Star Wars Uncut? That brilliant project where artists all over the world could submit their own interpretations of fifteen seconds’ worth of Star Wars, then have it all cut into the one insane movie? Well it’s back. With Empire Strikes Back Uncut And just like last time, it looks like it’s going to feature…

PC Strategy Gets a Shot in the Asteroid With Blackspace

Upcoming indie PC title Blackspace is a strategy game. Sort of. There’s combat, and destruction, and you even build bases, but watch the video above and you’ll see it feels different You’re controlling a single unit, the “Lander”, making it appear more like RTS hybrid games like Airmech or Herzog Zwei than a straight-up strategy…

Website Tears the Hideous New PlayStation 3 to Pieces

The more I look at the new model of the PS3, the more I hate it. It looks like a budget console, only without the budget price, and goes against Sony’s recent good run of making improvements to hardware with later revisions. So it’s with delight that I settled in to watch tech site iFixit…

What Do You Know, Looking At Kittens Will Make You Better At Your Job

Every time I’m out of town, Tina takes over the off-topic to post some kitten-related thing or another. What do you know, those posts, and the kitten videos contained therein, actually make you more focused and better at your job As reported by Forbes, a new Japanese study has found that looking at cute baby…

Nintendo 3DS XL Coming Out in Black in Japan with Monster Hunter Bundle

On November 1, Nintendo is releasing a black color Nintendo 3DS XL for ¥18,900. The color will also be available as part of a limited edition Monster Hunter pack, Nintendo announced today via YouTube The bundle will include the same black Nintendo 3DS XL, but come with a download version of Monster Hunter Tri G…

Japan Gets Custom Mario, Animal Crossing Handhelds, And They’re Beautiful

Nintendo just announced two new versions of the 3DS XL handheld, both currently slated for release in Japan only. Which is deeply upsetting, because they’re amazing First up, this custom Animal Crossing 3DS XL, which will ship with the game when it’s released in Japan on November 8. Next, this New Super Mario Bros. 2…

You Can Explore Mass Effect‘s Citadel To Your Heart’s Content In This Painstaking Minecraft Build

Players re-create all kinds of amazing things in Minecraft, from the vistas of Game of Thrones to the bright world of Adventure Time King’s Landing really was impressive, but my heart belongs to this painstaking reconstruction of the Citadel Presidium, from the Mass Effect series. The eventual scale of it boggles the mind: the creator…

To Quick-Save Or Not To Quick-Save?

Everyone loves a good quick-save. You know, a one-button press that lets you save your progress mid-level in case you screw up. So fast, so easy, so reassuring! You’ve frozen a moment in time, and with the touch of a button, you can return to that moment whenever you’d like. In a lot of games,…