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Mass Murderer Angered over World of Warcraft Connection
Anders Behring Breivik is currently on trial in an Oslo District Court for killing 77 people. The mass murders sent shockwaves throughout the world. And now, prosecutors have offered more evidence to explain his motivation: between November 2010 and February 2011, Breivik played World of Warcraft an average of 6 hours and 50 minutes every…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 7, 2012 -
These E3 Attendees Look A Little Out Of Place
Just outside the LA Convention Center today, between the energy drinks and the first-person shooter advertisements, I found some people yelling at me to accept Jesus. Which I guess is sort of like the marketing I saw inside the Convention Center. With less dubstep.
By Jason Schreier Published June 7, 2012 -
Iron Man? Nah, Let’s See Iron Woman
For some reason, unlike just about every other superhero there is, Tony Stark has never really had a female opposite number that stuck. An Iron Woman So it’s totally fair game for artists to step in and try to imagine what one would look like. I almost entirely like this effort, from SgtHK, because it’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 7, 2012 -
Wow. This 140-Foot-Wide Call of Duty Trailer Is Incredible.
This is most of the stunning Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 trailer that is stopping crowds at E3. This is the spectacle of E3, in terms of stopping hordes of people in their tracks… and with good reason. The screen Activision is running this thing on is over 100 feet wide. It’s a hell…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 7, 2012 -
Imagining Sony’s Next Home Console: The Octave
Swedish designer Daniel Åberg has, just for kicks, taken a crack at designing not just the logo for Sony’s next – and still unrevealed – home console. He’s also designed its packaging, game art, menu screen and even a system boot-up sequence. While it’s as far from official as you can get, you should still…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 7, 2012 -
Michael Bay’s E3 is More Entertaining Than the Real Thing
I know it’s not quite done yet, but I’m pretty much done with this year’s E3. It’s been so light on new and exciting things that it’s easy to despair. Don’t despair. Because as E3 gets worse, the comic relief steps in and makes it all OK. This is jaroshbarksdale’s take on most of the…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 7, 2012 -
Free Yourself with the First Django Unchained Trailer
Inspired by Spaghetti westerns and exploitation flicks, Django Unchained stars Jamie Foxx as a slave turned bounty hunter trained by a former dentist (Christoph Waltz). Foxx attempts to free his wife from a brutal plantation owner, played by Leonardo DiCaprio. Director Tarantino has been calling the film a “Southern” due to its strong connection to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 7, 2012 -
Forza Horizon Offers an Open Road to Action, Music and the Fast Life
Total simulation racers are not something I’ve played much at all. I’ve got nothing against them, but I tend to drive like a maniac and a lot of the detailing and physics are like pearls before swine with a guy like me. Reflecting on my preferences makes the existence of a spinoff title like Forza…
By Owen Good Published June 7, 2012 -
The Cave Is a Smart Game That Reminds Me What’s So Great About Adventuring
Smart games sometimes feel hard to come by. But when you do stumble on a smart game, it’s easy to tell how much thought went into its design. Ron Gilbert’s The Cave, an adventure/puzzle game made in collaboration with developers Double Fine, is a game that radiates with smart design. And it’s super cute, too.…
By Tina Amini Published June 7, 2012 -
Dark Souls’ Developers Don’t Know What They’re Doing on the PC
I don’t mean that headline to be accusatory. I’m not having to accuse From Software of anything, because they’re the ones admitting it. Which…is nice, I guess, we appreciate the honesty, but it still means the PC version of Dark Souls won’t be as awesome as you may have been hoping for. “To be completely…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 6, 2012 -
Dead Space Was Always A Co-Op Game. Visceral Just Didn’t Know It Yet.
As much of a pansy as I am when it comes to horror games, I just can’t get enough of them. The Dead Space franchise is one of my favorites in the genre. But considering how much of a pansy I am, I’ve always wished I could play the game cooperatively with a friend to…
By Tina Amini Published June 6, 2012 -
The More DMC Changes, The More Devil May Cry Stays the Same
Dear Devil May Cry fans: know that I am one of you, for the most part. A guy who played DMC1 gleefully, suffered through 2, was comforted by 3 and ignored 4. So let me declare that I think there’s nothing to worry about with the upcoming DMC reboot. You jump, shoot and slash with…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 6, 2012 -
Fire Emblem: Awakening Will be Coming to American 3DS Systems
Nintendo of America boss Reggie Fils-Aime just confimed with Kotaku that Fire Emblem: Awakening for the 3DS, already out in Japan, will be getting a US release. Good times. WHY DID NINTENDO GO FOUR E3 PRESS CONFERENCES WITHOUT SAYING THIS EARLIER?
By Luke Plunkett Published June 6, 2012 -
Um, Animal Crossing? Where Are You?
Hoping to play the upcoming 3DS Animal Crossing in English this year? Well…The game is getting a release in Japan later this fall, but many AC fans don’t understand Japanese. Today in Los Angeles, Nintendo ran through a list of its upcoming 3DS titles for later this year. Absent was Animal Crossing That doesn’t mean…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 6, 2012 -
It’s Hard When the Aliens Look Just Like the Damn Rocks
I checked out the multiplayer mode for Aliens: Colonial Marines at this year’s PAX East, but E3 got a new map and a new shotgun to play around with. My E3 multiplayer round against the aliens pit us four marines against them on large slabs of shiny black rock. What made this map interesting was…
By Tina Amini Published June 6, 2012 -
Deadlight is Just You, Your Xbox and the Apocalypse
Part of the appeal when Deadlight was originally shown off was how lonely and bleak it looked. Then some trailers came along full of narration and dialogue and it all got a bit too noisy Thankfully, this gameplay footage is much quieter. It’s just you, the breeze, the still night air and…some zombies. Deadlight will…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 6, 2012
