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The Secret World‘s Lead Designer Leads Me Straight Into Hell
In room 13 of the Overlook Motel on the scenic Savage Coast of New England there’s a doorway that leads directly to hell. If I had to sum up the setting for Funcom’s massively-multiplayer supernatural role-playing game The Secret World in one sentence, that would probably be it. Theodore Wicker studied the occult and demonology…
By Mike Fahey Published May 30, 2012 -
The Divinity Series Isn’t Always Divine, But I Still Love It Anyway
When Larian announced their new Divinity game yesterday, I felt an emotion for which I know no word. It was the sensation that combines unhinged fannish glee with abject terror and worry. In July, 2003, a friend gave me the gift of a new game for my new gaming PC. On seeing the box, I…
By Kate Cox Published May 30, 2012 -
Watch GOG.com’s Slowjamin’ Love Letter to Game Developers
It’s a tough world out there for game developers; There’s rampant piracy, an unstable economy and all sorts of things that can go wrong at a moment’s notice. Sometimes you need someone to snuggle up to you and tell you everything is gonna be all right. Shhhhhhhh…don’t worry baby. GOG.com is here for some sweet,…
By Chris Person Published May 30, 2012 -
Bring on Shootmania, A Shooter Without Guns
Red guys fight blue guys in what may be one of the more ambitious games on the horizon, the goofily-named Shootmania. It’s a heavily-moddable shooter from the people who made DIY racing sensation Trackmania and are even cooking up a modern-day RPG Maker called Questmania But Shootmania (technically, Shootmania Storm) is also something else: a…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 30, 2012 -
This Giant Robot Sculpture? It’s a Gaming PC.
It’s not often that I wonder if a PC might arise and, say, try to kill me. This one, though… this one makes that particular concern come to mind. Yes, this giant scrap robot is a computer, and a fairly powerful one at that. The creator of this immense work is a man of very…
By Kate Cox Published May 30, 2012 -
Giant Metal Robot PC Case Gallery
By Kate Cox Published May 30, 2012 -
The Musical, Mind-Bending, Microbial Magic of Splice
Cipher Prime, the studio known for crafting stylish concoctions of simple gameplay and stunning sound sets bioengineering to music in Splice, an award-winning puzzle game coming to Steam for Mac and PC June 13. How are you at splicing strands of DNA? In Splice the player is cast in the role of a researcher, tasked…
By Mike Fahey Published May 30, 2012 -
Leak Reveals Battlefield Premium, EA’s Answer to Call of Duty Elite
What’s better than Elite? EA is hoping the answer is Premium. The mega-publisher’s plans for a paid subscription service for the Battlefield action franchise have revealed via a PlayStation store update reported on Eurogamer. The inadvertent leak outed a June 4th release date and a price of 50 euros or about $62 dollars. The service’s…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 30, 2012 -
A Completely Unbiased Look at the Races of Guild Wars 2
While pouring over Starfleet Dental’s comprehensive guide to the races of Guild Wars 2, it helps to keep in mind that Humans were the only race available to play in the original game. So when they call the diminutive Asura an “anime abortion”, it’s nothing personal. I am sure the creators of this infographic did…
By Mike Fahey Published May 30, 2012 -
Tera MMO Log Part Four: The Political Process Begins
It’s the final week of my coverage of En Masse Entertainment’s massively multiplayer fantasy role-playing game Tera. Normally at this point I would be sick to death of playing and eager to reclaim my free time. Instead, I find myself more invested in the game than ever before. Oh yes, it just got political up…
By Mike Fahey Published May 30, 2012 -
Epic Says Epic Has Won Lawsuit Battle With Silicon Knights [UPDATE: Epic Awarded $4.45 Million]
Epic, creators of the Unreal Engine, has prevailed in court against Silicon Knights, creators of Too Human who sued Epic in 2007 over issues with the engine (basically that it was supposedly unfinished and sabotaged their work). “Case over. Jury finds for Epic on all counts,” Epic’s Mark Rein just Tweeted. The case had been…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 30, 2012 -
New Little King’s Story, the Sequel to a Terrific Wii RPG, is Coming to American Vitas This Summer
New Little King’s Story, a sequel to the wonderful Wii role-playing game Little King’s Story will make it to America this summer. The game came out in Japan in March, but now the U.S. of A. gets it too. Official summary from publisher Konami to go with today’s new trailer: Featuring a brand new storyline…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 30, 2012 -
Tecmo Koei’s E3 Plans Are Pretty Much a Dead or Alive 5 One-Ring Circus
You might be wondering what Tecmo Koei’s got up its corporate sleeves after Ninja Gaiden 3 chopped its way release earlier this year. Well, it’s a good thing that E3’s right around the corner so that we can find out. The folks who put out lots and lots of Dynasty Warriors games have put the…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 30, 2012 -
The Witcher Creators Are Creating the Official Cyberpunk Role-Playing Game
At today’s special Summer Conference event, The Witcher developer CD Projekt revealed that their next big role-playing game is an official game based on the Cyberpunk pen-and-paper role-playing system. It’s being built by a second CDP Red team made up of Witcher veterans and will focus on letting players create their own characters to navigate…
By Mike Fahey Published May 30, 2012 -
One Year Later, Did Nintendo Keep Their E3 2011 Promises?
For the fourth year in a row, we’re comparing E3 hype to gaming reality. Sony was the subject of our first investigation. Today we check out Nintendo and will follow with Microsoft’s E3 2011 promises on Thursday, at 1pm ET. Nintendo had two, maybe three focuses at last year’s E3 press conference. The most obvious…
By Tina Amini Published May 30, 2012 -
Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault Landing on PSN Later This Year
Ratchet & Clank has a 10-year anniversary coming up, and in addition to remastering and re-releasing existing games, Insomniac has announced an all-new game: Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault The developers promise a return “to the series’ classic feel, camera, controls and weapons,” while also adding as yet unspecified “online features” to the game.…
By Kate Cox Published May 30, 2012 -
Cubes Is the Latest Game I Want to Hate But Can’t Stop Playing
Simple can be fun. Simple can be addictive Simple can also be frustrating. Cubes—developed by George Buckenham—manages to be all three in beautifully annoying fashion. The only thing you need to do with this indie game is tilt the device to avoid the never-ending onslaught of the titular shapes heading at you. It’s not like…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 30, 2012 -
Here’s How John Carmack Will Put Doom 3 All Up in Your Face
“Support for head-mounted displays.” That one little nugget about the upcoming Doom 3 BFG Edition stuck out like a sore thumb when this morning’s news hit. If you wondered what that might look like, check out the video from The Verge, which shows giant goggles jerry-rigged by Doom co-creator John Carmack. When a Verge commenter…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 30, 2012