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If You Ever Wanted To Get Kicked Out of PAX, Here’s How
Comedian Nathan Barnatt, in his performing persona of socially awkward Keith Apicary, was removed from PAX East this year after interrupting the Rooster Teeth panel with a stage-rushing, trouser-dropping incident. Barnatt’s own compiled footage of Apicary’s antics at PAX East is now available. In the first half, he wanders around the convention like a geeky…
By Kate Cox Published May 14, 2012 -
I Still Have No Idea What The Hell Class To Play in Diablo III
Diablo III comes out tomorrow. Which really means it comes out tonight at midnight. I’m excited to play it—more excited than I would have thought I’d be, to be honest. There’s only one problem. At the beginning of my adventure, I’m going to have to make a choice—I’m going to have to pick a character…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 14, 2012 -
Sounds Like The Amalur Studio is Having Money Troubles
NBC News in Rhode Island is reporting that Curt Schilling’s Rhode Island-based game development house 38 Studios is meeting with Governor Lincoln Chafee to resolve “issues” with the state. This comes after the state of Rhode Island loaned 38 Studios $75 Million to relocate from Massachusetts. According to the NBC report, if 38 defaults on…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 14, 2012 -
Activision Pays Ex-Call of Duty Developers $42 Million
The ongoing legal feud between publishers Activision and former employees Jason West and Vince Zampella, the creators of the Call of Duty franchise, took an interesting turn today when Activision coughed up over $40 million. Note that this is not part of any settlement; according to Polygon, it’s the result of Activision doing a little…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 14, 2012 -
Just When You Thought Free-To-Play Gaming Couldn’t Look Any Bleaker
The free-to-play model has been taking hold in the west. More and more games are being designed around letting people play to their heart’s content, then monetizing the game in other ways once players are invested in the game. Writer/roustabout/troublemaker Michael Thomsen has written a scathing critique of free-to-play gaming titled “Will Work for Fun.”…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 14, 2012 -
Gamefly Trashes Gamestop In Their New Ad, Literally
Video game rental service GameFly takes one hell of a shot at video game retailer GameStop in this new commercial. If you’ve ever tried trading games into GameStop, you’ve probably said something like “$9 cannot be your real offer” too. You probably didn’t trash the store, though. Please don’t trash stores. GameFly Commercial – You’re…
By Jason Schreier Published May 14, 2012 -
Max Payne 3 Unloads Both Barrels Into Game Critics and They Just Won’t Die
Just when he thought he could lose his tragic past in a booze and pill-addled haze, Rockstar Games drags Max Payne out of retirement for a third series of unfortunate events. If I were him, I’d go after them first. Luckily I am not Max Payne. My family is still, for the most part, alive.…
By Mike Fahey Published May 14, 2012 -
Fans Piece Together the Box Art for Halo 4
And here we have what looks like the box art for Halo 4, as assembled by NeoGAFer spawn031. An email from Microsoft went out with fragments of this image, titled “Your piece of the Halo 4 puzzle.” Each email came with a bit of this image, which spawn031 assembled and monsterfracas shared. Hey, now. That…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 14, 2012 -
Behold, The Ultimate Game of Thrones Tweet
I love a good Game of Thrones joke as much as the next guy. But this one, made by Twitter user iScoff, really does take the cake. The Twitter-cake. The cake of tweets. He somehow manages take commonly mocked topics like Twitter’s character-limit and penchant for encouraging us to share our wretchedness (which our own…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 14, 2012 -
Mom and Dad of Game Developer Imprisoned in Iran Plead For Mercy
The parents of American citizen Amir Hekmati haven’t heard much about their son in March, when the Iranian government overturned the accused spy’s death sentence and ordered a retrial. He presumably remains imprisoned in Iran. Hekmati’s parents recently recorded this video, trying to humanize their son and weeping for his return. There’s nothing happy here;…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 14, 2012 -
I’m Commander Shepard, and These are my Favorite Drinks on the Citadel.
The Mass Effect trilogy features a galaxy’s worth of exotic, alien-inhabited locations… with a bar in nearly every port ready and waiting to serve the Commander and her intrepid crew the finest of the milky way’s brain-draining beverages. Now you, too, can pull up an emergency induction port—I mean, a straw—and meet the reaper apocalypse…
By Kate Cox Published May 14, 2012 -
Unlikely Fan Fiction Crossover Battles: When Diablo Meets My Little Pony, Horrible Things Happen
Lar’zak looked on the tent with horror clawing it’s way into his brain. Pony’s corpses littered the grounds around the tent, and those who females who hadn’t been killed suffered a fate worse than death. Fan Fiction author The Red Blade doesn’t pull any punches with his epic multi-part Diablo / My Little Pony crossover,…
By Mike Fahey Published May 14, 2012 -
The Dorkly Weekly: The Pokémon Bug Catcher Who Waited
There are Pokémon players that take great pains to make sure they fight every NPC trailer that they cross paths with, but sometimes even the most dedicated fan can overlook the lowly Bug Catcher. The Bug Catcher doesn’t mind. He hasn’t really got anything better to do anyway. He’ll stand out there in his field,…
By Mike Fahey Published May 14, 2012 -
Fake Gamer Of The Week: Grandpa Just Saw Aeris Die
Oh, no. Grandpa. That look in your eyes. That clenched grimace. That loose, delicate grip on your controller’s joysticks, as if you aren’t really playing anything at all. You must have just watched Aeris die. Grandma told me not to lend you my copy of Final Fantasy VII. She said it might stress you out,…
By Jason Schreier Published May 14, 2012 -
Minecraft on Xbox 360 Has Sold More Than 1 Million Copies
Last week we were unable to get clear sales figures, but today Microsoft announced that Minecraft has sold more than 1 million copies in its first week on Xbox Live, in spite of its relatively steep $20 pricetag. That’s a lot of crafting.
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 14, 2012 -
If Your Game Store Goes Bankrupt, Don’t Expect to Get Your Preorder Money Back
When the Australian branch of gaming chain GAME went into administration yesterday (like bankruptcy, but not as bad), a number of its customers were royally screwed. Anyone who put down money to preorder Diablo III was totally out of luck: they won’t get the game, nor will they get their money back So the immediate…
By Jason Schreier Published May 14, 2012