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Two Years Out of the NBA, EA Sports Puts Its Live Back Together
By the end of October 2010, everyone knew NBA Elite 11 was doomed. Though officially “delayed” that September, one week before the game was due to release, no one really expected it ever to ship, even internally. The ambitious makeover of the NBA Live franchise simply had too many problems to be published. That last…
By Owen Good Published April 26, 2012 -
Homemade Portal Pinball Will Teleport Into Your Heart
Action & reaction. Angles and speed. Momentum and inertia. Pinball is a game of physics. So is Portal. And that’s what makes this homemade Aperture Science pinball table so great. Reddit user iliveon built the working table with friends and says the goal is to get a pinball stuck in each portal. It’s clearly a…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 26, 2012 -
Elijah Wood Stars in Next Season of Red vs Blue. Yes, Really.
Rooster Teeth started their popular Halo-based machinima comedy series Red vs Blue all the way back in 2003. What was actor Elijah Wood up to in 2003? Oh, just carrying the lead role in a little old top-grossing fantasy movie that won 11 Oscars. But nine years later, Red vs Blue is still churning away,…
By Kate Cox Published April 26, 2012 -
In Hybrid, Players Wage A New World War Every Couple Weeks
“Why call it Hybrid?” When I asked Hybrid producer Caleb Arseneaux that question, his response was vague. The game has a lot of hybrid qualities, he said. It’s a hybrid of familiar 3rd person shooter mechanics and new ideas, a hybrid of MMO-style map-conquest and instanced deathmatches… That ambiguity could indicate a lack of focus…
By Kirk Hamilton Published April 26, 2012 -
Two Ways to Make Horror Games Better? More Build-Up, Less Combat
If you ask Frictional Games’ developers, horror games haven’t evolved much since the genre’s late 1990s/early 2000s heyday where Silent Hill and Fatal Frame showed off just how scary a video game experience could be. Sure, titles like Dead Space and Frictional’s own Amnesia capture new glory for the horror category but other former heavyweight…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 26, 2012 -
Which Game of Thrones Character Would Mitt Romney Be? How About Sarah Palin?
Doesn’t matter where you are, Westeros or America—Politics are dangerous business, full of sex and lies and betrayal. And sometimes murder! This hilarious image depicts the parallels between the cast of Game of Thrones and the cast of current American politics. I laughed hardest at the last one. “The truth of the matter is that…
By Kirk Hamilton Published April 26, 2012 -
This Game’s Trailer Is Too Pretty To Be Real
This is the debut trailer for Reset, an upcoming PC puzzle game. It’s gorgeous. Almost too gorgeous. Seems like one of those annoying computer-generated teasers that winds up looking absolutely nothing like the real thing. But believe it or not, development studio Theory Interactive says everything in this trailer was rendered with their in-game engine.…
By Jason Schreier Published April 26, 2012 -
30 Years Late, A Supposedly Impossible Atari Feat Puts Arcade Classic Onto a 2600 Cartridge
Howard Warshaw—the man who created the beloved best-selling Yar’s Revenge for the Atari 2600—said that a decent version of arcade hit Star Castle couldn’t possibly be stuffed into a game cartridge for the iconic home console. Scott Williamson never believed that. Three decades after the commercial death of the faux wood-grain game box that started…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 26, 2012 -
Jay-Z’s Life Story, Told as a Facebook Game
Jay-Z is one of the world’s most famous rappers. He has a fashion line, a chain of upscale sports bars, and a share of the New Jersey (soon to be Brooklyn) Nets. He has sold millions upon millions of albums and married Beyoncé, with whom he now has a daughter. What was left for the…
By Kate Cox Published April 26, 2012 -
Avenger Controller Creator Tries To Put Ocean Marketing Debacle in the Past
It’s tough to recover from a PR gaffe. Even tougher: when it’s the biggest PR gaffe of 2011, a customer service firestorm that set the Internet into Complete And Utter Outrage Mode late last year. But David Kotkin, who took a ride on the rollercoaster of Internet infamy along with outspoken marketer Paul Christoforo last…
By Jason Schreier Published April 26, 2012 -
Portal 2 Level Creator Hitting PC And Mac This May
Valve will release free Portal 2 downloadable content titled “Perpetual Testing Initiative” for PC and Mac on May 8, the publisher said today. Valve says you’ll be able to “easily create, share, and play Portal 2 puzzles” with the new DLC, which lets you publish maps directly to Steam. Other players will be able to…
By Jason Schreier Published April 26, 2012 -
Classic PlayStation Title Appears in Vita Store, But Isn’t Playable Yet
A classic PlayStation title appeared in the PS Vita store overnight, kindling hopes that players would now be able to enjoy their classic games on the go. Alas, the game is not actually playable, but its appearance does indicate that perhaps the anticipated feature is nearly ready for prime time. NeoGAF users spotted the game,…
By Kate Cox Published April 26, 2012 -
Ill-Fitting Kitana Cosplay Meets Gravel-Walking Mileena In Live-Action Mortal Kombat
Remember the ill-fitting costume that the Kitana model wore to promote Mortal Kombat on the Vita? And the model who had to brave fields of gravel in heels as Mileena? The two have finally met for the latest advertisement featuring Mortal Kombat on the Vita. Their in-game personas fight to the death while their real-life…
By Tina Amini Published April 26, 2012 -
YouTube Just Made My Childhood Gaming Memories Feel Super Dramatic
When I think about all the games featured in this video, I remember the fun (and sometimes the anguish) I had while playing them. I never thought about their memories in such a dramatic way until YouTube user RockyPlanetesimal made a montage of the games to the music of “A Wild And Distant Shore” by…
By Tina Amini Published April 26, 2012 -
You Had Me At ‘Shooting Astronauts With Cheeseburgers’
My favorite mobile games are those that pull me in so quickly that a week passes by before I notice I’m spending every idle moment with my iPad gripped in my hands playing the damn thing. Games like Draw Something and Scramble With Friends have been my mobile game drugs for the past few weeks.…
By Tina Amini Published April 26, 2012 -
The New Way You Should Be Dealing With Skyrim‘s Frost Trolls
Man, these guys make me laugh every time they make one of these “Things To Do” videos. This week it’s Skyrim. And while there are many, many things to do in Skyrim as it is, taunting and tricking your enemies is definitely up there for one of the more fun things to do. Being that…
By Tina Amini Published April 26, 2012 -
South Park‘s Mr. Garrison Teaches Us The History of Game of Thrones
In this amazing clip from last night’s South Park, schoolteacher Mr. Garrison tries to explain the complex history behind the world of Westeros. You can watch the full episode, “Cartman Finds Love,” on South Park’s official website Cartman Finds Love [South Park Studios]
By Jason Schreier Published April 26, 2012