-
Rumor: Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery Coming to Steam
You think different. You’ve rejected the shiny, minimalist wares that come from Apple. Good for you. But that also means you probably haven’t played Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery—a.k.a. one of 2011’s best games—which has been exclusively available on iDevices up until this point. But that may all be changing, if a report on the Indie…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 2, 2012 -
UK Game Stores Saved From Complete Annihilation
British video game retailer Game is still an ongoing concern, thanks to the efforts (read: money) of private investment firm OpCapita, now the proud owner of the 333 remaining store locations throughout the United Kingdom. Having been in financial hot water for quite some time, Game’s troubles became abundantly clear to customers earlier this year…
By Mike Fahey Published April 2, 2012 -
Sony Firing Folks Thanks to Modern Medicine
It was wildly thought that Howard Stringer, a foreigner, was brought in to fire a bunch of people at Sony. Japanese companies traditionally bring in outsiders to fire folks, and Stringer, a foreigner, was even that further removed from the old boys’ network. This April, Kaz Hirai assumes Stringer’s old job at Sony. He’s a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 2, 2012 -
These Adult Gaming Peripherals Existed Only One Day
And that day was yesterday, April 1. As it does every year, the Japanese erotic game industry showed its sense of humor with a handful of adult-related gaming peripherals that will thankfully never see the light of day. Or will they? There’s Nexton Liquid with Liquid Black Cute, a “dedicated erotic game hardware” it’s apparently…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 2, 2012 -
Hey, Zelda, Get off Link’s Back
He’s got enough to worry about without you banging on about saving this, or doing that, or going wherever Like it? You’ve got artist George Alexopoulos to thank. Then you’ve got a trip to his website, below, where you can check out other cute little paper figures he’s made Zelda [George Alexopoulos, via GamOvr]
By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2012 -
This Awesome Die Hard Action Figure has Smaller Feet Than my Sister
Die Hard’s John McClane finally gets the action figure he deserves, courtesy of custom toy builder Greggo. He got everything right. The bare feet, the cigarette, Willis’ late-80s-wireframe physique, the blood, everything The actual figure is based off a Hot Toys body and a custom head, while the base, blood, outfit and tattoos were all…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2012 -
Figure-Skater Uses Chrono Trigger Music, Sadly Does Not Win
Canadian figure skater Kevin Reynolds competed at the Four Continents Championships in Colorado early last month. He only finished eighth, but in our eyes, he was the real winner for his choice of music. Forgoing the obvious choices of either classical or pop, Reynolds skated along to a medley of music from classic RPG Chrono…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2012 -
Kid’s Colouring Books Explode With Amazingness
Or, a the project is called, “The Best Coloring Book Ever”. Either label is entirely justified, because unlike the lifeless books kids are actually subjected to, this one has Mario fighting Spider-Man and Starscream It also features a single page with Luke Skywalker running at TMNT’s Raphael while Bumblebee…well, while Bumblebee fucks Luke’s X-Wing. Size…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2012 -
The Horror, and the Glory, of Kinect Star Wars’ Dancing Game
There are enough copies of Kinect Star Wars out there in the wild now that people are stating to upload gameplay videos to YouTube. Obviously, we’re only concerned with the dancing battles, because they are at once the most excruciating and enjoyable things about the game. Sure, it’s a wholly unoriginal mechanic, and sure, the…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2012 -
The Very Best In Cosplay: Linda Le
We’re nearing the end of our world tour of the very best in cosplay, but it’d be wrong to bring this to a close without highlighting the work of American cosplayer Linda Le. Otherwise known as VampBeauty, or Vampy, Linda is a cosplay machine, renowned not just for the quality of her costumes, but their…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2012 -
Monkey Island Board Game Fights Like a Cow
Reader Saskia, aka NagatoPyon, has done the world a service and filled the marketplace gap once clearly labelled as “NEEDS MONKEY ISLAND BOARD GAME”. The game she’s made involves Murray the skull, has devil chickens, the Tri-Islands area and cannibals. Just about everything you’d want, basically. What’s more, she’s made the files necessary to play…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2012 -
Why is Razer Making Another Left-Handed Mouse?
After a successful Facebook PR campaign, peripheral manufacturers Razer have announced they’ll be making a left-handed version of their Naga mouse. It’s not the first time this has happened – not even for Razer, whose DeathAdder has previously been available for Southpaws – but it still makes me scratch my head. I’m left-handed. And I,…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2012 -
My Favourite Game of 2012 Also Has the Absolute Worst DLC
Keep your space operas and fighting things things, my favourite game of 2012 so far has been the wonderfully deep marriage/backstabbing simulator Crusader Kings II It’s a shame, then, that the game now has the year’s worst DLC to date. And that’s including a game where you’re being charged for the ending On April 17,…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 1, 2012 -
These Might be Images of Another Cancelled Star Wars: Battlefront Game
In 2010, Kotaku learned that SOCOM and Resident Evil series part-timers Slant Six Games had been working on a game in the Star War universe. Specifically, a new entry in the Battlefront series of multiplayer shooters. While that game was eventually cancelled, a user on website Betagames.org claims to have found a series of images…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 1, 2012 -
Bungie Says Goodbye to Halo With Brain-Exploding Stats Page
As Halo creators Bungie say their last goodbyes to the series they created back in the 1990s, the developer has released a record of some multiplayer statistics gathered over the years. They are mind-blowing. Seriously, even if you hate Halo, it’s still an interesting read seeing the sheer scale of the numbers. While lots of…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 1, 2012 -
Falling for a Troll Upon a Troll
If you’re looking for that Valve gag, it’s gone. It was an April Fool’s Joke dressed up as an April Fool’s Joke, one which given a sneaky URL change and a belief Valve would actually be that mean I went and fell for. Begin laughing in the comments below.
By Luke Plunkett Published April 1, 2012 -
Internet Fixes Yoda’s Speech Disorder
Important to the series he is. Crucial to the development of Luke Skywalker, he was. But God damn was Yoda’s speech pattern annoying, especially in the prequel trilogy, where it felt like George Lucas was purposefully trolling us with it. So in this video, it’s been fixed. Spoken in the correct order, his sentences are.…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 1, 2012 -
April Fools! All of These Announcements Are Fake—but Which Ones are Funny? [Updated AGAIN]
Alright, it may be a Sunday, but it’s still April Fools’ Day, a very special day in video gaming, and many of its companies, studios and merchants are pulling hoaxes and stunts, and making gag announcements. So let’s round up as many as we can here! MetaMeta Critic (Paradox Interactive) The developer of of PC…
By Owen Good Published April 1, 2012 -
Here’s the First Look at a Super Meat Boy Completely Rebuilt for Mobile Devices So ‘It’s Not Shitty’
When Team Meat set out to create a Super Meat Boy version for touchscreen mobile devices, creators Tommy Refenes and Edmund McMillen vowed they wouldn’t just slap a virtual gamepad on the thing and do some half-assed port of their downloadable hit for PC and Xbox 360. They’ve fleshed out their vision more, and offered…
By Owen Good Published April 1, 2012
