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Dead Space 2, Rayman Origins Demo New This Week on the PlayStation Store
This week, Sony brings its usual raft of new and tweaked content to the PlayStation Store. Notable additions to their selections include Dead Space 2 as a downloadable for $29.99, with a free full game trial for PS+ subscribers. If you’re more in the mood to try something new, you can give the Rayman Origins…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 9, 2011 -
A Very Beginner’s Guide to The King of Fighters XIII
Charming, talented, and highly susceptible to flattery Atlus PR manager Aram Jabbari is joined by Dream Cancel community member Metaphysics in the first in a series of tutorial videos aimed at getting new warriors up-to-speed with the upcoming The King of Fighters XIII While I doubt the series will touch on my special method of…
By Mike Fahey Published November 9, 2011 -
Should You Buy Super Mario 3D Land? Yes.
Eight months after the 3DS’ North American debut, Mario at last debuts on the handheld in Super Mario 3D Land. Nintendo is keen for a big hit to energize interest in the device, and they’ve put their best plumber on the job. Should you hire his services too? Owen Good, the Sports Guy Who Went…
By Owen Good Published November 9, 2011 -
Multiple Film Projects Might Move Leonardo Da Vinci From Assassin’s Creed Sidekick to Superhero Spotlight
Hollywood loves nothing so much as copying successes. It’s how gladiator, vampire and zombie trends start to run amok. And now that historical action hybrids are all the rage—Sherlock Holmes, The Da Vinci Code, we’re looking at you—there’s apparently a rush on projects centered on Leonardo DaVinci. Slashfilm’s got the scoop here. In a way,…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 9, 2011 -
Call of Duty’s Elite Service Still Broken, But Getting Better
Elite, Call of Duty’s answer to stat tracking, community building, help guides and original videos, remains mostly unusable nearly two days after the service’s official launch. But teams are working around the clock on fixing the problems, Activision tells Kotaku “We are being challenged by a response beyond any of our expectations on day one,”…
By Brian Crecente Published November 9, 2011 -
Now You Can Play Dead Rising 2 in Your Web Browser
Capcom has teamed up with those magical people at Gaikai to deliver a 30 minute timed demo of Dead Rising 2 that runs in your Java-enabled web browser. Ain’t technology a thing? Gaikai works by running the games you want to play on its own server, streaming the game via video to your browser, giving…
By Mike Fahey Published November 9, 2011 -
Games Are Art Only When You’re Playing Them
The debate continues to rage (or perhaps it is at a smouldering point at the moment) as to whether or not video games are art. In an essay from the book, Halos and Avatars: Playing Video Games with God, Andrew McAlpine of the band Andrew M and The Coalition of the Willing, asserts without reservation…
Joshua Wise Published November 9, 2011 -
Battlefield 3 Still Can’t Dethrone Black Ops
The latest Xbox Live activity list—the first covering a full week of Battlefield 3 availability—shows that more people are still playing 2010’s Call of Duty: Black Ops online. BF3 is second, then Modern Warfare 2
By Stephen Totilo Published November 9, 2011 -
Video Games Represent Dangerous, Metaphorical Powers in “The Tetris Effect” Short Story
The hardest lesson taught by Tetris is that success isn’t infinitely sustainable. Those blocks are going to get unmanageable at some point. Over at The Awl, video games figure prominently in a new written work by Justin Wolfe. It’s a hypnotic hodgepodge of hero’s-journey structure and pop culture references. Picture a literary, cross-media orgy with…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 9, 2011 -
The Cave Story Soundtrack Goes Heavy Metal
Cave Story already has a pretty damn good soundtrack, but as with all things, it can be improved by being dipped in liquid fire and rendered into heavy metal. Thankfully there’s Erik Peabody, who has released his new 7-track album “Made of Metal” upon the world. It features “metal remixes honoring some of the most…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 9, 2011 -
30 Seconds of Skyward Sword: A Masterpiece of a Forest
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword has beautiful graphics, despite the fact that it runs on dated hardware. In this game, artistry repeatedly trumps technological limitations. I want to show you one example of the game’s great look in one of the first areas you can reach in the game. This is the game’s forest,…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 9, 2011 -
Microsoft Stores Becoming Competitive Multiplayer Hubs for Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Launch
If you’re like me, you’ve yet to step into one of Microsoft’s fine, fine retail emporiums. Nothing against ‘em, it’s just that you can get everything online nowadays. Pizza. Liquid refreshment. That goes from online competition, too, but, Microsoft’s going to be stocking its stores full of all three to commemorate the impending release of…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 9, 2011 -
These Are the Most Interesting New Comic Books This Week, $125 Fantastic Four Included
The most expensive comic collection I’ll buy this year is out today, plus a batch of other new comic books that you can buy in shops or (legally!) for download. As always, I have recommendations. This time, our own Evan Narcisse lends a hand, too… Comics You Should Consider Buying (from comics shops) Avenging Spider-Man…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 9, 2011 -
Minecraft Gets the FreddieW Treatment on YouTube
Filmmaker extraordinaire Freddie Wong’s managed to capture a devoted following on YouTube, thanks to the hilarious, high-quality video game-centric shorts he’s been behind. FreddieW’s done spoofs of franchises like Splinter Cell, Katamari Damacy and Medal of Honor, among others. Now he and his production crew have turned their eyes to Minecraft, delivering a fantasy that…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 9, 2011 -
Take the Black in the First Screens from the Game of Thrones Action RPG
Winter is coming. A Lannister always pays his debts. Incest kills the little children. Whichever Game of Thrones catchphrases you prefer, it’s hard to not get excited about Cyanide Studios’ upcoming action role-playing game, especially after seeing the first screens. In development for years at Cyanide and due to be published in early 2012 by…
By Mike Fahey Published November 9, 2011 -
Super Mario 3D Land Has Game Reviewers Loving the Extra Dimension
Up until now the best first-party Nintendo game on the 3DS was a remake of a 13-year-old Zelda game. If anyone can steal Link’s place at the top of the charts, it’s a fat Italian plumber. Super Mario 3D Land is almost here, an amalgamation of decades of Mario fun in one tiny package, ready…
By Mike Fahey Published November 9, 2011 -
Let’s Compare Modern Warfare 3 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC
Last time a big war game hit store shelves, we ran YouTube user Robbaz’ Battlefield 3 comparison video. For this week’s release of Modern Warfare 3, there’s another, helpful companion reel courtesy yet again of Robbaz. Which version looks best to you, readers? You can contact Evan Narcisse, the author of this post, at [email protected].…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 9, 2011 -
Man Threatens to Blow-Up the Best Buy That Ran Out of Modern Warfare 3
If there’s one thing I’ve learned in my years as a video game consumer, it’s that terrorists threats don’t speed up restock. It’s a lesson Colorado’s Loromin Sar missed, allegedly threatening to bomb a Best Buy and shoot its employees for not having his copy of Modern Warfare 3 in stock. According to authorities in…
By Mike Fahey Published November 9, 2011 -
The History of Call of Duty in 45 Minutes
As with Battlefield, Call of Duty has a long history of games. The first in the series came out back in 2003. This excellent video from GamerSpawn takes us from that first Call of Duty, through the launch of Modern Warfare up to this month’s release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Sit back…
By Brian Crecente Published November 9, 2011 -
The Life Cycle of the Minecraft Gamer
The different eras of Minecreaft range from the early period of “Discovery”, when you are first feeling out and exploring the world, to the late “Age of Obsession”, where you create huge, detailed projects for hours on end, according to the folks over at Adventures In Poor Taste They explain each stage that every player…
By Matthew Buzzi Published November 9, 2011