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Burglary Delivers Huge Setback to Indie Game Project Zomboid [Updated]
The Indie Stone, the U.K.-based team behind the survival-horror game Project Zomboid might have the worst and hardest luck in independent games development. They’ve battled piracy—the kind that actually does cost a developer money—and had preorders cut off when PayPal suddenly shut down their account for bogus reasons. Still like the undead, they always managed…
By Owen Good Published October 16, 2011 -
Throw Grenades by Voice with Halo: Anniversary‘s Kinect Functionality
You can shout “grenade!” and see Master Chief sling one with the Kinect functionality 343 Industries has added to Halo: Anniversary, the high-definition remake coming Nov. 15. Other voice commands include “reload!” the studio revealed yesterday at Comic-Con. Kinect will also support the spoken command “analyze,” which allows players to capture specific items from the…
By Owen Good Published October 16, 2011 -
Put a Ring On It
This gargantuan diamond ring PopCap gave to a Bejeweled fan for her wedding may be a fake. That doesn’t mean we can’t make it faker. ‘Shoppers, quick, to the GIMP poles! Sotheby’s appraises this at around a 7 for exploitability, meaning it falls short of the “Shops itself” standard but still supplies a high degree…
By Owen Good Published October 16, 2011 -
Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves
No, no, I didn’t say talk about yourselves … sheesh … have some manners. Pretend you’re on a date with a very interesting person. What would you say? No, dammit, I said: Don’t talk about yourselves … Thanks to Konradov the Soviet Bear for the TAYpic. We had to get someone to break pan1da7’s combo—not…
By Owen Good Published October 16, 2011 -
7 1/2 Minutes of Prototype 2‘s Improved Ultra-Violence (Just to Save a Priest)
Next April’s Prototype 2 will refine the violence of the original 2009 Prototype. That was expected. Prototype is a game about being ultra-powerful and letting nothing: not the military, not monsters, not anyone or anything stand in your way. In the new game we can cause even more chaos, ripping the weapons off military vehicles…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 16, 2011 -
New York Comic-Con 2011 Day Four Cosplay with Dead Space Kid and Super Friends
The star of our latest batch of cosplay shots is a 12-year-old Dead Space fan who started making his costume in early summer when his aunt agreed to take him to Comic-Con. He’s got a head lamp on under his helmet to make his visor glow. And he’s got our admiration for making one of…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 16, 2011 -
Miracle Nintendo Winners [Updated]
A woman claiming to find the image of Jesus in the used Nintendo Entertainment System she bought off eBay provided the divine inspiration for this week’s ‘Shop Contest. We’ve got 20 winners inside, including MrPerson’s. And JimThePea’s! [Update] Somehow, JimThePea (21) was left out of this update. That’s been corrected. Leading off, stand still and…
By Owen Good Published October 15, 2011 -
When Mass Effect Meets Battlefield
Two of Electronic Arts’ biggest current franchises collide in this wallpaper, sent today to Christina Norman, former BioWare designer on the Mass Effect series who is currently working for Riot Games, makers of League of Legends You can contact Owen Good, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him on Twitter,…
By Owen Good Published October 15, 2011 -
Check Out Phoenix Wright’s Surreal, Multi-Tiered Fighting Style in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
The biggest applause in the panels that Capcom held for their upcoming fighting games came for the introduction of the blue-suited hero of the Ace Attorney games. During the Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 panel, special consultant and fighting game expert Seth Killian talked about how the development team tried to make the unlikely placement…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 15, 2011 -
Angry Birds Join the Fight Against Wall Street’s Pigs
The Occupy Wall Street movement has gone global, and Taiwan is as upset about the division of power and wealth as the demonstrators in New York. To underline their anger, well, what better universal symbol than the Angry Birds, seen in posters throughout this Taiwanese news broadcast. Just watch where you wave the blackbird sign.…
By Owen Good Published October 15, 2011 -
This New York Comic-Con Steampunk Cosplay Isn’t Just Awesome, It’s Got Attitude
We ran a picture of this amazing, hand-made bit of steampunk cosplay earlier today, but I liked it so much I decided to chase the guy down and interview him. How long did it take to make? What’s it made of? What would happen if you really lost your hand? Can you express yourself with…
By Brian Crecente Published October 15, 2011 -
Madden Veterans Trade Hard-Hitting Action for Facebook Strategy
As a 10-year veteran of the Madden NFL series, Ian Cummings has plenty of experience building video games with bears in them. It’s the raccoons and beavers that are a bit of a departure this time. “It’s awesome to work on a sports game, and it was great to work on Madden, and to meet…
By Owen Good Published October 15, 2011 -
Call of Duty? Battlefield? This is New York Comic-Con’s Ghillie Suit Cosplayer
I followed this guy around for a little bit trying to capture a video. He’d go somewhere sort of fold into himself and just lay there long enough to draw a crowd and maybe scare one person. You can contact Brian Crecente, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him on…
By Brian Crecente Published October 15, 2011 -
New York Comic-Con 2011 Day Three in Ivy, Steampunk and Homicidal Mario
There’s a lot going on at New York Comic-Con this weekend. There’s the comics, the video games, the table top gaming, the cosplay and the cars. The cars include three amazing originals from TV’s Batman, Hollywood’s Batman and everyone’s Back to the Future. Yeah, all three of those are the real things. You can contact…
By Brian Crecente Published October 15, 2011 -
Holiday Ads Bootstrap Microsoft’s Unsexy Products to Xbox and Kinect
This Sunday, Microsoft will launch an ad campaign that tout its “family” of consumer products together, rather than individual campaigns for each. What that really means is the company is ramping up the sex appeal for products like Microsoft Office by including the Xbox 360 and Kinect in the picture. The company’s chief marketing strategist…
By Owen Good Published October 15, 2011 -
You Can Play As Galactus in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Capcom’s fighting game guru Seth Killian says it’s kind of cheap, but you can play as Galactus in Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3. He showed off that feature today in a trailer that showed the devourer of worlds giving Wolverine (and Nova) a beatdown. We caught this at the New York Comic-Con and, as you…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 15, 2011 -
This is the Amazing Trailer for the Amazing Spider-Man Video Game, and It’s All Gameplay
We got a treat at New York Comic-Con today. We got the world’s first look at the trailer for next summer’s The Amazing Spider-Man game. You should watch this one. Just about a minute long, it’s enough to make you forget there’s a brand-new Spider-Man game out this month. That one’s dead to me, as…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 15, 2011 -
Marvel Pinball Brings the X-Men and Magneto to Its Newest Table
Today Zen Studios revealed that X-Men will be the latest entry in its Vengeance & Virtue series of Marvel-themed tables for Pinball FX2, joining Ghost Rider Pinball wizards will be tasked with assembling the X-Men, teaching them their powers, and overcoming the threat posed by Magneto—who tears up the floor of the machine, destroys ramps…
By Owen Good Published October 15, 2011 -
Death Cannot Stop This Outstanding Princess Bride Reunion
Entertainment Weekly brought back the cast of The Princess Bride, which turns 25 next year, for a gaze-worthy image that—just like the film— is equal parts charming, funny, and touching. That’s Wallace Shawn (Vizzini), Billy Crystal (Miracle Max), Carol Kane (Valerie), Chris Sarandon (Prince Humperdinck), Cary Elwes (Westley), Robin Wright (Buttercup), Mandy Patinkin (the immortal…
By Owen Good Published October 15, 2011 -
Scream For Asura’s Wrath
Capcom set up a sound booth in the middle of their New York Comic-Con booth this weekend not to keep the noise out, but to keep it in. Conferences goers were asked to step inside and scream as loudly as they could for a chance to win something… besides a weekend-long scratchy throat. I happened…
By Brian Crecente Published October 15, 2011