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A Monster Field Guide
FIELD GUIDE – A shot of the Dragon Quest Monsters – Joker “Field Guide.” More games should do these guides. Liberal Video Game Offers Chance to Slay Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich in Tea Party Zombies In the aptly named Tea Party Zombies Must Die players get a chance to mow down a shambling horde of…
By Brian Crecente Published September 7, 2011 -
In Japan, Grand Knights History Rules and Black Ops Cools
Last week’s software champ, Monster Hunter Portable 3rd HD Ver., had to settle for a second place showing in Japan this week, thanks to the warm reception of the latest Vanillaware and Marvelous Entertainment game Grand Knights History The PSP game racked up more than 60,000 sales in its first week on sale, according to…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 7, 2011 -
Dutch Broadcaster Admits “Slavery: The Game” Trailer was Viral Ad
The trailer for “Slavery: The Game,” suspected to be a fake, is in fact so. Dutch broadcaster NTR made it as part of a viral campaign for a documentary series about the nation’s history in the slave trade. “It was by no means our intention to hurt people with the trailer. We chose this approach…
By Owen Good Published September 7, 2011 -
This Is How Sonic Generations Does A Collector’s Edition
Sonic the Hedgehog is now 20-years-old. To celebrate, Sega is bringing two Sonics together in Sonic Generations for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. To sweeten the deal, Sonic gets a rare “collector’s edition” bundle, full of collectible tchotchkes. Sadly for North American and Japanese Sonic enthusiasts, this special edition version of the November-due game…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 7, 2011 -
It’s Never Too Early to Roleplay
When I was twelve years old my friends and I attempted to decipher the mysteries of Dungeons & Dragons. As I recall, the game we ended up playing involved us hitting each other with sticks. If only we had James Stowe’s child-friendly D&D character sheets. James Stowe is an artist and illustrator that wanted to…
By Mike Fahey Published September 7, 2011 -
What If Super Smash Bros. Had Fatalities? Poor Link Finds Out…
In some bizarre alternate universe, Ed Boon, not Masahiro Sakurai, lead development on Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Wii, devising the grisliest of hedgehog-on-dinosaur fatalities. Fortunately, that’s not the case. Because I never wanted to see Link die like this. Dorkly explores the “What If…?” scenario of Mortal Kombat style executions in the family…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 7, 2011 -
Is This a Collector’s Edition Worthy of a Space Marine?
Large and bulky like the mutated heroes of the game itself, the Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine collector’s edition could easily take down your average Ork. Let’s take a peek inside. I blanked on the price during the recording of the video, which is just as well, as I never would have guessed this was a…
By Mike Fahey Published September 7, 2011 -
Faux Futurists Want to Keep PC Gaming in the Past
Some day soon, Nvidia’s CEO Jen-Hsun Huang is going to walk on stage at some obscure electronics industry event and say these words: “We love PC gaming. Our heritage is in 3D gaming hardware. And that’s why we’re more excited than ever to announce we’re never making another gaming video card again.” Sound like a…
By Joel Johnson Published September 7, 2011 -
Feast Your Eyes on the Gorgeous Persona 4 Fighting Game
Last week, Japanese game mag Famitsu gave us our first look at an unexpected new fighting game—Persona 4: The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena. Based on Atlus’ role-playing game series, the arcade fighter plucks characters from Persona 3 and Persona 4 for 2D fighting fun. Now, thanks to Atlus and developer Arc System Works (BlazBlue, Guilty…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 7, 2011 -
Dead Island Goes From 30 to 90 in Six Reviews
Should you spend your vacation time on Techland’s Dead Island? Normally in this situation looking at a range of video game review scores would help. Normally. In this case, however, that might not help. The latest zombie survival horror action role-playing game’s fancy trailer dragged it kicking and screaming into the spotlight where it now…
By Mike Fahey Published September 7, 2011 -
The 3DS Scores One of the Best-Selling PC Franchises of All Time
Okay, it might not be one of the best-selling PC franchises that immediately comes to mind, the RollerCoaster Tycoon series has sold more than a million units worldwide, and next year it’s coming to the 3DS. While it’s never been my cup of tea, the RollerCoaster Tycoon series has captured the hearts of millions of…
By Mike Fahey Published September 7, 2011 -
The Political Intrigue Not Seen in These New A Game of Thrones Screens
A Game of Thrones – Genesis seems to be a big fan of flashing us with pictures of rolling landscapes, snow and the odd knight or two. This latest batch of five new screens is no different. The press release that accompanied the images tells us that the game will “emphasize the backstabbing and political…
By Brian Crecente Published September 7, 2011 -
The Space Marine’s Hand Book
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine is an action shooter with weight. And that weight doesn’t come from just the screen-shaking heft of the marines you play, it also comes from the deep history of the nearly 25-year-old franchise upon which the game was built. Here’s a quick look at the scene-setting Hand Book that was sent…
By Brian Crecente Published September 7, 2011 -
The Cyberpunk Shooting of Hard Reset is Just a Demo Download Away
Flying Wild Hog’s humanity-versus-machines shooter Hard Reset is now available for download via a PC digital deliver service near you. Get it from Steam, FilePlanet, GameFront, and many other fine game downloading services.
By Mike Fahey Published September 7, 2011 -
Madden’s NFL Predictions — And a Few of Our Own, Vol. 3
It’s an annual tradition for Madden NFL 12 to simulate the upcoming season and offer its predictions of how the football season will unfold. Last year it correctly picked one of the Super Bowl participants—the eventual champion Green Bay Packers. This year, the game calls for a rematch of their title game with the Pittsburgh…
By Owen Good Published September 7, 2011 -
░▒▓ Announcing Blip Festival Tokyo! ▓▒░░░░░░░░░░░░░
Presented by 8bitpeoples, the second annual Blip Festival Tokyo brings a hard-hitting group of low-tech musicians and visualists to Japan to lay down an arresting distillation of the energy & spirit of the global chipmusic underground. ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ 今年も2011年10月22日、23日に第二回ブリップフェスティバル東京が開催されます。YOU SHOULD GO. ヨーロッパ、オーストラリア、日本のチップチューンミュージシャンが出演します。 OCTOBER 22 – 23, 2011 Koenji High 4-30-1 Koenji-Minami Tokyo, Japan Anamanaguchi [US] Bit…
By Joel Johnson Published September 7, 2011 -
Don’t Forget To Grab Your Red Dead Redemption Myths and Mavericks Next Week
Available for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 September 13, the only reason you have for not picking up Red Dead Redemption‘s free Myths and Mavericks DLC is if you went and traded in the game for credit. You didn’t trade in the game, did you? Well if you did, here’s four new screenshots that…
By Mike Fahey Published September 7, 2011 -
This is What a Dungeon Run in Tera Looks Like
During Gamescom 2011 in Germany, the Frogster folks gave press a peek at what a standard dungeon run looks like in the action-packed MMO Tera. Now see for yourself! This is a shortened version of what was shown to press at Gamescom, featuring a group of Tera players going through a dungeon called the Necromancy…
By Mike Fahey Published September 7, 2011 -
Six Minutes with Dead Island’s Asphyxiated, Burned, Chopped Zombies
Dead Island has nothing to do with that family and their child and that sad death. But that doesn’t mean it’s a bad game. Sure it has bugs, but I’m still really enjoying my time with this expansive, tropical take on killing the undead. Fahey told you what he didn’t like about Dead Island. Here’s…
By Brian Crecente Published September 7, 2011