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They Want to Blend Lemmings with The Lost Vikings
They’re not sure what to call their budding creation yet, but they know what they want it to be: The love child of puzzle games Lemmings and The Lost Vikings The game, which at one point they were calling Troopies, has players taking command of five soldiers as they puzzle-solve their way through the game’s…
By Brian Crecente Published August 20, 2011 -
Only at Gamescom Would (NSFW) Dark Souls Bodypainting Exist
Models wearing little more than a thong and thin layer of paint is not unheard of at German video game conventions, but the choice of hardcore action role-playing game Dark Souls as promotion-by-nearly naked woman candidate is sure… surprising. Dark Souls publisher Namco Bandai has been spraypainting barely dressed women to promote its Gamescom line-up,…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 20, 2011 -
This is Probably a Gameplay Clip From I Am Alive
First announced three years ago, Ubisoft’s I Am Alive has barely been seen or heard of since. It’s widely assumed to have been canned (or at least be in a very deep sleep), but if you feel like checking out what it looks like (or once looked like) anyway, here’s a brief look. Given the…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 20, 2011 -
Watch This Epic Guild Wars 2 Dragon Fight
We published some footage of Guild Wars 2 gameplay shot off several television screens earlier this week. Wartower.de does one better, capturing a direct feed straight off a rig. In the video you see a fight against Tequatl the Sunless, a giant dragon boss of Guild Wars 2 You can contact Brian Crecente, the author…
By Brian Crecente Published August 20, 2011 -
Germany Loves PC Gaming
Gamescom is held in a massive convention center that sits aside the Rhine. Inside there are towering halls of concrete and steel, each filled with massive booths, games and people. Hall 9 is dedicated almost exclusively to computer games. It’s in here that you will find the likes of Nexon, NCSoft, World of Tanks, competitive…
By Brian Crecente Published August 20, 2011 -
New GoldenEye: Reloaded Screens Classified For All Eyes Only
How many times can we remind you that GoldenEye: Reloaded is not just GoldenEye 007 for the Wii? It’s GoldenEye 007 for the Wii with better graphics, as this fresh batch of 16 screengrabs from nearly all of the game’s stages illustrates. The real difference in the two games is the “MI6 Operations” mode, more…
By Owen Good Published August 20, 2011 -
All Your Gamescom 2011 Day Three News Right Here. Borderlands 2. Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. Sonic Generations. And Lots More.
The giant Gamescom show in Germany continues and we’re awash with impressions, screenshots and videos about the biggest console and PC games (not much for handhelds there). Which games do you care about? Take a look through this round-up to get the latest from Gamescom Day 3. This story will be updated throughout the day.…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 19, 2011 -
The Curious Case of Charles Barkley, and NBA 2K12
Put up to a vote, the fans of NBA 2K spoke. Asked to name their wish list of all-time basketball legends to appear in a special “NBA’s Greatest” mode for this year’s game, they put Philadelphia 76ers and Phoenix Suns’ Hall of Famer Charles Barkley at No. 7 in a poll that tallied more than…
By Owen Good Published August 19, 2011 -
The Baconing‘s Trailer is a Release Date Preceded by 90 Seconds of Non Sequiturs
I’ve yet to play a Deathspank game. I want to at some point, I just haven’t gotten around to it yet But I’m not sure how this trailer for Deathspank’s third outing, The Baconing, makes me feel. Actually, I know exactly how it makes me feel, which is kind of uncomfortable and a tad hungry…
By Joshua Rivera Published August 19, 2011 -
Intel is Everything in Ghost Recon: Future Soldier‘s Multiplayer
Just in time for Gamescom, Ubisoft has dropped off a new multiplayer dev diary for Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. In the video, Tommy Jacobs, the multiplayer creative director on Future Soldier, walks us through a bunch of features in the upcoming tactical shooter. After playing a good chunk of GRFS at E3 (and allow me…
By Kirk Hamilton Published August 19, 2011 -
FIFA 12 Shows EA Works In Mysterious Ways
A big criticism of EA Sports’ annual games, and one that I for the most part agree with, is that each new version is often too similar to the last. The recent exception to that rule, however, is FIFA. In 2009, the game underwent something of a revolution, an all-new system of ball control (the…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 19, 2011 -
Hey BioWare, That’s the Wrong Jennifer Hale
It’s pretty cool that Jennifer Hale was the subject of such a great New Yorker profile. Not just because she finally played Mass Effect while doing it, and not even because I totally have a quote in the article. No, it’s cool because Jennifer Hale is the queen of voice acting, and she deserves the…
By Kirk Hamilton Published August 19, 2011 -
Is The Old Republic Ready for Some Huttball?
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls! Direct your attention to the video at the top of this post for the most outrageous sporting spectacle in Star Wars: The Old Republic: Huttball! When the Sith Empire and the Republic get tired of shooting each other dead and hacking off limbs with glowing swords, they need to…
By Mike Fahey Published August 19, 2011 -
Meet My Favourite “Game” From Gamescom
Warning: the “game” I saw today wasn’t much of a game at all. All I saw was some concept art, all I heard were some basic outlines of gameplay and a very detailed description of the game’s universe. But as a singleplayer junkie who values story in games and loves pretty art, it won my…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 19, 2011 -
The Winnipeg Jets’ Sweaters Won’t be on the Disc When NHL 12 Ships [Update]
The sale and transfer of Atlanta’s NHL franchise to Winnipeg means ‘Peggers beloved Jets are returning to the ice this year. But if you’re expecting a sneak preview at what their new sweaters will look like, you won’t find it in NHL 12 Zack Cooper of Canada’s Sportsnet Radio reported from Microsoft’s X11 Canada Showcase…
By Owen Good Published August 19, 2011 -
Peace for Our Time. Battlefield, Call of Duty Makers Play Battlefield 3 Together
EA execs talks smack about Activision’s Call of Duty. Wants it to rot. Predicts it will collapse, and soon. Activision execs rolls their eyes at EA, sigh and suggest there’s enough room for EA’s Battlefield 3 and all the Call of Duty/Modern Warfares to co-exist. Meanwhile… In Germany at Gamescom today, Robert Bowling, creative strategist…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 19, 2011 -
Dev: The Witcher 2 Will Be the Most Complex RPG Ever Released on Console
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings won’t be a port when it comes to the Xbox 360, the developers tell me, it will be “an adaptation.” “We wanted to bring The Witcher experience to the Xbox entirely,” one developer said in a darkened room as another played through a chunk of the game. “It will…
By Brian Crecente Published August 19, 2011 -
Watch Gears of War 3‘s Opening Cinematic Right Now
So. I realize that recently, I’ve questioned why in the world anyone would want to watch leaked footage of Gears 3 gameplay, or indeed, any game. But that’s just me. And besides, this video isn’t gameplay, it’s just the opening cinematic to next month’s big 360 exclusive Gears of War 3. “Previously, on Gears of…
By Kirk Hamilton Published August 19, 2011 -
The Adventures of Tintin Game Looks Pretty
Whether or not The Adventures of Tintin: The Game will turn out to be as good as we think it can be, rest assured that it does look very, very pretty. And pretty is a language everyone speaks, which I think is a reasonable conclusion to make after learning how to say “The Adventures of…
By Joshua Rivera Published August 19, 2011 -
The PC Game That Lets You Tear a Level to Pieces
We’ve seen indie PC game Tiny & Big before. It looked pretty good! So when I found out it would be playable at Gamescom, I made sure I could go check it out. Cut some rocks up. Shoot a cactus with a rocket. That sort of thing. To recap: Tiny & Big is a game…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 19, 2011