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This Is BioShock Infinite, How It Used To Look, And How Impressively It Should Play
At PAX East today, the makers of BioShock Infinite, the big 2012 sequel from Irrational Games, shared what they said would be their cutting-room-floor material. They showed what won’t go into BioShock Infinite, but that will help shape the game. Of course, their cutting room floor material is fascinating. So stop looking at this already-released…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 11, 2011 -
Live from the Penny Arcade Expo
The Penny Arcade Expo East is shaping up to be the everyman’s E3: An enormous expo dedicated to all things video game. This year sees the likes of Duke Nukem, Gears of War 3, Portal 2, Bioshock Infinite, L.A. Noire and many others, all with their own booths, many playable. Of course there’s also endless…
By Brian Crecente Published March 11, 2011 -
This SportsCenter Anchor is Dedicated to The Show
Some ESPN personalities are known, and chided, for making product endorsements. Steve Berthiaume isn’t in that crowd. Writing a 2,500-word guide on how to create, in MLB The Show, painstakingly accurate journeymen players from the 1970s is not being a lip-service pitchman. That is a bona fide roster editor. Berthiaume, 45, a SportsCenter anchor and…
By Owen Good Published March 11, 2011 -
Player Banned From Dragon Age II Over Calling EA ‘The Devil’ Was A ‘Glitch,’ Says BioWare
One Dragon Age II player recently found himself unable to play the game he’d purchased from EA for an unusual reason. He’d called publisher Electronic Arts “the devil” on the game’s official forum, leading to a ban from that message board and his copy of Dragon Age II. BioWare says that was an “error.” Responding…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 11, 2011 -
Speed Is Most Definitely A Necessity In Crysis 2
Stealth and strength are great when it comes to plowing through difficult situations, but with speed and agility you can avoid them altogether. Crysis 2’s “Be Fast” trailer demonstrates the benefits of speedy delivery. Streaking and leaping through the damaged wilds of New York City, Alcatraz’s moves are so impressive I can almost ignore the…
By Mike Fahey Published March 11, 2011 -
Four Minutes That Prove Child Of Eden Is The Prettiest Kinect Game
Child of Eden, spiritual successor to Dreamcast classic Rez is the most colorful, trippy Xbox 360 Kinect game I’ve ever seen. It’ll be out on June 14. Coming to PS3 too. Here it is, played live, at PAX East.
By Stephen Totilo Published March 11, 2011 -
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time 3D Is ‘Crammed’ With New And Interesting Things
Why is Nintendo reviving one of the best Nintendo 64 games, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time for the Nintendo 3DS? Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto says he wanted get a better sense of “really ‘being there’ in 3D” and to give new players a chance to play the Legend of Zelda game he was…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 11, 2011 -
Valve Plans To Bridge Portal And Portal 2 With A Surprise, Keep Gordon Freeman Out Of It
Portal 2 takes place after Portal, long after enough for Aperture Science to be wrecked and covered with plant-life. What happened? Valve plans to explain some of that gap in the coming weeks, before we can play Portal 2 on April 18. “We’re actually going to release something that we’re not talking about yet that…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 11, 2011 -
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
This weekend feels like a hack and slash kind of weekend, a chance to play some Torchlight on Xbox Live Arcade—even though I’ve already played the Mac version. Personally, I don’t have a great deal of interest in some of this week’s new releases, like Dragon Age II or Pokemon Black / White. That’s a…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 11, 2011 -
Major Comic Talent Brings Rage To The Page
Crack open a case of ammo and take to the post-apocalyptic wasteland of id Software’s Rage, you’ll be able to crack open a comic book to uncover a dark secret of the game setting with Dark Horse Comics’ Rage miniseries. The three-issue Rage comic book series tells the story of one woman’s struggle to uncover…
By Mike Fahey Published March 11, 2011 -
A Brief Moment with Firefall, The Free Game That Wants To Be World of Warcraft with Guns
Orange County, California might be bland, confesses one developer of Red 5’s team-based shooter Firefall, but the game certainly is not. Armor-bound medics squirt now de rigueur healing ribbons that glow a pale green to extrude life back into teammates wearing primary yellow or red that’s too busy for G or B. I stood for…
By Joel Johnson Published March 11, 2011 -
Watch A Robot Go From 1to50 In 6.6 Seconds
In popular free iPhone app 1to50, players have to sequentially press the numbers one through fifty as fast as they possibly can. No one is ever going to be this robot’s score. 1to50 is a game that’s all about counting. The timer starts and you’ve got to count with your fingers to press randomly placed…
By Mike Fahey Published March 11, 2011 -
The PlayStation Network Gets Its First Free-To-Play MMO This Month
After nearly two years in operation on the PC and Mac, Sony Online Entertainment finally brings it’s family-friendly, free-to-play massively multiplayer online game Free Realms to the PlayStation 3 on March 29, making it the first free-to-play console MMO. A colorful clash of social gaming and massively-multiplayer world, Free Realms was originally announced for the…
By Mike Fahey Published March 11, 2011 -
Forlorn Band ‘The National’ Pens Original Dirge for Portal 2
There’s nothing but an announcement for now. And while pop songs in games are hardly new, considering how suited The National’s music is to a dirty, near-future landscape—and how Valve has already shown themselves how capable they are at integrating songs into a game in Portal 2—I think it’s okay to get a little excited…
By Joel Johnson Published March 11, 2011 -
Without This Guy There’d Be No Mortal Kombat
When Shao Khan threatened to merge our reality with his, the thunder god Raiden appealed to the Elder Gods to give EarthRealm a fighting chance. Where would we be without his timely fight-to-the-death suggestion? This story video for the new Mortal Kombat has me wondering what would have happened if Raiden had been a bit…
By Mike Fahey Published March 11, 2011 -
Ten Minutes Of Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet Gameplay
You saw still images of Fuelcell Games’ Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet yesterday. Now bask in ten minutes of deliriously gorgeous gameplay footage direct from PAX East in Boston. Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet is due out on Xbox Live Arcade not damn soon enough this year.
By Mike Fahey Published March 11, 2011
