There sure were a lot of fantastic Xbox 360 games in 2010. But these 10 are the ones you or your grandma should be buying for people they love this holiday season. Apologies to three prominent games that feature the letter “B” in their title for leaving you off this list. The competition was just…
Mount Doom doesn’t lay inside the heart of the black land of Mordor after all — it’s in a stellar nursery called the Carina Nebula, judging from a new image from the Hubble Space Telescope. According to the Hubble Site, the image is even more violent than it appears: The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image,…
Sorry, sneakerheads and Killzone fans, but these new ultra-limited edition kicks from the most recent Nike and PlayStation collaboration are for “friends and family” only, two more Sony commissioned sneakers that will likely become instant collector’s items. Nike and PlayStation have created these, the PlayStation Move inspired Zoom Huarache Trainer and the Killzone themed Special…
If war flares again on the Korean peninsula as it threatened to today, there will be far more dire things to worry about than a video game, but the upcoming Homefront will nevertheless feel different. Homefront, as we’ve covered here before, is an upcoming first-person shooter set in the near future and scripted by the…
That’s right, the backboard-shattering, early-’90s arcade dunkfest known as NBA JAM is back. Now, with Sarah Palin, headbands, and new game modes, plus, old pal Grandmama. In case you were wondering, Mr. Boomshakala himself has been keeping busy by name-checking Deadspin Click here to order your copy of NBA JAM today
I’ve called Darkspore a sort of Diablo-meets-Spore-in-space game. This developer diary gives you a better look at why I felt that way when I played it. The action role-playing game has you hunting for new, amazing loot. Better still, there’s a progressive payout for end of mission loot. This video walks you through the intricacies…
Hello Games’ cheerful PlayStation Network stunt ’em up Joe Danger was dinged by at least one person for not having enough monkeys in the game. That lack of simian stuntmen has been corrected with Joe Danger’s new downloadable content. Joe Danger’s freshly made DLC comes with a little Thanksgiving flavor in the form of collectible…
Reader beepboy finds Kansas City’s biggest Starcraft II fan.
Now I will never forget how to draw Mario. I will never look at this mushroom head, his coin eyes and his rising sun hat ever the same again. The clip was done in DSiWare title Flipnote Studio, but the song? That’s from the depths of catchy jingle hell. Learn to Draw Mario with a…
Welcome to a look at upcoming Playstation Network puzzler Shift extended. In Shift you are the subject of an experiment, you are also either a black or a white silhouette. The game’s color, gravity flipping puzzles look like they could cause some major brain sprain. The game is due to hit the PSP and PS3…
The Splatterhouse launch trailer. A mix of Splatterhouses new and old. Four Splatterhouse games are on the disc. You will rip out the colon of enemies and see them bleed profusely from their anuses. One of the game’s throwback side-scrolling platforming levels. They’re better in idea than execution. Expect to fight hundreds of these. Rick’s…
If you know a little something about which people make which video games, the trailer for a game called Hybrid released late last month seemed strange. Hyrbid appears to be a shooter game, set maybe in the near future? Looks gritty and is coming to that game console full of shooters, the Xbox 360. But…
Not only does this week’s Gran Turismo 5 on the PlayStation 3 include kart-racing, but it appears to include kart-racing that you can win driving backwards. Can’t do that in Mario Kart! Gran Turismo 5 – reverse Kart win [YouTube]
Artist Jason Freeny has helped Insomniac custom-sculpt this one-of-a-kind set of cross-sectioned vinyl figures of Ratchet & Clank for a charity auction. The auction also includes a Qwark vinyl signed by the team at Insomniac. A portion of the proceeds going to the Starlight Children’s Foundation. The auction, which ends next week, was up to…
While Namco didn’t do a stand alone Pac-Man title for Kinect, the Tokyo-based game company does have a special cameo for pellet muncher in its new brain training game, Brain & Body Connection. In this mini-game, this goal is to avoid the ghosts with one hand and touch the fruit with the other. More points…
There are a lot of things to love about upcoming Wii exclusive Disney Epic Mickey. Among my short list? That the game’s creators were able to mine Disney’s 80 years of history to make the game. This video walks us through the process.
Popular Science (that’s PopSci to you cool kids) just released their 23rd annual Best of What’s New awards. Inside are just two video game gadgets and a bit of a backhand for the Wii and Xbox 360. The magazine’s awards go to 100 innovations that, according to PopSci, “indicate where technology is headed in the…
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