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How The First Resident Evil‘s Been Censored And Changed Since 1996
Plenty of games have been touched up and altered as the years went on, but few games have seen as many changes as the original Resident Evil. This piece originally appeared 1/19/15. Ports of old games are common, but what’s interesting about Resident Evil is how often Capcom has actually censored, changed, modified, and added…
By Patrick Klepek Published March 22, 2016 -
Telltale has announced a third season of The Walking Dead for later this year (via Mashable), in addition to new Minecraft episodes—three total—in 2016. The Walking Dead will reportedly pick up on threads from the last season, but in an “unexpected” way, whatever that means.
By Patrick Klepek Published March 22, 2016 -
Sony Shuts Down Driveclub Developer Evolution Studios
Evolution Studios, the developers behind Motorstorm and Driveclub, have been shut down, Sony confirmed to GamesIndustry.biz Sony told the publication the decision came after a regular review of every developer within Sony to ensure “a competitive landscape can create and produce high quality, innovative and commercially viable projects.” “It is regrettable that this decision will…
By Patrick Klepek Published March 22, 2016 -
Make Sure To Wear The Silver Shroud Costume In Fallout 4′s Automatron DLC
Fallout 4’s DLC debuts today, and if you go into it prepared, you’ll find a few cool surprises. By now, you probably know that Automatron’s villain is none other than the Mechanist, a character that exists within Silver Shroud lore. And as it turns out, if you wear your Silver Shroud costume in the DLC,…
By Patricia Hernandez Published March 22, 2016 -
IO announced today that they’ve delayed the release of Hitman’s Elusive Targets until April. The unfortunate news is that we’re pushing out the Elusive Targets until closer to the planned release of the next episode, Sapienza in April, but you’ll get two Escalation Contracts coming each week until the release of Sapienza and between these…
By Riley MacLeod Published March 22, 2016 -
Smite Celebrates Second Anniversary With PS4 Open Beta
Hi-Rez Studios kicks off a week of second anniversary shenanigans in its god-powered multiplayer online battle arena with an open invitation to PlayStation 4 owners to play. Plus daily special events, some dancing, and a ridiculously low price on every character in the game. Following tremendous success on the PC and Xbox One, the PlayStation…
By Mike Fahey Published March 22, 2016 -
One Does Not Simply Prepare for World of Warcraft: Legion
Anduin, the Prince of Stormwind is not just a Hearthstone priest hero everyone hates. As Dark Legacy Comics shows, the heir to the throne of Stormwind has his issues in World of Warcraft as well. To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]
By Gergo Vas Published March 22, 2016 -
Laputa LEGO Castle Is Also a Tiny Music Box
As the tiny LEGO version of the castle in the sky rotates, a music box beneath is playing the theme tune of the Studio Ghibli classic. It’s an awesome, compact build (via Brothers Brick) by Bangoo H and Yeom-E, small enough to fit inside a glass bottle. To contact the author of this post, write…
By Gergo Vas Published March 22, 2016 -
It’s a high-tech encyclopedia! Celebrating Pokémon’s 20th birthday, 3D artist Jason Voet created a rather good-looking 3D Pokédex model in the span of a couple weeks. Look here for work-in-progress shots. Dayshot is an image-based feature showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related screenshots and art we can find. Send us suggestions if you’ve got…
By András Neltz Published March 22, 2016 -
Awesome Dystopian Sci-Fi Art? Don’t Mind If We Do.
Josan Gonzalez has the second volume of his awesome sci-fi comic/art book The Future is Now up on Kickstarter Below are some pieces from the book. They should cover your desktop wallpaper needs for, oh, around forever Since Volume One sold out so quickly, the Kickstarter is also offering people who missed out the chance…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 22, 2016 -
Spelunky’s Journey From Pixel Game To Console Classic
It’s rare that gamers ever get to hear the full story behind how (and why) a game was made. So it’s awesome that Derek Yu, the creator of Spelunky, has written a book that does just that. Published by Boss Fight, Spelunky is Yu’s autobiographical, full-blown account of the making of the game, going very…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 21, 2016 -
Scribblenauts developer 5th Cell laid off 45 employees today, following layoffs last week, the studio told me. Contrary to tweets, creative director Jeremiah Slaczka said they’re not shutting down. Latest layoffs are due to WB cancelling a Scribblenauts mobile game. Remaining staff is “tiny,” said Slaczka.
By Patrick Klepek Published March 21, 2016 -
That Time George Romero Almost Directed A Resident Evil Movie
It would have been cool if the father of modern zombies ended up adapting the biggest zombie franchise in video games, but it wasn’t mean to be. The five Resident Evil movies released since 2002, each written and directed by Paul W.S. Anderson, haven’t been very good. (The first one was OK, I guess?) In…
By Patrick Klepek Published March 21, 2016 -
The Numbers Behind The Piracy of A Popular Steam Game
Boxing management tycoon Punch Club hit the top Steam charts at launch, marking it as a game that did well on the digital storefront. Even so, the number of people who pirated the game vastly overshadows the number of people who actually bought it. Developers Tiny Build wrote a post today detailing the piracy data…
By Patricia Hernandez Published March 21, 2016 -
How Batman Has Changed Over 70 Years
There’s been a different look and feel for the Dark Knight just about every time he’s been the subject of a new TV series or movie. Come bask in the many flavors of darkness. When Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice comes out this week, it’ll be the latest in a string of Bat-adaptations that…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 21, 2016
