Microsoft As long as there’s money to be made, this guy just will not die. Like the headline says, this morning Microsoft officially announced the release date for 343 Industries’ Halo 4. We still don’t know much about the game’s plot or what it will add in terms of new gameplay concepts, but expect aliens, […]
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Max Payne Now On iOS, Surprisingly Awesome
You remember Max Payne, right? It was that film noir action game that Rockstar developed in between Grand Theft Auto sequels that introduced bullet time to gaming in the short time period between The Matrix making that sort of thing mind-blowingly cool and every single media property overusing the gimmick until it was a tired […]
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Nostalgia for Something That Never Existed
I would like to play this game. That’s Han Solo Adventures, a fan-made game that developer Stacy Davidson has been working on single-handedly for a few years—it’s modeled after old LucasArts titles like 1992’s great Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, but, you know. Han Solo. Davidson says he’s working on getting it finished […]
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Got $10? Got A PS3? There’s Something You Need To Buy, Like, Now
Atlus These two are way more endearing than their anime-trope design would suggest. As of this morning, Atlus’ Persona 3: FES landed on the PlayStation Network Store for the insanely low price of $10. Why should you care about a rehashed PlayStation 2 game? Two reasons: First, that $10 price point. You’ve likely got that […]
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thatgamecompany Explains Journey’s Brilliant Sand Tech
thatgamecompany A billion grains of emotional resonance. Statistically speaking, you’re a smart, cultured lot, so I’m going to take it for granted that you’ve played (and thus loved) thatgamecompany’s recently-released PlayStation 3-exclusive Journey. Likewise, I’m going to assume that you were wildly impressed with the game’s gorgeous flowing sand that piled up around your character’s […]
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Get Fallout Free For 48 Hours
Bethesda Softworks Just like the headline says, the fine people at Good Old Games are giving away the original Fallout for the next 48 hours. If you have a PC made in the last 15 years, you really ought to grab this thing while you can. Despite its age, Fallout is a far better game […]
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PBS: “Super Mario Bros. Is The World’s Greatest Piece Of Surrealist Art”
PBS has this new YouTube channel where it offers up short vignettes that posit a single concept that begs further contemplation by its viewers. The first episode (embedded above) presents the argument that Nintendo’s Super Mario Bros. games are the greatest work of surrealist art in history. You just scoffed, didn’t you? Maybe popped a […]
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Kinect Star Wars: The Funk Is Strong With This One
Any of you Star Wars fans psyched to play the Xbox 360’s Kinect Star Wars? Giddy to finally experience real-time lightsaber duels? Well, I’m sorry to break it to you, but … here, watch this: A late April Fool’s Day gag perhaps? Maybe a fan-made modification? Nope, that’s direct, legit gameplay footage from Kinect Star […]
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BioWare Is Changing The End Of Mass Effect 3
EA/BioWare None of this matters. Internet said so. Following a two-week-long deluge of entitled children whining about the conclusion of Mass Effect 3, BioWare has decided to cave in to fan demand. According to an announcement by company CEO Dr. Ray Muzyka, the BioWare team has been poring over the list of often-contradictory fan demands, […]
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The Walking Dead: The Game: The Debut Trailer
Say hello to the first trailer for Telltale Games’ upcoming adventure game based on Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead. Beloved comic book becomes hit TV series, so obviously someone was going to snap up the videogame rights sooner or later. Thus, this. Based on that clip (and Telltale’s polarizing Jurassic Park game), I really have […]
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Is Baldur’s Gate 3 About To Be Announced? [UPDATE: Nope]
??? Take a moment to visit baldursgate.com. Go ahead, I’ll wait. Notice that countdown? It started earlier today and should end at noon tomorrow. And what happens when it ends? I really have no idea. Neither does anyone who I’ve asked. Not industry folk, not colleagues, not people involved with the creation of the original […]