Sometimes, everything goes terribly wrong when superhero comics draw their inspirations from the real world. The results can seem hokey, sensationalist or just plain dull. So what happens when the latest issue of Marvel Comics’ Daredevil focuses on a shooting clearly based on the death of Trayvon Martin? None of the above. It’s a strong…
Next stop: Etria. Portable JRPG action headlines the Nintendo Download this week, with next Tuesday’s release of Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl from Atlus. There’s also some retro goodness with the Wii U version of arcade classic Donkey Kong 3. Man, what’s that ol’ exterminator Stanley up to nowadays? Check out the rest of…
I was nauseous for hours after trying the latest hot-shit evolution of virtual reality gaming. But I’d do it again. You may have heard of Sixense before. The tech company were behind the Portal 2 InMotion DLC for PS3 that focused on integration with the Move controller, among other things. Now they’re working on hardware…
Nope. No sign of Raziel or any Soul Reaver here, folks. Just a bunch of super-powered vampires and medieval human warriors beating the crap out of each other. The video game universe beloved by players for being a dark pit of brooding nihilism is going to be resurrected in the form of a free-to-play online…
Nobody working on video games can ever argue against the amount of influence and inspiration that Shigeru Miyamoto has had on the medium. From the creation of early blockbusters like Donkey Kong to trailblazing three-dimensional design ideas in Super Mario 64, his many accomplishments have helped steer game-makers for decades. But one executive at Electronic…
Look, the freshly announced Gotham TV show may wind up being great. In fact, I hope the Fox series turns out to be the next evolutionary step in translating comic book lore for television. But, honestly, how excited can you get about a Batman TV show that doesn’t have Batman? Let’s talk about James Gordon.…
Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: DamsonRhee writes about the joys that come with playing video games in autumn. Watch Stormborn’s amazing artwork happen before your very eyes in this video where he draws a killer rendition of Kingdom Hearts characters. And Sam G. and Zarnyx write dueling retrospectives about the…
The fact that you’d be able to play as Deathstroke in the upcoming Batman game squeaked out a few months ago, but this trailer is the first look we’re getting of Slade Wilson in action. Bad-ass, no? A scientifically enhanced super-killer who’s been one of DC Comics’ top bad guys for decades now, Deathstroke has…
“In Germany, saying that you want to make games is like saying you want to make porn.” There’s rhythmic thumping in Beatbuddy but, don’t worry, it’s safe for work. The quote above comes from Denis Rogic, one of the members of Threaks, a German indie dev team that recently released their first game. Rogic talked…
SPOILERS FOR THE ENDING OF MAN OF STEEL One of the men responsible for the much-talked-about ending of the latest Superman movie has commented on what happens in the film, saying, “We were pretty sure that was going to be controversial… It’s not like we were deluding ourselves, and we weren’t just doing it to…
Want to listen to the Grand Theft Auto V soundtrack when you’re not in front of a console? Rockstar’s just announced that three albums collecting tunes from the hit game are up on iTunes now. And you can listen to portions of each station on the web, too.
The glimpses shown so far of Killzone: Shadow Fall have been portions of the single-player, along with very in-depth, shiny tech demos. But, if you want to know what it’s going to look like when folks start going online and blasting at each other, then this here is what you really want to see. Along…
The graphical insanity in the video above isn’t part of any game that coming out soon. But it’s an example of what accomplished coders can make on hardware that’s similar to what’s inside next-gen consoles. “Apocalypse When” comes from a coder named “Smash”, aka Matt Swoboda, principal engineer at Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. It’s an…
Don’t let the appealingly cartoony look of Boxers & Saints fool you. Terrible things happen in this graphic novel. Old men get beaten up. Women and children get killed in rather heartless fashion. And, worst of all, the senseless death that happens in the 500-page opus is based on actual events. But, goddamn, is it…
Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: JollyBootsofDoom wants to know if you had to make one of the three main characters in GTA V a woman, which one would it be?. Mandalorian armor lovers rejoice! General McFist has more ideas about what would make a great Boba Fett game. And Crisco…
What’s the mystery connection between Grand Theft Auto IV and Grand Theft Auto V? It might be Ryan Gosling’s no-name character from Drive. Gamebill Studio’s Nabil Ayari captured footage from GTA IV and GTA V and stitched them together with shots from the 2011 miniimalist action thriller. The result? A moody, well-edited clip that throws…
If you had dreams of standing up an Xbox One on its side to save valuable desk/shelf/table space, you may want to re-think the layout of your next-gen gaming shrine. Microsoft says that the Xbox One isn’t designed to be used in a vertical orientation. Talking to GameSpot UK, senior director of product management and…
The visual formula for delivering scares is pretty tried and true in most video games, movies and other entertainments: dim, obscured environments, weird, unexplained moisture and the use of light as a shock device. But these new screenshots from upcoming thriller The Vanishing of Ethan Carterlook idyllic. Like someplace you’d like to go. Until you…
Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: DocSeuss bitches about how changes in taste and market demographics have basically killed his beloved RTS genre. The future, if Sony has its way, will be one where you can seamlessly PlayStation no matter where you are. So says Carter Brownlee. In other PS-centric news,…
Want to know how an open-world design is going to change the stealth in the next Metal Gear Solid game? Feast your eyes on this, then. The video above shows off a long demonstration of MGS V from Sony’s Tokyo Games Show livestream last night. Snake looks better than ever, doesn’t he?
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