I do love me some arcade marquees. The colours, the hand-drawn art, it’s all so very Roger Dean. This set are from Namco, before the company merged with Bandai, and could just as easily have worked as the logos for mid-80s thrash bands. Which is equally awesome. Namco Arcade Logos [VGJunk] Total Recall is a…
I love my iPad for gaming, but only for certain types of games. Usually the ones that don’t ask you to move a lot. Anything that requires a virtual d-pad, or joystick, or buttons, gah, no, kill it with fire. Unless…unless there was a tablet like this one. Archos’ GamePad is an upcoming Android tablet…
This is a screenshot from Sonic Generations. It’s difficult to tell whether it’s an excess of optimism or just straight-up trolling. Sonic [HybridShadowz, via Tiny Cartridge]
It’s not often we get screenwriters going into so much depth ahead of time with their work, but then, when they’re adapting a video game, there’s not much to keep secret. Especially when it’s God of War. The guy gets angry, kills gods, and kills them brutally. Spoilers! Still, those wondering just what kind of…
It’s been nearly 20 years since Nintendo last made a Mario movie. If they ever decided to make another one, and for whatever reason didn’t go the Paper Mario route, this might work. I mean, it’s barely Mario at all, but then, that didn’t stop them in 1993. At least this would have guns and…
This fabulous image, done as an inspiration for a competition over on the Papercut forums, makes me sad. Sad that this isn’t a game I can pick up right now and play until my fingers curl up and fall off. [SHOWDOWN] – Contest Brief [Papercut]
It has everything. Gameplay footage from one of the slickest looking games in the pipeline (and it’s from the guys behind Sword & Sworcery). A Saturday morning cartoon intro. And dubstep. Plenty of dubstep. Because it wouldn’t be a video game trailer without it! The game will be playable at PAX. If you’re going. *sniff*.
Guess I spoke too soon. I figured yesterday that Dawnguard, the Skyrim DLC that 360 and PC owners are enjoying, would some day come to the PS3. A day later, Bethesda doesn’t sound so convinced. A statement issued by the company this evening reads: Earlier in the month, we provided an update on Dawnguard’s status…
British artist Arran Gregory has an exhibition currently running in London where he’s showing off these terrific polygonal animals, which are covered in mirrored glass panels. If you’re in London, you can catch them at the Print House Gallery, where they’re showing until September 6. I’d love to buy that rhino head. I’ve been lying…
I’ve seen some Okami statues in my time, but I’ve never seen one made using a technique called “needle felting”, which I’m going to imagine involves flying to 20,000 feet, scooping some cloud into a basket then coming back down and knitting with it. The piece was made by artist Piquipauparro, stands around 8″ tall…
There’s a reason I’m highlighting this quote from ArenaNet co-founder and president Mike O’Brien: you just don’t see it anymore at the top end of the video game business. Pre-order money and first-month sales are everything for most publishers, and while Guild Wars 2 has had a big week – there were 400,000 people playing…
It’s not every day you get to look forward to a game featuring the work of, among others, Half-Life 2 legend Viktor Antonov Developed by Arkane and published by Bethesda, Dishonored will be out on PC, 360 and PS3 in October. To see the larger pics in all their glory (or so you can save…
While in most areas the SNES and Mega Drive were similar enough, Nintendo’s one secret weapon – that Sega couldn’t match – was its Mode 7 technology. Allowing different “layers” on the screen to be rotated, it was usually used to move the “ground” separately from the background, and is perhaps most famously employed in…
On August 30, 1987, the very first Street Fighter game was released by Capcom. Making today the series’ 25th birthday. My God. How depressing. Not for Capcom or Street Fighter, of course. For them, it’s party time. But for most of us who grew up button-smashing our way through combos, it’s a stark reminder that…
Firebase Industries, the duo behind the wonderful Orbitron: Revolution, are back with a new game, and this one’s about as different as you can get. Gone are the spaceships and explosions, replaced by…the task of managing a 1980s arcade. The game’s called Arcadecraft, and will be out on Xbox 360 (the team are undecided on…
The Federal Aviation Administration has for years been the enemy of gamers, with its weird rules that electronic devices had to be shut down during take-off and landing, despite a complete lack of evidence they do anything of the sort. Mercifully, it looks like the body might be on the brink of lightening up, with…
While Xbox 360 and PC owners are getting excited for Skyrim’s second piece of major DLC, PS3 owners are still waiting to get their hands on the first. So they’re understandably a little curious as to why the hell that is. Taking to Twitter, PS3 owners have been asking Bethesda’s Pete Hines for info and…
Like a few other writers here, I’ve been enjoying Sleeping Dogs this week. But not necessarily for its combat, or driving, or story. No, I’m enjoying it mostly because of where it’s set. The game, in case you don’t know, is set in Hong Kong. Not a photo-realistic recreation, but a caricature that’s close enough.…
All the better to carry the weight of your hopes and expectations, my dears. Art by Frank Lin [Personal Site, via XombieDirge]
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