For What It’s Worth, AVP: Evolution is the Best Aliens Game Released This Year

Other than the eponymous xenomorphs, general bugginess and some laughable artificial intelligence, Angry Mob Games’ AVP: Evolution from iOS and Android has absolutely nothing in common with the train wreck that is Gearbox’s Aliens: Colonial Marines. In just about every other way the mobile game is superior to the console/PC title. That’s not saying AVP:…

Faith Check: Will SimCity‘s Servers Hold Up Next Week?

Keyboards plugged in? Mouses at the ready? Cool. We’re about to hit the launch of another big-deal PC game: Maxis’ SimCity, back from a long hiatus and looking pretty good But SimCity will also be the latest PC game to demand that users maintain a constant internet connection. We went into the similarly connection-demanding Diablo…

Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag Has Been Announced, So Let’s Photoshop Henry Rollins Into It

So Ubisoft officially confirmed Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag today. If you’re a weirdo like me, then you weren’t spending the majority of your time speculating on the gameplay or setting, but instead were wondering what level of involvement the American hardcore band Black Flag had in the process. The answer is none. I’m pretty…

Crysis 3 Performance Test: Graphics Cards And CPUs

Built with CryEngine2, the original Crysis raised the bar for PC gaming graphics in 2007 with stunningly detailed visuals that crippled even the fastest of rigs. Looking back at our first Crysis performance article, which was based on the game’s demo, the fastest GPU available at the time (the GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB) struggled to…

This Type Of Kill Cam Shows An Amazing Yet Lame Way To Die In Call of Duty

Lame or anticlimactic kill cams aren’t so rare: in fact, I’d bet that most of the final kills we view at the end of multiplayer matches aren’t noteworthy at all. But there are weak endings to matches…and then there’s this. Dying by way of care package also isn’t new—heck, there are medals for it in…

You Can’t Cut Pin-Up Girls in Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. And Other Weird Stuff.

Well, to be fair, she’s not a real girl. It’s a cardboard cut-out of a woman, which honestly should make it even easier for Raiden to slice into multiple parts. But the smiling advertisement is magically invulnerable to the edge of Raiden’s high-frequency blade. You saw the game’s bananas final boss fight yesterday but Revengenance…

The Strange Status of Star Wars: 1313, A Hot Game With an Uncertain Future

It’s not unusual for a newly-revealed video game to disappear for eight months. It’s not weird to be amazed by a game and then neither see nor hear anything about it for a while. The silence around Star Wars 1313, LucasArts’ seemingly next-gen game that wowed onlookers at last June’s E3 show, is nevertheless unusual.…

Four Official Shapes Change Eating Chicken McNuggets Forever

As you read this my wife is speeding to the nearest McDonald’s in celebration of the unearthing of an all-important snacking factoid—there are four official, McDonald’s-approved shapes for Chicken McNuggets. This changes everything. Business Insider recently had the opportunity to step inside the hallowed halls of McDonald’s headquarters in Oak Brook, Illinois, where they sat…

Never thought I’d play Pac-Man as a first person horror game, but it exists, and it’s an idea worth fleshing out more.

This browser game, made by College Humor’s Caldwell Tanner, might be the easiest video game of all time. Also the best?

After an eternity with the 2009 version of Gameloft’s racer, Windows Phone 8 goes multiplayer with Asphalt 7: Heat

This video looks at the process of writing Gears of War: Judgment

Get Up To Speed On Dark Souls In One Minute

If you’re still hesitantly considering dipping your toe into the massive, mighty intimidating Dark Souls, consider first watching this video from the folks at “Lore in a Minute,” which will get you at least a little up to speed on the goings on in the world. Yes, there is a lot more to Dark Souls…

Your Survival Guide To The Biggest Gaming Month We’ve Seen In Years

Get ready to never leave your house again. For some reason, every video game maker in the world has decided to release their products in March 2013. From Tomb Raider to BioShock Infinite to SimCity, next month is stuffed with games. Games games games. You’re probably a bit intimidated. We definitely are. So in order…

She’s So Good At Soul Calibur, She Doesn’t Need To Look At The Screen To Win

If there’s a gaming equivalent to trick shots, not looking at the screen while playing would be one of them—and one that’s all the more impressive when you’re playing against another person. Watching Kayane here—one of the top Soul Calibur V players in the world—defeat her opponent without actually looking at the screen is pretty…

ChefVille ‘Jed-Thai Master’ Quests: Everything you need to know

The Thailand event in ChefVille has expanded this week, with players asked to upgrade their Terrific Thai Station and Thai Gardens to unlock a new series of Thai dishes. There are three new quests to complete in Madeline’s “Jed-Thai Master’ series, and we’re here with a look at how to finish them off, thanks to…

The Ouya goes out to backers on March 28. And Kellee Santiago, co-founder of thatgamecompany has joined Ouya, too.

The F-Zero Miiverse Board Falcon Punches Its Way into My Heart

Oh Captain Falcon; you know how devoted your fans are, yes? Is it any surprise that they’ve recreated your likeness again and again online? Are you at all shocked that the F-Zero Miiverse board is one big Captain Falcon love-in? Today’s Miiverse Moment is a showcase of some of the best art the F-Zero Miiverse…

See the Cool Tech That Makes This Game’s Hand-Made Objects Go Digital

It costs money to make things in a video game. The software needed to achieve an eye-catching aesthetic aren’t cheap and the manpower to run them costs money, too. So, when it came time to make their upcoming project Rustclad, the folks at Skull Theater took a different approach: they’re making most of the objects…

Burt Destruction‘s Difficulty Gets in the Way of a Good Joke

Full disclosure, I know one of the guys who worked on Burt Destruction, which landed on Android and iOS stores a couple weeks ago. Jeff Reitman is the CTO of RunWilder Entertainment, the game’s maker. He and I performed in some stand-up comedy showcases together back before I joined Kotaku, and Jeff was a favorite…