Three Comics That Will Warp Your Mind This Week

If you’re here in the Panel Discussion programming block, you might be a lapsed comics reader, trying to find a way back to the JLA Satellite. Or you might someone killing time until you pick up your weekly Wednesday pull list. Or maybe you’ve said goodbye to dozens of longboxes to embrace the promise of…

Grendel and Mage Creator Would Love It If Someone Made His Comics Into Games

I didn’t think that Matt Wagner played video games. The veteran creator best known for psychological power fantasy epic Grendel and the down-to-earth hero’s-journey narrative of Mage never really mentioned games as a pastime in the interviews I read with him. But when I spoke to him last week, Wagner owned up to losing himself…

Captain America Becomes President America Next Week, In a Stunt Story That Might Actually Be Good

It’s okay, everybody: Marvel Comics has decided the 2012 election for you. And the publisher of Spider-Man and the Hulk comics has decided that their own Captain America would be a better president than Barack Obama or Mitt Romney. Steve Rogers’ really short road to the White House starts in this week’s Ultimates Comics Ultimates…

BioWare Building a Universe Beyond Mass Effect and Dragon Age

In the wake of the retirement of two of its founders, BioWare assures fans that there is life beyond Doctors Muzyka and Zeschuk, including the eventual birth of a whole-new fictional universe. Star Wars aside, the Mass Effect and Dragon Age franchises are BioWare’s bread and butter, but a massive development studio under the watchful…

BioWare Co-Founders Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk Retire

BioWare announced the departure of co-founders Muzyka and Zeschuk today on its website The two, informally known as the “BioWare doctors,” first founded the company in 1995. Over the years the company became well-regarded for its Baldur’s Gate and NeverWinter Nights franchises, as well as Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. Over the past…

How To Find Borderlands 2‘s Coolest Easter Egg

Some hidden secrets spoiled below. Remember that Minecraft easter egg we told you about yesterday? The one where you can fight Creepers and unlock a Minecraft skin to put atop your choice character? Well GameFront has figured out where and how to do just that. Warning: there are some spoilers in the video, so you…

Let This Borderlands 2 Comparison Video Help You Decide Between the Xbox 360 and PS3 Versions

Today’s the day that procedurally-generated weapons fans have been waiting for, as Borderlands 2 ushers them back into the cel-shaded chaos of vault hunting. But what if you’ve got both Sony and Microsoft’s consoles in your home? Which should you get? The fine folks at Computer and Video Games have done a public service and…

Call of Duty: Bark Ops Is The Most Touching War Game Ever Not Made

I never realized how useful dog tricks could be for a Call of Duty parody video. The shake, fetch, and playful biting really lend themselves to battle scenarios, apparently. The ending is pretty much the best thing ever. I came. I saw. I laughed until I cried a little. Round of applause.

Captain America Gets Sworn in President of the United States

Borderlands 2 Really Does Boast An Impressive Array of PC Settings

The PC version of the first Borderlands was not considered a particularly good port, by any measure. Developer Gearbox took the feedback to heart, and promised PC players an improved experience for Borderlands 2 So did they deliver? It certainly seems so. British gaming commentator TotalBiscuit has created the video above, which takes an exhaustive…

There’s a Digital Version of the Talisman Board Game Coming, For Real This Time

Stop dragging my heart around, Games Workshop. After teasing us with a Capcom-developed version of the fantasy board game that devoured my soul in the early 90’s that never came to fruition, the Warhammer folks hand the property over to Nomad Games, who plan to create a series of Talisman games for PC and mobile…

The full soundtrack album for Torchlight II is now available for free download on Runic’s website.

Sony’s Big Tokyo Game Show Press Conference Happens Tonight. Start Your Guessing.

Sony will hold their big Tokyo Game Show press conference for all things PlayStation at 1pm Wednesday, Tokyo time. That’s midnight eastern… tonight! Our top men in Tokyo will be at the event, liveblogging away. Follow the liveblog here. We’ll have all the news for you, here on the site. What are you putting money…

DayZ Creator Wants You to Help Free His Friends Currently Held ‘Hostage’ In Greece

Dean “Rocket” Hall, creator of 2012 indie shock hit DayZ is pleading for fans to pressure Greek authorities, including the nation’s prime minister, to free two of his colleagues who remain jailed in the southern European nation. Video game developers Ivan Buchta (pictured above, at right, standing next to Hall) and Martin Pezlar were arrested…

Before You Start… Tips For Playing Borderlands 2 The Best Way

Borderlands 2 is a tough game. Tougher than I remember the first game being, in fact. It’s also an incredibly large game, with plenty of side quests, challenges and achievements to burn through. Now that I’ve finished the game and seen a lot of what it has to offer, I thought I’d lend a hand…

The New Dead Island‘s First Trailer Is Not as Amazing as the First Dead Island‘s Trailer

The CGI trailer for Dead Island: Riptide does seem kind of similar to that emotionally riveting one for the first Dead Island game. Slow, soft (though not as good) music. A focus on loving characters in a bad spot. Pretty, warm colors. A sad ending. It just doesn’t go in reverse. And it certainly didn’t…

This is a Mobile Panzer Dragoon Game in Everything But Name

Microsoft Studios might be calling it Crimson Dragon: Side Story, but this incredibly deep and stylish shooter for the Windows Phone 7 is pure 2D Panzer Dragoon Side Story is the mobile companion to Crimson Dragon, the Kinect-powered Xbox Live Arcade shooter that last I heard was still in development limbo. The team creating that…

7 1/2 Minutes of Cube World Will Make You Smile, Unless You Hate Happiness

Inspired by Minecraft, Zelda, Diablo and more…capable of melting the heart of our own Luke Plunkett (actually, the guy already worships The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker)…and just all-around amazing-looking… This is the game codenamed Cube World. It’s being made by a mere two people and will be out for PCs eventually. It can be…

Fable Finally Feels Intense. But It’s The Horse That Made Me Care.

Forget the hero of Albion. Theresa—a prophetic seer who has appeared in all the previous Fable games—is not only hundreds of years old, but she likes to orchestrate things from the shadows. A character who commands true intrigue. She has visions of the future, but her motivations are always unclear. So she’s a mystery woman.…

LittleBigPlanet Vita Understands How You Feel About Online Passes

And the crowd roars! Except it’s more of an “aww man” than an “aww yeah.” A warranted reaction when you’re required to have a network pass to access the community options on LittleBigPlanet Vita Make that nine things you should know about the game, especially noting Kirk’s interest in community-made levels. Thanks for the empathy,…