Well, not so much "stumbles" as is lead to the character through carefully-orchestrated marketing via late night television.
Still, Zod's coming to "Injustice!"
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Conan Plays 'Injustice,' Stumbles Upon General Zod DLC
Posted 6/13/13 1:00 pm EST by Charles Webb in DLC, Fighting Games, PS3, Xbox 360
Microsoft: Uh, Don't Try Entering A Class Action Lawsuit If That Preordered Xbox One Breaks
Posted 6/13/13 12:09 pm EST by Charles Webb in News, Xbox One
[Image source: Mashable]
Did all of the E3 hype convince you to preorder the Xbox One? Which one are you getting--the standard or the launch? Well, whichever version it is, if there's any kind of mass hardware issue similar to the one that afflicted the Xbox 360, don't expect to use the power of a class action lawsuit to seek relief from Microsoft.
Game Politics spotted a stipulation in the preorder terms for the new console which restricts the consumer's ability to enter into a class action lawsuit against Redmond, instead forcing aggrieved buyers to use a Microsoft-dictated arbitrator to resolve disputes.
These 'Game of Thrones'-inspired 'Skyrim' House Banners Are Ready To Hang From Your Battlements
Posted 6/12/13 6:00 pm EST by Charles Webb in Art
Why are we still even talking about "Skyrim" when "The Elder Scrolls Online" is coming to consoles and the PC next year? Because once you start thinking about "Skyrim," you can't stop thinking about "Skyrim."
Deviantart user fireofashk created this collection of house banners for the various factions in "The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim" in the style of "Game of Thrones"--complete with house mottos and sigils, and everything.
After the jump, check them out. Which is your favorite? While Gray Mane is a little too Third Reich for my taste, Storm Cloak and Storm Fist are the best of the lot, to my mind.
Per Sacred Tradition, This Year's Xbox LIVE Summer Of Arcade Starts Just Before Fall
Posted 6/12/13 5:45 pm EST by Charles Webb in News, Video, Xbox 360
Microsoft is shining the spotlight on four titles in August--starting with "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows"--as the publisher promotes another Summer of Arcade.
E3 2013: They Hired A Fake Tom Hiddleston For The 'LEGO Marvel Super Heroes' Trailer!
Posted 6/12/13 4:11 pm EST by Charles Webb in 3DS / DS, PC, PS Vita, PS3, PS4, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One
TT Games gets delightfully goofy right out of the gate with this E3 trailer for the multiplatform "LEGO Marvel Super Heroes."
What Do You Say: Was This The Whitest, Manliest E3 Yet?
Posted 6/12/13 3:36 pm EST by Charles Webb in Op-Ed
Yesterday, when Devin at Badass Digest called out the Microsoft E3 presentation for what he saw as casual sexism and rape jokes, I was all set to roll my eyes and move on. Devin, one of my favorite writers about film and media, sometimes comes at games and gamers pretty hard, and it felt like he was reading too much into some pretty typical fighting game trash talk.
Then I had to take a step back and look at the context of the moment: in a presentation woefully lacking in female corporate presence onstage, we had one of only two women being held up as the "bad girl gamer stereotype." This, in an overall presentation and slate of trailers and announcements across all of the publishers that seemed to still think that the only games their audiences would respond to would be very white and very male.
[Update] 'Killer Instinct' Will Be Free To Play, Download Only... And It's For A Dumb Reason
Posted 6/12/13 2:35 pm EST by Charles Webb in Fighting Games, News, Xbox One
[Update: Shoryuken.com caught a bit of the "Killer Instinct" livestream with representatives of Double Helix who clarified how the F2P model is going to work. First, you can buy a full downloadable version of the game with all of the characters and modes, but they'll be offering a trial mode with online functionality enabled and Jago as the starting character. From there, players can purchase additional characters, modes, and features.]
Speaking with Polygon, Microsoft's Torin Rettig revealed that the anticipated followup to the beloved fighting game franchise would not be available at retail and would come loaded with one character--Jago--at launch.
E3: One Ninja Suffers The Cruelest Cut In The 'Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z' Intro
Posted 6/12/13 1:00 pm EST by Charles Webb in PS3, Video, Xbox 360
...and it's not Ryu Hyabusa. In this E3 premiere of the intro sequence to Team Ninja/Comcept's upcoming "Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z," we finally get to learn what makes a cyborg ninja flip out and want to try to kill a guy who goes sick house on cyborg ninjas for a living.
At Least The Explosions Will Be Big: Michael Bay, Ubisoft Partner For 'Ghost Recon' Movie
Posted 6/11/13 4:38 pm EST by Charles Webb in Movies, News
Screen from "Ghost Recon: Future Soldier"
The futuristic tactical shooter series is getting a dose of "Bayhem" as the "Bad Boys" and "Transformers" director takes on Tom Clancy for Ubisoft and Warner Bros.
E3 2013: 'Kingdom Hearts III' Is (Finally) Coming To the PS4... And Xbox One?
Posted 6/11/13 4:00 pm EST by Charles Webb in PS4, Role Playing Games, Video, Xbox One
During E3, Square Enix announced that their second most requested title* was in development for the PS4 and Xbox One: "Kingdom Hearts III." That's right, now Xbox owners will get a taste of the labyrinthine, frankly bizarre contortions of what started out as a sweet Disney/Square mashup over a decade ago on the PS2.
*The first being the "Final Fantasy VII" remake that will probably never happen.
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