Posted 5/8/13 3:50 pm EST by Clint Mize in News, PC, Steam
From "Amnesia" to "Slender: The Arrival" there's been a huge revival for horror-survival fans on the indie and small dev team scene. Now we have "The Forest" -- a potential Steam Greenlight entry which looks to blend first person survival with exploration, crafting, fighting elements -- and mutant cannibals!
Posted 5/8/13 3:02 pm EST by Charles Webb in News
Although we had our own thoughts about what it meant for EA to pick up the "Star Wars" license in an exclusive deal with Disney, we didn't imagine it would mean the publisher would immediately start cranking out games based on the franchise. Indeed, in this week's conference call with investors, EA has stated outright that we shouldn't expect the first game until sometime after the end of fiscal year 2014 (after September 30, 2014).
Posted 5/8/13 2:00 pm EST by Charles Webb in News, PC, PS3, Screenshots, Wii U, Xbox 360
This new batch of screens from the upcoming prequel show Batman and the masked assassin Slade (aka Deathstroke the Terminator) squaring off, while villain Black Mask takes a stroll and the Caped Crusader sends a short crook on what looks like a long trip.
By the way, looking at Batman's earlier armor here: is anyone else noticing any major differences? To my eye, it looks more rounded and less "plated" than his "Arkham Asylum" and "Arkham City" gear--softer, perhaps.
Posted 5/8/13 1:10 pm EST by Charles Webb in Books, Exclusives, News
The interactive edition of "The Art of Dead Space" is out this week for iOS, and you might want to pick it up if you want an "enhanced" experience above and beyond the print version released by publisher Titan Books. The eBook offers the same 192 pages of content along with videos and additional art from the Visceral Games franchise.
Check back tomorrow, and we'll have pages from the enhanced "Art of Halo 4" for you to check out as well.
"The Art of Dead Space (Enhanced Edition)" is available now in the iTunes store from Titan Books.
Posted 5/8/13 12:35 pm EST by Charles Webb in Features
We've had a day to digest the news that EA now has the exclusive rights to make games based on the "Star Wars" universe, and that they've, in turn, tapped Visceral and DICE to make new titles with all-new story and gameplay (with BioWare doing... something).
And predictably, we all groaned and fretted about what this would mean for the gaming future of our beloved franchise--"how badly will EA mess this up," we asked. Honestly, though, I'm looking forward to whatever comes out of EA, good or bad. For all their less-than-savory business practices, they've made a habit of assembling great studios and allowing interesting ideas to germinate in them (even if that means we bafflingly have three "Army of Two" games.
So after the jump, check out five reasons to look forward to EA's taking over "Star Wars" along with five reasons to keep that excitement in check.
Posted 5/8/13 11:55 am EST by Charles Webb in PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360
It looks like old B.J. Blazkowicz will have to face off against the Nazis in an alternate history 1960s* in the upcoming return to the series from MachineGames and publisher Bethesda.
*Albeit one where Jimi still got to record one of the greatest rock songs of all time.
Posted 5/8/13 11:06 am EST by Charles Webb in Mac, News, PC, PS3, Screenshots, Xbox 360
Telltale's adventure game based on the long-running Vertigo series is coming out this summer, and the developer is starting to do slow rollout of what to expect from the game at various media outlets in advance of "Fables'" summer release on Xbox LIVE, PSN, Mac, and the PC. A new batch of screens shows off "The Wolf Among Us" protagonist Bigby Wolf (or The Big Bad Wolf to you and me) hitting the pavement and (and Fabletown residents) as he looks for clues in a mystery set before the first issue of the series.
Posted 5/7/13 5:15 pm EST by Charles Webb in DLC, Fighting Games, PS3, Video, Wii U, Xbox 360
Posted 5/7/13 4:50 pm EST by Don Hatfield in PS Vita, PS3
Some of the most enjoyable games of this generation didn't come from major AAA studios, but were instead developed by smaller, independent teams and delivered as digitally through the likes of Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network. Now Sony is giving indie games a home all their own, with the introduction of the Indie Games section on the PlayStation Store.
Posted 5/7/13 3:55 pm EST by Charles Webb in Video
How many of the fighting games in this trailer can you pick out? Check it out after the jump!
