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- GDC Awards: All the Winners from 1996 to Today
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Wins “Game of the Year” at 2025-2026 GDC Awards
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- Video Game Research Library
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- The History Of The Word “Metroidvania” And How It Spread – A Critical Hit (2025)
- Creator of Hit Game Shovel Knight Is at a ‘Make or Break’ Moment – Bloomberg (2025)
- Shadow of the Colossus: An oral history – Design Room (2025)
- In 2005, games started rewiring our brains – The AV Club (2025)
Author: John Scalzo
Retro City Rampage Review: Nostalgia Gone Wild
“What would Grand Theft Auto have been like on the NES?” It’s an interesting question, and one that Vblank’s Retro City Rampage attempts to answer by fusing the franchise’s original bird’s-eye viewpoint with a bucketful of 80s/90s nostalgia. The game never quite comes together, but designer Brian Provinciano definitely deserves points for trying. (more…)
Take-Two developing “extensive pipeline of unannounced titles”
Take-Two Interactive officially only has three games in development right now: BioShock Infinite (which launches at the end of the month), Grand Theft Auto V (September 17), and XCOM (late 2013/early 2014). They’ve got to have more, right? Well, according to Chief Operating Officer Karl Slatoff, the publisher has a lot more in the hopper.
Speaking at the Wedbush Securities Transformational Technologies Management Access Conference yesterday morning, Slatoff confirmed that Take-Two has “an extensive pipeline of unannounced titles in development.” Slatoff didn’t reveal any further details about Take-Two’s future projects, but he did single out Red Dead, Mafia, Borderlands, L.A. Noire, and Max Payne as franchises that are important to the company.
Take-Two’s Rockstar Games label has previously said that we should expect to hear more about the next Red Dead game soon, so even though they didn’t have running water in the wild west, it’s probably included in Take-Two’s extensive pipeline.
[Source: GameSpot]
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“Deus Ex: The Fall” domains registered by Square Enix
Here we go again. Superanuation is back with another round of domain registrations related to the Deus Ex series.
The enigmatic blogger recently put the kibosh on hopes that Deus Ex: Human Defiance was being set up as a sequel to Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Sadly, it looks like that’s the name of the CBS Films adaptation and not a new game. So let’s try again.
This time, Square Enix’s UK arm has registered the domains DeusExTheFall.com, DeusExTheFall.net, and DeusExTheFall.co.uk. Hmm…
j.mp/15vFQjj j.mp/XohVQX j.mp/W2TuaC — Human Defiance wasn’t the name of the next Deus Ex, but this might be
— superannuation (@supererogatory) March 5, 2013
Hopefully this is a Human Revolution sequel and not just an alternate title being considered by CBS Films.
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Tagged Deus Ex: The Fall
Nintendo Download: Kersploosh!, Wrecking Crew, RE Mercenaries 3D, more
Welcome to another week of Nintendo downloads. Leading off this week is the awesomely titled Kersploosh! Nintendo’s “throwing stuff down a well” sim is available to download now from the 3DS eShop. And for you Pokemon fans out there, a demo of Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity is now available as well.
Four additional games have been added to the 3DS eShop today including Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D, a multiplayer arena fighter; 3D; ATV Wild Ride 3D, an offroad racer; Wrecking Crew, the NES classic; and Nano Assault EX, a space shooter.
Finally, a new NeoGeo game will be available on the Wii Shop Channel’s Virtual Console today: The King of Fighters ’98.
You can find more information on all of these titles after the break. (more…)
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Tagged Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D
The Walking Dead: Season 2 will begin this Fall
Moments after winning a BAFTA for Best Story, Telltale CEO Dan Connors was cornered by an editor from Eurogamer in hopes of getting the first details about The Walking Dead: Season 2. Connors did not disappoint, replying, “We’re aiming for fall of next year.”
Wait, you mean Fall of 2014? Come on…
Apparently, that’s not what Connors meant, as he later told Game Informer, “The current estimated release window for Season Two of The Walking Dead is for fall of ‘this’ year (2013), and not ‘next’ year (2014) as has been reported after a recent interview. We apologize for any confusion and thank you and all of our fans for your continued excitement for Telltale’s series.”
Good thing he clarified. It’s bad enough having to worry about Valve Time and Blizzard Time. I didn’t want to have to add Telltale Time to the list.
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Tagged The Walking Dead Season 2
Minecraft might come to PlayStation platforms, Wii U release unlikely
Mojang may bring Minecraft to one or more PlayStation platforms after their exclusive agreement with Microsoft is complete, according to Lead Designer Jens Bergensten.
Speaking to iGamer, Bergensten said, “Microsoft has an exclusivity deal for consoles. When it runs out we’ll consider Minecraft for PlayStation, but Wii U is very unlikely.”
Obviously, any deal between Mojang and Sony is still in the early stages, so exactly which platform Minecraft might come to (PS3, PS4, Vita) is still up in the air.
Bergensten was later contacted by Polygon and clarified the company’s position on a Wii U port, saying, “First of all, no doors are closed, but the reason I said that was that during the last couple of months we’ve been discussing the future of the console version of Minecraft, Wii U has barely been mentioned.”
XBLA Today: Dollar Dash, Capcom Arcade Cabinet: 1985-I Pack
Today’s Xbox Live Arcade update includes two new games…
First up is the Bomberman-like bank-robbing game Dollar Dash. If you’ve ever wanted to own one of those sacks with a big dollar sign on it, Dollar Dash is available to download for 800 Microsoft Points ($10):
Find it, rob it, and keep it. Grab the cash in this fast and frenetic top down multiplayer versus game. Dollar Dash will have you shouting for joy, as you make a dash with the cash. You must attack, defend or outrun your competitors in any of the three game modes (Dollar Dash, Save the Safe or Hit’n’Run) using unique and comedic tactics. Stand out from the crowd by customising your character, upgrading your favourite weapon, earning perks and unlocking achievements. You can’t stand still for a second as combat is crazy and money changes hands frequently. Choose your weapons carefully as you challenge your friends to become the best thief in town and laugh out loud as you smash them with a huge Bolder, peck them with a Mag Pie, while protecting yourself in Jelly!
Also available this week is the second installment in the Capcom Arcade Cabinet series, which includes Ghosts ‘n Goblins, Gun Smoke, and Section Z . The “1985-I Pack” is also available to download for 800 Microsoft Points ($10).
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Tagged Capcom Arcade Cabinet, Dollar Dash
Mass Effect 3: Citadel DLC now available
The final downloadable expansion for Mass Effect 3, “Citadel,” is now available to download on the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360. The “emotionally driven” farewell to Commander Shepard and the crew of the Normandy has been priced at $14.99 (or 1200 Microsoft Points) on all platforms.
This emotionally driven piece of single player DLC expands on the events of Mass Effect 3 by inviting players to return to the capital of the Citadel Council in an effort to eliminate a startling threat. This new content will also feature Commander Shepard’s long-time friends and romance interests from the entire Mass Effect trilogy, as Mass Effect 3: Citadel offers one more chance for fans to reconnect with their favorite characters and even rekindle past romances.
In addition to new story content, Mass Effect 3: Citadel will also give players the opportunity to use squad members from the entire Mass Effect series in a brand-new training facility on the Citadel. The Armax Combat Arena offers ten scenarios and will challenge players by dropping them in the middle of battle to fight off wave-after-wave of enemy forces. When the adventure is over, players can blow off some steam by trying their luck at the Citadel’s Silver Coast Casino or discover and furnish Commander Shepard’s living quarters on the station.
BioWare will put a cap on the career of Commander Shepard during this year’s PAX East convention. Executive Producer Casey Hudson, Lead Designer Preston Watamaniuk, Lead Cinematics Director Parrish Ley, Writer John Dobmrow and Level Designer Dusty Everman will take the stage on Saturday, March 23 at 2:00 PM to present “The Mass Effect Trilogy: A Retrospective.”
If at all possible, I suggest getting in line now.
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Tagged Mass Effect 3, PAX East 2013