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- BAFTA Games Awards: All the Winners from 2003 to Today
- Clair Obscur Completes the Sweep by Winning “Best Game” at 2025-2026 BAFTA Games Awards
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- Spore: An oral history – Design Room (2026)
- We Pitched a Museum a 1993 Game Hint Line (And They Actually Said Yes) – Yarn Spinner (2026)
- 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)
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RE: Operation Raccoon City brutalizes the PC on May 18; new trailer released
According to Capcom, Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City will be absolutely brutal. And if this new trailer is anything to go by, they’re right. Allow me to channel my inner Joe Bob Briggs for a second here as I catalog all the carnage…
We’ve got exploding zombies, flaming zombies, stabbed zombies, headshots, kneeshots, throat slashes, ninja-fu, bra-fu, and kicking-a-mutant-in-the-balls-fu. If Joe Bob Briggs were still on the air, I’m sure he’d say “Check it out!”
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City will be available for the PS3 and Xbox 360 on March 20 with a PC version to follow on May 18.
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Sony bringing standalone Killzone 3 Multiplayer to PSN
Well this is interesting.
Sony and developer Guerrilla Games have announced that a standalone download of the Killzone 3 multiplayer mode will be added to the PSN next week. Not surprisingly, it’ll be titled Killzone 3 Multiplayer. But surprisingly, it’ll be completely free.
And don’t assume this is some stripped-down demo version either. Killzone 3 Multiplayer is the real deal and contains the Guerrilla Warfare, Warzone and Operations game modes, as well as the original Killzone 3 maps and all the DLC maps.
But of course, there’s always a catch. In the case of Killzone 3 Multiplayer, it’s that level progression will stop once youreaches Sergeant I. So if you want to advance past that point (or take a crack at the four exclusive Trophies the download offers), you’ll have to pony up $15.
But still, as I said, this is very interesting indeed.
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Tagged Killzone 3 Multiplayer
Next EA Sports NBA game will be NBA Live 13
The great NBA Elite experiment is over. EA Sports has told G4TV that this year’s NBA simulation game will resurrect the NBA Live name when it’s released this Fall. Describing the game as an “all-new experience that captures the future of basketball,” NBA Live 13 is both a rebirth for the fabled franchise and the culmination of an odyssey of errors for EA Sports.
Back in 2010, EA announced plans to completely revamp their basketball sim series. With a new style of play came a new name and the game, NBA Elite 11, was given an October release date. A week before it’s release (and with some copies already shipped to stores), EA delayed the game until March 2011 to give it some more polish. But as the saying goes, EA couldn’t polish NBA Elite 11 and the game was eventually canceled outright.
EA Sports didn’t release a basketball sim at all in 2011, instead opting for the download-only NBA Live: On Fire Edition. So, needless to say, some big expectations are riding on NBA Live 13.
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New Amazing Spider-Man trailer reveals Rhino, June 26 release date
When you think of Spider-Man’s greatest villains, The Rhino is not usually a name that comes to mind. So naturally, developer Beenox gave him the Bane treatment in their game adaptation of The Amazing Spider-Man.
In addition to a very menacing Rhino and a creepy soundtrack, the new trailer above also reveals that The Amazing Spider-Man will be available in stores on June 26 for the 3DS, DS, PS3, Wii, and Xbox 360.
Jet Set Radio grinding onto PSN, XBLA this year
This tiny teaser trailer over at Sega’s blog announced that an HD remake of Jet Set Radio will be the next Dreamcast game to come to the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade this year. Who isn’t excited about this?
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Street Fighter X Tekken Vita to come later this year, 12 exclusive fighters announced
Last week’s announcement was about launch characters in the console version of Street Fighter X Tekken and the PC release date. Now this week’s announcement is 12 exclusive fighters announced for the Vita version, as well as a confirmation that the game will be out this Fall.
The 12 new fighters are Guy, Cody, Dudley, Elena, Sakura, and Blanka on the Street Fighter side, and Alisa Bosconovitch, Bryan Fury, Christie Monteiro, Jack, Lars Alexandersson, and Lei Wulong on the Tekken side. This is an exciting announcement for fighting fans! Who else do you want to see in the game?
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Tagged Street Fighter X Tekken, Vita
MotorStorm RC revs up on PSN, Vita on March 6
Get ready for some big MotorStorm fun in a tiny package! MotorStorm RC will be coming to the PSN and the Vita on March 6 for just $9.99, says the PlayStation Blog.
According to Game Director Paul Rustchynsky, the game “started out as a simple concept we were playing around with during lunch times, a pet project to challenge each other to set the fastest times, originally using post-its on the wall as a low-fi leaderboard!”
The game looks like an awful lot of teeny fun, and with the ability to play it on both your PS3 and take it on the go on your Vita, there’s a lot of potential here for replayability – or constant playability.
Be sure to pick the game up on March 6, and “check out the extremely rare vehicles while you’re [in the PlayStation Store]… if that sort of thing takes your fancy.”
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Indie Game: The Movie going on tour
Indie Game: The Movie is leaving Sundance and (hopefully) coming to a theater near you. Their super selective tour is starting out in Santa Cruz, CA; San Francisco, CA; Asheville, NC; Seattle, WA; Portland, OR; Chicago, IL; and Cambridge, MA. If you’re lucky enough to live in one of those cities, grab your tickets here.
What is Indie Game: The Movie? I’m glad you asked. It’s a documentary about four game developers – Jonathan Blow, Phil Fish, Edmund McMillen, and Tommy Refenes – and their trials and tribulations in the creation, release, and speculation of their independent video games. “Four developers, three games, and one ultimate goal— to express oneself through a video game,” is how it has been described by Sundance.
This movie looks beautiful, and I can’t wait to see it. I’ve got my fingers crossed that it will come to Philadelphia, but if not, I’m definitely picking up the DVD – and you should too.