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- GDC Awards: All the Winners from 1996 to Today
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- Video Game Research Library
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- 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)
- Shadow of the Colossus: An oral history – Design Room (2025)
Most Recent: Xbox 360
New Releases: Ghost Recon Future Soldier, Dragon’s Dogma, Sorcery, More
Can you manage to pull yourself away from Diablo III long enough to check out this week’s new releases? Who knows, you might even find something interesting.
For example, how about Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier? The latest game in the squad-based shooter franchise will finally be available this week on the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.
Also available this week is Dragon’s Dogma, Capcom’s hybrid single-player/co-op dragon hunting game for the PS3 and Xbox 360.
Other new releases this week include Sony’s Move-enable magician sim, Sorcery, and the “don’t call it a tie-in game” tie-in game, Men In Black: Alien Crisis (PS3, Wii, Xbox 360).
Finally, the 320 GB PlayStation 3 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 system bundle should make it’s way to store shelves by Friday, May 25.
A complete list of this week’s new releases can be found after the break. (more…)
Posted in 3DS, DS, News, PC, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
Tagged Dragon's Dogma, Men in Black, Sorcery, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier
Omerta: City of Gangsters makes the Xbox 360 an offer it can’t refuse
Kalypso Media has announced that the PC version of Omerta: City of Gangsters will be joined by an Xbox 360 version when it launches this Fall. The code of silence prevents me from saying too much about the game, but I can tell you this…
Omerta: City of Gangsters for both Xbox 360 and Windows PC will place players in 1920’s Atlantic City, where they’ll spend their time building a criminal empire in an attempt to dominate the city. Players will construct, buy or take over buildings to turn them into speakeasies, distilleries, illegal boxing rings and much more, as they work to generate income. With dirty money come dirty jobs – and the game switches to a turn-based tactical RPG during blazing gunfights and elaborately planned and executed heists. Unique playable and non-playable characters will perform jobs for you, including spying on, fighting with and even fire-bombing the buildings of enemy gangs.
Tactical gunfights in 1920s Atlantic City? I think Kalypso just made me an offer I can’t refuse.
Posted in News, PC, Xbox 360
Tagged Omerta: City of Gangsters
38 Studios makes loan payment, will release Amalur MMO in June 2013
Former Major League pitcher Curt Schilling has turned in another gutsy performance to continue a different impossible dream. In 2004, it was the “bloody sock” that lead to Boston’s first World Series win in decades. And today, it delivering a check to the state of Rhode Island to save his company, 38 Studios.
The state of Rhode Island lent $75 million to the team at 38 Studios to help finance their move into the state as well as the company’s MMO, which is codenamed Project Copernicus. According to the developer, none of the money was used on this year’s single-player RPG, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, which was developed in Maryland at Big Huge Games. The MMO, which is also set in the kingdom of Amalur, is currently scheduled to ship in June 2013. A first look at the game, dubbed a “fly-through” by 38 Studios, can be found after the break.
The $1.125 million payment on the loan is just the first of many that 38 Studios will have to make over the next several years including a $2.6 million payment in November and another $12.6 million in 2013. (more…)
Posted in News, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Amalur MMO, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
Microsoft to give away an Xbox 360 to students who buy a Windows 7 PC
Just like last Summer, Microsoft has announced they’ll give a free Xbox 360 to any student that buys a Windows 7 PC.
To take advantage of the offer, students or their parents must provide valid student ID as defined by a participating retailer. Some of the retailers participating in the promotion include Best Buy, Fry’s Electronics, Dell.com, HPDirect.com, the Microsoft Store, and NewEgg.
Students who buy a qualifying Windows 7-based PC (last year, Microsoft required a minimum purchase price of $699), will receive a free 4GB Xbox 360 console. The promotion starts on May 20th, and is good for as long as supplies last.
Lollipop Chainsaw special edition includes Buffybot
The makers of Lollipop Chainsaw have released a new live-action trailer promoting the game’s special edition. If your wallet can handle it, you can head down to your favorite retailer on June 12 and come away with a copy of the game and a life-size Juliet Starling robot that will “do anything.”
Warning: The Lollipop Chainsaw special edition doesn’t exist, so you won’t be able to purchase a robotic Juliet-in-a-box. Nor does such a robot even exist. I’m sorry.
Is this video a comment on the out-of-control contents of some special editions and the pre-teen mindset of most male gamers? Or is it an obvious reference to the Buffybot from Buffy the Vampire Slayer? Or is this just another excuse to have Jessica Nigri prance around in Juliet’s barely there cheerleader costume?
You decide!
Posted in News, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Lollipop Chainsaw
Telltale sells one million downloads of The Walking Dead
The Walking Dead has been extremely successful for Telltale Games. How successful? It’s only the best-selling game the company has ever produced. According to the publisher, the first episode of the series, “A New Day,” has been downloaded over one million times on the PC, PlayStation Network, and Xbox Live Arcade.
And after it scored a seven out of seven in our review, that’s none-too-surprising.
“Premiering The Walking Dead game series to record numbers across so many diverse platforms is a tremendous achievement that shows the value of bringing strong storytelling and game play together,” said Dan Connors, CEO of Telltale Games. “The tailored narrative design puts gamers in control of their own story within the universe of The Walking Dead in a way that appeals equally to hardcore gamers and to more casual gamers who are fans of the franchise. The most exciting aspect of getting off to such a great start is that this is just the beginning of the five episode series. The Walking Dead fans are going to experience some really great moments in the months ahead that are uniquely influenced by the choices they make throughout the season.”
The second episode in the series, “Starved For Help,” will be available in June.
Posted in News, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged The Walking Dead
Check out this awesome Arkham City-inspired Lego Batman 2 concept art
We don’t know if these Batman: Arkham City-inspired character models will make it into Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes, but they definitely should. The striking white-on-white art style of Arkham City really works when applied to Lego minifigs.
You can view the three pieces of concept art (featuring Robin, The Joker, and Catwoman) in a gallery after the break.
Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes will be in stores on June 19 for the 3DS, DS, PC, PS3, Vita, Wii, and Xbox 360. (more…)
Gearbox details the loot inside the Borderlands 2 special edtions
Gearbox first announced that Borderlands 2 would be available in multiple special edition configurations at this year’s PAX East expo. But I guess everyone was too busy waiting in line to play Borderlands 2 to notice.
Today, they announced the full details of the two packages and they will make any loot hunter squeal with delight while also making their wallets cringe with fear. Just what will you get for your hard earned cash? Check it out…
The “Deluxe Vault Hunter’s Collectors Edition” ($99.99 MSRP) includes an authentic Marcus Kincaid bobble head, hardbound art book, map of Pandora, comic book download and a four sticker set.
Meanwhile, the “Ultimate Loot Chest Limited Edition” ($149.99 MSRP) packs an exclusive SteelBook case, numbered certificate of authenticity, creatures of Pandora wide format ID chart and four lithograph postcards with a Marcus Kincaid bobble head, hardbound art book, cloth map of Pandora, comic book download and four sticker set, all packed in a replica loot chest!
Sound awesome? Why yes it does. Both special editions will be available for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360. You can get a closer look at the contents of both special editions after the break. (more…)
Posted in News, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Borderlands 2