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- Angry Birds, Dragon Quest, FIFA Soccer, and Silent Hill are the World Video Game Hall of Fame’s Class of 2026
- 2025 GOTY Scoreboard: In Progress
- 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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- Video Game Research Library
- With Grand Theft Auto 6 poised to take over the world, I reached out to Jack Thompson and it did not go well – PC Gamer (2026)
- Vib-Ribbon: An oral history – Design Room (2026)
- How a Second-Grade Teacher Revived a Beloved Video Game – The New York Times (2026)
- Spore: An oral history – Design Room (2026)
- Diablo IV PC Cooled With Real Human Blood Is Still Going Strong Two Years Later, Says Guy Who Won It – Aftermath (2026)
Most Recent: Xbox 360
Batman: Arkham City Collector’s Edition grapples for shelf space
On this week’s podcast, we briefly touch upon limited and collector’s editions, which, of course, brought us to Batman: Arkham Asylum‘s legendary bundle that came with a life size batarang (which you can’t throw at your cat). Unfortunately, there won’t be a drivable Batmobile with the upcoming Arkham City, but it’s an appealing collector’s edition nonetheless. For $99, you’ll get the game (wow!), a custom Batman statue from Kotobukiya, an art book, early access to the Iceberg Lounge challenge map, a skin from the iconic The Dark Knight Returns, a digital copy of the soundtrack, the original animated movie Batman: Gotham Knight, and four collectible cards.
That’s actually a great deal of content for your money, and certainly won’t take up as much space as some other WB Games collector’s editions.
Posted in News, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Batman: Arkham City
Daily Scoop: Tuesday, July 19 – BioShock day!
What I mean by BioShock day is that today heralds the release of the prequel novel, BioShock: Rapture! I’m hoping it’s a good one. It’ll be my first ever video game novel! I’ve wanted to start reading them for a while now, but I just never had the time. This one looks too good to pass up!
The Internet has some good deals for us today! Amazon’s Deal of the Day in video games is Aksys’ Record of Agarest War for the Xbox 360, on sale today at half price for $24.99. Also of note is the big Target sale on video games, which has a slew of games marked down to $27 (like Disney’s Epic Mickey), some marked down to $37 (like Child of Eden), and some at the seemingly random price of $37.99 (OK, just Duke Nukem Forever and both versions of L.A. Noire). Whew! Savings, savings, savings.
And I think today’s Tee Fury, “She Wants Revenge,” is destined for greatness: (more…)
4th Mortal Kombat DLC character, MK Legacy episode 9 to be revealed at Comic-Con
In addition to the final episode of the Mortal Kombat: Legacy webseries, NetherRealm Studios has confirmed that the fourth downloadable character for Mortal Kombat will be unveiled at this weekend’s Comic-Con.
Both reveals will occur after a Mortal Kombat tournament that’ll be held at the Westfield Horton Plaza Gamestop on Thursday, July 21 at 7 PM.
The final DLC character will be priced at $5, just like Skarlet, Kenshi and Rain before him/her.
Posted in Etcetera, News, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Comic-Con 2011, Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat: Legacy
Supergiant narrates Bastion’s XBLA launch tomorrow
Microsoft’s Summer of Arcade promotion on the Xbox Live Arcade is finally here and Supergiant Games’ Bastion is up first. The action RPG looks very reminiscent of The Legend of Zelda and the Warp Zoned staff loved it at this year’s PAX East. If Bastion is new to you, you can check out the launch trailer above to get a taste of the game’s constant narration or there’s a description right here:
Bastion is an action role-playing experience that redefines storytelling in games, with a reactive narrator who marks your every move. Explore more than 40 lush hand-painted environments as you discover the secrets of the Calamity, a surreal catastrophe that shattered the world to pieces. Wield a huge arsenal of upgradeable weapons and battle savage beasts adapted to their new habitat. Finish the main story to unlock New Game Plus mode and continue your journey!
Bastion will be available to download from the XBLA tomorrow for 1200 Microsoft Points ($15). A PC version is also in the works, which will be available later this year.
Sega plans to unveil something new at Comic-Con
Are you going to be in San Diego this weekend for Comic-Con? If so, you’ll have a chance to witness the announcement of Sega’s latest game. No details about the mystery game were revealed, however, a playable demo will be available.
Speaking of playable demos, the publisher also revealed that they plan to set up a portable arcade in San Diego to showcase more of their upcoming releases. The “Sega Pop-Up Arcade” will be located at 345 6th Avenue (between K Street and J Street) and it’ll be open from Wednesday, July 20 all the way through to the end of the show on Sunday, July 24. Best of all: no quarters required!
Hit the jump for a complete list of every demo Sega plans to bring to Comic-Con. (more…)
Final Fantasy XIII-2 to be released in January 2012
Emily Shoji, the Assistant PR Manager at Square Enix, has revealed (via Twitter) that Final Fantasy XIII-2 will be released this January:
FINAL FANTASY XIII-2 is slated for a January 2012 release for North America. Be excited!
And we are! If you can’t wait until January, Square Enix will have a playable demo of Final Fantasy XIII-2 on display at this weekend’s San Diego Comic-Con.
Posted in News, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Comic-Con 2011, Final Fantasy XIII-2
Daily Scoop: Monday, July 18 – May I have this dance?
Sadly, my dance is done… I finished reading A Dance with Dragons last night. Spoiler alert: there are dragons in it! And characters die. Martin is almost as bad as Joss Whedon.
Anyway, onto the deals! Amazon’s Deal of the Day in video games is Trion’s Rift for the PC. It’s only $9.99 down from $49.99 today, so if you’re looking for a cheap alternative to WoW, now’s your chance!! Amazon’s also got new weekly deals – there’s L.A. Noire for $37 on PS3 and Xbox 360 (which I think you should definitely buy), Super Monkey Ball 3D for $19.99, and two promotional credit deals – one is for $50 for the Xbox 360 250 GB console with Kinect, and the other is $25 for Kinect with Kinect Adventures. Not too shabby!
No gaming shirts today, but Tee Fury has an amazing Star Wars shirt: (more…)
NetherRealm drops a Rain story trailer
Rain’s “around the world” roundhouse kick made him a favorite among Mortal Kombat Trilogy players everywhere. This Tuesday, July 19, he’ll become the latest DLC character in the Mortal Kombat reboot. Priced at $5, you can get a sneak peek at his traitorous story in the trailer above.
Posted in News, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Mortal Kombat