L.A. Noire Hands-on
Wow, 1940's LA sure is awful.
Bulletstorm Review
Vulgar, violent, and a lot of fun.
GameSpy Debriefings #154
It's time to talk about the r-word.
How to Build and Market Downloadable Content
By Justin Massoud and Nathan Birch | Humor | Mar 4, 2011 6:04 PM | CommentLengthy, costly development cycles have become the norm for the video game industry. Huge financial investments mean that selling a million copies of Fighting Fighters and Terminal Brouhaha just isn't enough. Publishers need something more -- that extra prompted button-push towards profit. Downloadable content is that push. But figuring out how to get more than the standard $60 entry fee is a tricky task. Read More »
The GameSpy Debriefings #155
By GameSpy Staff | The GameSpy Debriefings | Mar 4, 2011 5:00 PM | CommentThis week, we settle into a new podcasting studio, and welcome back former GameSpy editor Sterling McGarvey for a special guest appearance. What horrors await your virgin ears in this week's episode? Well, have you ever flushed pizza down the toilet? Neither have we, but that doesn't stop us from pondering it. Also: Games. Read More »
Gears of War 3 Multiplayer Beta Opens April 25, Bulletstorm Buyers Get In a Week Early
By Mike Sharkey | Xbox 360 News | Mar 4, 2011 3:17 PM | CommentEpic Games announced today that the humans versus Locusts online slugfest will kick off on April 25 in the Gears of War 3 multiplayer beta. And for those of you that picked up People Can Fly's over-the-top shooter, Bulletstorm, you've got an early access ticket you can redeem on April 18. Read More »
Heavy Bullets: David Cage Interested in Making Game About True Nature of War
By Mike Sharkey | News | Mar 4, 2011 1:37 PM | CommentDavid Cage wants game designers to get serious. The Quantic Dream founder and Heavy Rain scribe spoke to devs at GDC in San Francisco yesterday and encouraged them to push the industry forward with more adult themes. He even provided an example: a war game that's not about killing as many people as possible. Read More »
The Interrogation Room: L.A. Noire
By Will Tuttle and Ryan Scott | PlayStation 3 Previews | Mar 4, 2011 1:20 PM | CommentWe may not be getting another Grand Theft Auto game any time soon, but who cares with L.A. Noire on the way? Rockstar's hard at work on its unique 1940's era detective game, and we had a chance to go hands-on with it last week. Click on through for our take on L.A. Noire's investigations and interrogations. Read More »
Turn Your Xbox Live Avatar Into an Action Figure
By Mike Sharkey | Xbox 360 News | Mar 4, 2011 12:44 PM | CommentLooking to capitalize on the TLC Xbox 360 gamers give their avatars, Microsoft is now encouraging everyone to unleash their Live likeness with 3D figurines, Fathead wall graphics, and Zune etchings. Hit the jump for details, including the hefty prices. Read More »
Johnny Gat Gets His Own Bobble Head Doll in Saints Row: The Third
By Mike Sharkey | PlayStation 3 News | Mar 4, 2011 12:21 PM | CommentPromising to take open-world action "over the top and then some," THQ and Volition announced Saints Row: The Third is now in development and set for a multiplatform launch this holiday season. Read More »
The Interrogation Room: Battlefield 3
By Will Tuttle and Mike Sharkey | PC Previews | Mar 4, 2011 9:51 AM | CommentThe latest trailer for Battlefield 3 wowed fans of the franchise and quickly became an Internet sensation. Turns out our fearless Editor-in-Chief got to see even more of the game at a DICE demo during this week's Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. Time to throw him in the four-walled room of horrors known as the Interrogation Room and make him tell us everything he knows about Battlefield 3! Read More »
Bungie Confirms at GDC Its New IP is a Massively Multiplayer Action Game
By Mike Sharkey | News | Mar 4, 2011 9:06 AM | CommentBungie has confirmed the first project in its 10-year publishing agreement with Activision will be a "massively multiplayer action game." The studio made the announcement at GDC in San Francisco yesterday without providing further details other than to say the unnamed game is not "WoW in space" as alleged by a recent rumor. Read More »
Battle: Los Angeles Movie Gets Downloadable Video Game Tie-In From Konami
By Mike Sharkey | Xbox 360 News | Mar 4, 2011 8:29 AM | CommentThe City of Angels comes under attack by alien invaders next week in Columbia Pictures' Battle: Los Angeles. And today Konami announced that the battle will continue on consoles next month in a downloadable FPS video game based on the film. Read More »
A Look At Detective Phelps' DLC Case in the L.A. Noire The Naked City Trailer
By Mike Sharkey | PlayStation 3 News | Mar 4, 2011 7:43 AM | CommentWe'll take any chance we get to see crime thriller L.A. Noire in action, and today Rockstar provides a peek at the DLC murder/suicide mystery that awaits Detective Phelps -- and pre-order customers -- in the trailer for The Naked City. Read More »
Double Fine's Next Downloadable Title is Trenched
By Mike Sharkey | Xbox 360 News | Mar 3, 2011 2:11 PM | CommentCuddly Sesame Street monsters on Kinect isn't the only project Tim Schafer's Double Fine is working on. Closing out GDC 2011, Schafer announced the studio is developing an "extremely, extremely manly" new downloadable title. It's called Trenched, and we've got the first trailer for the game. Read More »
Video Games Are Art, The Smithsonian Says So
By Mike Sharkey | News | Mar 3, 2011 12:19 PM | CommentGamers have a powerful ally in the "video games are art" debate: the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The Washington D.C.-based museum will soon be displaying the works of game designers like Shigeru Miyamoto alongside the works of famed painters like Winslow Homer in an exhibit dubbed The Art of Video Games. And you get to help decide which games should make the cut. Read More »
Make Your Own Boba Fett with the Bounty Hunter Class in Star Wars: The Old Republic
By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Mar 3, 2011 11:32 AM | CommentBioWare doesn't want Star Wars: The Old Republic to be a Jedi versus Sith force fest. As such, a great deal of effort has gone into making each class unique and worthwhile, and today we get to see what makes the Bounty Hunter so special. Read More »
Homefront Sets Pre-Order Record for THQ, Promo Event in San Fran Raises Environmental Ire
By Mike Sharkey | Xbox 360 News | Mar 3, 2011 10:52 AM | CommentYou can say this much about Kaos Studios' upcoming military shooter Homefront: it's not going unnoticed in the crowded FPS market. After a promotional event for the game in San Francisco yesterday turned into an environmental dust-up, THQ announced today that Homefront has set the pre-order record for the publisher. Read More »
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