Sometimes, the best sci-fi ideas find their roots in the real world. Take the setting of THQ’s new first-person shooter Metro 2033. Moscow’s Metro public transportation system was not only built to serve the purpose of ferrying people around a big city; it was also built to shelter citizens in case of nuclear attack. So, the game’s …
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For the Worst of the Worst of Gaming in 2009… The Crashies
We’re in the thick of Video Game Award Season, with the IGF and GDC awards next week. Lots of deserving games will win nice shiny awards. But what about the bottom-dwellers? Where’s their recognition? Let us introduce The Crashies.
We are, of course, taking some inspiration from the Razzies. Also known as the Golden Raspberry …
Don’t Call It Modern Warfare 3: Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Announced
Ubisoft is heading back into the battlefield this holiday season with Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. It’s essentially a sequel to the Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter games, which made modern warfare cool before Call of Duty: Modern Warfare did, and it’s about time. The first two GRAW games (the image above is from GRAW2) …
A Brief Look At Fallout: New Vegas
Bethesda released the first teaser trailer for the next Fallout game today. They’ve previously said that Fallout: New Vegas is not a direct sequel to one of the standout hits of 2008, Fallout 3. Really? From the looks of the trailer, you can be reasonably sure that FNV is at least going to offer a very similar experience. …
Watch This: BioShock 2 Launch Trailer
2K Games debuted a creepy and fabulous 3-minute trailer for BioShock 2 last night during Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. In case you missed it, here’s an encore presentation. Though it would’ve been nice to see some of the new plasmid powers in action (the ones you see—Winter Blast, Telekinesis, and Electro Bolt—all appeared in the …
Star Trek Online Boldly Pulls Out of Space Dock
The perfect storm of nerdom known as Star Trek Online went live today. It’s a massively multiplayer online game set in the Star Trek universe (the one that existed before last summer’s rebooted film) that hopes to pick up where the last MMOG based on a beloved sci-fi franchise, Star Wars Galaxies, began to tune out its audience a few …
The Curious Case of DC Universe Online
Some day you’ll be able to play DC Universe Online on the PC and PlayStation 3. This, along with a few other scraps of random screenshots and information, is all anyone knows about the massively multiplayer online game. Video footage of actual gameplay is scarcer than gold Kryptonite. The trickle of information reached new levels of …
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Demo Drops On Xbox 360 – Go Get It
This morning EA’s DICE studio released a Xbox 260 demo of Battlefield: Bad Company 2, which is sure to make first-person shooter connoisseurs very, very happy. It doesn’t offer much–you’ll only get to play the online multiplayer map called Port Valdez–but it’s enough to give you a sense of just how much havoc you’ll be able to cause …
The Long And Winding Road To Apple’s Tablet (or whatever it’s called)
FULL LIST: Start the timeline here.
The week leading up to any Apple announcement is filled with speculation and alleged “insider info” that comes from “various sources” that seemingly come out of the woodwork. But how are we to know what’s fact or fiction? Are stories of the “Apple Gestapo” and controlled leaks true? …
Box Art Reviews: Annoying Artists, Mixed Myths, More
With Christmas upon us, all the year’s biggest releases have come out.
That leaves us with budget PC titles this week, but that doesn’t excuse them from having crappy covers.
See which games’ box art gets through our scrutiny and which ones don’t in this week’s unintentionally all-PC edition of box art reviews.
Box Art Reviews: Missing Trees, Battles and Punctuation
I dread the day when all video games will only be available via digital distribution, and there will no longer be box art. But until then, I will continue to judge video games by their covers.
Without further ado, here are this week’s box art reviews…
Safe Cracker: The Ultimate Puzzle Challenge! (DS)
What’s on the Box: The front …
Bask In The Glory of BioShock 2’s Box Art
Titillating, isn’t it? What more could you ask for? Lev would have wanted to see some Big Sister on Big Sister action, which I would have loved too but a Big Daddy and Little Sister are neat-o enough for me. What do you folks think?
Oh, if you missed our preview of ‘BioShock 2’ then check this out.