Sega’s Aliens vs. Predator game comes out on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC next month. As a huge fan of the Alien and Predator franchises, I’m praying for a favorable outcome because it’s been a while since these classic sci-fi heavyweights have starred in a worthy vehicle (games or movies: take your pick). 1999’s Aliens vs. …
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A Shot in the Dark: Caption This ‘Mass Effect 2’ Screenshot
You guys have been great at submitting your captions. This week’s screenshot of the week is from a new batch of Mass Effect 2 images.
Here we see the game’s protagonist, Commander Shepard, in a gunfight. (Click here for a bigger version.)
Describe what’s happening below in the comments section. Maybe I’ll send you a cookie.
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Project Natal Slated For Holiday 2010 Launch
Robbie Bach has just announced that Project Natal will be available this coming holiday season. An exact date has not been disclosed, though. No word on pricing or configurations. However, MS wants to reiterate the fact that Natal will work with any Xbox 360.
To date, Microsoft has sold more than 39 million Xbox 360 consoles and over …
Brand-New Video Games We Wanna Play in 2010
As the video game industry continues to bank on sequels (albeit many good ones) to win over gamers’ minds and wallets, there are the game makers who are trying something new this year.
(More on Techland: What We’re Looking Forward to in 2010)
Whether they’re new ventures based on popular licenses or entirely brand-new intellectual …
Our 10 Most Anticipated Video Game Sequels of 2010
2009 is over. The decade’s done. And after a slew of games were delayed from this holiday season, now we look ahead to 2010.
But when I was writing this list, I found it hard to narrow it down to just 10 games; there’s a lot of good stuff coming out next year. So I decided to split it the list into two: the tried-and-true franchises …
Paperdolls Get Creepy with ‘BioShock 2’ Papercraft
Can’t wait for BioShock 2 to come out (February 9th), and have nothing but time to think about it?
2K’s got you covered. The game publisher, with the help of Bryan Green from paperfoldables.com, has released free PDF papercraft patterns of characters Subject Delta, Little Sister (example below), Big Sister, Toasty and Baby Jane. All …
The Most Controversial Video Games of the Decade
Violence, sex, race, religion.
Certainly controversial topics on their own, but perhaps even moreso when they’re depicted in a video game.
Techland’s seemingly never-ending list features (we totally admit it) continue as we look at the most controversial games of the 2000s.
Though video games have been around for quite a while, …
A Shot in the Dark: Video Game Screenshots of the Week
Video game screenshots are a dime a dozen, and they’re used as carefully parsed-out marketing tools for video game PR.
Instead of posting every screenshot we get, we decided to look at a few of the ones released every week and, in the spirit of box art reviews, make fun of them give our commentary or try to guess what’s happening …
Want an Xbox 360 Elite Holiday Bundle?
Hello Techland Readers-
Hope this finds you well. In the spirit of holiday fun and other shenanigans, we’ve teamed up with the Xbox team to bring you two chances to win an Xbox 360 Elite Holiday Bundle that includes – you guessed it – an Elite Xbox 360, one wireless controller, headset and copies of Lego Batman and Pure.
We have …
Left 4 Dead 1 and 2 Characters Meet in New DLC
Today Valve announced the first downloadable content for Left 4 Dead 2.
And if you thought just four characters were loquacious for a game about killing zombies, now we’re getting eight characters all at once. The add-on, called “The Passing,” takes place after Left 4 Dead 2‘s Dead Center campaign, which will have players encounter …
We Give Out Awards for the Trailers Shown at the Spike VGAs
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves may have won the top kudos of the night at Spike’s annual video game award show over the weekend, but the televised event also had a lot of buzz surrounding all the new game trailers and announcements.
Since we couldn’t make it over to Los Angeles for the geek-filled gala, we decided to give out our own …
Sex and ‘The Saboteur’: Dev Talks Nudity in New Game
Will sex sell a video game?
Electronic Arts sure hopes so. There was a bit of controversy last week when it was discovered that those who purchase The Saboteur, a third-person, open-world title set in World War II, will receive a code that allows for the girls of the game’s Belle de Nuit, a Parisian strip club, to be completely …