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Developer says indies shouldn't be scared of fall release

Even major studios are afraid of fall release dates, with Call of Duty, Assassin's Creed and other annualized series sweeping up the market from September to December. Yet, Torn Banner, developer of Chivalry: Medieval Warfare...   more

Developer says indies shouldn't be scared of fall release photo

Chivalry and Torn Banner vs. the money grubbing bastards

There was once a time when all I needed was a copy of Half-Life, access to FilePlanet, and an Internet connection to be happy. Action Half-Life, Front Line Force, Day of Defeat, The Opera, Counter-Strike, and the list goes on...   more

Chivalry and Torn Banner vs. the money grubbing bastards photo

Atari shuts down Jace Hall's Blood re-release

After Jace Hall got the cult-classic first-person shooter Blood on the road to a remake, Atari has stepped in and temporarily shut the project down. Hall notified the Blood fan community of The Postmortem about the standstill...   more

Atari shuts down Jace Hall's Blood re-release photo

Grand Theft Grandma gets a blowjob and goes knife crazy

I thought Saints Row: The Third was pretty obscene and crude, but clearly I was wrong. Watching the above video, dumbfounded by the horrendous acts that Grandma Ruth takes pleasure in, it becomes clear how much more potentia...   more

Grand Theft Grandma gets a blowjob and goes knife crazy photo

Mix Deus Ex, Hitman with vampires and you get Dark

We may not get a sequel to cult-classic Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines, but upcoming PC/Xbox 360 title Dark may fill that niche. Dark is a third-person stealth-action game in which the player takes on the role of...   more

Mix Deus Ex, Hitman with vampires and you get Dark photo

Gearbox lied about Aliens: From E3 demo to retail product

How often we forget that demos are sales tools, designed to pitch consumers a dream of what may be, not what actually is. Dull knives slice cans like butter, hamburgers perfectly cook on a budget grill, and Aliens: Colonial M...   more

Gearbox lied about Aliens: From E3 demo to retail product photo

TimeGate exec: Aliens was developed 'horizontally'

After the last couple days of dispute between anonymous Gearbox and TimeGate employees on Reddit, we have a quote that settles the capacity that the two companies worked under on Aliens: Colonial Marines. "Whereas in a tradit...   more

TimeGate exec: Aliens was developed 'horizontally'  photo

Screw System Shock 2! Instead, buy Daikatana on GOG.com

While the internet is getting hot and heavy about System Shock 2 finally coming to Good Old Games -- boooooooooooooooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnng. I'm over here playing Daikatana, guys. For only ...   more

Screw System Shock 2! Instead, buy Daikatana on GOG.com photo

Why an indie chose free DLC instead of microtransactions

Why would a developer offer a free 1.6GB expansion pack to its game? Steve Piggot, Torn Banner president and lead designer of Chivalry: Medieval Warfare, asks why not? "For us, our primary goal -- and I know people say this a...   more

Why an indie chose free DLC instead of microtransactions photo

THQ's road to failure recapped in video

In case you haven't kept up with THQ's bankrupty and process of selling off assets, here's a well researched and edited video that sums things up succinctly. The video comes from George Weidman (bunnyhopshow), who goes over ...   more

THQ's road to failure recapped in video photo

This is what Walking Dead would look like on Commodore 64

While playing The Walking Dead, I often thought about whether it could have been released on earlier consoles and what it would look like, if it were. Telltale Games writer and designer Mark Darin answers this question via an...   more

This is what Walking Dead would look like on Commodore 64 photo


This is what Walking Dead would look like on Commodore 64 photo
This is what Walking Dead would look like on Commodore 64 photo
This is what Walking Dead would look like on Commodore 64 photo
This is what Walking Dead would look like on Commodore 64 photo
This is what Walking Dead would look like on Commodore 64 photo
This is what Walking Dead would look like on Commodore 64 photo



Who are the hottest men in the games industry?

It's disgusting how men continue to be objectified in the games industry. Here's our latest example: meningameshotornot.tumblr.com Despite all their hard work, award winning Tweets, and awesome review-score-giving abilities, ...   more

Who are the hottest men in the games industry? photo

Obsidian developer plays a really long RPG for $4 million

What initially seemed like a joke just became real: Obsidian's Chris Avellone (Planescape: Torment, Fallout: New Vegas) is playing through the entirety of lengthy RPG Arcanum and posting videos of it on YouTube, as promised b...   more

Obsidian developer plays a really long RPG for $4 million photo

Watch people cry during Walking Dead's finale [Spoilers]

In the above video, you will see the season one finale of TellTale's The Walking Dead. You'll also see video of YouTubers OfflimitsPC, Morfar, and PewDiePie bawling their eyes and shouting out as something really bad happens...   more

Watch people cry during Walking Dead's finale [Spoilers] photo

Happy Console Gamer laments lost game saves of the past

So, maybe I just want an excuse to promote one of my favorite YouTube gaming channels? In Happy Console Gamer's latest video (of which he's had a couple lately), he looks back at some painful memories of losing game saves --...   more

Happy Console Gamer laments lost game saves of the past photo

Ex-BioWare Greg Zeschuk is beer Jesus in his new web show

In case you ever doubted BioWare co-founder Greg Zeschuk's plan to launch a documentary web series on beer, he now has two episodes on YouTube of his show, The Beer Diaries. He's also gone hardcore Jesus with the facial hair...   more

Ex-BioWare Greg Zeschuk is beer Jesus in his new web show photo




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