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The Joystiq Indie Pitch: Figaro Wig
Indie developers are the starving artists of the video-game world, often brilliant and innovative, but also misunderstood, underfunded and more prone to…
Notch’s new game is ‘0x10c’
We’re not even going to pretend we know how to say the name of Markus “Notch” Persson’s next game: 0x10c. According to…
Assassin’s Creed 3 follows Desmond more than ever
Lead writer Matt Turner says Assassin’s Creed 3 will feature more Desmond than ever before, and more present-day events than in any…
Oh, The Places You’ll Go: Silent Hill 3
Oh, The Places You’ll Go is a weekly column by Kimberley Wallace where she explores the settings in our favorite video games….
Katy Perry returns to The Sims 3
The Sims 3 Showtime: Katy Perry was just not enough Katy Perry-themed expansion content for The Sims 3. An absolutely unacceptable dearth…
PSN Tuesday: Wheels of Destruction, I Am Alive, Canabalt
Sony’s Spring Fever promotion brings Wheels of Destruction and discounts on various Mortal Kombat DLC, neither of which sound very “spring”-like to…
Rock Band Blitz announced for PSN/XBLA, can access existing Rock Band DLC
Harmonix’s Rock Band Blitz is coming to Xbox Live Arcade and PSN. It was revealed on G4’s X-Play this evening, and showed…
Notch’s Minecraft follow-up is called 0x10c
Minecraft creator Markus ‘Notch’ Persson seems to have decided on a name for his mysterious new sandbox space trading game – it…
Max Payne 3 Multiplayer Gameplay Preview — Team Deathmatch And Gang Wars
X-Play’s Blair Herter takes us behind-the-scenes with Max Payne 3’s multiplayer modes. We had the chance to speak with Charlie Bewsher, Max…
Kinect Sports: Season 2 invents a new sport called ‘basketball’
Kinect Sports: Season 2 has a new basketball-based DLC pack, as described by the hyperbolic 1950s PSA narrator in the above video….
Put your right hand in, put your right hand out, do the Steel Battalion
We’ve found that Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor offers a surprisingly refined, intuitive Kinect-controller hybrid scheme, and the above video explains in more…
PlayStation Store Update
Spring Fever takes a surprise victory lap with the addition of Wheels of Destruction to the roster. This fast paced dose of…
Everyday I’m Shufflin’ – ‘Azkend 2’ Update Hits
I’ve made no attempt at hiding my love affair with the Azkend series of puzzle games. The original Azkend [$2.99 / $4.99…
Obliterate the Brains of Woodland Animals with X-Ray Mode in the Upcoming ‘Deer Hunter Reloaded’
Assuming my math is correct and the curators of the Wikipedia listing are on the ball, including the various compilations there have…
Devil May Cry HD Collection requests your dope/crazy combos, please
There simply aren’t enough games telling us that we’re doing something crazy and/or dope. Devil May Cry HD Collection, however, is more…
Be afraid: Alien Fear coming to PSN and XBLA
Is it about aliens who inspire fear? Is it about aliens who are, themselves, afraid? Maybe it’s about a new emotion that…
Translating ‘A Game of Thrones’ with George R.R. Martin
Until June of last year, I had no experience with George R.R. Martin’s series A Song of Ice and Fire. Like many,…
Ninja Gaiden 3 DLC increases difficulty and claw count
Ninja Gaiden 3 is being bolstered with DLC today, including new weapons for both single- and multiplayer. The “Falcon’s Talons” weapon from…