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December 30, 2011

Gears Of War 3 XBL Promotion Makes Cheap Content Cheaper

Did you pick up Gears of War 3 in September and decide to skip out on any DLC releases in favor of…

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Fallout: New Vegas Mod Created By Game’s Project Director

It’s hardly newsworthy when a new PC game mod is released, especially when it’s for a Bethesda Softworks game. The publisher’s giant…

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‘Stay Alive’ Review – A Different Take On The Endless Shooter

An standard endless shooter with a permanent upgrade system that makes leaderboard hunting a potential grind….

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Opinion: Awful Lot Of Heterosexuals Around Here

[In this reprinted #altdevblogaday opinion piece, game design student Andrew Meade explains why games should present a “respectable cadre of [LGBT] characters…

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New cars, textures modded into Grand Theft Auto 3 on Android

While we’re not sure if the Android version of GTA 3 is as disappointing as on iPad, it does have one perk…

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Mojang Doesn’t Know How Minecraft: Pocket Edition Will Turn Out

The world’s most popular indie game officially made the transition from PC exclusive to multi-platform title after the release of Minecraft: Pocket…

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Xbox 12 Days of Deals: Day 11

  Today you can save on the following Gears of War 3 content     Normal Price Today Only Savings […]…

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Valve: Any Half-Life 3 clues are ‘community trolling the community’

So your friend heard from his friend who used to go out with a girl who was a cousin of a Valve…

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Games of 2011: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

So what’s your favourite Christmas game? One you played at yuletide, rather than actually based on the festive season, that is. You…

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Halo: Eye of the Storm is anything but calm

You know, the younger crowd has more ways than ever to pay homage to their favorite games. Back in our day, the…

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Activision sends cease-and-desist to Skylanders hacker

The very first time we saw Activision’s Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure figures at a pre-E3 event earlier this year, it seemed only a…

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McFarlane’s sixth Halo: Reach action figure series drops in February

Another platoon of Halo: Reach action figures from McFarlane Toys is set to be deployed to a toy store near you. Microsoft…

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Stick Man Rescue gets to the chopper on PS Minis

TikGames’ new PlayStation Mini puts you in charge of a helicopter picking up tiny little stick men from a series of unfortunate…

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Skylanders hacker stopped by Activision cease & desist

A programmer who was tinkering with Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure was stopped in his tracks by a cease & desist letter from Activision….

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Old Microsoft patent details gaming console with DVR functionality

Can you imagine the original Xbox 360, with its 20GB hard drive, being used as a DVR? We really can’t see it…

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December 29, 2011

Portabliss: VVVVVV (3DS eShop)

Did you know that you can download handheld games now? That’s amazingly convenient! The only inconvenient part of it is finding the…

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Shack Giveaway: Lollipop Chainsaw 2012 calendar

We’re not normally prone to reporting on PR-exclusive promotional swag for upcoming games, but the new Lollipop Chainsaw-themed 2012 calendar that showed…

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The Best of 1UP 2011: Videos

Check out 1UP's video renaissance in these 10 videos from 2011….

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