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January 22, 2013

Vagrant Story: Game of a million swords

This is Making Time, a column about the games we’ve always wanted to play, and the games we’ve always wanted to play…

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Latest ‘Minecraft – Pocket Edition’ Update Submitted, Unofficial Online Multiplayer Solution Pops Up Too

We reported last week about the details of Minecraft – Pocket Edition’s [$6.99 / Free] latest update, and according to the official…

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American McGee AMA: EA ads for Alice were a ‘trick’

American McGee, the man (and name) behind Alice: Madness Returns and its predecessor, has a lot to say about developing those games,…

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January 21, 2013

‘Assault the Cheating Boyfriend! Caught You Red-Handed’ hits Japan’s 3DS eShop next week

Japanese 3DS game Assault the Cheating Boyfriend! Caught You Red-Handed has one of the most straight-forward yet adorable names we’ve ever seen….

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BioShock Infinite character ‘highly altered’ after the religion talk

Though Irrational Games co-founder Ken Levine says he isn’t a religious person, he takes religion’s place in Bioshock Infinite seriously. During development,…

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Seemingly Official iOS Version of ‘Contra’ Surfaces in the Chinese App Store

The iOS App Store can be a hotbed of crazy IP-infinging releases, and you may not know it but Konami’s Contra series…

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Now Playing: January 21-27, 2013

Embark on a magical journey this week with Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch… Choose your platform to jump to…

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‘Storm’ named as Starbreeze’s next sci-fi FPS

Starbreeze Studios (Syndicate, The Darkness) has nonchalantly announced Storm on its company site. The in-development game is billed as a (hyphen-overload) co-op…

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G4’s Knuckle Up: The Best Mobile Games – Week of January 21st

Welcome to G4’s Knuckle Up, where we bring you a byte-sized view of our five favorite mobile games every week. The phone…

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Rumor: Next Xbox ‘Durango’ specs leak

As E3 and the expected announcements of new consoles from Sony and Microsoft draw ever closer, website VGleaks has posted what it…

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Scott Pilgrim DLC achievements appear on XBLA

Back in August, Ubisoft revealed surprise DLC for the Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World game, intended to add playable Wallace Wells and,…

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Behind the sounds: Hotline Miami and FTL

Music man David Valjalo follows-up his exploration of the big-budget orchestral soundtracks in the mainstream games industry with a look at the…

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Max Payne 3 Deathmatch Made In Heaven DLC Detailed

Rockstar Games revealed last week that Max Payne 3 would be getting its final DLC pack on January 22 — that’s tomorrow…

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PSA: Black Ops 2 deploys Nuketown Zombies on PS3, PC today

The Nuketown Zombies bonus map for Black Ops 2 is open for business on the PS3 and PC today, available as a…

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Euro PSN sale on lots of Final Fantasy games this week

When the European PSN store receives its weekly content update on Wednesday, January 23, it’ll celebrate Final Fantasy with discounts across just…

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MMO Shooter Defiance Coming to PS3, No Monthly Fee

This April, fire up your PlayStation 3 and dive into Defiance: a massive open-world third person shooter in development at Trion Worlds….

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Video: Gender in game storytelling – writing the unsung experiences

In this free GDC Vault video, notable video game critics address several issues surrounding gender in games, including minorities in games and…

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TA Plays: ‘Momonga Pinball Adventures’ – An Adventure Pinball Game

Earlier this afternoon, Jared and I sat down with Momonga Pinball [$0.99], a pinball game with an impressive layer of presentation slapped…

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