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The invisible made visible in PS3’s Rain
SCE Japan Studio’s puzzle-adventure game Rain is a lot more intriguing, and its trailer much more quietly beautiful, when you can actually…
Assassin’s Creed III: Naval Battles Trailer and New AC3 Liberation Trailer
Hello again PlayStation Assassins! To celebrate Gamescom in Cologne, Germany this week, we’re giving fans an in-depth look at the breathtaking naval…
Parkour Dog & More On Around The Net 8.15.12
A power line gets vaporized, a dog shows off his parkour skills and a horse takes it to the limit in this…
Command & Conquer Generals 2 launching as part of free-to-play C&C service
Command & Conquer Generals 2, originally announced at the VGAs as a new retail game by BioWare Victory, will now be released…
Liveblogging the Ubisoft Gamescom 2012 press conference [update: it’s over!]
What’s German for “Tobuscus?” Find out today as Joystiq presents live coverage of Ubisoft’s Gamescom 2012 press conference. The event is due…
XCOM: Enemy Unknown + Gamescom = Screenshots
Alec can’t post these XCOM: Enemy Unknown screenshots. We’ve had to ration him to only thinking about the game in safely designated…
Assassin’s Creed annual release argument all about quality, Ubisoft says
The argument over whether blockbuster games like Assassin’s Creed should be released on an annual basis is “strange”, the series’ creative director…
Warren Spector: Hey Carmack, Sweeney, stop rendering and start making believable AI
Deus Ex and Epic Mickey maker Warren Spector has thrown down the gauntlet. He wants superstar programmers John Carmack and Tim Sweeney…
Arcade: Dust: An Elysian Tail
Content: Dust: An Elysian Tail Price: 1200 Microsoft Points Availability: Check availability in your Xbox LIVE region Dash Text: Immerse […]…
Why Remember Me isn’t Adrift anymore
As of just “three or four months ago,” Capcom and Dontnod’s “Adrift” – first revealed during 2011’s Gamescom Expo – wasn’t yet…
Day Z Standalone: “Instanced” Building, More Chernarus
I was just having a lovely chat with Dean Hall and Marek Spanel over at the BIS stand at GamesCom, and a…
Sony had to "re-do" work on The Last Guardian, still a PS3 game
What’s happening with The Last Guardian, the eye-catching PlayStation 3 exclusive once due out late 2011? We asked Sony Worldwide Studios chief…
Craftsmanship vs. art — what are games?
Are games art? Is it okay if games aren’t art? Developers including Kellee Santiago and Alex Evans debated what it would take…
Borderlands 2 Mechromancer poised to ship ahead of schedule
The Mechromancer, a fifth playable class free in pre-orders of Borderlands 2, was initially announced to launch at least 60 days after…
‘Routine’ takes players to the moon (and maybe not back)
Routine is, according to its website, a “first person horror exploration” game. It’s the first project from three-person UK indie dev Lunar…
Injustice: Gods Among Us may ditch clash system
NetherRealm announced a wager system in its DC Universe fighting game, Injustice: Gods Among Us, at E3 this year. Dubbed the clash…
Papo & Yo Review
All video games give life to childhood fantasy. They send us soaring into space; they mine us deep underground. They propel us…
Aliens: Colonial Marines trailer is looking stylish
The latest trailer out of Gamescom for Aliens: Colonial Marines has it all: Gruesome scenes of H.R. Giger’s creations terrorizing marines, and…