PETA targets Mario, we challenge the facts
Look, we like seeing an organization desperately flailing in an ill-fated attempt at relevance as much as the next site, but this time PETA has gone too far. The organization has created Mario Kills...
View ArticleMetal Gear Solid: Rising gets new producer
Team members at Kojima Productions continue to play Hot Potato with poor Raiden's emotions. After Kojima announced in June of 2010 that he was passing the reigns of Metal Gear Solid: Rising to...
View ArticleExcerpt: Behind-the-app book Buttonless explores Broken Sword
You'll be able to pick up Ryan Rigney's Buttonless: Incredible iPhone and iPad Games and the Stories Behind Them (available for pre-order now) on Dec. 13. To tide you over until then, we've got the...
View ArticleElder Scrolls V: Skyrim apparently contains much of Tamriel
You might have thought the world of Skyrim was big, but we can guarantee that, until now, you had absolutely no idea. As discovered by a Finnish blogger, Bethesda not only modeled the Nordic...
View ArticleFull list of Amazon Black Friday Lightning Deals (now with times!)
If you're planning your Black Friday around time-sensitive deals popping up at Amazon today, you can find the full schedule over at Thrifty Nerd. Some of the list is guesswork, but all the deals look...
View ArticleSony doesn't want to drop PS4 too long after Wii U and next Xbox
Showing up late to a party is just the pits. All the good bits of the Chex Mix have been picked out, everybody already watched The Room and you're often the only one sober enough to go right back out...
View ArticleYou don't need to get pepper sprayed for these Walmart 'Cyber Monday' deals
As we watch the Black Friday madness from our geodesic hoverdome, we're increasingly happy we waited to do our holiday shopping online. The one retailer to rule them all has just unveiled a few of the...
View ArticleDesert Bus comes to a stop, raises nearly $400K for Child's Play
In perhaps the most compelling proof yet that we humans will happily donate money to see other humans suffer, the team at LoadingReadyRun announced that this year's Desert Bus for Hope marathon earned...
View ArticlePortabliss: Infinity Blade 2 (iOS)
Did you know that you can download handheld games now? That's amazingly convenient! The only inconvenient part of it is finding the right games to buy -- and that's where we come in, with our...
View ArticleMotorStorm devs saved from Apocalypse by Sony
After the well-reviewed MotorStorm Apocalypse failed to move the sales needle in the states and Europe (it wasn't even released in Japan, following the March tsunami) Evolution Studios boss Matt...
View ArticleMustard: Infinity Blade success didn't stall Shadow Complex 2
Chair creative director Donald Mustard was nice enough to sit for a few moments with us to talk Infinity Blade 2 so, naturally, we took advantage of his generosity to grill him about the...
View ArticlePortabliss: Superman (iOS)
Did you know that you can download handheld games now? That's amazingly convenient! The only inconvenient part of it is finding the right games to buy -- and that's where we come in, with our...
View ArticleCome and get your free Starhawk beta keys [update: we're out!]
We had the weirdest night. Typical Monday, we hassled Tom the Soup Salesman about those two shillings he owed us until he slipped us some free broth and gave Cratchit some grief about Christmas. No...
View ArticleMike Capps: New IP is 'radically different' for Epic
When Epic finally pulls the cover off its big VGA debut this Saturday, don't be surprised if what's underneath looks nothing like a muscly space marine. Epic's Mike Capps tells GamesIndustry.biz that...
View ArticleUncharted series has shipped 13 million worldwide
Sounds like the $5 footlongs should be Nathan Drake's treat the next time we pull into our participating Subway restaurant. Sony's Asad Quizilbash tells Industry Gamers that over 13 million Uncharted...
View ArticleHeroes Mode revealed for Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
When you're in a city overrun by zombies, the most welcome sight (that isn't attached the top of a gun barrel, at least) is a friendly face. In this spirit, Capcom has just unveiled Resident Evil:...
View ArticleGet your Blacklight Retribution beta key!
You know the classic scene in A Christmas Story when Flick gets his tongue frozen to a flagpole? Sure, we all do. But many (including some top film historians) are unaware that Flick performs the...
View ArticleJust Cause movie gets some traction with (re)writer, subtitle
When we first heard about a film adaptation of the Just Cause franchise, we relegated it to the same part of our head where we store the Leonardo DiCaprio/Nolan Bushnell biopic: A fine idea with no...
View ArticleBioWare looking into Star Wars: The Old Republic server queues
If you're tired of being denied in your attempts to boldly go where no man has gone before in Star Wars: The Old Republic, take heart! BioWare has done the Vulcan mind-meld with you, heard your...
View ArticleDC Universe Online invites Orange Lanterns for the holidays
Not only is DC Universe Online already giving you the greatest gift of all (being free), but it's currently doubling down on the generosity with a bonus holiday event called "Season's Greedings." Not...
View ArticleLast Guardian removed from GameStop's release schedule, but not canceled...
According to several GameStop customers and employees, The Last Guardian has been removed from GameStop's computer system and possibly canceled. Clerks at several stores confirmed that the game was no...
View ArticleHot Shots Golf is best selling Vita game in Japanese launch
Though they may live very far away, our friends in Japan aren't so different from us in the West. Sure, they most commonly mark Christmas with a visit to KFC over a ham or turkey, but at least Col....
View ArticleEA PC games are rather cheap on Amazon today
You tried to be grateful, you really did. But with every Snuggie, Slanket and Opiate-Laced Cuddle Cocoon you opened, it became abundantly clear that you were getting none of the EA PC games you asked...
View ArticleBest of the Rest: Justin's picks of 2011
The Gunstringer As much as I enjoyed the actual game (and I did, make no mistake) it forever sold me with Wavy Tube Man Chronicles, a fully FMV campaign inspired by Mad Dog McCree. The Long Winters...
View ArticleJoystiq Top 10 of 2011: Saints Row: The Third
If there's hope for mainstream video games, it's represented by Saints Row: The Third. Yes, I know, it has dildo bats and treats women like objects and maybe leans a bit too hard on gags aimed...
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