Archive for January, 2013
Posted on Jan 14, 2013 04:26:46 PM

They did. They absolutely, utterly, completely modded a new world into Skyrim that’s based on Super Mario. Super Skyrim Bros. adds a new instance into Skyrim, so you at least won’t be converting all of Bethesda’s chilly wastes to the blocky nightmare you see here. Just a corner of it.
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Posted on Jan 11, 2013 03:49:00 PM

There’s definitely something to be said for indie games. After deciding I wanted to play Street Fighter 4 on Steam and spending a solid half an hour being dicked around by Microsoft Games For Windows Live login failures, password resets and security questions, I can see the appeal of a game that doesn’t have multiple forms of bullsh#t DRM, shoehorned into it by out-of-touch publishers.
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Posted on Jan 10, 2013 10:00:12 AM

What do William H. Bonny and Craig T. Pearson have in common? Well, there are many things. Emilio Estevez has played us both in movies, we’re both wanted by 18th century law, Martin Sheen is our dad, and we were both killed by Pat Garret. But I have Billy The Kid beat, because I appear to have been mysteriously resurrected in the body of a pacifist games journalist, and can carry on the carnage in freebie multiplayer offline shooter Fistful Of Gun, while he is doomed to forever be remembered for starring in a terrible film about Dracula. Check mate, Kiddo.
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Posted on Jan 9, 2013 10:00:17 AM

Revolution expansion pack for Activision’s latest Call of Duty adds five new maps, one gun, and “Turned” gametype for Zombies mode. The rumor was right.
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Posted on Jan 8, 2013 04:35:04 PM

Fans of retro; rejoice! The kickstarter project for a modern day Dungeon Keeper clone has just received enough funding to hire Richard Ridings, the cheerfully malevolent narrator of the original.
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Posted on Jan 7, 2013 05:19:09 PM

Over the weekend, Rockstar collected every piece of promotional art so far made available for Grand Theft Auto V, cleaned them up, made sure each had a nice big background behind them then then scaled them to wallpaper size.
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Posted on Jan 4, 2013 06:50:00 PM

Boom.
Boom.
What’s that sound? The coffee on my desk is shaking.
Boom.
Boom.
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Posted on Jan 3, 2013 07:30:10 PM

A patent application published today resurrects the rumor that Sony’s next gaming console will suppress the playing of used games, and outlines how such a scheme would be accomplished without the use of an always-on Internet connection for verification. In short, an RFID ID stamped onto the new discs would track their usage history and restrict them to one console.
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Posted on Jan 3, 2013 10:01:56 AM

With Gearbox’s long developed, and highly anticipated, survival horror shooter Aliens: Colonial Marines finally nearing release, Sega and Gearbox have decided its time to start giving you some story details to enjoy. We already know that all this chaos takes place aboard the USS Sulaco and happens after the events of James Cameron’s Aliens film.
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