We do easy mainstream videogame news with a bang! -You can expect a panel to discuss the Mass Effect movie at Comic-Con this year. -Square Enix has filed a lawsuit against those allegedly responsible for the leaking of the Deus Ex: Human Revolution preview. -Check out these new Crimson Alliance sc
Get ready for a new wave of easy mainstream videogame news! -Square Enix’s upcoming Final Fantasy title for the 3DS will carry a tune. -Elite Club Nintendo members get to pin something special to their lapels. –Eve Online expansion Incarna should reach its multiplayer “phase” sometime this year.
Announcing the fourth issue of our magazine, this time we’re tackling public play! What you can expect: the crowd-drawing appeal of DDR, playing in the streets of San Francisco, guides to games you can play yourself, and much more.
At 81, Sandra Day O’Connor has added a new transition in her life post-Supreme Court — videogame developer. Newsweek has the skinny on her new project: So O’Connor, 81, launched iCivics, a nonprofit organization that aims to enrich students’ understanding of American history, laws, and government. W
Berlin-based artist Aram Bartholl was inspired by the virtual world of Counter-Strike so much so that he wanted to bring it to life. He put a proposal up for Rhizome to recreate the map of Dust. Above, a video of his replica and his explanation below: Computer games differ from other mediums such a
What is it about? “Your Friends Close” takes us into the evening of a going away party for a husband and wife team of video game designers who have created a groundbreaking new MMO game that questions our relationship to reality, personality, and how well we can truly know one another. (For those of
ARCADE, HOSTED BY KILL SCREEN WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 2011 8:3011:30 P.M. MoMA BUY TICKETS PopRally invites you to Arcade, an interactive evening of games selected by Kill Screen and inspired by the exhibition Talk to Me. Guests can play games in a variety of spaces throughout the Museum and the Scul
We had the pleasure of working with James Kochalka back in issue #2, so we were pleased to see a note for him about his new comic Fungus. He shot the background on Mount Elmore near his home in Vermont (where he is the state’s comic laureate).
Get some delicious, fun-size mainstream videogame news right here! –Winners of the Games Critics Awards: Best of E3 2011 have been announced. –Some Gears of War 3 playable content has been leaked. –Learn a few tidbits about the upcoming Final Fantasy Type-0. –After plenty of unfriendliness, Rockst
Heeeeeeere’s another round of mainstream videogame news! -Little Big Planet developer Media Molecule is giving Sackboy a break for some new ideas. –Former Marvel Studios chairman David Maisel is now working with Rovio to produce the Angry Birds movie. That’s right, the Angry Birds movie. -Cave Sto
Get ready for a whole new month of mainstream videogame news! -THQ will be showcasing a new game based on Voltron: Defender of the Universe at Comic-Con. -The creator of Sonic the Hedgehog has gone fishing for his upcoming Wii title. -Team Meat is reportedly working on something newer, weirder. -E
Pretty amazing. It was the only videogame piece to win in the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, one of the most prestigious advertising awards show in the world.
Get ready for excitement: here’s the latest mainstream videogame news roundup! -The former heads of Infinity Ward have finally launched the site for their new studio, Respawn. –World of Warcraft is now free-to-play until level 20. -Why is Activision holding a two-day Call of Duty convention? Becau
Fempop points to something unique coming out the Arab world, but there’s a catch. So the good news is that there’s a videogame from Saudi Arabia which is something of a rarity. The bad news is that it looks a lot like an already-popular American game of almost the same name and who’s latest iteratio
Over at the Atlantic, Garrett Epps takes a closer look at Justice Clarence Thomas’ dissent in this week’s landmark violent videogame case ruling can tell us about “originalism,” or at least the limits of it. That point of view attempts to discover the original reading of the Constitution. The whole
Admittedly this Gran Turismo-to-race car driver story in the Mirror seemed a bit farcical. But we were surprised to learn that 19-year-old Jann Mardenborough, who won a contest over 90,000 over players, is actually in the pipeline to be a real professional driver. In the final challenge Jann took th
Here’s another batch of easy mainstream videogame news! -Naughty Dog reveals how Hardcore Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception is going to be. -Design a shield for Dark Souls and you can win stuff, feel glorious. -Why Zynga games thrive off people who don’t play games. -Say hello to the major-league lo
Relations between Taiwan and China have been rocky, to say the least. So what do you do when you have tenuous relationship with your neighbor? Make with a real-world simulation of a potential war with them. From the Washington Post: Taiwan’s National Security Council said late Monday that Presiden
