We’re four weeks away from E3, when we’ll all gather on the internet for that barrage of endorphins that can only come from live video game press conferences full of gun shooting, cars, and more gun shooting. The show will start on a Saturday this year, thanks to the early risers at Electronic Arts. Let’s break down…
Traditional rhythm games give players a series of set songs to tap along to. In Project Rap Rabbit, the newly-announced collaboration between Parappa the Rapper’s Masaya Matsuura and Gitaroo Man’s Keiichi Yano, players participate in rap battles powered by RPG-style dialogue trees.
Super Smash Bros. Melee champion Adam “Armada” Lindgren lost his first tournament this year against crowd favorite Joseph “Mango” Marquez at yesterday’s Royal Flush tournament in Atlantic City, New Jersey. After it looked like Lindgren would take home #1, Marquez made an adrenaline-fueled comeback that made the…
Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 is coming. A teaser trailer for the latest all-star Lego Marvel game popped up on Facebook, giving us a brief glimpse of baby Groot and Doctor Strange, suggesting another game rooted in the cinematic universe. Look for more c…
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: who do you think would win in a fight, Batman or Superman?
A new gameplay trailer for Sonic Mania shows Knuckles flying, climbing, and doing all the things you’d expect. Everything looks great and sounds even better. Too bad the game was delayed until an unspecified date later in the year.
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Charlie Murder and The Dishwasher Vampire Smile are now on Steam. Ska Studios’ indie beat-em-ups finally made it off of Xbox Live Arcade and onto PC yesterday, and if you enjoyed Salt and Sanctuary or like the idea of Edward Gorey meets violent side-scroller, definitely check them out.
It turns out that Edmund McMillen will not in fact spend the rest of his life making expansions for 2011’s macabre roguelike, The Binding of Isaac. In a post describing the latest fan mods to be added to the official version, McMillen said he and programmer Tyler Glaiel have spent three months in crunch time preparing…
QUOTE | “Part of my job involves funding content and my heart sinks when someone brings me something that’s a shooter, because a shooter is almost the lowest common denominator at this point.” – Oculus’ Callum Underwood says it’s time for VR devs to move on and consider new styles of gameplay.