In 1906, Ambrose Bierce published The Devil's Dictionary, a book that humorously offered definitions of the various slang terms and lingo of that time, as well as just generally making fun of humanity. In 2011, just in time for Christmas, and in the same spirit, Drs. David Wolinsky and Eric Neigher are releasing The Gamer's Dictionary, a marvelously droll and incisive -- and borderline literate -- look at the origins of terms that your sons and daughters are probably using right now as they sit before their TVs and monitors, controllers in thumbed hand. Read More »
Mrs. Carlson's elementary school class, an Apple IIe, and a sign-up sheet. Those are a few of the things that come to mind when I think of Choplifter, Broderbund's classic 1982 helicopter rescue game. Get your name on that sign-up sheet, which was perpetually full of names scrawled in pencil, and you could spend recess indoors on the computer "learning." It was fantastic. I haven't played Choplifter since, and so it was with a nostalgia-filled heart that I loaded up inExile Entertainment's reboot, Choplifter HD -- an arcade adventure sporting a fresh new coat of paint, but still playing very much like the 29-year-old original. Read More »
Tactical turn-based strategy fans take note: Kalypso Media and bitComposer Games announced today that one of the genre's most beloved franchises is poised to make its return in February 2012 with the launch of Jagged Alliance: Back in Action. Read More »
Next month, World of Warcraft will face its stiffest competition since Activision-Blizzard's MMO launched seven years ago. Will EA's Star Wars: The Old Republic take down WoW? Chances are slim, according to Activision CEO Bobby Kotick, who said he believes Electronic Arts will struggle to swing a profit on SWTOR. Read More »
The Hour of Twilight is nearly upon us. The long-awaited World of Warcraft patch 4.3, in which players finally get to face Deathwing (and get a new tier of armor sets, rogue quest line, Transmogrification, Void Storage, Raid Finder, and more) is set for launch today, and Blizzard has rolled out the lengthy list of tweaks, changes, and features the update will bring. Click on through for the full list of 4.3 patch notes. Read More »
The opening in-game cinematic for Valve's Half-Life is among the most memorable sequences ever created in a videogame, setting the stage for one of the most beloved titles -- and franchises -- of all-time. What would that scene look like if it really were a film? The team at InfectiousDesigner (Beyond Black Mesa) decided to find out. The result is Half-Life: Origins. See the short for yourself within. Read More »
The tubes are aflutter this morning with news of indie designer Tom Francis' straight-up clever PC stealth puzzler, Gunpoint, and in the 8 minute walkthrough video Francis created, you can see why. Discover how you can put Agent 47's many gadgets (and his fists) to good use within. Read More »
In Mount & Blade, there is one mod to rule them all. Released in 2007, The Last Days of the Third Age is one of the most popular modifications for the Turkish indie title, allowing players to fight for Middle Earth as any of the factions from the Lord of the Rings universe. With fantasy games and movies back in the limelight, and the mod being recently updated with bug fixes and balance tweaks, there is no better time to check this one out for yourself. Click on through to download The Last Days of the Third Age mod for Mount & Blade. Read More »
As expected, Bethesda's latest open-world RPG launched with enough bugs to impress an entomologist -- particularly if you're a PlayStation 3 gamer. Help is on the way, the studio announced today, and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim update 1.2 is set for launch on Wednesday. Hit the jump for the full list of fixes. Read More »
Serious Sam 3: Bro Fisting Enigma is the most old-fangled new game to come down the pike in a month of Sundays. This game is so old school that it drives a yellow bus full of nuns who will emerge and mutilate your knuckles, should they suspect you've been thinking impure thoughts about regenerating health, branching plotlines, or enemy A.I. more complicated than, "Run straight at that guy and chew his face off." Read More »
The Samurai rose in the first expansion pack for Total War: Shogun 2, and they will fall in the next. Creative Assembly has announced that Fall of the Samurai, a standalone expansion that does not require Total War: Shogun 2, will launch in March. Hiyaa the jump for details. Read More »
DICE is gearing up to take gamers Back to Karkand in the first expansion for Battlefield 3, and today the studio rolled out footage of one of the four maps from the pack, Gulf of Oman. Click on through to see how the popular Battlefield 2 map looks after being given a Frostbite 2 makeover. Read More »
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After attending a hands-off demo of Rainbow 6 Patriots, the message for the upcoming game in the series becomes clear: It wants to shock you. The actual demo of the game itself? Engaging and original (I've never played as a financial industry worker coerced into suicide bombing Times Square). Read More »
Rocksteady is moving the action outside of Arkham City for its next Batman downloadable content pack, bringing players to Bruce Wayne's home away from home, the Batcave. Hit the jump for details. Read More »
A lengthy feature in the The Australian Financial Review brings us the latest developments on George Miller's next Mad Max movie, Fury Road, as well as some tasty tidbits on the gaming front: Mad Max the videogame is being created by L.A. Noire mastermind Brendan McNamara, and Miller has also acquired the right's to McNamara's next game, Whore of the Orient. Hit the jump for details. Read More »
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