There are already a handful of Game of Thrones video games, either released or in production – including one enterprising Mount & Blade mod – but what George R. R. Martin’s popular series really needs is a fighting game. Something like this: The artist who devised this clever piece of fan art says he’s considering […]
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Can J.K. Rowling, author of the wildly successful Harry Potter franchise, find a new readership with adults? Rowling and publisher Little, Brown Book Group certainly hope so. Her new book, titled “The Casual Vacancy,” hits shelves on September 27th. The last Harry Potter novel hit store shelves five years ago, though the final movie adaptation […]
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Don’t let the whole Games For Windows Live news get you down: Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition for PC is going to be amazing one way or another. GFWL may be the most-hated, most-atrocious DRM out there, but I can’t help but brush all that off. Dark Souls is one of the best games I’ve played […]
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Jessica Nigri “has the fortune of being built just like a video game character,” writes Alex Cranz at Fempop Magazine, “and because of this and some fantastic sewing skills she was hired to act as the human avatar of the upcoming game Lollipop Chainsaw.” She showed up at PAX East ready to do whatever it is […]
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Bethesda announced today that Kinect voice support is on its way to the Xbox 360. You can see some of that in action in the above video. It’s a neat idea, and I can see how a lot of the voice commands could be really useful. The Shouts make the most sense in terms of […]
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Whatever forces lurked behind the curious case of the EA spambot affair, one thing is certain: EA has a poor track record when it comes to building fan trust. Part of this is due to its history of somewhat shady marketing techniques. William reminds us that EA has earned its reputation, whether or not the […]
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[updated below] Yesterday AllOut.org took down a petition aimed at shooting back against anti-gay boycott groups placing pressure on EA due to gay characters included in the game publisher’s titles. The petition had been hit with what looked like spambots, as well as by obvious spammers who took their disdain of EA to the comments […]
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Good news is almost always coupled with bad news. This is as true in gaming as in any other part of life. With the official news that Dark Souls is coming to PC, this rule holds true. As Nathan Grayson points out, there’s always a catch. The bad news is that Dark Souls is using for […]
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It’s official. No more leaks, no more German-language magazine stories. From Software will be releasing Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition for the PC this coming August, replete with all new content. Here’s the official box art: PC gamers started a petition after Dark Souls came to consoles, urging the developer to release the game […]
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I grumbled yesterday about what I saw as a too-sexed-up version of Game of Thrones on display this season, and in particular in episode two of this season. The brothel scenes in particular seem over the top; gratuitous wastes of screen-time given how much book we have yet to get through in the remaining eight episodes. […]
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