The Joystiq Indie Pitch: Mactabilis
Indie developers are the starving artists of the video-game world, often brilliant and innovative, but also misunderstood, underfunded and more prone to writing free-form poetry on their LiveJournals. We at…
Conquering Death: How Games are Reinventing Loss
Feature Share it: Tweet Conquering Death: How Games are Reinventing Loss Dark Souls is only one of many attempts to redefine what death and loss mean in video games. By:…
Japanese hardware sales, September 19 – 25: Ballz edition
Now that Bloody Roar is back on the table, we consider the fighting-game flood-gates officially open. Sure, it would make sense to bring back big-name franchises like Killer Instinct, Clayfighter,…
Nitro Game Injection #169: Racin’ Waves
Kyle and Larry hop on their Jet Skis and take a ride on the musical waves of video game music this week, putting focus on new releases from Shabubula, ROCK-MEN,…
Battlefield 3 beta: First final game improvements detailed
DICE takes fan feedback on the Battlefield 3 beta. DICE has been taking on fan feedback following continued play on the Battlefield 3 beta, which went live to the world…
Modern Warfare 3 gameplay shows Spec Ops Survival in Paris
Almost 3 minutes of footage. A new Modern Warfare 3 gameplay video has hit the net showing off the game’s Spec Ops mode being played on the Paris map. Click…
Appetite for Distraction – Angry Birds History, Alternatives, Asian Challenge
In this special Angry Birds episode of our mobile games show, we take a look at the history of the series, some top Angry Birds alternatives, and Mark goes a…
Portal 2’s Turret Lullaby comic sheds light and lasers on the singing turrets
Valve keeps plenty of secrets from the world, locked away and tied down with live, stripped wires above a shallow pool of stale water, surrounded by a moat of baby…
This Dota 2 fan set up a billboard to win a beta key
One Dota 2 fan wanted to win a beta key in a big way in Valve’s recent photo contest –like, really big. The rules stipulated entrants submit a photograph of…
Rumor: Retailer outs unannounced Jak and Daxter HD Collection
Retailers — especially foreign retailers — quite often leak list games, which wind up being announced shortly after their discovery. They also often list games that never materialize, for whatever…
