Against all odds,Lethal Companybecame one of the most popular games of the year. That’s awesome, as the surprise indie hit rocks, but it has one huge problem — you may only play it on PC. Though I hope that’s merely a temporary setback caused by the natural limitations of having a small development team, console gamers might be eager to have something similar to play during the holidays. Let’s help them out!...
But isn’t ALL anime bad? What is an anime game?Devil May Cry? What is an anime?The Simpsonsis my favorite anime, but this upsets people. The best anime movie discounted duringthis PSN saleisThe Iron Giant, which a lot of people with anime avatars will be upset to see on the list. Yobi, the Five-Tailed Foxlooked like it might be alright, but I just saw it on Netflix, so you probably shouldn’t buy it....
The publisher is paying up to close out the SEC probe Activision Blizzard has agreed to pay $35 million to settle charges from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. These charges included allegations that it failed to maintain proper workplace disclosure procedures, and violated an SEC whistleblower protection rule. The SEC investigated into Activision Blizzard, charging that it did not have proper procedures for documenting workplace misconduct complaints. Because of this, it would not be able to adequately disclose whether misconduct problems merited disclosure to shareholders....
My name is Guy Incognito This weekend sees the arrival of the first playable alpha for this year’s entry in the billion-dollarCall of Dutyfranchise,Call of Duty Vanguard. While pre-loads are available now on PlayStation platforms, those booting up the WWII shooter (such as theCoDinsiders at Charlie Intel) have been left completely and utterly stumped as to which major publisher is bringing the new sequel to shelves, given theVanguard‘s continued choice to forgo its publisher’s branding....
The first product of the Valve / threeA Toys team-up wasthis weird Companion Cube duck creature. The next set of goodies is thankfully (or unfortunately, depending on your perspective) a little more normal. At theReVenture art showin Hong Kong, threeA displayed unpainted models of Atlas and P-Body, the co-op duo fromPortal 2. No pricing or release date has been announced, but more details should surface during the San Diego Comic-Con. In the meantime, enjoy the eye candy, nerds!...
May the forest be with you Hello dear friends! It’s time for a new theme for Band of Bloggers! Last month’s theme ofDragonswent remarkably well. We had some phenomenal blogs written as a result and I couldn’t be more excited to see where Band of Bloggers goes in the future! Of course, it’s still not too late to write about last month’s theme as well. As I pondered what our theme might be for May, I considered many things....
If you’re unfamiliar with theBattletoads, it was a series of games that Rare made before they started to make good games. Hey-oh! I’ve probably already lost half of you, but it was worth it. For the rest of you who remain, I’m mostly kidding.Mostly. I think history is misrememberingBattletoadsas a landmark series, when most people only played the first two levels of the original title and never saw past the Turbo Tunnel....
Get some games you know, and maybe some you don’t for any price you want I’m sure everyone has heard of the famous Humble Indie Bundles at this point, but here’s a cheap bundle that might have slipped under the radar. Groupees is running theBe Mine Anniversary Bundlewhich contains a lot of games in it for as low as a buck. If you pay $1, you’ll getEschalon Book II(worth the dollar on its own for RPG fans),iBomber Defense Pacific,Livalink, Party of Sin,Major Mayhem,Dungeons: The Dark Lord,T82 Super Sonic Tonemaker, and four music albums....
Co-op joy If you’ve never triedBorderlandsbefore, you are in luck as the franchise is throwing a big sale this month atdigital retailer Green Man Gaming. BothBorderlands 1and2‘s Game of the Year Editions are on tap at less than $7 a piece for their PC Steam copy, withBorderlands 2: GOTYon sale for only $6.79 (a new low price). For even moreBorderlandslove,The Pre-Sequelis also on sale at $6.79, which is also the lowest we’ve seen this title....
Impressions from the Black Ops Cold War beta front line Whenever someone needs to be digitally blown up, stabbed, or shot, the overlords at Destructoid always seem to deem me the person for the job. I’m not sure why, given that I’m very clearly the Bernadetta of the editorial team. Regardless, it’s that time of year again, and with the impending release of a brand-newCall of Dutytitle, it falls on me to load up on guns, throw on my sexiest legwarmers, and return to the political upheaval of the 1980s....
Those items are staying put Activision is unveiling more details about its nextCall of Dutytoday. Amid theModern Warfare IInews, there were also some new details about the upcomingWarzoneexperience, dubbedWarzone 2.0. It’ll be using new tech and gameplay, and that means some old stuff like player inventory will need to stay in the oldWarzone. Development on the newWarzoneexperience will take the game into the same engine behindModern Warfare IIitself. As part of this,Warzone 2....
And by psychopaths I mean people inevitably dressed up like Miley Cyrus Lords of the Fallenis poised to bring its brand of dark fantasy melded with action-RPG to a console or PC near you this October, just in time for Halloween. North America can get in on the action on October 28, while Europe can celebrate Halloween the right way by picking it up on October 31. If you’re on the fence about whether or not you’re going to be interested in the game, check out Darren’shands-on previewhere and see what he thought about it....
Will you be back? Publisher Reef has released a gameplay video featuring 10 minutes of footage from its upcoming first-person shooterTerminator: Resistance,which launches soon on PS4, PC and Xbox One. The preview video features the game’s opening, as the humans continue the Future War against Skynet in post-apocalyptic Los Angeles, 30 years after the cataclysmic events of Judgement Day.Terminator: Resistancewill let players step into the role of Jacob Rivers, facing-off against familiar and unfamiliar units from theTerminatoruniverse, while completing quests and objectives to help provide hope to the future of the human race....
