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‘Only God Forgives’ Red Band Trailer: From Ryan Gosling And Writer, Director Of ‘Drive’
He is dragging a man by his mouth.
If you were around in 2011 and the hyper-violent thriller Drive wasn’t in your top ten favorite flicks, I don’t know if we can be friends. …okay, so now that all those people have left, it’s time to unveil Nicolas Winding Refn’s latest film, starring Ryan Gosling, yet again, as a sociopathic killer. I don’t see the problem here.
‘SimCity’s Never Ending Review, Will The Game Ever Be A Recommend?
Scaling a mile-high road seems like a small issue for these guys.
SimCity‘s post-release coverage, including our own, rivals that of twenty-four hour news networks after a national tragedy. At first we shout about it at the top of our lungs, then we banter about it for days and weeks until eventually we just sorta deal with the fact that this terrible thing happened. I was reminded of this today when Polygon slipped out their fourth score for the game at a time that could not have been more arbitrary, right as a big patch to (supposedly) fix many of issues with the simulation. Games releasing in a terrible shape is nothing new, but when all the patches are issues and DLC released, will SimCity ever be a game we can tell our friends to go out and buy?
Thunder Wolves (PC/PSN/XBLA) Preview: Helicopter Action Reborn
This will not be the last explosion you see in this game!
It’s telling that when Kelly snuck up on me playing a preview build of Thunder Wolves, he immediately thought of Just Cause 2 when I’d spent the whole time thinking of Electronic Arts’ old Strike helicopter action games. Originally cute isometric affairs in which arming up with a bunch of ammo and leveling your objectives explosively was your call of duty, they stopped making the games years ago, but not before the switch to 3D with Soviet Strike and Nuclear Strike. Thunder Wolves brought those memories right on back.
LucasArts Is Dead
No more will the sun shine on George Lucas’ gaming empire.
Word is breaking that Disney has resolved the fate of LucasArts, the once-golden developer of not only Star Wars and Indiana Jones games, but many adventure genre favorites such as Full Throttle, Grim Fandango, The Dig and more. Disney will kill the developer effective immediately and opt to license the Star Wars name to mitigate risk.
Hold Off On That Nexus 7 Purchase, A New Tablet’s Right Around The Corner
Great tablet getting an update soon.
The coolest part about Google’s Nexus 7, aside from the fact that it came with a stock Android 4.1, and is a decent piece of hardware, and much more, was the fact that it was a $199.99 tablet running against the industry standard iPad, which started at hundreds more for the latest model. The base model of their latest model, at that. It might be super tempting to pick up a Nexus 7 these days, but you should really hold off as the next iteration is due out this summer, as Reuters reports.
‘BioShock Infinite’s Columbia Recreated In ‘Minecraft’, Because Of Course
Bring them the girl, wipe away all the debt, but with blocks.
Considering how much of BioShock Infinite‘s aesthetic wonder is in its details, I wouldn’t blame you if you thought this Minecraft adaptation of the game’s Columbia setting seems to require a little imagination in spots. Still, what we have here is an impressive recreation of the flying city.
‘Doom 4’ Is Doomed: Why id’s Flagship Game Is In Trouble
Now, this is a story all about how my life got flipped, turned upside down…
A year and a half ago, I commented on rumors that id’s Doom 4, the latest in their rep-making franchise, had been canceled in the wake of Rage‘s middling sales. Bethesda said ‘nah’, but as Kotaku is revealing, the company did completely reboot the game at that time, becoming another drastic move in Doom 4‘s troubled development. Reading Kotaku’s piece, I couldn’t help but wonder, “how does one make a Doom 4?“
Facebook’s New Phone/Home Screen Announcement Is Already Killing Me
Everyone’s getting super high on the Facebook supply, courtesy @evleaks
Facebook. HTC First. A new home on Android. A home screen app or launcher. That is collectively what the tech media industry knows, or believes, about Facebook’s announcement on Thursday gathered from leaks and whispers. Of course, as all those tech sites tell it, it sounds like Zuckerberg is about to unveil the most uninteresting and half-assed hardware/software ever imagined.
RIP ‘Rock Band’ And Its Plastic Instrument Empire, 2007-2013
Harmonix brought in their whole studio to play farewell.
It’s been five and a half years since Harmonix brought us their first full-band plastic instrument parade Rock Band. No longer confined to mere guitar controllers, the game introduced drumset and microphone components that allowed people to get in on the action who weren’t necessarily hot for just mashing buttons and strumming. Today marked the end of Harmonix’s ongoing downloadable content for the game with the release of Don McLean’s “American Pie”, a fitting finale to a long-running empire.
Adam Sessler’s Roundtable Discussion With ‘X-COM’ And ‘XCOM’ Creators Is Must-See
XCOM’s Solomon, X-COM’s Gallop, Rev3’s Sessler. Here we go.
During last week’s GDC, Revision3’s Adam Sessler got to sit down with two pretty notable figures in gaming. Jake Solomon, the director/producer of last year’s really good XCOM: Enemy Unknown got to sit down next to Julian Gallop, co-creator of the original X-COM: UFO Defense twenty years ago. For both Solomon and myself, the thought of being next to the creator of our favorite game of all time was a pretty elevating experience.
