It’s been a while since beta sign-ups opened late last year, but All Points Bulletin is finally moving into closed beta, it would seem. Several people are receiving emails welcoming them into Realtime Worlds’ persistent online world that’s a cross between GTA and the ultimate set of customization tools for characters, cars and music seen, [...]

This is another entry into Alienware’s Rise to Power contest. Farinar Presents: Oswald’s Amazing Story of EVIL! is the story of a squirrel in Elwynn Forest who is tired of the abuse he receives from passing adventurers. After seeing a campaign poster for the king of Stormwind, the squirrel decides to [...]

Wanna watch 9 minutes of a guy sneaking around, tying people to balloons? What if we told you it was Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker footage? Kojima Productions has uploaded a lengthy gameplay video of the former “Metal Gear Solid 5,” in which our hero Big Boss does a bit of recruiting for his cause [...]

Lately I am supremely enthused about my shaman. Fist weapons! Zapping things! Windfury! Turning that guy into a frog! That guy is totally a frog! Now he’s on fire!
The best thing about the enhancement shaman playstyle I’m working with (designed for five mans and the occasional 10 raid) is working out for myself how to [...]

Fast stolen cars, brutal gang warfare and a large city to explore and conquer — sounds like Grand Theft Auto, does it not? Actually, it’s Poisonville, a new browser-based 3D MMO where you’ll jump into a gangster’s shoes (it’s okay, the former owner totally didn’t need them) and join one of four gangs struggling to [...]

During its GDC press conference, Sony announced that the PlayStation motion controller — newly dubbed PlayStation Move — will launch in several different packages to accommodate the various gamers out there. Sony is planning an “aggressive” marketing campaign around the new peripheral when it launches later this year and — similar to Microsoft’s launch plans [...]

Amidst all this GDC 2010 news is a great one-day-only sale over at Amazon, where you can pick up Star Trek Online at the low-low price of $27.99. If the mood strikes you, there’s also a one-day sale on the collector’s edition. While the CE may still be $47.99 it’s a good deal cheaper than [...]

Today is the second day of Steam’s big week long sale of games from Square Enix and their Eidos brand. For today only the PC game download service has cut the price of three games from the publisher; the WWII action strategy titles Battlestations Midway and Battlestations Pacific and the WWII RTS game Order of [...]

Nothing says, “We’re at a serious gaming event where developers tell us about their innovations and upcoming creations,” like a papercraft Wario from WarioWare D.I.Y. And nothing says, “Hey, we’re about to write a bunch of news stories about all that stuff,” like posting a photograph of a papercraft Wario from the Game Developer’s Conference [...]

You know how Kratos’ battle against the gods of Olympus is known for its massive, insane action sequences spread throughout? Well, some genius (or likely several geniuses) at Sony’s Santa Monica Studio had the brilliant idea of making a whole game just out of those incredible moments. It was rare that I went 15 minutes [...]

We’ve all heard the semi-derisive comments regarding EVE Online’s steep learning curve and correspondingly dense game play. “It’s a space screensaver,” some have said. “EVE – the sci-fi spreadsheet” is another one of our favorites.
While first impressions do count for something, beneath the game’s nigh-impenetrable tritanium hull lurks a living, breathing economy that sets it [...]

Ahh yes, another year, another QuakeCon. The annual mecca for all things id Software (and now all things Bethesda Softworks, as well) will be returning to Texas this year on August 12-15, presumably with the usual three-plus hours of John Carmack keynote in tow (he goes on and on because he loves!).
As usual, the [...]

It’s a great time to be part of a two-piece Rock Band … band. Next week, a three-pack of songs by The White Stripes will be released, each from a different album. In what might be the most appropriate music game DLC ever, “Fell in Love with a Girl” is totally playable in Lego Rock [...]

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Backbreaker may be the greatest football game no one will ever play. While I can attempt to detail its incredible use of the Euphoria physics engine, its spectacular graphics and truly innovative gameplay, all these features are moot thanks to the crippling fact that the game does not have the NFL license. Without [...]

Mod makers usually make new maps or weapons for games that support such things. However it’s rare when the actual gameplay is changed. It’s even more rare when the game’s viewpoint gets turned around. One mod maker is hoping to do that with Valve’s multiplayer shooter Team Fortress 2 by turning the game into a [...]