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Beyond: Two Souls box art revealed
1 month ago
Sony has revealed the box art for Beyond: Two Souls. It shows Ellen Page’s character side profile with broken pieces flying around her; very simple yet very beautiful.
Aside from Ellen Page, this game has Willem Dafoe to complement her. When they teased this during E3 last year, I was hyped and More >
Interview with The Last of Us writer Neil Druckmann
1 month ago
Neil Druckmann is the creative director at Naughty Dog and writer for their upcoming game, The Last of Us. We had the chance to briefly chat with Druckmann about the highly anticipated game.
John “Spartan” Nguyen: When you first started on the project, did you want to do a zombie-type infestation More >
Local spotlight: OCC Gamer’s Guild to host tournament for Big Brother Big Sister
1 month ago
It makes me feel all warm inside to know that there are gamers out there doing good by supporting charity organizations. With that said, we’d like to give the spotlight to our local gaming community, Orange Coast College Gamer’s Guild. Last semester they helped raise funds for the Make-A-Wish More >
Claptrap <3 GLaDOS: A ship is born
1 month ago
by Mike Villarreal
in Video Games
The new trailer for Telltale’s Poker Night 2 just recently jumped onto the internet. The game is shaping up to be a fine release with big name characters like Ash, Brock Samson, Sam, GLaDOS and Claptrap. The new trailer shows off Borderlands 2 skins that fans will be able to unlock through beating More >
Shin Megami Tensei IV coming July 16, 2013, first print edition announced
1 month ago
While Shin Megami Tensei: Soul Hackers just released yesterday, Nintendo and Atlus aren’t done giving the JRPG fans what they want. Shin Megami Tensei IV will be coming the North America July 16th, 2013 and will be one of the most expensive 3DS titles to date at $49.99.
SMT IV was more expensive More >
The Legend of Zelda 3DS game to be set in the same world as Link to the Past
1 month ago
Hey Listen! This morning Nintendo announced that Legend Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages will be coming to the Nintendo 3DS eShop later this year, but that wasn’t the big news. Reggie Fils-Aime, who says the Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past his favorite game of all time, revealed that a new More >
Girlfriend…or video games? Maroon 5 parody knows how gamers feel
1 month ago
Alright you male gamers with girlfriends out there. Have you ever had a problem where your playing a video game and your girlfriend wants you to stop playing to come play with her? Yeah, that feeling where you’re in an intense battle and you can’t stop, but your girlfriend is trying to stop your More >
Mewtwo plus New Legendary Pokemon puzzle starting to connect!
1 month ago
by Jaymes Romero
in Video Games
So apparently Mewtwo IS related to the new legendary pokemon in the upcoming X and Y versions, confirmed on the official Pokemon YouTube channel. Check out this little snippet:
So there you have it, Mewtwo is the new….I dont know what to call it….Mewthree? Or maybe it’ll be something like Mew+ or More >
Earthbound comes to Virtual Console, Nintendo is paying attention to Wii U pages
1 month ago
Earthbound, also known in Japan as Mother 2, was released for the Super Nintendo in North America and Europe. In Japan the Mother series spanned three titles, with the first mother on the Famicom, Mother 2 on the Super Famicom, and Mother 3 on the Gameboy Advance.
Mother 2 has been available on the More >
Deadpool coming to PS3, Xbox 360 and PC June 25th
1 month ago
Deadpool is coming June 25th, and that means you’ll get to enjoy the game right before San Diego Comic Con 2013. Developed by High Moon Studios, the game puts the Merc with a Mouth in his own video game featuring non-stop action, crazy hijinks and breaking the fourth wall, courtesy of Mr. Nolan More >
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Grudge Match at Treyarch
1 month ago
by Jaymes Romero
in Video Games
So on Tuesday the Nerd Reactor team added a new item on the list of “Cool things I got to do in my life”, which was actually 2 things now that I think about it:
-Going to Treyarch Studios
-Playing Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 with Torrey Smith and Ray Rice of the Super Bowl XLVII champions Baltimore More >
Bravely Default: Flying Fairy coming to North America in 2014
1 month ago
Another one of those JRPGs people weren’t sure if we were getting. Bravely Default: Flying Fairy was released in Japan back in October 2012, which is a surprise since it was released by Square Enix as a spiritual successor to Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light.
There were some tweets that More >
New Zelda game, Earthbound and upcoming 3DS titles
1 month ago
This morning Nintendo released a new Nintendo Direct video that was simulcasted worldwide revealing more about what’s to come with all things Nintendo. It included more information about the Mario and Luigi: Dream Team which releases August 11th, 2013.
Iwata Satoru also shows off a new Mario Golf More >
Bethesda teases fans with trailer…but what is it?
1 month ago
Bethesda has teased fans with a trailer that shows barbed wires spinning around and then flashes of Air on G string by Johann Sebastian Bach. This was teased a day after announcing that the Skyrim team will be moving on to a new project.
Bethesda said:
Parts of our team have also been in More >
Tomb Raider, Gears of War and God of War aren’t meeting sales target
1 month ago
Sales for Tomb Raider, God of War and Gears of War franchises haven’t been doing that well according to reports.
The March sales for God of War: Ascension and Gears of War: Judgement have been disappointing to say the least. According to VGChartz, Gears of War: Judgement has sold only More >
Injustice Storyline Review (Slight Spoilers)
1 month ago
From the creators of Mortal Kombat comes Injustice: Gods Among Us. Quite honestly one of the best DC brawlers out there! Not that we have much to choose from, but this would be hard to top. As a DC fan, I was looking forward to this game for quite sometime and I can say that, without a doubt, it More >
Who wants to see Hayley Atwell as Lara Croft?
1 month ago
Oh, I do! Haley Atwell, who can be seen as Peggy Carter in Captain America: The First Avenger, has been retweeting her fans that she should be playing the part of Lara Croft in the upcoming Tomb Raider reboot movie. The reboot movie is inspired by the recently released rebooted game. I’m not More >
Video – Injustice: Gods Among Us midnight launch
1 month ago
David Hoang and Alex Rodriguez head to the midnight launch of Injustice: Gods Among Us at their local GameStop in Georgia as they compete against other fighters. Also in attendance is cosplayer Destiny Nickelsen dressed up as Harley Quinn, and she is looking lovely!
Photo by Tobias Roybal More >
Dark Souls 2 shield contest lowers its defenses for entrants
1 month ago
by Ryan Southard
in Video Games
There is hardly anything better as a video game fan than to have your own work put into a game. We’re not talking about your name in the credits–though that will happen too. We’re talking about your shield design going into Dark Souls 2 and being used by millions of players to block all manner of More >
Cristina Vee at 1337 Lounge Live this Thursday, April 18th
1 month ago
Damn this video! Now I have fallen in love with Cristina Vee and wish to ask for her hand in marriage (must snap out of it!). The beautiful voice actress will be hanging out live at 1337 Lounge Live (1337loungelive.com) this Thursday at 7 PM. Go ahead and give her a visit as she answers questions More >
The XCOM Files: Player Agency
1 month ago
by Kyle McArthur
in Video Games
In XCOM: Enemy Unknown, you play the role of a commander who deploys a squad of soldiers to fight back an alien invasion of planet Earth. In my squad, one of my soldiers has sociopathic tendencies, got his trainee murdered, and has trouble understanding the proper amount of hazing. If you have More >
EA, you’re breaking my heart!
1 month ago
by Kyle McArthur
in Video Games
EA was recently voted by Consumerist readers as The Worst Company in America for the second year in a row. In the 9 years that Consumerist has been running this competition, this is the first time that a company has won twice, beating out such giants for the position as Bank of America, Walmart, More >
Borderlands fan film goes dueling and vehicle crazy
1 month ago
Here’s a pretty cool Borderlands fan film by the Aureus Grex team. The video is complete with the Borderlands style graphics, dueling, corrosive damage and vehicles!
Watch out for the Aureus Grex team, as they will be producing more video game fan film in the future.
DayZ mod lead posts on devblog from Mount Everest
1 month ago
by Michael Revis
in Video Games
If you’re wondering why it’s taken so long to get the standalone version of Arma II’s DayZ mod out the door and into consumer hands, you need only check out the latest post on the devblog to be greeted with the smiling face of Dean “Rocket” Hall, covered in what is hopefully flour and not the More >
My time in the shadows: Reflections of a former thief
1 month ago
I can still remember quietly slinking down alleyways of The City, hiding in shadow, eavesdropping on the often inane conversations of the Hammerite Guards. I remember sneaking into a room, dousing all of the lights with my trusty water arrows and silently dispatching all of my enemies with a More >
