Portal 2’s ’Perpetual Testing Initiative’ Launching May 8
Posted by Giant Bomb on Apr 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment
This is the level editor. No joke!
For those not content with simply playing through the various puzzles in Portal 2 crafted by Valve, you’re about to get a piece of news that should make you squeal with girlish glee.
Valve today announced a new piece of DLC coming to Portal 2 on May 8, one designed to let players craft their own puzzles. The Perpetual Testing Initiative is a “simplified” puzzle maker that allows players to create their own puzzles and directly publish them to...
Nintendo Lost $461.2 Million Last Year
Posted by Giant Bomb on Apr 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Nintendo has generally been the sole console maker to post significant profits in the gaming space, a fact that no doubt had much to do with Nintendo’s insistence on actually making money on its hardware, as opposed to taking a loss in service of making up the money later in game sales. Unfortunately, 2011 marked a shift for Nintendo in regards to profitability. Specifically, it marks a shift away from profitability.
“How in the hell does this thing cost more than $170 to produce…”
Nintendo...
Cryptic Discovers December 2010 Security Breach
Posted by G4TV on Apr 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Cryptic Studios has discovered that hackers obtained unauthorized access to its servers in December 2010, an update on the developer’s website reveals. You might have gotten an e-mail informing you of the same if you’ve got an account in their system for Champions Online or Star Trek Online.
The hackers were able to obtain account names, handles, and encrypted passwords. There is also evidence that the encryption on at least some of those passwords has been broken and accounts have been...
Leisure Suit Larry Will Come Again Thanks To Fully Funded Kickstarter
Posted by G4TV on Apr 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Kickstarter has delivered yet another video game success story, this time thanks to the efforts of Replay Games in bringing back Leisure Suit Larry creator Al Lowe to deliver an HD remake of the Sierra classic. The game’s development is being handled by Adventure Mob, an Israel-based studio, with Lowe serving as a top-level advisor/creative director.
At the time of this writing, the project stands at $518,358 pledged by 11,622 backers with six days remaining before everything wraps up. It’s...
Call Of Duty Theories Spurred By Leaked Screenshot, Viral Teases
Posted by G4TV on Apr 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
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The Walking Dead Game Reportedly Not Coming To Australian Consoles
Posted by AusGamers on Apr 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment
If you were confusingly scouting the PlayStation Store from an Australian PlayStation 3 today and wondering why you couldn’t find Telltale’s freshly released The Walking Dead adventure game, it’s because they haven’t had it classified for Australian sale yet.
In reply to a confused post on the Telltale forums (thanks Player Attack), a Telltale spokesmen had the following to say:Sorry, but due to the OFLC ratings laws in Australia and New Zealand, and the fact that this...
Thursday Night Throwdown 4/26: Super Monday Night Combat
Posted by Giant Bomb on Apr 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment
We’ve teamed up with the generous, clever technologists over at Uber Entertainment to help make this week’s Thursday Night Throwdown a little more special…er. Yeah, we’ll be playing Super Monday Night Combat with you and yours starting at 4PM Pacific Time, cuz that’s jus’ what we do. There will probably be some cameo appearances from various stone-cold murderers at Uber Entertainment, but, hey, check this shit out, you can also play as the fucking Luchadeer! Basically!...
Game of Thrones: More Battles!
Posted by Spawn Point on Apr 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Game of Thrones: More Battles!
Game of Thrones, the RPG, today unveiled 5 new screenshots! The role-playing game for PlayStation® 3, Xbox 360® and PC, based on the best-seller novels by George R.R. Martin and the popular HBO® TV series, revealed more of its epic battles that players will soon be able to take part in.
Many opponents are eager to battle them as they explore the continent of Westeros to complete their Quest!
Intense and tactical battles in Game of Thrones pit players against...
Pour One Out for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, Hello to Survarium
Posted by Giant Bomb on Apr 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment
I know, I still haven’t played S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
When GSC Game World ran into financial problems, the hail mary attempts to save S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 reeked of desperation. There were few viable solutions, and today’s news is that veterans of the team have left to form a new studio and make a brand-new game.
Those veterans have formed Vostok Games, and are already talking about Survarium, a free-to-play MMO shooter, set in the post-apocalyptic near future. The art already has a S.T.A.L.K.E.R....
Bloodforge Review
Posted by Giant Bomb on Apr 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment
There’s no shortage of rip-offs in video games. This is, after all, an industry largely based on iteration and building on concepts laid down by those that came before. Sometimes developers stray a little too close to their inspirations for comfort, and get branded with the scarlet letter that is the “rip-off” label. I certainly wouldn’t argue with most people’s definition of a video game rip-off, but in the case of Bloodforge, I think an entirely new distinction is...
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