Some of what this fall’s Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare predicted would happen in the future is actually becoming a reality. The United States government’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has now approved a Call of Duty-style exoskeleton that aims to help paraplegics walk again, and Sledgehammer Games has applauded the move. “Research for the […]
Bryan Singer has teased a first image of the script for X-Men: Apocalypse, which gives us a couple of snippets of info regarding what to expect from the new film. Despite Simon Kinberg’s recent claims that the new film would not return to the ancient Egypt glimpsed in the post-credits sting of X-Men: Days Of […]
DC has wholeheartedly embraced the digital comics format in recent years. Their digital-first projects like Batman ’66 and Adventures of Superman have proven popular among readers who crave something outside of the New 52 universe. But perhaps their most popular digital series currently is Injustice: Gods Among Us. This long-running series explores the tumultuous years […]
The PlayStation 4 vs. Xbox One battle is a good thing for gamers because it pushes each company to focus more intently on serving players, according to Sony worldwide studios executive Shuhei Yoshida. “Competition really pushes everyone–Microsoft and us–to do better,” Yoshida told Eurogamer. “I think in the end the consumers will win.” Yoshida’s comments […]
Deep breath. Clear mind. Deep breath. Clear mind. Deep breath. Clear mind. This was Cliff Carlo’s mantra throughout my demo of Escape Dead Island. Poor Carlo, the game’s protagonist, has not been well ever since he washed up on a tropical, zombie-infested island in the Banoi archipelago. His entire reality is breaking down around him, […]
The influential 1990s RPG series Ultima Underworld is making a comeback. Paul Neurath, who co-founded original Underworld developer Looking Glass Studios (Thief, System Shock) and most recently worked at the now-shuttered Zynga Boston, today announced the creation of Boston-based indie studio OtherSide Entertainment. The studio has secured the rights to make new games in the […]
“The first hour was a bit overwhelming because they’ve got all the pictures on the wall and there’s a big X where Elvis stood” says Canadian country star Corb Lund of making a Memphis pilgrimage to record at the city’s fabled Sun Studio Stagecoach 2014’s Best Live and Backstage Photos Corb…
The trailer may not provide many explanations, but like the previous games in the series, you can assume that the game is sett on an island teeming with the dead (undead?). But in a surprising twist, this more stylized take will only come to last-gen systems: Xbox 360, PS3, and PC. Due out later this […]
The call that I’d been waiting for all my life came naturally while I was away from my Manhattan home in the summer of 2010 “My name is Karen Spencer” a sultry female voice cooed into the phone of my Providence Rhode Island motel room “I’m a film producer and investor…
Ahead of the 4th of July holiday on Friday, Rockstar Games today released a USA-themed update for Grand Theft Auto Online, the multiplayer mode for Grand Theft Auto V. The Independence Day Special update, available now on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, includes an “overabundance of patriotic flare.” There’s a new “Made in the U.S.A.” […]
