Halo’s Forward Unto Dawn: We Interview The Executive Producers Of The New Web Series
Halo’s ships always have such bizarre names, don’t they?
Tomorrow, the new Halo web series Forward Unto Dawn debuts on Machinima Prime and Halo Waypoint, giving us a look into the struggle of a class of new UNSC recruits. I got to sit down with the series’ Executive Producers Josh Feldman and Lydia Antonini and discuss the series’ origins and how it fit into the Halo universe.
Mobile Gaming Roundup – Zombies And Dolphins And Villages, OH MY!
Take it on the run, baby!
Every day we’re seeing more and more mobile gaming being developed for those of you who prefer to game on the run. We will be doing regular roundups of all of the new mobile gaming announcements that come out from all of the various developers who put together these little gems of gaming goodness for all of us to enjoy.
Here’s what we have for today’s offering.
Check Out Dishonored’s Interactive Choose Your Own Adventure Trailer
To kill or not to kill.
Bethesda has just released an interactive video for Dishonored. A choose your own adventure, the trailer offers a full series of interactive videos – including a branch that allows for a non-violent playthrough. I’ve gone through it a few times trying out the violent and non-violent paths. It’s a pretty slick way to show off the gameplay and what to expect from the game. I got to tell you the spring razor traps are awesome! Read the rest of this article…
What Is Epic Games Without Cliff Bleszinski?
CliffyB in 2000.
I’d heard the name Cliff Bleszinski before PC Gamer featured him as a New Gaming God in November of 2000, but I wasn’t quite sure what his angle was. This was a guy who’d done a colorful platformer (Jazz Jackrabbit) and come off the colorful, yet thoroughly monotonous first-person shooter Unreal during his time at Epic Games, a North Carolina developer he started with at the tender age of seventeen. But with twenty years of service at the Gears of War shop, Cliff Bleszinski, known by his old frag handle, CliffyB, is leaving. What is he taking with him?
Ubisoft Announces Assassin’s Creed III Season Pass
God Save the King!
Ubisoft announced today a season pass for Assassin’s Creed III. This season pass gets you all five upcoming DLC packages when they release at no additional charge including, The Tyranny of King Washington. The Tyranny of King Washington is an all new single-player campaign that lets you experience an alternate history of the events following the American Revolution. “History is our playground – and AC teams have always loved playing with historical facts and their consequences as a way to better understand a time period,” said Sebastien Puel, Executive Producer at Ubisoft. “While Assassin’s Creed III concentrates on history as it happens, we wanted to take some liberties with this DLC and tell you how things ‘could have happened.'” Read the rest of this article…
Reverb Publishing Giving Away 500 Season Passes for Cognition
The upcoming mystery thriller “Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller” has made it in to the top 75 games on Steam’s Greenlight, prompting Reverb Publishing and Phoenix Online Studios to call out the fans of the series and issue a new challenge, with a cool reward: If Cognition makes it into the top 10 by October 15th and gets approval for distribution on Steam……..
Eat Your Heart Out Guys (and Girls), Playboy’s Miss October is a Gamer
Photo by Arny Freytag
Pamela Horton, this months Playboy of the Month/Miss October, is a gamer. You are reading that correctly. It’s so weird we as guys think girls don’t play games that I have to explicitly say she is gamer more than once. Hailing from Wichita, Kansas, this German/Japanese bombshell is a huge MMO player, specifically League of Legends and World of Warcraft. She has an ELO of 1355 on Solo as a Teemo in League of Legends. Some of her favorite games of all time include, Legend of Zelda, Chrono Trigger, EarthBound, Portal 1 & Portal 2. Read the rest of this article…
Solar Warfare Review: To Fly Around In A Spaceship And Shoot Things
It definitely LOOKS pretty.
Solar Warfare is an admirable 3D shooter. Developed by one guy and now available on iOS, Android, and compatible Nooks, you can pick this game up for a whopping ninety-nine cents. At that value, it’s pretty much a no-brainer, but is it worth your time?
“The Art Of Video Games” Is Taking The Show On The Road
I know, the only culture you’ve seen is growing on that week-old pizza. Get out and get some more!
The Art Of Video Games – the wildly popular art exhibit which did a six month tour at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC – is taking it on the road with a massive exhibit tour, kicking off at the Boca Raton Museum of Art on October 24, where it will remain on display through January 20, 2013. From there, it’s off to the rest of the country where several major cities will be hit for extended engagements.
FleshEatingZipper’s Minecraft Server In Pictures – Week 1
Our ravine has a roof. It’s true! We love glass here, so expect more in the future!
I don’t know if you’re aware, but we have a Minecraft server – check this thread for info and an invite! – and we’re playing on it. A lot. Probably too much even, but let’s not make the calls for therapists, yet. I’d like to take this space, hopefully on a weekly basis, to show off all kinds of new stuff around the server. Got something cool in our server you want to show up? Hit up the comments below!
