It's happened. Those of you who grew up playing the DnD and Roguelike games of the late 80s and early 90s will remember a series called Wizardry for the PC. It laid the foundation for RPGs with graphics and defined the system that later became a fully immersive 3d world, utilizing an engine that was later expanded upon by Ultima's Underworld and Underworld II. Bane of the Cosmic Forge was one of my first PC games that didn't involve cards, and it's been 12 years since the ...

Every 5-10 years, the cycle repeats. Atari files for bankruptcy in the US.

Before anyone goes "oh no, another industry giant is dying!", this isn't the real Atari, which has been dead for a long time. This is the US branch of Infogrames, which purchased the name some time back and then renamed themselves to Atari because of it's brand recognition.

That name is cursed nowadays. If you're bored, read up on the history of the Atari name. It's quite fun to see ...

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It's too early in the morning, I've got the feeling I'm not awake yet. TF2 characters in a Sega racing game? What? Edited by Dr. Cossack on January 18, 2013 at 7:19:45

Look at this.

If this is anywhere similar to Xenoblade Chronicles, and it looks like it'll be, then WANT. I'm far from being done with Xenoblade since the game is so HUGE, but I'm loving every minute of it. The atmosphere is breathtaking, and I even imported the soundtrack since it has some of the best RPG compositions I've heard in years. I can use more of that.

Hey, guys. Anyone play tabletop RPGs? Things like Dungeons and Dragons, Pathfinder, Call of Cthulhu or Word of Darkness? Of course others are welcome.

I play Dungeons and Dragons and - more recently - Pathfinder. I noticed that every time my group tries to play, it turns into the first hour being a bunch of people trying to one up each-other's adventure stories. Some of them are actually pretty awesome. I was wondering if anyone had any they'd like to share! I'll share min ...

Haven't you?

Compulsive buyers, may your wallets weep!

http://www.wipido.com/video/1722

Meet Captain Rainbow, Nintendo's new original character.


THIS IS WHY WE JUST SMILE AND NOD WHEN THEY GIVE US MARIO.


>Earlier this week, Nintendo revealed a mysterious new Wii title in production called Captain Rainbow. While specific details are still unknown, the game is said to be a strange hybrid of 2.5D fighting segments reminiscent of Viewtiful Joe and sprawling exploration in the vein of Animal Crossing.
>Still not convinced? Pr ...

Sega is apparently in a bad position, as the company is cancelling games and laying off employees. Basically, they're killing some projects currently in development while others will be published by other groups. They'll focus on four franchises only for the time being: Sonic, Football Manager, Total War, and Aliens.

When you start dropping everything but your core properties, that's when you know the situation is getting serious. Sega has a long history for launching games ...

So here's the deal... a close personal friend of mine has been developing an app for the Android marketplace. It's a mobile scavenger hunt that involves riddles and trying to beat your friends to finding an item. Even better, it's free. I'm not at liberty to reveal much more than this right now, but the beta is slated to launch mid-december. I can continue to post updates here as they come available. If you have Facebook, I'd consider it a personal favor if you were ...

I'm opening this topic to talk about the various videogames I'm playing, and to give my comments on them. In many cases, I want to post about a game yet I don't feel like I have enough content to create a whole new topic, so I'll be using this one as a common ground. :) Feel free to comment on whatever game I'm playing at the moment, of course!

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Right before going on vacation, I picked up Dead or Alive Dimensions for my Nintendo 3DS. I wanted a new game to ...

For anyone who's interested in these, the latest Humble Indie Bundle is up and running!

Available this time around:
Rochard
Shatter
S.P.A.Z.
Torchlight
Vessel
Dustforce (beat the average)

I don't know any of these games, and I've got plenty of unplayed titles from the previous bundles, so I'll most likely pass this one up. If you're looking to discover some new games and get a nice deal at the same time, this is your chance!

So tonight this site popped up out of nowhere

http://www.square-enix.co.jp/subaseka/

Along with this

http://www.square-enix.co.jp/subaseka/images/NCQKL/sound_3days.mp3

The World Ends With You is in my top three games of all time, and if this is what I'm hoping it is...well, now would be the time to start slinging around that "death, taxes, teej's obsessions" quote all of you seem to love so much.

It's Game Over for Nintendo Power.

After 24 years, a long run as an internal Nintendo publication, then a move to Future Publishing, the once-king of video gaming magazines will be closing it's pages soon. Of course, nowadays this wasn't the fastest or most conveninent way to get news on upcoming games, but they still had their place with in-depth articles, exclusives, detailed coverage and reviews.

I subscribed to it much later than most people: I joined in 2003, when t ...

So some time ago, Command and Conquer: Generals 2 was announced to be in the making, surprising quite a few people after the disaster that was Command and Conquer 4: Tiberium Twilight. And after an interview concerning the game's story, people were actually looking forward to the game they were going to get!

Naturally, EA can't allow happiness, and has made this announcement:

EA Makes Command & Conquer: Generals 2 Free
"And drops the single-player portion and chang ...

First, I just want to say that this game is outstanding so far. I just started playing a few hours ago, and from an under-funded tiny dev team I'm very impressed.

For those of you who don't know, Firefall is a third and first (your choice) person shooter that blends elements of Team Fortress and Borderlands to create an aesthetically pleasing MMO. I don't really know what else to say about it. There's some story, but whatever. It's fun and that's all I care ...

It was discovered today that Ubisoft has been shipping a rootkit in the form of a browser plugin with the PC version of Assassin's Creed: Revelations. Granted, they've already issued a patch to fix this, but the point remains that their poor testing means that anyone installing this game would also install a backdoor on their PC, allowing any malicious group or software to take control of it remotely.

Stuff like this is why I refuse to get any Ubisoft games for the PC anymore. B ...

Capcom recently announced the Street Fighter 25th Anniversary Collector's Set, full of games, movies, TV shows, goodies and all.

You know what? This is what I'd like to see for Mega Man's 25th anniversary. A pack full of stuff, hopefully many of them exclusive to such a release so we don't get a repackage of old stuff. It's an original product that tries it's best to target long-time fans. Mix that with a new game release, included in such a box, and I'm ...

Okay so after 25 years this may as well be considered a new IP, especially since the only thing it has in common with the first (two!) games are the lead characters.

So did anyone actually pick it up? I've already put 15 hours into it. I'm suffering horribly from the "Just one more chapter" syndromes. The ground controls are a little awkward at first but at the same time pretty easy to adapt to.

Valve launched today a new blog explaining the work they're doing to get Steam working in Linux. It's still far from being available for everyone, but they're well underway now.

If there's any truth to those rumors about Valve designing some hardware gaming box (think: console), getting their platform running on Linux would be an important first step!

Along with Meet The Pyro, Valve released their software for recording videos in their games.

http://www.sourcefilmmaker.com/

Along with it as a proof of concept and a thing to play with, they're releasing the source file for Meet The Heavy as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUhOnX8qt3I&feature=plcp Edited by TopHat on June 27, 2012 at 11:08:52

I thought I'd post a bit about a favorite game of mine: Deadly Rooms of Death, usually known as DROD. I first encountered this as a shareware demo (remember these?) in the late 1990's. The original creator purchased the rights to the game back from the distributor some years ago and has been working with a team to modernize it and expand on the design. The latest revised edition runs and looks as good as something that'd have been created this year by any indie studio, which g ...

Heads up for Club Nintendo members: Nintendo is changing their formula on registrering games starting July 1st. Instead of following the "50 points for a Wii game, 30 for a DS/3DS one, 10 points for a downloadable" pattern they've been sticking to since the beginning, they'll now use points that roughly match the sale price of a game. For example, a downloadable worth 5$ will grant 5 points, while a DS game worth 40$ will reward you with 40 points.

You might want to re ...

http://www.humblebundle.com/

I have bugged a LOT of people to buy Bastion and Psychonauts. I was told that they are either too much money or that they didnt want to take a risk on them.

Well BAM, both are now included in the new bundle, combined with a small amount of other really popular indie games. Granted, you need to pay above the average for Bastion, but I assure you it's worth it~

http://www.gamespot.com/wii/action/sonicthehedgehog4episode1/video/6249444?hd=1

http://sonicthehedgehog4.com/

Episodic content is a bit iffy but that gameplay looks tried and true.

Can't wait.

If you're looking for something new to play, you might want to check out the Because We May campaign!

From today until June 1st, a set of games (mostly indie titles) are available for a reduced price. This includes games for PC, Mac, iOS (iPhone and iPad), Android and a few other platforms. On the PC side, some are direct purchases while others are done through Steam.

There's a lot to be found in there, including some highly rated titles. I suggest you give it a look!

Looks like we're getting another round of New Super Mario Bros, this time for the 3DS! It looks similar in design to the two previous ones, altough the racoon leaf makes a return along with the P meter. This means that we'll be able to run then fly, much like in SMB3!

I'll admit that this new entry leaves me a bit underwhelmed. The previous "New" games all focused too much on reusing previous elements and creating new levels with them, instead of moving the Mario ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oqf36ReTrDU&feature=related

Katawa Shoujo ("Disabled Girls") was originally an idea thought up by doujin artist RAITA back in the year 2000 in the back of one of the books he had drawn for. In 2007, a scan of this idea was posted on 4chan's /a/ board, and some users were so intrigued with the idea that they decided to take his idea and make it in their own image.

5 years later, and Katawa Shoujo is released as a free download. Natural ...

http://kotaku.com/5552813/surprise-no-portal-2-party-at-e3

Episode 3? Edited by Teej on June 16, 2010 at 3:57:27.