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Politics are all about antics, from blowhard rhetoric to orchestrated photo ops and theatrical debates. The Contender—a new game from the Oakland branding and design studio Guts & Glory, John Teasdale, and Justin Young—capitalizes on the latter. Think of it as Cards Against Humanity meets the campaign trail, with a didactic angle. The game is…
When Hoosker Don’t crashed his bike playing GTA V, he probably figured—as the opening seconds of this video suggest—that he’d just get up and get another vehicle. No big deal. Oh, how wrong he was. Before too long, the game’s driving AI has…had some problems. By 1:50 it’s a warzone. core-decorated The Mother Of All…
This article is part of a collaboration with iQ by Intel. We tend to talk about the boys when we talk about esports. Competitive gaming is driven by talented young men whose skills at videogames are second to none. They are incredible with a keyboard and mouse, and they have XY chromosomes—or at least, the vast…
Time Magazine giving the cover over to virtual reality may seem like it would be great for the technology, but the art team behind the image itself seems to have … I don’t even know how to put this … dropped the ball completely. The images, and the story inside, are terrible. Here are just…
By Alice O’Connor on August 5th, 2015 at 4:00 pm. Sending me four new Deus Ex: Mankind Divided [official site] screenshots for Gamescom (I say ‘screenshots’ – one looks like an actual screenshot and even that might be staged), Square Enix are probably hoping I’ll gush over the graphics tech or pore over them…
For fans of the epic Star Wars™ scenes with Rebel and Imperial ships facing off in intense dogfights, Fighter Squadron is the ultimate Star Wars™ Battlefront™ game mode. Now, you can witness this airborne action in the Fighter Squadron gameplay trailer. Stick around to the end. You’ll find it’s full of surprises. Featuring iconic Rebel…
The new Rise of the Tomb Raider footage from Gamescom has gotten a lot of attention for depicting Lara doing some pretty gruesome stuff. She uses a kitchen knife to tenderize a dude’s neck, bludgeons another bro with a bottle, then somehow accurately fires two arrows at once into as many oblivious heads gathered round…
Stop a ruthless criminal empire as a super-powered Agent of justice in Crackdown 3âs hyper-powered sandbox of mayhem and destruction, from original creator D… Crackdown 3 First Look – YouTube.
Halo Wars 2 is an exciting new strategy game packed with fast-paced action, massive battles, and an all-new Halo story, coming to Xbox One and Windows 10 in … Halo Wars 2: Announce Teaser – YouTube.
Split-screen play is something of a holy thing among many Halo fans, a group in which I consider myself a part. We have memories of inviting friends over to play, sharing a single screen to co-op our way through the campaign or to play against each other. If you had two televisions and two systems,…