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ilomilo: Southend's gorgeous storybook platformer for Xbox Live

In: Gaming News|xbox

30 Apr 2010

Sometimes all you need is 74 seconds to convince the world that they’ll want your game, as Sweden’s Southend have just proved with their debut trailer for upcoming Xbox Live Arcade title ilomilo. Tick the checkboxes: tiny, innocent fantasy world, puzzling gameplay on the order of underappreciated original PlayStation game Kula World/Roll Away, and I’m [...]

InstantAction streaming service launches: play Monkey Island in this post

In: Casual|Gaming News

29 Apr 2010

InstantAction’s new streaming service has debuted, allowing select games to be played not only in a browser window, but in an embeddable applet if desired (for those of you running Windows, anyway). The selection of games is currently limited to just one, The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition. The service allows the game to [...]

Full Halo: Reach live action short is … longer

In: Gaming News|Microsoft

29 Apr 2010

Listen, we love atmosphere. Don’t get us wrong, if someone was making a list of websites that liked moody, atmospheric advertising, Joystiq would be right there at the top. With a bullet. We watched that Gears of War “Mad World” ad and thought “Hmm, not enough atmosphere and pensive reflection.” That said, the two-minute-and-thirty second [...]

Space Invaders Rendered In Fine French Silver [Space Invaders]

In: Culture|Gaming News

28 Apr 2010

Taito and silverware maker Christofle have buddied up to offer the Space Invaders fan a chance to express their love of the 1978 shoot ‘em up in style. Meet the multi-use silver Space Invader “fashion accessory,” coming soon. According to Square Enix—which owns Tatio—the fine silver invader is “suitable for use by both men and [...]

Kometen: the debut iPhone game from Blueberry Garden dev

In: Gaming News|Indie|iPhone

27 Apr 2010

Following a semi-depressing seasonal lull in truly outstanding iPhone games, it appears that the indie dev community is starting to make a springtime comeback. Case in point: Kometen, the first iPhone game from Erik Svedäng, creator of Indie Games Fest 2009 grand prize winner Blueberry Garden (available on Steam here). Not a terrible amount is [...]

Halo: Reach ‘Pre-Beta’ video walkthroughs, gameplay footage

In: Gaming News|Microsoft

26 Apr 2010

Note: This footage is best viewed in high definition. Click ‘HD’ to enable it. Halo fanatics will finally get their hands on Halo: Reach when the multiplayer beta, included with the purchase of Halo 3: ODST, is activated next week. You’ve already read our impressions but now you get to see some of the action, [...]

Trailer: FiNCK (Nifflas)

In: Gaming News|Indie

25 Apr 2010

Here’s a trailer for Nifflas’ new platformer FiNCK (Fire Nuclear Crocodile Killer), due out this May 12th. The game has been in production for a couple of months now, and will feature a level editor to facilitate the sharing of user-created content. FiNCK will not be freeware, but according to Nifflas it will be sold [...]

Star Wars: The Old Republic dev diary explains fair, heroic combat

In: Gaming News

23 Apr 2010

The latest developer diary for Star Wars: The Old Republic, posted above, makes an excellent point about the combat featured in other MMORPGs — it’s super unfair. Take a look at World of Warcraft, in which some dungeons pit 40 “heroes” against a single dude. Those odds don’t sound very “heroic” to us, sir. That’s [...]

Seven Minutes Of StarCraft II In All Its Single Player Glory [Clips]

In: Gaming News|PC

23 Apr 2010

For a video companion to our new hands-on preview of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty’s single-player campaign, this seven minute long video of hot SCV on mineral action and giant laser drill management is just what the doctor ordered. More »

Sid Meier’s life, career and a 48-hour game design contest packed into documentary short

In: Culture|Developers|Gaming News|Indie

14 Apr 2010

Regardless of whether or not you’ve played any of Sid Meier’s games, or whether or not you find yourself curious as to how he became a gaming luminary, or whether or not you’ve got 24 minutes to kill — you’ve got to watch Motherboard’s latest documentary. Its focus is on the history of Meier’s game [...]


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