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Watch the First Trailer for PlayStation-Exclusive Superhero TV Series Powers

Brian Michael Bendis, co-creator of the Powers comic book and executive producer of the PlayStation original series of the same name, today revealed the first trailer for the show at the New York City Comic-Con. You can watch the trailer above, or watch the whole NYCC panel with Bendis and the actors from the show […]

Conan O’Brien and Arrow Coming to LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham

Late-night talk show host and Clueless Gamer Conan O’Brien and characters from the TV show “Arrow” will appear in the upcoming LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham. According to Polygon, Game Director Arthur Parsons announced at the New York City Comic-Con that Conan will appear in the game as kind of guide, who will introduce players […]

Watch Star Citizen’s First Person and Planetside Gameplay

Star Citizen, the upcoming PC space sim from Wing Commander creator Chris Roberts, showed off planetside gameplay for the first time at its Citizen Con event in Los Angeles last night. Roberts, who introduced the demo on stage, said it was 100 percent in-game, but still in the early prototype phase. As you can see […]

Bleszinski’s New Arena FPS Inspired by Bullet-Hell Shooters and Platformers

Project BlueStreak, an upcoming free-to-play sci-fi arena shooter for PC from Gears of War and Unreal Tournament creator Cliff Bleszinski is taking its inspiration from some unexpected sources. Speaking to Develop, Bleszinski said that his new development studio Boss Key Productions is currently still trying to reveal the “pillars” of the game. “It’s still a […]

Destiny Vault of Glass Guide

Of all the challenges that Destiny offers players, there is no test tougher or trickier than The Vault of Glass. This multi-stage raid not only throws multiple bosses and a ton of high-level enemies at you, it introduces new concepts and mechanics not seen anywhere else in Destiny. Unlike most strikes and story missions, succeeding […]

The Point – Can Games Change Who We Are?

Can games influence our hobbies and interests in the same way music and film do? Danny explores this thought with the help of cameraman Andy and his brand new Subaru.

Xbox One-Exclusive Sunset Overdrive Preorder and DLC Includes More Crazy Weapons

Xbox One-exclusive Sunset Overdrive has gone gold and is now available to preorder and pre-download via Xbox Live. Developer Insomniac Games announced that the stylized open-world shooter’s Day One Items include a Fizzie outfit and two new weapons: Nothin’ but the Hits, an overcharged version of the vinyl-slinging High Fidelity gun, and Hardcore! Hammer, a […]

Alienware Alpha – A Console or a PC?

Peter and Shaun take a look at the Alienware Alpha, formerly a steam machine, and see if they can define what makes something a console or a PC.

Endless Legend Review

It’s difficult to know the breadth of the Endless universe through one game alone. The mythology tells of a galaxy conquered by the eponymous space-faring civilization, The Endless, and torn asunder by their subsequent civil war. Endless Legend picks up a small speck of that saga on the planet Auriga centuries after conflict sterilized the […]

Ryse: Son of Rome Review

Music cognition specialist Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis tells us that “rituals […] harness the power of repetition to concentrate the mind on immediate sensory details rather than broader practicalities.” Margulis is concerned with the way our music-listening habits follow from our desire for ritual and repetition, but I suspect that her comments would apply just as […]