Call it Chekhov’s platitude. You see a conspicuous title like “Always Sometimes Monsters,” and you can bet that in the third act some character is going to fire off that string of words verbatim as part of some truism on the human condition. We’re always sometimes monsters, you see. Or something. I can hear echoes […]
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Mario Kart 8 Drives Massive Wii U Sales, 3DS Is Number Two Console on NPD
June 16th, 2014 
Mark Official NPD US May data is coming out later today, but Nintendo is getting ahead of the announcements with some good news: Wii U sales are up over 85% over April and over 90% over May of last year. Part of that success was likely driven by anticipation for Mario Kart 8, which had immensely […]
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June 16th, 2014 Mark Two creatures–one a fish, the other a bird–come together and then are pulled apart, their love undeniable, and the rules of nature difficult to overcome. Entwined tries to tell their story, but it is not very adept at communicating a sense of romance, though it is nonetheless calming on its own terms. The journey is […]
PS4s Could Be Sold With Destiny and Diablo III Preloaded, Says Analyst
June 16th, 2014 Mark Sony may begin selling PlayStation 4 systems with digital copies of select Activision games already loaded onto them so they are ready for purchase, according to Baird analyst Colin Sebastian. In a Baird investors note sent out recapping developments at E3, the possibility of preloaded games is brought up. “One point of interest from our […]
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June 16th, 2014 Mark Last week, we hosted our inaugural Theorycraft Thursday livestream. Missed the broadcast? Don't despair! The VOD of our play session is now available on Twitch.tv/Diablo. For our Round 1 livestream, I was joined by Game Designer Travis Day, Community MVP Nolan "Monstrous" Mitchell, and Theorycraft Thursday runner-up Stephen "Leviathan" Stewart. We rumbled through a number […]
First Look: Patch 2.1.0 PTR Preview
June 16th, 2014 Mark It's almost here, nephalem! The first major content patch for Reaper of Souls™ is right around the corner and we're preparing a Public Test Region to give you a hands-on look at the upcoming changes. Before the PTR goes live, let's get started with a high-level overview of what you can expect from patch 2.1.0. […]
The Gaze of the Black Prince Be Upon You
June 16th, 2014 Mark The gaze of the Black Prince had been both blessing and curse to her once upon a time. Her journey long and arduous, the blood of the enemy stained her boots. Now she stood on the corpse of the vanquished Fire God – Ordos – her cloak whipping about her frame and victory beating within […]
E3 2014: In Dreadnought, Bigger is Definitely Better
June 16th, 2014 Mark You’re the developer of Spec Ops: The Line, a third-person shooter with a subversive story that depicts one soldier’s descent into madness. What do you create next? Well, a multiplayer space combat game, of course! Developer Yager is known for making statements, but while Spec Ops: The Lines’ statement was thematically powerful, Dreadnought appears to […]
Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft: Which Company Won E3 2014?
June 16th, 2014 Mark E3 2014 is over and done, but who came out on top? With such a strong showing from every company, it’s impossible to decide a unanimous winner, so GameSpot’s editors have taken sides in the argument and chosen which company they felt came out on top. Why Nintendo Won E3 Rather than going toe-to-toe with […]
Why Nintendo Won E3 2014
June 16th, 2014 Mark When I first heard that Nintendo was forgoing a proper press conference this year in lieu of a video presentation, I was worried. I felt like, without the energy of a crowd, without Reggie Fils-Aime’s voice and presence commanding attention in a massive convention hall, there was no way that Nintendo’s E3 presentation could compare […]
