Call of Duty: WWII has a Nazi Problem
Sledgehammer still needs to grapple with gaming's toxic culture and the uncomfortable history of WWII.
Activision
The New Ghostbusters Video Game is Terrible and Deserves Your Scorn
Forget the movie. Activision's $65 pile of garbage is truly insulting to Ghostbusters fans.
The WhaleCast Episode 38
Eric and Jon dive into the sublime Step Up franchise and talk ethics in eSports.
How’d We Do With Our E3 Predictions?
What's that? E3 is next week? Oh well. We still stand behind every one of these foolproof predictions.
The 6 People You Meet in Advanced Warfare Party Chat
These are the meaningful personal connections you make when you first venture into the world of party chat in Call of Duty.
Thought Bubble: Gaming’s Uncharted Problem
The lack of good sales data needlessly clouds the relationship between publishers and consumers.
Thought Bubble: (Bad) Dates with Destiny
Reflections on a passionate relationship with a manipulative game.
Thought Bubble: Battlefield Ferguson
On the troubling visual similarities between real violence and its simulated counterpart.
Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarm Review
Starcraft 2's main loading screen, a close-up of the hero Jim Raynor, has been replaced with his love interest and nemesis Sarah Kerrigan. Blizzard makes it clear, in its traditionally blunt manner, that things have changed. But are they for the better?
James Bond 007:
Blood Stone Review
As it turns out, there is a lesser-talked-about James Bond game this month. Not directly related to the new Goldeneye, but I guess it must have been convenient to have Daniel Craig in the sound studio. So Bond for all, Wii or otherwise! James Bond 007: Blood Stone is a new, standalone tale for MI6 addicts made by Project Gotham and Geometry Wars creators Bizarre Creations, letting players take the role of Bond as he shoots the bad guys and roughs up luxury cars, but is this a diamond in the rough or just plain fake?
Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions Review
Spider-Man has been lucky. Even on Peter Parker’s worst day his games are typically playable, and on his best day his games grow to become the finest titles for that particular console. So where does Spider-Man: Shattered Dimension fit in? Does this no-strings-attached swing at the spectacular webslinger pay off, or does Shattered Dimensions snap under the pressure?
Trailer for Transformers: The War for Cybertron
Activision has released the first trailer for their upcoming video game Transformers: The War for Cybertron. [youtube width=”560″ height=”344″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1fMeB4f3IM[/youtube] The game features an original storyline and has nothing to do with the movies or Michael Bay. High Moon Studios (Darkwatch, The Bourne Conspiracy), the developers behind the game, have said they are taking a Gears […]
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Trailer
The sequel to Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare; one of the most well-rounded console shooters of the past decade, has its first full trailer. I’m not sure if Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is technically Call of Duty 5—I doubt even developer Infinity Ward is entirely sure about that one—but I can’t wait […]
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 Characters Revealed
[vimeo]http://www.vimeo.com/4014552[/vimeo] Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 ,the sequel to Activision’s 2006 hit game Marvel Ultimate Alliance is due out this Fall. The game follows the recent Civil War storyline that rocked the main Marvel universe. The U.S. government enacts a superhuman registration act after an incident caused by a third-rate Superhero team results in the death […]
