Cowboy Bebop +
Mass Effect + FemShep = Awesome
It's no secret that we here at Paste love Mass Effect. It's also no secret that when it comes down to choosing our protagonist's gender, we prefer FemShep—the female version of Commander Shepard—to her more popular BroShep counterpart. What you may not know is that we're also huge fans of the late 90's anime Cowboy Bebop. And so today... well, today was a good day.... read more
Watch a Fake Trailer for Michael Bay's Angry Birds
Roosterteeth has a trailer for an Angry Birds feature film if it were directed by Michael Bay.... read more
The Week in Gaming News
Our round-up of notable news from the world of gaming for the week of March 21st, 2011.... read more
Nintendo 3DS Owners Get Free 3D OK Go Music Video
The Nintendo 3DS, the next generation handheld gaming system from the creators of Mario and Zelda, doesn’t officially launch until this coming Sunday, but for users who already have their hands on the system, Nintendo added in a little treat with the most recent hardware patch. Included in the most recent update was a free 3D video of OK Go’s song “White Knuckles.”... read more
Watch a New Gameplay Trailer for Trine 2
Trine was one of the breakout indie hits of 2009, offering a beautiful mixture of side-scrolling platforming and puzzle solving. Now, developer Frozenbyte returns with a sequel, offering new enemies, abilities, and most importantly, puzzles.... read more
Watch Eric Chahi's Another World GDC Post-Mortem For Free Online
In last week's Game Developers Conference essay "Reality is Bokeh," Matthew Burns wrote evocatively of the post-mortem that french developer Eric Chahi's gave on his ahead-of-its-time 1991 adventure game Another World. Thanks to the kind folks at the GDC, Chahi's talk is now streaming for free online.... read more
Ken Levine Says No Motion Control Plans for BioShock: Infinite
In a recent interview with Play Magazine, BioShock creator Ken Levine made it clear that there are no plans to include motion control options, such as PlayStation Move and Xbox Kinect, in the forthcoming BioShock: Infinite.... read more
The Week in Gaming News
Our round-up of notable news from the world of gaming for the week of March 14th, 2011.... read more
The Boondock Saints Director Considering Boondock Videogame
Troy Duffy, director of the cult-classic The Boondock Saints, announced in to fans in Austin that “We’re thinking of making a videogame out of Boondock,” according to The Hollywood Reporter. Duffy added, "“They had already built part of the game and I got to play it.”... read more
Watch a New Gameplay Trailer for Batman: Arkham City
The follow up to 2009’s critically acclaimed Batman: Arkham Asylum, Batman: Arkham City is due out October 18. Today we get our first look at in-game footage thanks to a new trailer.... read more
The National Write Songs for Portal 2 Videogame, Win Win Film
TwentyFourBit reports that The National have composed two new songs, one for the videogame Portal 2 and one for the film Win Win starring Paul Giamatti.... read more
The Week in Gaming News
Our round-up of notable news from the world of gaming for the week of March 7th, 2011.... read more
Mr. Schafer, I Presume
Hopefully you all managed to check out our delightfully random collection of photos of the one and only Mr. Tim Schafer. Well, the jokers over at Kill Screen got a hold of it and went on a bit of a caption-contest tear. (Confession: I am one of these jokers, as are many of Paste's contributors.) The results are... well... pretty amazing.... read more
Sony Promotes SCE CEO Kazuo Hirai to Possible Presidental Successor
Sony has promoted Kazuo Hirai, CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment, the division responsible for Sony’s gaming division to CEO of the consumer products unit, the company’s largest division. This puts him firmly in line to succeed Sony’s overall President/CEO Howard Stringer, who is expected to step down in 2013.... read more
Tomb Raider Movie Reboot on the Way
The Tomb Raider movie franchise, which previously starred Angelina Jolie in the titular role of Lara Croft is set to be rebooted. Producer Graham King and his GK Films have acquired the film rights to the series and are aiming to release the first installation of the reboot in 2013, according to The Hollywood Reporter.... read more
Alice: Madness Returns Gets Gameplay Trailer, Release Date
Last month, we took a look at Alice: Madness Returns, the creepy-awesome sequel to American McGee’s Alice, the 2000 game famous for twisting Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland into a macabre world of blood and madness. A new trailer released at GDC this past week shows off the sequel’s gameplay for the first time, and confirms the game for a June 14 release.... read more
The Week in Gaming News
Our round-up of notable news from the world of gaming for the week of February 28th, 2011.... read more
Watch a New Trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
At Nintendo President Satoru Iwata’s recent keynote speech at the Game Developers Conference in San Fransisco, he revealed a new trailer for upcoming Wii Zelda game The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.... read more
A Brief History of the Uncharted Movie
For the uninitiated, the Uncharted videogame series is getting a movie adaptation. That movie is being written and directed by Hollywood star director David O. Russell, who recently received an Academy Award nomination for helming The Fighter. Even more, Academy Award nominee Mark Wahlberg (best supporting actor in The Departed) is attached in the starring role of Nathan Drake. And yet, the fans are pissed.... read more
Red Dead Redemption, Minecraft Win Big at Game Developers Choice Awards
Last night, the Game Developers Choice Awards and the Independent Games Festival were held at the GDC in San Fransisco. The evening’s big winner was Rockstar Games’ Red Dead Redemption, which took home Game of the Year in addition to three other awards.... read more
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