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
Devil May Cry Movie Adaptation on the Way
Capcom’s sword-wielding, gunslinging hack-and-slash action-RPG Devil May Cry is coming to the big screen.... read more
The Week in Gaming News
Our round-up of notable news from the world of gaming for the week of February 21st, 2011.... read more
The Least Sexy "Sexy" Game Trailer Ever Made
It's not like videogame trailers are usually very sexy. I mean, God of War 3's trailer was pretty fundamentally unsexy, from what I remember. Party games usually have it even worse, often resigning themselves to simply showing a few clips of a multicultural group of young JC Penny models laughing and swinging about motion controls at some vague and underpopulated daytime social gathering. So to be honest, I'm thankful for the trailer for Ubisoft's upcoming party game We Dare, simply because it's one of the more ludicrous things I've seen in a good long while.... read more
Watch the Trailer for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
This morning, Bethesda Game Studios released the first trailer to the upcoming fifth chapter in its popular Elder Scrolls series of games. With The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Bethesda promised a new game engine and a world even more beautiful than the last. Turns out, they delivered.... read more
Finally, a Nazi Dinosaur World War II Game!
Have you ever been playing through any one of the myriad World War II themed videogames and thought, “Hey, you know what would make this game way more awesome? Dinosaurs.” Yeah. Us too.... read more
EA Offers Incentives for Playing the Dragon Age II Demo
Yesterday, EA and BioWare released the demo for the upcoming RPG epic Dragon Age II. The demo is available now on the Xbox Live Marketplace and PC, and will be coming tomorrow for the PlayStation Network.... read more
Mike Patton to Reprise Role in The Darkness II
Faith No More frontman Mike Patton is set to reprise his role as the voice of The Darkness in the upcoming game The Darkness II. In the first game, Patton’s voice gave wicked life to The Darkness, the force possessing main character Jackie Estacado, both granting him power and tearing at his soul.... read more
