Blades of steel Oh sure, Cloud Strife’s person-sized Buster Sword looks pretty cool…but if you were going toe-to-toe with an opponent, you’d probably be better off with a plastic butter knife for a weapon. Video games and real-world science get along like vegans and cannibals–for proof, just look at how …
Read More »Twenty-eight years ago this month, Nintendo won its first console war
Twenty-eight years ago this month, Atari took on Nintendo… and lost. In January of 1986, Atari re-released the Atari 7800–and promptly ran into the buzzsaw that was the Nintendo Entertainment System. Little remembered today, the event marked the end of Atari’s status as the dominant player in the home console …
Read More »RadioRadar podcast 070: No more excuses to be inactive
Hey, you. Yeah, you! Listen, I want to know how your holiday break was. Why? Well, because there’s fuck-all to talk about in the video games department, and this show must go on! Join the RadioRadar crew as we reminisce about the holiday that was and the year ahead. Hosts: …
Read More »Broken Sword 5: Building adventure from community, craftsmanship, and goats
Rewind a few months to late August. It’s Gamescom. The second full day of the show, to be precise. The previous day spent covering the opening press conferences, beginning at stupid o’ clock in the morning in a different country entirely, has rather taken its toll. As has the first …
Read More »The Wolf Among Us Season One Giveaway!
Telltale has done it again. From the creators of The Walking Dead (the best game of 2013 according to GamesRadar) comes an adventure based on the Fables graphic novel. The Wolf Among Us takes place in a world where fairytale characters are transplanted from their lands into ours. Don’t let …
Read More »Sleeping Dogs developer announces followup Triad Wars
The bureaucratically corrupt but martial artistically strong world of Sleeping Dogs will return in Triad Wars. UFG officially confirmed its next project after fans spotted a trademark for the name. A post on the developer’s site refused to say anything more about the project aside from “it’s another game based …
Read More »Shadow of the Eternals put on hold after failed crowdfunding campaigns
Shadow of the Eternals, the proposed spiritual successor to cult horror game Eternal Darkness, has been postponed indefinitely. Precursor Games chief creative officer Denis Dyack delivered the news in an update on the studio’s forums. “It is with a heavy heart that we have decided to put the Shadow of …
Read More »Ask GamesRadar – Whats the deal with the UK team?
Hello, dear readers! GamesRadar has an awesome community and we love hearing from you. We love it so much, in fact, that we created a show just for you! Our Community Manager Greg Henninger is going to sit down every week and answer your burning questions. This week we get …
Read More »RadioRadar podcast 055: Grand Theft Vita
Yeah. We’re late. We’re very late. But there’s a good reason: we wanted to wait until we could talk about Grand Theft Auto. Let’s do this, chumps. Hosts: Hollander Cooper, Greg Henninger, Ryan Taljonick, Henry Gilbert, Lucas Sullivan, Zach BetkaQuestion of the week: What’s your favorite GTA moment? Answer to …
Read More »Humble Indie Bundle 9 packs Fez, Brutal Legend, Mark of the Ninja, and more
Humble Indie Bundle 9 (opens in new tab) packs six notable titles with more to come. Brutal Legend, Mark of the Ninja, Trine 2, and the beta debut of Eets Munchies are all available for the standard price of whatever-you-want-to-pay. FTL and Fez are both rewarded to above-average pledges, which …
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