Nintendo surprised a good many people today. The first Nintendo Direct conference that was worth the time it took, the first conference of the show that was predominantly first-party products and the first time Nintendo has truly given us more than one reason to own the Wii U. Nintendo, in the shortest conference of show, presented…
Like it or not, the Toys-to-Life category is here to stay. Between the financial titan that is Skylanders and the license to print money that is Disney: Infinity – particularly with the new Marvel license and the inevitable Star Wars tie-ins, these collectible cross-media figures aren’t going anywhere. Nintendo knows its audience, and…
In a sense, the interactive entertainment based on the Alien universe have translated that universe quite well: some of them were solid and workmanlike, and some of them were complete train-wrecks – an almost-perfect parallel to the film series. Some of the Alien games were mindless, idiotic action-fests with little in the way of subtlety or pathos,…
The last few years have not been kind to id. Rage, a labor of great love and the freshman outing of the idTech 5 engine was met with something short of all-out enthusiasm. Wolfenstein was met with rave reviews and great audience response – but Wolfenstein had far more to do with Machine Games than it did id. DOOM…
With many conferences of E3 2014 finally over, it’s time to digest what we got to see. After last year’s Microsoft E3 snafu it was interesting to see what titles they were going to bring to the table. What better way to make your pitch for the Xbox One than the very franchise that made…
Grand Theft Auto V broke every major sales record in the industry, and was universally hailed as a phenomenal game-play experience. The critical and audience reception was universally positive and it broke new ground in technical and narrative avenues alike. Even to audiences disinclined to interest, Grand Theft Auto V was an in impressive and…
Last week Warner Bros and Rocksteady gave a tantalizing look at Batman Arkham Knight’s newest attraction, the Batmobile. With an informative video and enough mayhem to tease any Bat-fan with a promise of more to come during E3, the Batman has come to fulfill his word. I’m just gonna leave this video here… Yeah, that…
I’m a big Doctor Who fan, and that’s either caused by, or the cause of, how much I enjoy time travel stories. Wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey, I love the games that writers can play with time travel, messing around with history, jumping forward and backward (sometimes by just a few minutes) trying to keep someone from taking just the wrong action at…
Welcome to Day 1 of E3 2014! Nintendo is kicking things off at 9:00AM PST and we’ll be beginning the Live-Blog shortly! Stay tuned to Pixelated Geek for more E3 2014 Coverage.