Thanks to the dedicated efforts of some unknown reader trawling through the Activision/Bungie legal documents required for their upcoming deal, the gaming world may have some idea of when Sony and Microsoft’s next-generation consoles will be available. A title identified only as “Destiny Games #1” will be released for both the Xbox 360 and 720,
Max Payne 3 is one of those “adaptations” where a well-known franchise is used to guarantee sales of an original and untried script. Sure, it’s yet another adventure for the hard-boiled, leather-jacketed hero sharing the series’ signature bullet-time mechanic, but the word “sequel” implies continuation – of plot elements, characterization, or even just central premise/aesthetic.
Bethesda Softworks’s upcoming title Dishonored will be available in North America on October 9 and Europe on October 12, 2012, as announced today. Dishonored tells the story of Corvo, the titular dishonored former bodyguard turned infamous assassin. An open-world title set in a coastal city dominated by fantastic steampunk technology, Dishonored will be available for
Though Sega has thus far refused to comment, rumors are flying suggesting an (unannounced) sequel to racy spectacle fighter Bayonetta may have been canceled. Sega’s recently announced it would scrap several unnamed games as part of a company restructuring, and a source for SPOnG “familiar with the situation” claims a sequel for Bayonetta was among
Sony has released new details for their upcoming title God of War: Ascension. So far, it looks like more of the same. Set six months after Kratos’ murder of his family, Ascension covers our favorite psychopath’s attempt to escape from a Titan-constructed prison and his own blood oath to Ares, battling some of the darkest
You’ve probably heard about George Campbell’s The Hero with a Thousand Faces, even if only because of Star Wars. Campbell argued that the myths that have survived for thousands of years share a common, evocative pattern: a “monomyth” that speaks to deep human needs. As a cultural theory, the monomyth’s attracted its share of criticisms,
We probably should have seen this one coming. The Department of Homeland Security is researching ways to hack into gaming consoles to access private data, ostensibly for use as evidence in tracking credit cards, passwords, and other sensitive information. Armed with this technology, investigators could probably recover data even from a system that had been
Google announced Project Glass, its new augmented reality project, today on the Google+ social network. Though details are scarce at this point, Google included a promotional video with the announcement demonstrating some of the potential uses for Project Glass. Like many other such projects, the goal of Project Glass is to integrate social media and
Like Flower before it, thatgamecompany’s latest opus Journey features only elemental game design – yet that’s enough. Also like Flower, it’s interactive in all the ways that matter. It’s no surprise it’s currently the fastest-selling PSN title of all time. The setup is simple: a robed figure rises silently from the shifting sands of a