Here are today's stories covering video games, gadgets, and pop culture.
In the video below, horror filmmaker James Gunn gives Blair Herter a hands-on demo of Lollipop Chainsaw, talks teaming up with the great Suda51, and shows off a boss called Vikke the Viking.
"Vikke the Viking is voiced by Michael Rooker," Gunn told us. "This is Juliet fighting this wonderful Viking metal dude and trying to kill him. As you can see, he gets cut apart little-by-little and different parts of him keep coming at her."
Rock and roll, cheerleaders, monsters and blood... seriously, what more do you need in a game?
Borderlands 2 will be unleashing a new Siren on the masses. Her name is Maya, and she's pretty badass. Borderlands 2 producer, Matt Charles, stopped by X-Play to show Blair Herter some of the sick new moves Maya will have. Check it out.
I played as a Siren in Borderlands 1, but haven't decided who I want to play as in Borderlands 2. I might make my alt first and wait for the Mechromancer to be released to be my main. When Borderlands 2 is released on September 18th, who will you be?
PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale will give gamers the fighting game they've been craving. With match-ups like Kratos vs. Sweet Tooth, there's a character for everyone, and then there's a character for everyone to beat up! X-Play spoke with PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale's game director, Omar Kendall, about how this game will be accessible for all audiences.
LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes is poised to be the ultimate super hero game, at least if you ask me and my ten-year-old brother. In the video below, Jonathan Smith, Head of Production at Traveler's Tales details the story behind the sequel, and gives us a gameplay preview featuring the entire blocky yet adorable Justice League.
X-Play's got you covered when it comes to the biggest hits being shown at E3 2012. We'll be on the show floor all week long during E3 2012, but we wanted to give you a sneak peek at some of the title's we think are going to steal the show including Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, Assassin's Creed 3, Halo 4, God of War: Ascension, Medal of Honor: Warfighter, and more in the video below.
Which game are you most looking forward to learning more about during E3 2012?
The Mass Effect 3 Rebellion DLC pack has been released and we've got gameplay footage of everything it has to offer. In the video below you can check out Rebellion's two new maps, Firebase Jade and Firebase Godess, its six new classes and its three new weapons, the Cerberus Harrier Assault Rifle, the Reegar Carbine Shotgun, and the Krysae Sniper Rifle.
Let us know what you think of the Mass Effect 3 Rebellion DLC pack in the comments.
I'm always on the lookout for interesting takes on the survival-horror genre, and the trailer you see above shows off one of the most interesting I've seen in a long time. Among the Sleep is a first-person game told from the point-of-view of a two year-old child.
According to developer Krillbite, Among the Sleep lets its players "immerse themselves in a child's limitless imagination. This is a perspective we all have a distant familiarity with, but few can clearly remember what it felt like." If there's anything more horrifying, mysterious and interesting than inhabiting the body of a defenseless toddler, I can't imagine it.
There will be no weapons. The game will take place in the "borderland between dream and reality," where "surreal creatures and diverse environments will present you with both physical and mental obstacles that challenge your creativity."
I tried downloading the game by throwing money at my monitor, but it didn't work. Among The Sleep is set for release on PC and MAC next year.
To celebrate X-Play's upcoming "Top 100 video games of all time" shows, we want you to pick your own personal five must-have games, so we made an app.
Here's how it works:
This is all leading up to X-Play's "Top 100 Games of all Time" shows, in which Jack Black, Aisha Tyler, Robin Williams, Danny Pudi, Paul Scheer, Cliff Bleszinski, Elijah Wood, Felicia Day, and many more people-of-note celebrate the 100 greatest games ever made. It starts on June 11 at 8/7c and continues all week until June 15 8/7c, only on G4. Don't you dare miss it.
Games are increasingly becoming a popular way to tell stories -- there is no doubt about this. Narrative is becoming a mechanic, with the strength of said narrative retaining the power to make or break a game. A weak story can sap the enjoyment from an action-adventure title; an overly-complex plot will settle a cloak of tedium over an RPG.
A step beyond film due to their immersive and reciprocal nature, looking to games for thoughtful and entertaining experiences means that responsibility rests not only on designers and programmers but writers as well. If last March’s skirmish regarding Mass Effect 3 has proven anything, it’s that video games are beginning to face more demanding challenges as an interactive storytelling medium.
As the way we play games evolves, so does our definition of what makes a game “good.” New frameworks and fancy add-ins can cloud over a game’s soul if they complicate an already cluttered plot. Games created for the purpose of showing off new modes of gameplay should be built into the story they attempt to tell, not the other way around – if the game calls for a story, that is.
Games can and do exist without narrative – but once a plot or character development is introduced, the simple problem-solving foundation is bricked over. A complex story needs time and resources to properly tell itself. Mismanagement of these resources – poor character development or shallow characters, overly-involved backstory, lack of appropriate presentation for important climaxes and details ---results in the game’s total failure to captivate beyond shiny graphics and racking up bonuses.
Rhode Island governor Lincoln Chafee had some choice word for former baseball great (and current game developer) Curt Schilling at a press conference today.
Yesterday, Schilling said unnamed video-game publisher pulled out of a $35-million deal to finance the sequel to Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning because Chafee questioned the solvency of the Schilling's 38 Studios. "The governor is not operating in the best interest of the company by any stretch, or the taxpayers, or the state," Schilling said. "We're trying to save this company and we're working 24/7. The public commentary has been as big a piece of what's happening to us as anything out there."
When asked about this by reporters, Governor Chafee said, "I don't believe we scared away investors...An investor is not going to be scared away by some governor's comment."
Far Cry 3 now has a E3 teaser trailer! The video shows glimpses, both visual and audio, of Ubisoft's open-world shooter. The full trailer will be revealed next Monday, June 4th, during Ubisoft's E3 2012 press conference. Following in the great tradition that is teaser trailers, this trailer doesn't really reveal anything.
Far Cry 3 will be released on September 4, 2012.
THQ have announced that their former executive vice president of Core Games, Danny Bilson, has stepped down from his position and Naughty Dog's co-founder Jason Rubin will be replacing him. Rubin will be responsible for all of THQ’s worldwide product development, marketing, and publishing and report directly to chairman and CEO of THQ, Brian Farrell.
“Jason’s proven track record in the industry speaks for itself, and he is one of the brightest minds in the business,” said Brian Farrell. “We believe he can be a game changer and can contribute immensely to executing on our strategy of delivering quality connected core game experiences.
Additionally, the senior vice president of Core Studios, Dave Davis, is leaving THQ. Bilson, Davis, and the rest of the Core Games group at THQ were responsible for the comapny's recent rebranding from a licensed-game publisher to a developing and publishing one. Farrell had this to say about their departure.
This Max Payne 3 multiplayer quick tips video will help you top the leaderboards in Rockstar's new action adventure game. After playing through MP3, we found that there are a few ways to make the experience as a whole better than ever and we wanted to share them with you. Grab your gun and let’s get started.
After the break you can find a full breakdown of each Max Payne 3 quick tip.
At the same time you were grilling hamburgers and hotdogs over Memorial Day, Activision and the Call of Duty creators were taking the weekend to prepare to grill each other ahead of this Friday’s Call of Duty lawsuit in Los Angeles State Superior Court. That’s where a jury will begin to hear the biggest video game lawsuit to reach trial, with parties seeking $1 billion in damages. Former Infinity Ward heads Vince Zampella and Jason West as well as dozens of ex-Infinity Ward employees are suing Activision for owed royalties, wrongful termination and the rights to the Modern Warfare franchise. Countersuing the pair is Activision. The top video game publisher alleges insubordination and breaches of contract on the parts of Zampella and West.
There’s a lot of information and legal jargon to take in, and between MW3's Collection 2 DLC and all of the Black Ops 2 news, you may not have read every post in G4’s lengthy Fall of Duty series. To bring you up to speed on the soap opera of Soap’s creator’s, here is a quick time guide to the Call of Duty lawsuit.
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