Remember that weird teaser from Telltale Games with the Heavy from TF2, Tycho from Penny Arcade, Strong Bad from Homestar Runner, and Max from Sam & Max? Turns out it was a card game after all, and it’s called Poker Night at the Inventory.

The press text states that “You’ll experience a new style of poker, particularly when hands don’t go the way of the other fiery competitors at the table.”, so maybe they will offer up a twist to the game? This announcement tied in with PAX, so maybe we’ll hear something more from the floor there. Read the rest of this entry »

Well, the Vanquish demo, titled “Velocity Attack,” has been out for a couple of days now and I’ve finally had the chance to sit down with it. I’ll give you my opinion on this first taste of Platinum’s latest after the cut.

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If you’re on a military base and have been aching to play the new Medal of Honor game, you’re going to have to get it somewhere else, because on-base GameStop stores have pulled the game from their shelves.

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It’s so simple and so damn charming and I can’t help but keep playing and playing, because it’s really, really fun.

In promotion of Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. 2, there’s an 8-bit game you can play right on the official site.

Lots of fun, rockin’ music and most important, you can take more than one hit before your ship explodes in a fiery blaze! In addition, you can unlock extra content for the PS3 or 360 versions of H.A.W.X. 2 by playing the 8-bit flash game. Check it out!

Time to outfit your Xbox Live Avatars once again, because now we have Rock Band 3 Avatar items available!

Check out the list of ‘em, pricing and videos showing off these bad boy.

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The unfortunate state of the Japanese gaming industry in this generations of consoles is familiar news to most gamers, which has resulted in many eastern developers and publishers taking a shine to the western market. By the sounds of it, Devil May Cry 5 will be taking a similar approach.

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Internet funny man David Thorne received an electricity bill for more than his usual amount.  I’m sure you know that a series of comical e-mails ensued after he received the bill in the mail.  He blamed Aperture Science, He-Man and a Large Hadron Collider for his astronomically high bill.  And rightly so, too.

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Now, I understand that the title might sound like an ex-girlfriend, but I assure you that these are completely, 100% Arkham City-related. No tears and sleepless nights here, unless you’re afraid of the Big Bad Bat.

They used to be on this Flickr account, but it seems that our friend The Joker has made off with them.  Luckily, I snagged ‘em before they went away.

Arkham City is shaping up to be amazing. Check these bad boys out.  They show off Catwoman, Harley, Two-Face and the Caped Crusader himself.

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As you may already know, we’re pretty big fans of the Pokémon series here. And Pokémon Black and White is shaping up to be another fine entry in what’s already a great series of games.

When the new starters were revealed, many of us began to wonder what they were going to look like. Well, we might have that answer for you. The following images were posted on serebii.net, and are possibly the evolved forms of Tsutarja, Pokabu and Mijumaru.

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Oh LucasArts, will you never stop running yourself into the ground? Confirming the rumors posted on Kotaku earlier today, a representative for LA told Industry Gamers that “LucasArts is reorganizing its teams to better address the needs of the internal studio.” They haven’t said how many, but the rumour reports say it is as much as 30%.

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Oh Valve, you coy little bitch!

Valve boss Gabe Newell recently came out to PC Gamer and revealed Valve was working on “at least three big surprises” in the next 12 months. How much are you willing to bet Half-Life Episode 3 won’t be among those surprises?

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I can certainly say one thing about Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock—they picked some great artists to feature in the game.

Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine wrote an exclusive track, titled “Sudden Death,” for the game to be featured as the final battle between the Demigod of Rock and The Beast.

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You might remember there’s a Batman game currently being developed by Rocksteady. And you might also know that Batman has a sidekick. Several, in fact. So how about multiplayer in Arkham City?

According to a post on fansite ArkhamCity.co.uk, a scan from PSM3 apparently confirms multiplayer in Batman: Arkham City.

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If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits eighty-eight you’re going to see some serious shit.

Remember that Back to the Future game Telltale announced a while back? Of course you do. It was heavy, Doc! Now you’re going to get to talk to Doc Brown himself, because Christopher Lloyd is going to be in the game!

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Title’s pretty self-explanatory. It’s a 10-foot Gundam model made out of Gundam model leftovers. You know the little plastic left over from the model parts which held the parts in place? Yeah, it’s made entirely out of those. And it’s awesome.

It’s not incredibly badass, life-sized and lights up at night, but damn impressive at the very least.

Check out the images after the cut.

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