Sometimes all that's needed to encourage people to recycle is a little incentive. That's why pop cans and beer bottles have deposits, and why Coca-Cola built an arcade machine that runs on empty plastic soda bottles instead of quarters.
"I definitely came out as a gamer first." A new, crowdfunded documentary called Gaming in Color gives insight into the lives of LGBTQ gamers and developers. You can pay what you want (with the minimum being a dollar) to stream or download the film here.
If you've seen Steven's update on Mario Kart 8 , heard about the new Wii U system bundle, and learned about Nintendo's free-game promotion already, you're up to speed.
But there's more Mario Kart where that came from. Lots more. Nintendo released a surprise Direct presentation this morning specifically for the new game, setting the stage before it launches on May 30. My favorite part? The slow-mo mustache physics at the eight-minute mark.
Sick of playing around with Disney characters and looking to add a little more oomph to your Disney Infinity repertoire? You're in luck. Disney Infinity 2.0: Marvel Super Heroes is launching for current-gen and last-gen systems this fall.
During an event held in Los Angeles today, Disney announced the next installment for the Infinity franchise, whose story will be penned by the prolific Brian Michael Bendis. Bendis promises that his own brand of upcoming Marvel stories will "blow your mind." But if my mind is blown, how could I ever enjoy playing around with my Loki and Thor figures? That would be difficult.
Marvel Super Heroes will feature six characters: Captain America, Thor, Black Widow, Iron Man, Hulk, and Hawkeye, for your Avengers role-playing pleasure. A Disney Infinity 2.0 starter pack will include three characters, and the one featured at the Disney event included Thor, Black Widow, and Iron Man. According to Marvel's official announcement, more than 20 new interactive figures will be released for the new Infinity universe this fall. The trailer indicates these figures could include Loki, Spider-Man, MODOK, and more.
In addition to the bushel of new characters, the world of Disney Infinity 2.0 has been expanded as well, increasing levels to 20 and adding on a new skill tree. Toy Box mode will also see improvements, including the ability to create interiors and features players can use to outfit their Toy Boxes.
If you're worried about hanging on to your progress in the original Disney Infinity, all your characters, Toy Box saves, and power discs will be backwards compatible with Disney Infinity 2.0 -- even the base. No reason to Hulk smash, unless of course you're that excited. Look for the Marvel gang to show up this fall, and prepare to squee. Even if you prefer DC (like me), they're just so cute.
What can men do against such reckless beauty, such wanton loveliness? How can a game so obviously gorgeous, so well-constructed, still tilt uneasily forward and stumble? And if a game reaches so hungrily for greatness that it trips over itself, is it enough that it reached at all?
Let's take a quick trip into the strange world of video game rumors—and see how easy it is for misinformation to spread across the web.
Rockstar is preparing for the GameSpy Technology service closure on May 31 and while Grand Theft Auto V will remain completely unaffected, many of the company's other titles will lose stat-tracking features like leaderboards and, in some cases, online multiplayer.
For games like Red Dead Redemption and Grand Theft Auto IV, the shutdown will mean the end of Social Club support, but multiplayer thankfully isn't going anywhere. Others, such as Max Payne 3 for Mac and the PS3 version of Midnight Club Los Angeles aren't so lucky.
See the full title-by-title breakdown at the support link below.
Effect of GameSpy Closure on Past Rockstar Titles [Rockstar]
We didn't get to see much of CCP's World of Darkness vampire MMO before it was officially canceled earlier this month. Now that early testers are no longer worried about breaking embargo, we're still not seeing much. Damn these are some dark screenshots.
Techland's first-person skeleton-smasher Hellraid has returned after a delay with news that it will now release for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 instead of last-generation consoles. It's being moved to Dying Light 's Chrome Engine 6 and isn't coming until 2015, so the move makes sense.
One aspect of the re-reveal I'm less into is that Techland plans to put Hellraid on Steam Early Access this autumn before the full PC release happens next year. I don't know how I feel about a studio like this going that route, to be frank. Feels odd.
The game does look like a stupidly good time, though, particularly with co-op. Techland says this new-and-improved Hellraid has been overhauled -- it's not just a visual upgrade -- and I'm hoping it will now be able to not only meet but exceed expectations. Skeletons.
A Link Between Snakes: check out this awesome artwork that applies the powers from A Link Between Worlds to Metal Gear Solid—it's by Asif Siddiky and it'll be displayed in anaglyphic 3D at the Comics vs Games 3D Gallery in Toronto. (Via Tiny Cartridge)
