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Exclusive Warhammer 40K birthday merchandise
Rick Priestley created Warhammer 40,000 back in 1987. The war game’s 25th birthday party is tomorrow, February the 25th, and Games Workshop are marking the occassion by shipping exclusive swag to their local stores. The company is predicting this will be the last chance for fans to get their hands on a limited edition Crimson […]
Far Cry 3: I’ll kill your friend
Far Cry 2 surfaced in 2008. Far Cry 3 is expected late in 2012. That’s 4 years later. Set on a tropical island, Far Cry 3 invites you to escape – bothered, of course, by crazed inhabitants. The game has been developed by Ubisoft Montreal in conjunction with the Shanghai team. Players should expect realism […]
The Scarygirl gallery
Over at the art community Behance, art director Adrian Ludley shares the work he did on the Xbox Live and PSN game Scarygirl. He writes: Art Director – from 2D to 3D. With a wealth of 2D art from Nathan Jurevicius Graphic Novel Scarygirl, the challenge was to bring his world and characters to life, […]
WizKids’ The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Journey to the Lonely Mountain board game
WizKids Games announced this month that they would expand their Lord of the Rings range. The HeroClix publisher already has Lord of the Rings: Nazgul as an offering. The new board game, expected out in the States in October, is designed by Eric Lang and will echo the first Peter Jackson Hobbit film. The deluxe […]
Laser cut your very own stained-glass d20
I’m not sure you’d ever roll them for fear of smashing them into a pile of glass caltrops but it would be cool to have a pair of stained-glass d20. They’d look great on the coffee table. You know; beside the black skull, the Predator gun and ghost trap. As it turns out you can […]
Skyrim: To Lydia with Love
Have you had the Lydia experience in Skyrim? I lost her against a powerful necromancer hanging around with a bunch of dangerous vampires. I can’t say she was entirely without blame when it came to her death… but it doesn’t seem right to speak ill of the dead.
D101 Games publish Crypts & Things
Here’s a nice way to launch a new RPG. British publisher D101 Games have put together an eight minute video for Crypts & Things. It’s a good way for gamers to get to look inside the book before they buy it. The game is available in a number of formats. There’s a PDF from DriveThru […]
Shaun the Sheep 3D coming to the Nintendo 3DS
Don’t mock. I actually think this is a good idea. It’s a good way for the 3DS to showcase its 3D capabilities and its a good way to get some cash from the franchise for Aardman. I actually think the Vita has the most to benefit from with this sort of distrubution deal (sans 3D, […]
Hacking the early access Mass Effect 3 Facebook decoder
Do you want early access to Mass Effect 3? You have a chance if you have a go at hacking into a decoder on Facebook. The competition is being run by Xbox UK. The assumption is that these codes are only good for Xbox 360 players – there’s a chance they’ll be geo-locked to the […]
