Better than planking: HADOKEN-ing

Oh Japan. Yet another thing you’ve given the world. The latest photo gag in Japan is HADOKEN-ing. Chances are if you were kid who played Street Fighter or watched DBZ, you’ve done this before. You basically pose in the classic Ryu fireball pose as your friend acts like they’re being blown back from the strike.

Check out the pics below…

Will this be a new thing for American’s … [ Read More... ]

Activision R&D shows off the near future of real time graphics (Video + High Res images)

activision rd tech demo graphics next gen

The thinking men and women over at Activision have been in the lab for many years, figuring out next gen graphics. This tech demonstration is running on current PC hardware using DirectX 11, although they stress it is not actual gameplay.

The person’s face, animation data and voice are from Light Stage Facial Scanning and Performance Capture by USC Institute for Creative Technologies. The same data used by … [ Read More... ]

Kojima officially announces Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain

Kojima Metal Gear Solid 5 The Phantom Pain screenshot 1

Even though we all saw it coming, Hideo Kojima has officially announced Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. He also said that Ground Zeroes is part of Metal Gear Solid 5, although they appear to still be 2 different games. Kojima revealed Metal Gear Solid 5 with a 5 minute video which shows us some brand new scenes.

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Having More Diverse Characters in Video Games Will Make Them Sell Better?

lara croft tomb raider Girl Gamers Tom Abernathy

Tom Abernathy, Microsoft’s narrative designer had started his narrative talk at GDCGame Developers Conference, with a tale about his daughter..

“[My daughter] made it clear that she didn’t like listening to songs that weren’t sung by girls, watching movies without girls, reading books not about girls, and her least favorite thing was when she’d be playing a game and she had to play a guy. Or [ Read More... ]