The Last of Us Remastered PS4 Release Date June 9, 2014

Last year, a game launched on the PS3 with near unanimous praise from critics and gamers alike. One year later, that game is coming to the PS4. It will include all the DLC from the original game, as well as some special exclusive content for anyone who preorders it from participating retailers. Spoiler Warning.

The Last of Us: Remastered is coming July 29th, 2014 exclusively to the Playstation 4.

Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End E3 2014 Trailer June 9, 2014

On the night of the PS4’s launch, Developer Naughty Dog showed a teaser for what they revealed to be the next Uncharted game. Since then the speculation hasn’t stopped. There were no familiar voices or images in that teaser trailer and a lot of gamers were concerned that the game would not feature the staple characters of the series like Nathan Drake and Victor “Sully ” Sullivan. Well, tonight at Sony’s E3 Press Conference, those questions were answered.

Anyone else notice that ring on Drake’s finger?

Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End is coming in 2015 exclusively to the PS4.

Rest in Peace, JewWario January 28, 2014

Saturday night I received incredibly shocking and distressing news that Justin Carmical, better known to the rest of the internet as JewWario, had died.  A former member of That Guy With the Glasses, Justin had one hell of a career as a video game journalist.  He was the host of You Can Play This, an import game review series, participated in three anniversary features for TGWTG (Kickassia, Suburban Knights, and To Boldly Flee), and he was also contributing to William “Suede” Dufrense’s review series on the Pokémon feature films.

I know this is not late breaking news, as many other organizations and people have reported on this since the internet heard the news some time around Saturday.  Having never met the man myself, I can only speculate on how to feel, but after pondering it for several days now I don’t know if I’m any closer to being able to express my feelings about this.  Needless to say, I truly respected the man’s work.  I thought he provided a unique perspective on his videos, and had a style all his own.

I can think of no better way to honor the man I respect than to show some of my favorite work of his.  The following was a short film he did on the third anniversary of his channel.  In it, he discovers a new power he can use to fight a new evil.  You can watch it part 1 here and part 2 here.

Justin was planning to create an entire webseries for his FamiKamen Rider character.  Now, we will never be able to see it.

Rest in Peace good sir.

Gears of War: Judgment Free DLC Released April 1, 2013

It looks like this was the weekend of free DLC maps on Xbox Live for major 360 exclusive games because like Halo 4’s Forge Island, Epic has released the first official DLC expansion for Gears of War: Judgment for free.

The new DLC, dubbed “Haven”, contains a new map and game type for Gears of War: Judgment’s multiplayer. It is about 50MB in size and can be downloaded right now through Xbox Live Marketplace. A new title update for Gears of War: Judgment has also been released and will automatically download the next time you run the game when connected to Xbox Live. You may need to download it to play the new content.

Gears of War: Judgment is out now exclusive to the Xbox 360.

Super Power Beat Down: Lara Croft Vs Nathan Drake September 7, 2012

Ever wondered who would win in an all out fight to the end, Lara Croft or Nathan Drake?  Well, wonder no further.  Director Aaron Schoenke, has answered that question for us in the latest episode of his series Super Power Beat Down.  This month we’ve been provided the battle we’ve all wanted to see.

On the one side we have Nathan Drake, the hero of Uncharted, a killer Sony Playstation exclusive series.  On the other side is Lara Croft, heroine of the multiplatform Tomb Raider series.  Both of them treasure hunters skilled in multiple fighting styles ranging from martial arts to parkour and gunplay.  This is a battle of the sexes that couldn’t be better matched.

Want to know who wins?  Check it out!

Lara Croft vs Nathan Drake Teaser July 11, 2012

My good friends over at Bat in the Sun, who previously had made Batman short films greatly inspired by games like Batman: Arkham Asylum, have announced the newest lineup for their series Super Power Beat Down.

Super Power Beat Down takes two of the most popular characters in comics, science fiction, and video games and pits them against one another while an expert panel discusses their strengths and weaknesses.  It’s a great series with high production values and a great deal of humor.  Previous episodes have pitted Batman against Wolverine, Gandolf against Darth Vader and had a drag race between two iconic Batmobiles.

The next episode is going to be the first time Super Power Beat Down has featured two iconic video game characters, and they couldn’t be better matched.  Nathan Drake, from the Playstation-Exclusive series Uncharted will be matched up against Lara Croft from the multiplatform series Tomb Raider.  As treasure hunters, both bring acrobatics, cunning and weapons expertise to the game.

I have to say that this matchup has divided the site contributors as I happen to favor Nathan Drake in this match whereas Princess Angel favors Lara Croft.

Director Aaron Schoenke promises the new episode will be posted after the San Diego Comic Con and encourages anyone attending the convention to come check them out, as they will be in attendance.