Recent content by Scott Bullock

Rumor: Russian Skyrim Map Leaked The land of Skyrim is going to be big. Really, really big. Late Sunday night, members of a Russian Elder Scrolls fan site posted what they claimed to be a map of Skyrim, pulled from a Collectors Edition of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim they somehow managed...

That I did. Good catch. Edited to fix my derpishness.

New Research Could Turn Urine into Rocket Fuel If you run out of gas on your way to Mars, the simple solution could be tossing back a few beers and letting nature take its course. Back in the 90's, scientists discovered a startling kind of bacteria called anammox (anaerobic ammonium...

Release Date and Pricing Plan for Star Wars: The Old Republic Finally Announced Bioware holds to its promise to release its upcoming MMO in 2011, with only 11 days to spare. After what seems like ages, Bioware has finally bitten the bullet and announced the final release dates in North...

Valve Working With Modders to Create New Global Offensive Modes After months of being coy, Valve has finally announced some of the new game modes that will be featured in the upcoming Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. The new game modes Arsenal: Demolition and Arsenal: Arms Race are both...

Netflix Splitting Streaming and Rental Services into Two Companies In a desperate attempt to rebound from falling membership and plummeting stock prices, Netflix is creating Quikster to handle DVD and videogame rentals. Reed Hastings, the founder and CEO of movie streaming and rental...

Xbox LIVE Is Hitching A Ride With Windows 8 to Your PC Amid a sea of apps and flip-flopping user interfaces, Windows 8 got itself a very intriguing selling point. In trying to retain what people liked about the wildly popular Windows 7 and attempting to compete with Apple's control of...

Rumor: Xbox 360 Finally Opening Up to Steamworks Microsoft's miserly hold on online content for the Xbox 360 might be loosening, if an option buried deep in Steam's customer support menu is any indication. Valve has been pining for a way to get its digital content delivery system onto...

Rumor: 10th Anniversary Devil May Cry Collection Coming to 360 and PS3 We're approaching Devil May Cry's North American ten-year birthday, and Capcom might be bringing a gift. Though Capcom has as of yet made no formal announcement, the ESRB's website...

Well, it had an early playable build up at PAX, and from what I saw it's coming along pretty well. The combat is awesome partly because it uses Newtonian physics, so drifting around and strafing your enemies actually works as advertised. It's pretty cool.

According to what I was told by a Valve employee at PAX, the 360 will be able to play with the other platforms. If that isn't the case, than either he got it wrong or he knows something you don't.

Novus Aeterno Promises Big Things From a Small Company Don't let the small size of the dev company fool you; Novus Aeterno wants to be a big, big game. Secreted away in between the massive corporate booths at the Penny Arcade Expo sits a small area with a couple of demo kiosks and some...

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Stays True to the Source Valve's core idea for the newest installment of Counter-Strike is a simple one: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." The first new addition to the much-loved Counter-Strike franchise in almost 8 years drew throngs of fans at this...

David Jaffe PAX Keynote Speaks to the Importance of Voice When the lead designer on classic games like God of War and Twisted Metal speaks, you listen. PAX Keynote speakers like Ken Levine and Wil Wheaton are hard acts to follow, but Jaffe certainly made a go of it. Speaking to an immense...

Oh, yeah. Activate editing powers! Good catch, by the way.