Sex appeal is a common ingredient in videogames, but X-Blades may represent a new level in blatant eyeball-grabbing. The anime-tastic heroine, Ayumi, wears a shockingly small amount of clothing, even by gaming standards. Luckily, while she may have forgotten to bring a pair of pants on her evil demon-fighting, treasure-hunting hack 'n slash adventure, she did remember two rather badass swords... that just happen to also serve as a pair of
Though various members of the X-Men have appeared in several games over the past few years, it’s rare for an X-game to show real ambition and experimentation – they tend to be more mid-budget, mass market fare. But with X-Men Destiny, developer Silicon Knights (Eternal Darkness, Too Human) is looking to up the ante and...
By
Keadin
posted August 26, 2011
At first
it’s hard to wrap your head around playing a licensed game and not getting to
control any of its iconic characters, but X-Men
Destiny tries to take its version of superhero roleplay to the next level
by letting Jack Kirby and Stan Lee’s world be the framework for a brand new set
of stories the player helps shape...
The Wolverine of videogames has always been a little different from the one in the comics, more so in violent approach than characterization. It's pretty standard in a Wolverine comic to see him stab someone in the head and then chop the body into bloody chunks, like a blender intended only for bad guys. Yet in games, his claws and feral sensibilities are toned down or meaningless all together.
The X-Men have a pretty great roster of characters, but Wolverine (a.k.a. Logan, a.k.a. James Howlett, a.k.a. Weapon X, a.k.a. Patch... we could go on) would win any popularity poll hands down. What's at the root of Wolvie's favored fan status? It's as simple as his characterization: he's a badass individual with unbreakable claws that can cut through anything, which are mainly used on bad guys.
The past few years have been very kind to comic book-based video games - but they weren't always skyscraper-swinging adventures like Ultimate Spider-Man. It used to be that every superhero game was a beat 'em up that threw waves of inept thugs at you while occasionally asking you to use the hero's signature power.
Oh, there's plenty of fist-meets-face action in X-Men: The Official Game, but each level is built just for a specific character. Iceman's missions are fast-paced races that involve
Ever since Nightcrawler teleported his way through the White House, drop-kicking and hip-tossing countless armed guards along the way in X2, he's been the one X-Man everyone's wanted to control. And while the past X-Men movie games have been a bland sort, Nightcrawler's inclusion may make the third film's tie-in action game a must-play.
For those not in the comic book loop, Nightcrawler's a blue-furred, teleporting, acrobatic mutant who can literally be in two places at once. Guiding him

We used to love dissecting dead aliens to develop new technologies in the old X-COM games. So we were excited to get a closer look at how weapon research and other fundamental features from the original series will be handled in the upcoming series reboot developed by 2K Marin. It looks like there will be a hint of BioShock-y gameplay mixed in. Find out more...
Find out why XCOM: Enemy Unknown
will be more faithful to the PC classic in our first-look at Firaxis Games’
take on the sci-fi strategy series…
Developed by Firaxis Games, XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a re-imagining of the 1994 classic strategy game X-COM: UFO Defense. We go hands-on for the first time and find that there's something for everyone in this upcoming title...