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anti-monitor

Anti-Monitor Exclusive Is a Crisis at Infinite Cons

He can unleash universe-obliterating waves of anti-matter, but you can control comic book supervillain Anti-Monitor's powers with the click of a dial. The DC Heroclix Anti-Monitor action pack came out last month, but an alternate version will be offered as a convention exclusive at this year's San Diego Comic Con and Gen Con Indy. Even if you don't play Heroclix, those LED eyes make for one hell of a desk lamp.
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space siege

It's 2202, and This Space Marine is All Outta Bubblegum

Earth has been destroyed, the remnants of humanity are fleeing through space on a massive worldship, and one heavily-armed space marine has to mow down hordes of vicious alien scum to save them. Will he sacrifice his own humanity and gain powerful cybernetic implants to aid his quest? You'll have to wait for this fall to find out, when Sega and Gas Powered Games release Space Siege, an action RPG and spiritual sibling to their popular Dungeon Siege games. We've got all the glorious, two-fisted, alien slaughtering action in the new trailer. More »

pmog

You Are Already in a Game. Right Now.

My favorite new mind-bending idea is an extension for Firefox released today by brainy game designers Merci Grace and Justin Hall. It's called PMOG, for passively multiplayer online game, and it turns the entire web into a fantasy world where you can go on quests. Like all cool art, PMOG makes apparent something that you knew unconsciously for a long time. Browsing the web is just a game. Gathering knowledge is a game. Finding cool new pieces of information by reading is a game. PMOG just makes those games literal, by letting you earn points for web surfing — erm, questing. And io9 is part of that quest! More »

games

The Tabletop Apocalypse Comes to Smoking, Ruinous Life

No longer will your menacing miniature armies fight over cardboard boxes and upside-down cups - a series of 3D prepainted terrain sets by Gail Force Nine will make those Mech-on-Mech battles even more vivid than your imagination. Most of the sets come apart to reveal a blasted, ruined version of the same backdrop, which is perfect since that terrain was only there so it could be hammered by long range missiles anyway. More »

monsterpocalypse

Giant Monsters Destroy All Cities

Giant monsters stomping across your gaming table, thrashing each other and destroying an entire city in the process: Is this heaven? Nope, just Monsterpocalypse, a forthcoming collectible miniatures game of kaiju combat by Privateer Press. The pre-painted collectible minis and the buildings they will stomp will come in random booster packs starting this fall. Privateer is ramping up for a grand roll-out, with a comic book series and promo monsters to get the kaiju fans drooling.
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dead space

What If You Ripped a Planet Apart and Something Was Inside?

Electronic Arts has a new game coming out for Halloween called Dead Space whose backstory sounds as good as any scifi book. On an Earth with scant natural resources, mining companies go to remote planets, and rip them apart for any and all natural resources. The problem is that one mission has discovered that something isn't too happy about its planet being ripped apart. We've got exclusive video, below, of some of Dead Space's developers talking about creating the backstory for the game. More »

Video Game-Turned-Movie Channels 9/11 Fears Movie deals aren't just for comic books that nobody's read any more — now they're for video games that nobody's played as well. Fox has optioned a science fiction game still in development, Zero-G, about a new "never before seen" superweapon that destroys a major U.S. city. It sounds like it's coming a bit late to the 9/11 anxiety table, but could be a fun disaster/thriller movie anyway. Zero-G is being produced by Union Entertainment, which also worked on The Darkness and Sin City. [Sci Fi Wire]

galactic civilizations ii

Control The Sun-Munching Terror Star In Galactic Civilizations II

The solar system-crushing Terror Star is just one of the new features from Triumph Of The Arnor, the long-delayed expansion pack for space strategy game Galactic Civilizations II. Stardock Entertainment released a slew of new screenshots from Arnor, and they include some sweet new tools for managing your civilization. You can be one of 12 civilizations, ranging from the humans to the evil Drengin, and strive to conquer the galaxy. Click through for details and screenshots. More »

city of heroes

Epic Supervillains Ready To Devastate Paragon City

Summon your robot spiders, fire off your long fang attack, then unleash the Omega Maneuver. Or just fry your enemies' brains with a psionic blast. Whatevs. Villainous MMORPGers will have a few new ways to strive for global domination when City of Heroes/City of Villains releases the Wolf Spider and Blood Widow epic villain classes later this spring. The new archetypes are part of Issue 12: Midnight Hour, the latest free content pack and upgrade for the venerable superhero MMORPG. Check out the trailer below for the lowdown on epic villain archetypes. More »

concept art

Fight For Your Tribe In A Post-Human Wasteland

After humans have colonized the solar system, a mysterious shard from space arrives, killing or warping everything around it — until our civilization is all but wiped out. Thousands of years later, the only humans left on Earth survive in five mega-cities or roam the post-apocalyptic wasteland in combative tribes. Black Sea Studios' upcoming "next gen" real-time strategy game, Worldshift, features cooperative gameplay, thousands of powerful artifacts, customizable factions and a twisted scifi setting. Check out this gallery of mind-blowing screenshots and weird concept art. More »

classic games

Merchant of Venus, the Game of Intergalactic Trade

In 1988, Avalon Hill released Merchant of Venus, a game of intergalactic trade and exploration that was about a decade ahead of its time. Although the pun-tacular title character exists only as a legend outlined on the back of the box, Merchant of Venus maintains a loyal cult following. People have even created mods and upgrades, despite the game being long out of print. Multiple winning strategies and a great sci-fi backdrop are just two reasons why you should spend this summer prowling garage sales for a used copy.
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milliways

Secret History of Infocom's Never-Released "Restaurant at the End of the Universe" Game

One of the coolest text adventure games of the 1980s was Infocom's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, based on Douglas Adams' bestselling novel of the same name. Though the game was wildly popular, and a sequel to it was rumored repeatedly, nobody has ever known exactly what happened to that sequel. Until now. Andy Baio, the investigative journo-technologist at Waxy, has received a mysterious network drive from which he recovered all the notes, plans, emails, and information about what Infocom was going to do with the sequel that would have been called Milliways. And he's published it for all to see. More »

air rivals

Starship Dogfights and Galactic Rebellion for the Cheap-Ass Gamer

If you want to take to the skies in an advanced aerospace fighter, frag noobs with missile clusters and join a massive battle against a hulking enemy mothership, but your gaming budget is spread a little too thin, then you should check out Air Rivals. It's a spaceship dogfighting MMORPG that's easy to jump right into, but has some interesting depth as you level up your pilot. Best of all, it doesn't cost a dime to play.
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infinity

Cyber Ninjas and Slutty Catgirls Vie for Galactic Domination

Seven economic and religious factions are locked in a struggle to control exploitable planetary systems in Infinity, a sci-fi miniatures game packed with skirmish-level battles nearly 200 years in the future. The unit types include a little bit of everything: mutant animals, heavily armed mercenaries, miniskirted catgirl medics, mechanical armor and what appears to be a nun in a thong. You haven't lived until you've allowed Infinity to turn your kitchen table into a war for galactic hegemony aided by a few robots and a D20. More »

games

Five Scifi Miniatures Games That Are Maximally Cool

There are few things in life quite as satisfying as commanding your cyborg hordes to wage war against the grognard across the kitchen table. Whether you prefer to blast Darkseid with your heat vision or lead a heavy lance in a raid against one of the Inner Sphere houses, miniatures games will meet your need for conquest. Check out our list of the five best scifi games that wil burn up your tabletop. More »

fallout 3

Explore the Vast Capitol Wasteland of 2277 in Fallout 3

This concept art for Fallout 3, which we mentioned once before, shows Washington D.C. reduced to ashen rubble. The highly-anticipated sequel to the classic "wander the wasteland and have sex with mutant hookers" RPG is slated for a Fall 2008 multi-platform release. The story is not directly related to the one from Fallout 2, but it takes place in the same world. In 2077, nuclear war destroys most of America, forcing the survivors to hide out in underground vaults that protect them from radiation, mutants and other bad stuff. More art below.
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star ocean 4

You Are Edge Maverick, Interplanetary Explorer

This trailer for Star Ocean 4, the latest in the successful line of Japanese-style RPGs, shows us just some of the strange interplanetary phenomena we'll visit, and the spaceships we'll use to visit them. And the game's main character has the awesome name of Edge Maverick. Click through for more details. More »

exteel

Your Giant Robot Deathmatch MMORPG is Here, and It's Free

If you've ever wanted to climb into a giant, customizable battle robot and have blazing gun and sword fights with other giant robots, your desires are about to be fulfilled. You can do it all, for free, in the new MMORPG Exteel. Filled with Robotech-style mechs waging war in a series of futuristic environments, Exteel is a straight-ahead arena fighting game. And it rocks. Tweaking your build and jumping into a Territory Control battle is a great way to spend 20 minutes on your lunch break. More »