My Best Games

Nervous in a fire-fight? Anxious in a raid? Until now, gamers have been able to mask their inner-most emotions behind a headset, but according to new research from Spain, there may soon come a day when everyone online will be able to see you sweat… …

Shooter fans in Japan will get to choose between a dubbed and subtitled version of Call of Duty: Black Ops when it releases this winter. You can get a taste of what western warfare sounds like when it’s dubbed in Japanese by checking out this recent trailer… …

Let’s be honest. There are basically ten billion zombie games on the iPhone, and not all of them are very good at all. Fortunately, Zombie Shock is one of those absolutely superb ones that are more than worth the cash… …

Blizzard Entertainment has just announced the release of their first custom map for StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. Titled ‘Burning Tide,’ the new 3v3 map features lava surges and a resource race, similar to the objectives in the campaign mission ‘The Devil’s Playground.’… …

Battle vs Chess promises to expand on regular chess in so many ways they’re almost uncountable. Aside from mixing up chess rules and injecting RPG elements, there are also puzzle games aplenty. Of course, none of that would matter if the game was boring to look at, and based on the latest trailer, it’s easy on the eyes for sure… …

Developer Treyarch announced today that Academy Award-winning actor Gary Oldman (Book of Eli, The Dark Knight, The Fifth Element) will reprise his role as Viktor Reznov in Call of Duty: Black Ops. But he’s not alone… …

It’s probably the most famous cheat code in the world. Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start. Yup, the Konami code is (was?) the mantra for an entire generation of gamers. But who would have thought that it would do anything in Google Docs? Yup, there it is in all its glory, doing something totally useless (unless you live in an Enter The Dragon-style room full of mirrors, in which case you’re almost certainly evil and must be stopped with Kung Fu right now).

…

So there’s this carrot, right, and it looks a lot like it has arms and legs. It’s got a lot of character. The grower of this amazingly appendaged carrot thinks that it looks like Buzz Lightyear. I say no frickin’ way that vegetable looks anything like Buzz Lightyear. Not a chance. However, it does bear more than just a passiing resemblance to a couple of game characters. …

One of the biggest changes to the Call of Duty franchise this year will be the addition of Theater Mode. If you’ve ever played around with Saved Films in Halo 3, you know exactly what to expect: a built-in machinima studio in which every multiplayer match can be saved and then explored with a free-roaming camera. Take a look… …

We were on location in Los Angeles earlier this week when Activision and Treyarch revealed Call of Duty: Black Ops’ expansive new multiplayer offerings. There was certainly plenty to be enthused about (read the juicy details here) but a few attendees were so thoroughly psyched - or wasted - that they spontaneously went all Electric Boogaloo on it. Luckily our all-seeing camera captured the magic – click through to watch it for yourself… …