Ubisoft drops some knowledge with another inevitable release and financial reports, while EA is trying to screw up the launch of Mass Effect 3 and Sony finally gives PSN games some love with a new campaign. I don’t know which story I found more touching, all of our crushes, Brandon’s bonding with his son, or… Continue reading
Okay, to be fair, that’s probably not true, since everyone knows we don’t make first contact until we get into a little scuffle with the Turians on Shanxi in 2157 when they catch us trying to activate an uncharted mass relay, but it sounded cool regardless. In reality, as reported in USA Today, EA’s lashing… Continue reading
The Mass Effect series gets a lot of love ’round these parts, and for good reason. You’ll be hard pressed to find a better space opera this side of Star Wars. So, it’s a bit of an understatement to say that we are excited for the impending release of Mass Effect 3, which is now… Continue reading
For a series that prides itself on gameplay options, Mass Effect advertising has been surprisingly dominated by the generic male version of its hero, Commander Shepard. BioWare and EA recognized that gamers did not identify with the default character model of the female Shepard to the point that it prompted them to conduct a Facebook campaign where… Continue reading
THQ finally unleashed the bad news, and it was hard to watch. We wish them all of the best. Some familiar names are coming your way in different forms from Steam on mobile, free EverQuest, and a remaster of another Final Fantasy game. We wrapped up our month of Gaming Regrets before unveiling a new… Continue reading
The role playing game genre has never been more popular than it is right now. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has sold 10 million copies. Mass Effect 3 is coming out in March. Those two series are arguably the two most popular RPG franchises ever made. It’s going to be hard to find a place… Continue reading
No rest for the your game library this week: What games are you looking forward to in the first quarter of this year? Anything standing out or are the releases disappointing? Want in on the weekly conversation? Every Wednesday we pose a question on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+. You can answer from Wednesdays through Mondays on… Continue reading
News in January is just weird. It’s full of pats on the back, wild speculation, and release dates. I miss Epic Release Fall. We get back in the groove with our first full week of being Horrible of the new year which kicks off our first entry in January’s look at Gaming Regrets. Every day… Continue reading
Justin, Cole, Justin, and Josh recap the major news stories of November and get completely jealous of the toys kids today get to collect. Activision gets multiple compliments, indie music is a hit, New Line wants to make a Rampage movie, and more. Send in your questions to simon@horriblenight.com or @TheHorribleShow Show Notes Cast: Justin… Continue reading
Hopefully this was the last week for a while that the industry will be spending all of its industry discussing review scores. I did not expect that conversation to end with the Jurassic Park game though. At the Night, we relived our marathon highlights, announced our next event, offended everyone, and reviewed 2 more big… Continue reading
Our weekly recap is back on its feet. Follow along to our daily video game industry news highlights on the new Horrible Night Newswire page, we’ll recap the best of that list every Monday as usual. Not surprisingly this weeks headlines were dominated by many many reviews. Here at HN, we went live and celebrated Thanksgiving… Continue reading
Big week or biggest week? Industry wise, it was more of a week to catch your breath before the next major release. “Catch your breath,” of course, means “try and sort through all the reviews of what just came out.” It was a huge week for Horrible Night with our merger becoming official with In… Continue reading