Software & Websites

Tracks airplanes using ADS-B and FAA data. You can also view details – airline, destination, etc – for each plane it tracks. The site is free to use, but you’ll get more out of its desktop and mobile apps.

From the jokers that brought us Magicka comes The Showdown Effect, a sidescrolling multiplayer game featuring 80′s and 90′s action hero stereotypes. It’s like PvP Contra, if it had more clichés in it.

A Japanese preview of the fourth game in the beloved third-person shooter series. Earth Defense Force 2025 has new soldiers, new weapons and huge insect enemies to topple. EDF! EDF! EDF!

AirDroid is a free app that lets you manage your Android device from a computer’s web browser. As long as both are on the same Wi-Fi network, it will let you transfer files and send SMS using your PC.

The marines head out to the USS Sulaco to look for Ellen Ripley and other survivors in the latest trailer for Gearbox Software’s upcoming fps Aliens: Colonial Marines, which is set after Alien 3.

A look at some of Dante’s stylish moves, some of them designed to quickly rack up hits to raise the combo score quickly, while others keep multiple enemies within Dante’s reach to sustain a combo.

Rockstar Games has uploaded hi-res maps from Grand Theft Auto III, Vice City and San Andreas, a gift to those who bought the digital versions of the games (and anyone looking for cool GTA posters).

James Lecker’s website contains sound bites of the Metallica front man’s distinctive singing growl. Yeai-yeaaaaah!!! Yoo-oo-ohwa!!! Anthony Kiedis deserves one too. (Image credit: Zoiudozoiao)

The titular heroine will be a standalone character in Final Fantasy XIII: Lightning Returns. Many of the available actions and decisions that players take will speed up or slow down the world’s demise.

Pay what you want for The Binding of Isaac, Shank 2, Snapshot, Closure & Indie Game: The Movie. Pay above average to get Legend of Grimrock and Dungeon Defenders. DRM-free and cross-platform.

(NSFW: Language) A look at the gameplay and environments in the upcoming reboot, including Base Camps, used for leveling up, and how wind, fire and water can be used strategically.

Samplr is an iPad synthesizer designed to make it easy for the user to manipulate samples via multitouch. The user can use up to 5 sound effects and 6 samples at once in 7 different play modes.

(Spoilers/NSFW:Language) We already saw 15 minutes of early gameplay, and now we’ve got the actual opening sequence of Bioshock Infinite, with cinematics that pay tribute to the original Bioshock.

The Seven Wonders of Crysis 3 is a machinima mini-series that uses the in-game engine to present the events preceding Crysis 3 itself, while showcasing the graphics and gameplay.

A look at Dead Space 3′s optional but full-featured co-op mode. A friend can drop-in (and out) of your single player game, providing help and triggering additional cutscenes and story elements.

The story trailer for Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time, the fourth game in the PlayStation-exclusive action series. The game has Cross Buy, so the PS3 version also gets you a copy of the Vita version.

One of four new videos released by developer Epic Games, showing gameplay footage from the upcoming shooter Gears of War: Judgment. This video is from the single player campaign.

(NSFW: Language) A local multiplayer space sim. Players man the ship’s control panel, but the orders for one player are shown on the other player’s screen, so you have to tell each other what to do.

The sequel to the post-apocalyptic horror FPS Metro 2033, Metro: Last Light promises to build on the success of its predecessor with cutting-edge graphics and more unique weapons.