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A Closer Look at Kirby’s New 3DS Game

Kirby’s back! And he’s looking… as good as he always does, really. It’s Kirby! Nintendo updated their official Japanese-language website with new stuff for the upcoming (and somewhat freshly announced) 3DS Kirby game, Triple Deluxe, in which you’re on a quest to help Kirby’s archenemy, the kidnapped King Dedede, inside his kingdom in the clouds.…

Let’s all give a warm welcome to Kapp’n, freshly revealed background character of Super Smash Bros 3DS, whom you might know as the singing sailor-slash-driver from Animal Crossing. Here’s hoping he brings his shanties along for the ride. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related screenshots…

Peggle 2 is getting multiplayer via free DLC. A recently published Facebook post by Popcap’s Jared Neuss outlines their post-release plans for Peggle 2, which include a free piece of DLC adding the multi-player Duel mode from the first Peggle, along with regular updates to “expand and add to” the game’s world.

Why John Carmack Isn’t Eager for Next Gen

You might be thrilled with next gen—er, current gen. But John Carmack, ex-id Software star programmer and Oculus Rift guru, isn’t yet. He thinks we can still do more with last gen. “The 360 and PS3 are far from tapped out in terms of what a developer could do with them,” he said, speaking to…

The Witch and the Hundred Knight lands in the West next March. Per the company’s announcement, Nippon Ichi Software’s quirky monster-devouring hack n’ slash game is hitting European PS3s on March 21, and North American ones four days later, on the 25th. You can read our impressions on the Japanese version here

It’s the Smash Club Match of the Century: Mario VS. Princess Peach

Mario’s Fight Club-esque escapades continue in the very much gritty and very much violent Mario Warfare’s fifth episode, in which he goes up against a desperate and very pissed off Peach, fleeing her kingdom and hiding from Bowser in the Smash Club Who shall emerge victorious? When will the refugees of the Mushroom Kingdom finally…

Happy 20th birthday, Doom! id Software’s legendary shooter was released twenty years ago today. To celebrate, folks over at Game Art HQ put together an amazing art tribute, with gorgeous HD illustrations of the series’ many memorable enemies. Above is Eric Ridgeway’s version of the Mancubus; visit the site for more. Dayshot is an image-based…

Is this a new PlayStation Move? There’s a newly-published Sony patent for a certain “flat joystick controller” which seems to look a lot like a PlayStation Move, but with a touchpad on the front.

Minecraft Inspires Gamer To Create Awesome Real-Life Building Toy

For most, Minecraft is just a game about building a castle out of colorful blocks then losing it all to a Creeper invasion. But for one man, Minecraft was something else: an inspiration. A Redditor by the name of knightkrawler1167 recently revealed his pet project to the r/minecraft subreddit: a set of magnet-equipped plastic blocks…

Heads up: the Miiverse update for the 3DS is now live. With the update comes the ability to interact with Nintendo’s Miiverse on any 3DS (and 2DS, and 3DSXL) system, along with Nintendo Network ID support for the eShop. More info here and full patch notes here

Pirate penguins expected in 2014. Hey, remember that pirate game for the 3DS? The one with the penguins, from Mega Man creator Keiji Inafune, slated to arrive in 2012? Well, it didn’t arrive in 2012. Or 2013. And now, its official website has been updated to show a Japan release date of 2014. Maybe someday!

It hasn’t been a week and someone’s already put the TARDIS from Doctor Who in Starbound. The game’s also got other great mods since its December 4 launch, including a new Toxic planet type and a whole new family of gathering tools, all hosted on their own dedicated modding site—and this is just the first…

Brutal Doom is—Surprise—Getting More Brutal

The mod for id Software’s classic shooter has grown a lot since we first looked at it a year ago—if you own a copy of any of the Dooms, you should seriously consider giving it a try. It’s pretty much an all-new experience. This new video demonstrates the new and upcoming v19b version’s ability to…

Hong Kong in all its Hazy, Timelapse-y Glory

Hong Kong is a dense metropolis of over seven million people, but from up here, it doesn’t look that busy at all It looks almost peaceful, if a bit dark. LittleBigWorld is calling their latest timelapse film Hazy Hong Kong, and sure enough, there’s lots of haze, along with lots of little people hurrying along…

Buy-in Beta Begins for Turn-Based Robot Football Game

I’m referring of course to indie group Mode 7’s upcoming Frozen Endzone, which can now be tried by anyone who’s willing to give the developers a vote of confidence by way of a pre-order. The game looks pretty much the same as it did at the time of its official announcement in March, only this…

The Walking Dead’s second season begins on December 17, according to its newly-opened Steam store page. Take a look if you’d like to pre-order the Season Pass.

100 More Games in Steam’s Immediate Future, Including Space Minecraft

Well, if you wanna get technical, it’s not really space Minecraft. It’s more of a sci-fi sandbox RPG thing. But it’s pretty darn close. Apart from phr00t’s Space Minecraft 3089 there’s a whole bunch of other quirky and interesting titles in Steam’s latest batch of nearly one hundred community-approved Greenlight games. There’s a shoot-em-up starring…

Spencer Yip of Siliconera teamed up with a Sesame Street writer and a Simpsons animator to create a nice educational iOS game of their own: Nomnoms: Math Universe. As you might guess by the name, it has to do with adorable creatures, space, and math. Yes, math. Check out the trailer here

Assassin’s Creed IV’s Freedom Cry expansion might just land in two weeks. According to an ad in the newest digital issue of Game Informer, which was spotted by VideoGamer, the DLC pack will be available for Xbox One/360 and PS4/PS3 on the 17th of December.

The Wii Fit Trainer Doesn’t Need Your Silly Love Songs

But at the same time, I can’t help but sympathize—the Wii Fit Trainer is one nimble bad-ass. A faceless, extremely fit goddess of death, if you will. No wonder the hero of Hidden Block’s new music video, “Lovely Wii Fit Trainer,” falls in love with her as soon as he sees her again in the…