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Starbound’s First Official Trailer is Four+ Minutes of Pure Magic

Welp, it’s launch day for Starbound. It took almost two years. Since its initial announcement in February 2012, Starbound has been slowly getting bigger and better under the care of developer Chucklefish—honestly, when you’re making a game about exploring procedurally generated universes, and want it to actually look good and play well, feature creep is…

The Trippiest FPS You’ll See Today

quicktequila’s Lovely Planet might be lovely, yes, but it sure is hard to tell what’s going on in it. So you’ve got this um, stick. The website calls it a “semi-automatic” with an infinite bullet supply. You jump, shoot, and progress through the garish but unique-looking levels and worlds, making this perhaps more of a…

“I’m proud to announce that more than 2.1 million PS4s have been sold.” Sony Computer Entertainment head honcho Andrew House, in a blog post thanking fans for their commitment and promising that “Playstation [will remain] the best place to play.”

Retro Platformer + Creative Community = Something Magical

What you see above is just one of the many amazing creations the community of Below Kryll, a free metroidvania platformer, has come up with—and you might be surprised to learn that behind all the pixel art, there is a quite addictive game. On the surface, Below Kryll is just a browser-based free to play…

No, You’re Not Drunk. It’s Just Augmented Reality Mario.

And no, the Wii U didn’t get a massive graphics hardware upgrade overnight, either. Sadly, this is not an actual augmented reality Mario game. It’s actually the clever work of filmmaker (and Skyrim fan) Wren Weichman, though it could easily pass off as a commercial for the real thing. If it was a real thing.…

Hugely Popular Just Cause 2 Mod Goes Official, Gets on Steam

After over a year of testing, on the seventh of December, JC2-MP, the large-scale multiplayer mod for Square Enix’s shooty-hijacky sandbox game, will begin its final beta test. Unlike previously, participants have to grab a key for the brand-new Steam version of the mod (which requires registering on the mod’s website), which will be unlocked…

Happy 20th birthday, Virtua Fighter! Twenty years ago today, the first-ever 3D fighting game hit arcades around the world. As you might imagine, it was massively popular. To mark the occasion, Sega has unveiled a 20th anniversary website where they promise to periodically post news and content related to the series.

Best Dragonborn Statue? Best Dragonborn Statue.

Look at the detail on that thing. I can already see it fus ro dah-ing me from across the room. Thisabsolutely magnificent statue of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim’s dragon-slaying protagonist (which, as some observant readers might notice, is the same one Gaming Heads made available for pre-order back in March) was recently put up…

Wind Waker: The Musical Is Insanely Catchy

Actually, Ganon being lactose intolerant would explain all the world-conquering rage. Life without cheese must be hard. As you might have guessed, indeed it’s Random Encounters that is back once more with a lovely performance, this time based on Wind Waker. It’s pretty much par for the course as far as Random Encounters vids go—it’s…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Amongst Yourselves, our reader-written blog: as TAYizens share and compare their Black friday hauls, PyramidHeadcrab asks what people would play as in a hypothetical Pokémon MMO. Meanwhile, azureguy spots a very clever easter egg in the Steam Autumn Sale’s background. Don’t forget that you can always go join the voices…

When Making a Brawler, You Must Consider… Tail Physics

Oh man. Look at that tail sway. Truly a thing of beauty, isn’t it? All made possible thanks to tail physics. Not much time has passed since the last video update on the progress of indie brawler Overgrowth , but let’s face it, tail physics are important. Brawlers need ’em. Especially animal brawlers with fat…

How Many Gaming References Can You Squeeze Into a Two-Minute Song?

Lots! Eric Fullerton, whom we’ve had the fortune to meet before, returns with a song about… um, gaming references. Basically it’s a bunch of quotes. From games. In song. But it’s good! You should give it a listen. If gaming nostalgia had a theme song, this pretty much would be it. Welcome to the Warp…

A Few Balloons To Cultivate that Festive Thanksgiving Mood

Guess what happened in New York today. Hint: it had to do with balloons. And parades. And Thanksgiving. Yep, even though the weather nearly sabotaged the whole thing, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade with its many magnificent balloons once again graced the streets of a Thanksgiving-stricken NYC. The balloons had to fly unusually low due…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Amongst Yourselves, our reader-written blog: derf_vader notices a rather unsavory easter egg in Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, and Stormborn takes apart and puts back together the iconic Koopas as part of his Redesigning Super Mario Bros series. Don’t forget that you can always go join the voices talking about…

Command & Conquer Returns in a Spectacular Fan-Made Shooter

This is Renegade X, a fan game in development for over six years. It’s come quite far since then, and now, it’s just about ready to go. Renegade X actually started out as a mod for Unreal Tournament 3, which meant to bring the multiplayer aspect of the 2002 title Command & Conquer: Renegade to…

YouTuber Gives Wind Waker (and its Music) an Impressive HD Makeover

Yes, yes I know Wind Waker HD just came out. This is something totally different. With fancy water! And guitars! Warialasky, the one responsible for these awesome sights, tunes, and other classic videos like Phone Wars and the absolutely wonderful Tetris movie trailer, brings us a musical tribute to everyone’s favorite Zelda-themed sea-faring simulator, Wind…

Starbound’s beta version will be available “around the fourth of December,” according to lead developer Tiy’s recent tweet. Mark your calendars, RPG/sandbox fans.

It Takes Over Two Hours To Blow Up Minecraft’s Indestructible Blocks

Indeed. To destroy a whole room full of invincible Bedrock/Adminium blocks in Minecraft, all you need is a massive fireball and about two hours, thirty minutes, and fifty-nine seconds of calculations. And patience, obviously. In Minecraft, all blocks have a blast resistance value associated with them; Wood, for example, has a blast resistance value of…

Build Your Own Combat Car and Watch it Fail Hilariously

After all, that’s at least half the fun. This is Scraps, a multiplayer vehicular combat game currently in development for PC. Basically, you build your own cars in it then blast each other (or yourself) apart. It looks quite fun, judging by the gameplay trailer: It’s one of those pre-alpha proof of concept kind of…

You Might Think This Is a Star Wars VII Trailer. It’s Not.

This is exactly how I’d imagine the first trailer for J. J. Abrams’ Star Wars flick to look like. Except with more lens flare. And music from Two Steps From Hell. And some extra scenes with space battles in them. On second thought, it wouldn’t look like this at all. Director Todd Sandler calls his…