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Your PC Must Be This Beefy to Play Wolfenstein: The New Order

When Nazis take over the world, Xbox 360s all around the weep in agony. Wolfenstein: The New Order will ship with a hefty four discs for Microsoft’s last-gen game console. You’re going to need a decent chunk of space on PC and PlayStation hardware, too. Bethesda’s letting players know the requirements they’ll need to run…

Superman Isn’t Too Happy With The Lego Movie‘s Ending

You don’t just sideline the Man of Steel, guys… The Lego Movie may have had a lot more depth than folks initially expected but that doesn’t mean it didn’t have some puzzling plot holes. This new, all-stop-motion video from the How It Should Have Ended folks is basically touching on the “But, Superman…” problem that…

An In-Depth Look At That New Destiny Footage

Bungie let the world take a look at Destiny recently but some folks still have questions. A lot of them. So, here’s a new 15-minute video that scours the latest footage for answers. YouTuber Datto delivers a heroic effort at figuring out which weapons, abilities and mechanics are being shown in the most recent glimpse…

User-Made Trials Fusion Track is a Day-Glo Retro Dreamworld

This homage to video game classics of yore presents a pretty steep challenge to folks playing RedLynx’s latest motocross stunt game. But it’s damn pretty to look at least. Created by user Bloddae, “World of Pixels” serves a good reminder that the Trials games are basically descendants of ExciteBike. The wealth of colors and technological…

“I definitely came out as a gamer first.” A new, crowdfunded documentary called Gaming in Color gives insight into the lives of LGBTQ gamers and developers. You can pay what you want (with the minimum being a dollar) to stream or download the film here.

Watch The Next Disney Infinity Reveal Live, Right Here

Teasers went out a few weeks ago and now it’s time to see what the next evolution of Disney’s hit collectible toy game will look like. Time to shout Excelsior? The House of Mouse will be hosting a Google Hangout at 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. ET today that’s widely expected to introduce Marvel Comics characters…

How to Use the PS4’s Fancy New Video Editor

The PS4’s most ambitious firmware update yet is going to let you make sharp-looking videos from your gameplay. Let’s take a look at how the ShareFactory editing suite is going to work. You could already do some rudimentary trimming of gameplay video clips on the PS4 but the ShareFactory upgrade lets you splice in your…

Never Underestimate What Can Be Cosplayed

Think a game needs to have humanoid shapes or faces to generate fun cosplay? Look at this awesome Threes couple and think again. According to Threes co-creator Asher Vollmer, this looks like the first instance of cosplay inspired by his hit numerical puzzle game. If cosplay’s anything like real life, these two folks will be…

If BioShock Were Remade Today

Thought the revamp of Rapture in BioShock Infinite‘s Burial at Sea DLC looked great? Well, the iconic underwater city looks even better in the latest version of Unreal Engine. YouTuber/indie game developer noodlespagoodle took assets from BioShock 1 and dropped them into Unreal Engine 4. It’s quick work but the results are still impressive. The…

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Game Is Coming Out on Xbox One, After All

And, what do you know, it’s out today. Twelve days ago, it looked like The Amazing Spider-Man 2 tie-in game was delayed for Microsoft’s newest game console. Activision said that it was “working with Microsoft in an effort to release The Amazing Spider-Man 2 video game on Xbox One.” But, earlier today, Xbox Live’s Larry…

Inside The Darkest Moment of One of the World’s Best Pro Gaming Teams

They’re living the dream of playing video games while millions of people around the world watch. But, money and fans aside, high-stakes competitive eSports comes with its own unique ups-and-downs. What’s that like? A new documentary takes viewers along for a look inside a year with one of the biggest Starcraft 2 teams in the…

Sweet Old Man Tells You to Kill Nazis. You Damn Well Better Kill Nazis.

Don’t let the old man down. He exploded a National Socialist’s head for you, after all. The trailers for the upcoming Wolfenstein game have been good at getting folks intrigued but it’s tough to tell what the balance is going to be between snarky killfest and world-gone-wrong horror. Seeing as how this is merely a…

​String Quartet Makes Smash Bros. Match Super-Classy

You expect to hear shouting, gasps and trash talk during a fighting game competition. But violins, viola and cello? Not so much. Kinda makes it feel like someone should be serving tea and crumpets… The guys pulling bows in tandem are the Triforce Quartet, a foursome that specializes in performing video game music re-arranged for…

​The Justice League Movie We All Knew Was Coming Is Now Confirmed

Zach Snyder’s going to try and make everybody forget that the Superfriends cartoon ever existed. According to Variety, the man who directed Man of Steel will be helming Warner Bros. ‘ attempt to bring DC Comics’ storied superhero team to the silver screen. SSnyder’s already putting together Batman vs. Superman, the sequel to last year’s…

​These Are the TV Shows That Microsoft Is Creating for Xbox

Oscar-winning documentary filmmakers. Legendary soccer players. The guys who make Robot Chicken. These are the people that Microsoft’s throwing money at to help them make TV shows. Despite the fact that their plans to create all-new filmed entertainment have long been rumored and confirmed, it’s kind of weird to think that the same company that…

The next PS4 update happens on April 30 and it’s going to be one of those BIG ones. The 1.70 firmware will be bringing pre-loading and the much-ballyhooed ShareFactory functionality to the console, as well as the ability to turn HDCP off so that recording devices can capture gameplay video.

The Best (Last?) Hope for a Good Alien Game

There’s a reason that the first word in the next game based on 20th Century Fox’s sci-fi horror franchise is singular. Alien: Isolation will be taking its cues from Ridley Scott’s slower, more atmospheric 1979 original. That means no space marines and no P5000 power loader. Just you and one big, scary Xenomorph. Which you…

Video Game Artist Turns Her Own Face Into Monster Material

One moment, it’s a pleasant mask of a female face. The next, it’s the shriveled mask of a nightborne hell-beast. Sweet dreams! We’ve already shown a bit of the photogrammetry technology that Polish dev studio The Astronauts will be using to pull images from the real world into the game engine they’re using to make…

A Spoken Word Song About Loving and Hating League of Legends

Riot Games knows that the community of players that’s built up around League of Legends can engage in some jerky behavior. They’re trying to fix that. If you want to know what’s bothering folks, the collective frustrations of many LoL enthusiasts can be heard in one man’s voice. He’s rapping. Kind of. Jesse Chisolm’s the…

​A Breakdown Of How Video Games Work

Walking and jumping. Shooting. Having virtual people and things follow you around. These kinds of bedrock mechanics are so ubiquitous in modern video games that it’s easy to take for granted that they just work. A new website gives people a glimpse at the mechanics implemented in extremely raw fashion. It’s totally charming and enlightening.…