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See Assassin’s Creed IV‘s Improved Stealth, Naval Combat in New Trailer

Maybe you’re on the fence about Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag and its whole pirate-centric motif. Well, you should let this latest clip reveal one crucial gameplay element to you: pirates were basically partying all the time. And lead character Edward Kenway can just sit down and have a drink with his fellow salty dogs…

New Super Luigi U and Game and Wario are the most notable release from Nintendo’s digital storefront this week. Other digital offerings include games like Project X Zone and Mega Man 6. Here’s the full list

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: TruthTellah offers up one take on yesterday’s Xbox One turnaround. Battleborn examines the long, twisting life of the Pokemon franchise. And Danimalcart looks back at E3 somewhat fondly. And you can always go join the voices talking about video games and life in TAY Classic…

Did you rejoice at yesterday’s stunning Xbox One policy change announcement? You’ll laugh even harder at the fictional first draft of Don Mattrick’s open letter, as imagined by the folks at Dorkly.

Super Mario Theme Song Gets Awesome Rap Lyrics, Courtesy of the Roots

It is my personal opinion that Black Thought is one of the best rappers to ever step to the mic. You may disagree. But, last night, the Roots’ lead vocalist dropped a set of lyrics dedicated to Super Mario Bros. over a re-arranged version of Koji Kondo’s immortal theme song. That definitely makes him an…

Here’s Your First In-Depth Look at the New Batman TV show

It was announced months ago, but all that we’ve seen from Beware the Batman—the new CGI series featuring the Dark Knight—has been the tiniest of teasers. This new trailer shows a bit more of the show’s version of Bruce Wayne and his Bat-themed vehicles and gadgets. I can see Professor Pyg from the Grant Morrison…

If you liked those video game doodles we’ve featured from graphics artist Olly Moss, you’ll be glad to know that he’s making them available for purchase for a limited time.

There’s a Small Chance I Could Care About Killzone: Shadow Fall

The first one was infamously dubbed a Halo-killer. The second gave the PlayStation faithful something impressive to hang on to when pickings were slim in the FPS genre. And Killzone 3 remains one of the only games that truly delivered on the promise of 3D gaming, layering its graphics so that it looked like you…

The Joe Danger games have offered up top-shelf vehicular hilarity on consoles and touchscreens for the last two years. Now, Hello Games’ physics-happy stunt racing franchise finally comes to PC on June 24via Steam. You’ll be able to race with Team Fortress avatars and speed your way through a Minecraft level in this version, too.

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: Zarnyx spins a chilling tale of a creepy Animal Crossing: New Leaf encounter. Odin updates Ani-Club with a rundown of three episodes of Ouran High School Host Club. And I_Kluge bitches about the last boss in Tekken Tag Tournament 2, who deserves much bitching about.…

Better Come to This XCOM Prequel With a Plan. Or Aliens Will Kill You.

The developers at 2K Marin working on The Bureau: XCOM Declassified say that they’re going to be throwing serious challenge at you. And from what I played a few months ago, this 1962-set prequel to last year’s hit release isn’t the kind of game that you just coast through. Good thing this newest trailer covers…

Usually, Vanity Fair’s features are all about Hollywood movers and shakers, glitzy heiresses, and intrigues at famous fashion houses. But this month, the magazine’s website has a big, in-depth article on the lawsuit between Activision and Jason West and Vince Zampella, the men who re-invigorated the Call of Duty franchise with the first Modern Warfare…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: Little Sparowe talks about how an infamous line of trash talk from Microsoft’s E3 presentation made her feel. GiantBoyDetective asks what kind of time investment you expect from a game purchase. And go jump into the conversations happening in Cimeas’ post about this generation’s console…

One Developer Sums Up Game Design in a Vulgar Six Seconds

Lots of moving parts and distinct disciplines go into making a single video game. There’s level design and AI programming and physics simulation and art direction and writing and on and on. Messing any one of those things up could turn a game into just another big pile of crap. So, it makes sense that…

Man of Steel Isn’t That Superman

Like millions of other people all over the world this weekend, Mike Fahey and I both saw Man of Steel. There’s a lot riding on this reboot of the Superman movie franchise, which comes during the year of the 75th anniversary of the character’s first appearance. If you’re a longtime comics reader like Mike or…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: TruthTellah links to a video about the print-making process for Jed Henry’s Ukiyo-e Heroes project, which fuses iconic game characters and feudal Japanese aesthetics. JollyBootsofDoom runs down three flawed but fun games. And, Zarnyx explores why she’ scared of certain things and how it affects…

Batman in the Sunshine Is My Favorite Panel from This Week’s Comics

Batman #21: The last thing comics readers need is more material looking at the years before Bruce Wayne put on a Batsuit or his first year as the Dark Knight. It’s territory that’s well-trod by some of the best creators to ever handle the character. Yet, it’s also the most tantalizing time period for someone…

Conan O’Brien Plays Injustice, Finally Kicks Ass in a Video Game

The Clueless Gamer segments featuring everyone’s ginger-haired late night talk show host have generally showed him flustered and confused when holding a video game controller. This time is different. This time, Conan O’Brien whups somebody’s ass, both virtually and in the real world. In addition to the usual hilarity, you’ll get to see a good…

Danger Close—the studio that made EA’s two modern-day Medal of Honor games—has been dissolved. A report on Develop seems to hint that at least some members of the former studio are being absorbed elsewhere within EA.

You Thought You Were Excited About Mirror’s Edge 2? Listen to This Guy.

Shockwaves rippled all over the video game internet when EA closed out their E3 press conference with a reveal of Mirror’s Edge 2. And, after careful investigation, scientists believe they may have located the epicenter of the fanquake. We can’t see this young man’s eyes but I’ll bet money that they were wet. May we…