Mike Fahey

It’s An Outstanding Year To Be A Homicidal Raccoon Fan

If I may speak hyperbolically, there is nothing I want more in this life than a quality action figure of the Guardians of the Galaxy‘s anthropomorphic raccoon person. Judging by the showing at Toy Fair, this is going to be my year. Just look at that furry little bastard up there, firing away. That’s Hasbro’s…

The Next Transformers Game Crosses Continuity Lines. I’m Scared.

Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark is not just a sequel to Activision’s lovely War for/Fall of Cybertron games or a Michael Bay-flavored movie tie-in. It’s both, and that scares the spark out of me. Making a good Transformers video game is hard, at least I assume this is the case, because the majority of…

Six Things You Might Not Know About The (Increasingly Naked) Xbox One

In his never-ending search for amazing facts, Jake Roper of VSauce3 can’t seem to keep his consoles together. First the Dreamcast, and now the Xbox One is stripped down to nothing in stop-motion, revealing juicy tidbits about Microsoft’s latest console along the way. As you watch the video, keep in mind that the Xbox One…

Transformers ‘Fan Built Bot’ Is One Plane-Looking Lady

Last year Hasbro asked the Transformers fan collective to help create a “Fan Built Bot” by voting on a vehicle mode, color scheme, faction, personality and signature weapon. The end result is Windblade, a female Autobot jet plane samurai. She’s so much fan fiction come-to-life. Hasbro has been slowly revealing Windblade since voting ended last…

Sniper Elite‘s Kill-Cam Keeps Getting More Gruesome

The darkly satisfying x-ray kill-cam from Rebellion’s Sniper Elite V2 gave sharpshooting players a peek at bullets bursting through skin, bone and organs. Sniper Elite 3 adds two more layers to the mix. I love this stupid series so much, and the kill-cam is a big part of that love. It’s one thing to watch…

The Xbox One February system update begins rolling out today, according to Major Nelson. The update adds, among other things, the ability to see and manage your storage space, an on-screen battery power indicator, and USB keyboard support. Not as cool as March’s update, but it’ll do.

Did EA send you a Titanfall beta code for the wrong platform? Helpful tipster Tony points us to the EA Help website, where there are step-by-step instructions that promise to get your code snafu taken care of in two hours.

There’s nothing more romantic than curling up with someone you love and watching Poison kicking ass in Ultra Street Fighter IV. And here I didn’t get Capcom Japan anything. for Valentine’s Day. I feel like such a heel. I should probably be punished.

It Took Nearly A Year To Get To An Eggman Boss Fight In Sonic Dash

Man, mobile gaming sure has slowed Sonic the Hedgehog down. The blue blur’s endless runner was released in March of last year, and we’re only just now getting to the bit where he jumps on Eggman? I blame the marketing for Sonic: Lost World, doubtlessly the cause for Sonic Dash‘s first boss fight being with…

How To Battle Other Players In The Elder Scrolls Online

My painfully slow leveling pace kept me from participating in this week’s player-versus-player frolics in The Elder Scrolls Online beta, but fear not! Rev3‘s Tara Long made it, and she gives a full accounting direct from the battlefields of Cyrodiil. From what I am seeing here, it reminds me a bit of the PVP zone…

The Pokémon Company makes Mythical Pokémon Diancie official. Three days after the Serebii report, like clockwork, the latest pocket monster movie star is confirmed. They also confirm theonce-hiddenPokémon will be coming to Pokémon X and Y at a later date, but won’t tell us when or how because they’re mean like that.

Forget Free-To-Play Dungeon Keeper, Play The Classic For Free Instead

Once upon a time there was a Dungeon Keeper game that everyone loved. It had no arbitrary timers, no microtransactions, and it’s mere mention did not cause spontaneous vomiting. Today through Sunday, that Dungeon Keeper is free on Gog.com. Can you feel the love? Classic gaming hub Gog.com is celebrating Valentine’s Day weekend with a…

And then he pulled out his dolphin cannon. Shooters just got weird. I can’t think of a more appropriate tagline for Plants Vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare. The game is out later this month for Xbox One, 360 and PC. I’m sow excited.

One Dumb Feature Kept Me From Loving Adventure Time Card Wars

I love Adventure Time. I love collectible card games. An Adventure Time collectible card game should therefore be the perfect thing, but then my least favorite mobile gaming mechanic rears its ugly head. Based on the episode of Adventure Time in which Finn and Jake play a once fictional game called Card Wars, this digital…

Angry Birds Stella Tackles Real Issues Like Inspiration, Empowerment

Following up on yesterday’s tease, Rovio has revealed Stella, a new corner of the Angry Birds universe featuring “strong, passionate characters” ready to inspire and empower. Looks a bit Disney Princess, doesn’t it? I mean, replace the pink bird and the evil-looking one in the distance with Sleeping Beauty and Maleficent and you’re most of…

Fall Out Boy Made A Flappy Bird Clone. Sigh.

The Flappy Bird situationhas spawned several amazing Flapp—likes, from Terry Cavanagh’s Maverick Birdto the amazing FlapMMO. Then there is this. Developed by Mass Threat and available free right now on Google Play(coming soon to iOS), Fall Out Bird is… I just can’t. Fall Out Bird? Really? First Fall Out Boy Trail, now this? It’s great…

Everything We Learned About Titanfall Today

The internet is abuzz with Titanfall today as the embargo lifts on preview events, flooding the infoverse with fresh takes on Respawn’s upcoming Xbox and PC mech shooter. We couldn’t make the event, so instead we’ve rounded-up the best new looks our colleagues in the gaming press have to offer. The assembled gaming press is…

Everything Interesting About World Of Warcraft‘s First Ten Years

Has it really been that long? World of Warcraft first went live in November or 2004, quickly becoming one of the biggest, most recognized MMORPG games in the world. Danielle “Panser” Mackey walks us through everything that’s happened since then. OF course if you’ve been playing World of Warcraft for the past decade, plenty more…

The Typing of the Dead Overkill loves its fans so much its getting not one but two love-themed word packs this week. The ‘Love At First Bite’ pack is out today, replacing the words in the game with romantic nonsense for $2.99/£1.99/€2.49. Then February 13 sees the release of the free ‘Make War Not Love’…

“Big adventure with new birds coming soon!” says Angry Birds maker Rovio, attaching this puzzling picture to its tweet. Can you figure out what sort of birds these mysterious silhouettes represent? Is it Angry Birds: Tim Burton?