Jason Schreier

Guy Asks Out Girl Through… EA’s Facebook Page

Last night, the Facebook page for EA’s Origin—a video game distribution service—asked a girl named Emily if she’d go out with a boy named Nathan. It was all very cute. See, Nathan asked Origin’s social media experts for some help, and last night they posted this: This was a little confusing for some of EA’s…

Contraption Maker, a spiritual successor to Incredible Machine created by some of the people behind the original game, came out on Steam this week. You can check it out here

There Are Way Too Many Indie RPGs

Today a reader sent me an e-mail about this new contest for RPG Maker games, and I wish I had time to play them all. I mean, sure, RPG Maker games aren’t always… polished, but there are some good ones out there, like Exit Fate and Barkley’s Shut Up And Jam: Gaiden. They’re almost always…

How To Scare Off Your Hearthstone Opponent In One Turn

The best thing about Hearthstone, Blizzard’s digital collectible card game, is that just about anything can happen. The worst thing about Hearthstone is that just about anything can happen. Witness the video above, captured by YouTuber CptnFabulous, who drew two Innervates and a Coin—all cards that give you extra mana crystals for a turn—and used…

Mario’s Alternate Smash Bros. Costume Is… Patriotic

Super Mario: plumber… doctor… patriot. This is the mustachioed hero’s alternate costume for the new Super Smash Bros.—as revealed this morning on the official Smash Twitter account—and it’s totally amazing. As Kotaku reader Vitas points out, it’s inspired by the costume in NES Open Tournament Golf The real question is, why didn’t they release this…

Microsoft Says They Didn’t Reverse Course On Xbox One Dev Kits

Microsoft says they didn’t pull another 180, despite headlines you might have seen today on various gaming news sites. The company still plans to add dev-kit functionality to retail Xbox Ones, they say. Earlier this afternoon, reports emerged that Microsoft had cancelled plans to turn Xbox Ones into video game development kits. But somewhere, wires…

That HD remake of Grim Fandango, announced at Sony’s E3 press conference last month, isn’t just for PlayStation—it’ll be out on PC, Mac, and Linux too, Double Fine just announced

16 Minutes Of New Dragon Age: Inquisition Gameplay

Straight outta BioWare, here’s a big chunk of the Dragon Age: Inquisition demo that was shown to attendees at E3. The game’s out October 7 for current- and last-gen consoles (minus Wii U).

Original Cast Of Alien Joins Isolation… As Pre-Order DLC

Ellen Ripley and crew will join the upcoming sci-fi horror game Alien: Isolation when it comes out this fall… if you pre-order. Yep, we’ve reached a whole new low for pre-order DLC—not content just to offer costumes and maps as bonuses for pre-ordering Alien: Isolation, Sega is now offering two bonus missions that will feature…

‘Postponed’ Minecraft Convention Leaves Some People Calling Scam

The organizers of a New York-based Minecraft convention have unexpectedly announced that it will be postponed to a later date, and many who bought tickets are calling it a scam. Mineorama, which was due to take place this weekend in New York City, was pitched to parents and kids across the country as an unofficial…

Here’s How Pricing Works In Hearthstone‘s New Expansion

Blizzard just announced pricing details for Hearthstone‘s first single-player mode, Curse of Naxxramas, which they plan to release this month for PC and iOS. There are five wings in the collectible card game’s first dungeon—yes, it’s a card game dungeon!—and you can buy them either separately or in bundles. They’ll open for purchase gradually in…

Borderlands‘ Creators Are Making A First-Person MOBA

The next big game from Gearbox is Battleborn, a first-person multiplayer game that appears to be their take on the MOBA genre. It’ll be out for PC, Xbox One, and PS4. Here’s the first trailer: Gearbox announced the game through this month’s issue of Game Informer, and they’re promising more information in the GI cover…

24 Recap: Next Week’s Finale Sure Will Be Insane

PREVIOUSLY ON 24: Chinese psychopath torturer Cheng Zhi gets his hands on a magical override that can control the world, then kills a bunch of lame hackers including Adrian whatever; Mark is mad jealous of Jack Bauer and betrays him to a Russian guy with the facial hair of a circus clown; Jack and Kate…

One Of The Best Final Fantasy Games Turns 14 Today

Happy birthday, Final Fantasy IX! You’re fourteen years old now, and still just as lovely as you were back in 2000, though you could stand to take it easier on the random encounters. FFIX, a story about an interspecies romance and a wizard child who learns how to have feelings, first came out in Japan…

Hey JRPG fans: don’t forget we’re playing Chrono Trigger this week for the Summer of Old JRPGs. See you next Friday to talk about it!

Game Accidentally Releases On Steam Seven Months Early [UPDATE]

The Tower, an Early Access game that was originally scheduled to see full release in 2015, came out today on Steam, thanks to a mistake made by a member of the game’s moderation team. Like most games in Steam’s Early Access program, this is an unfinished game that’s on sale as the developers work and…

Sources: Crytek UK’s Staff No Longer Going To Work

There’s still trouble at Crytek, the independent game developer behind games like Crysis and Ryse. And as of yesterday, the bulk of employees at Crytek’s UK office are no longer going to work, according to people familiar with the situation. This comes in the wake of numerous reports that Crytek, which has studios across the…

Rob Pardo Leaves Blizzard

Longtime game designer and Blizzard executive Rob Pardo is leaving the company, he announced today. Pardo, who has been at Blizzard for 17 years and has worked on a number of games in the Warcraft, Diablo, and StarCraft series, said he is leaving to “pursue the next chapter” in his career. Pardo’s full message: Every…

October Is Going To Be An Insane Month For Video Games

Civilization: Beyond Earth will come out on October 24, publisher 2K Games announced today. And if your immediate reaction to that news is to wonder why everything is coming out in October, you’re not alone. The full schedule for October 2014 is insane. INSANE. Take a look (h/t Wikipedia): October 3: Super Smash Bros. (3DS)…

Yep, Shovel Knight Has A ‘Butt Mode’

Well now this is just the best. Shovel Knight, one of the year’s best games, has a secret Butt Mode that replaces most of the proper nouns with “Butt.” To access it, just enter your name as WSWWAEAW. Here’s video of the game’s intro in Butt Mode: (via Castle Geekskull)