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Apparent GameStop Leak Shows Zelda 3DS XL For North America
Congratulations, Nintendo—you just got my $219.99. A leak of GameStop’s Black Friday deals confirms that the super-slick Zelda: Link Between Worlds 3DS XL, announced earlier this week for Europe, is indeed coming to North America.
By Jason Schreier Published October 18, 2013 -
GameStop’s 2013 Black Friday Deals Appear To Have Leaked
It’s October, which means it’s already time to start thinking about how much money you’ll throw around for the annual holiday Buy Things extravaganza. And thanks to an early leak, we already know what GameStop has to offer. GottaDeal.com has the full list, which is 12 pages long and slightly underwhelming. Some of the highlights:…
By Jason Schreier Published October 18, 2013 -
The PS4 Sure Makes Basketball Look Good
Okay, yes, this is a marketing video by the folks who make NBA 2K14, which is already out on current-gen consoles and will be released for Xbox One and PS4 later this year. The real game might not look this good. But still… they’re claiming this footage was captured off a PlayStation 4. It’s pretty…
By Jason Schreier Published October 17, 2013 -
The Video Game Studio From Hell: Four Months Later
The people who run Trendy Entertainment want you to know that things are better. Or maybe they want you to think things are better. Maybe they just want you to play their game. Trendy, the Florida-based game developer that we once labeled “A Video Game Studio From Hell,” has gone through quite a few changes…
By Jason Schreier Published October 17, 2013 -
An Ode To Magikarp, The Saddest Pokémon Of All
Poor Magikarp. Over the past decade and a half, the flopping fish has been verbally walloped not just by Pokémon players, but by the creators who made him so pathetic in the first place. Granted, it’s true: Magikarp is generally considered the weakest Pokémon, and his abilities totally suck. But his flopping is kind of…
By Jason Schreier Published October 17, 2013 -
PS4: Everything We Know
The fourth PlayStation is out this fall. PlayStation #4. Pl4St4tion. PlayStation: The Fourth of Its Name. Sony’s next console will be out on November 15, and they’ve told us a whole lot about the PlayStation 4 so far. We’ve got a full round-up for you right here, with updates as we continue to learn more…
By Jason Schreier Published October 17, 2013 -
Xbox One: Everything We Know
The Xbox One is out on November 22, and we know almost everything there is to know about Microsoft’s new console. For your convenience, we’re rounding up all of that information and putting it right here. As we continue to learn more about the Xbox 360’s successor, we’ll keep updating this post, so check back…
By Jason Schreier Published October 17, 2013 -
Commercials Are Better With Video Game Music
Last night I spent about four hours watching the Food Network, because once you start watching an episode of Chopped it’s impossible to not watch three more. This is not unusual. What is unusual is this commercial for Edible Arrangements, which stuck out when I saw it on Food Network last night for reasons unrelated…
By Jason Schreier Published October 16, 2013 -
Is PS4 Launch Game DriveClub Delayed To 2014? [UPDATE: Yes.]
Has one of the PlayStation 4’s big launch exclusives has been pushed back to next year? Rumors are swirling that DriveClub has been delayed to 2014, but Sony won’t comment on the matter. UPDATE (10/18): Sony has confirmed the delay A website called The Same Coin sparked the rumor earlier today, claiming they’d heard from…
By Jason Schreier Published October 16, 2013 -
British Newspaper Mistakes Deus Ex For Real Life
Maybe one day, we’ll all have cybernetic eyeball implants that will grant us perfect 20/20 vision and allow us to be monitored by the government agency of our choice. Sadly, as The Sun‘s editors will probably find out soon, today is not that day. Sarif Industries, the “US firm” mentioned in this recent edition of…
By Jason Schreier Published October 16, 2013 -
Double Fine’s Newest Game Lets You Run Your Own Space Station
Shades of Theme Hospital in the newest game from Double Fine, Spacebase DF-9, which tasks you with running your very own space station and trying to prevent everyone from dying. You can play the new space simulator on Steam Early Access right now. It looks… amazing. And if that trailer hasn’t piqued your interest, check…
By Jason Schreier Published October 15, 2013 -
Stores Say They’ll Honor Next-Gen Watch Dogs Bundles
Amazon says they plan to honor all PS4 Watch Dogs bundles this November—without Watch Dogs, which has been delayed until spring of 2014. If you pre-ordered the console, Amazon says you’ll get it. No word on what you’ll get instead of Watch Dogs, if anything. “For those of you who pre-order the Watch Dogs PlayStation…
By Jason Schreier Published October 15, 2013 -
Ubisoft Has No Answer On Fate Of Watch Dogs PS4/Xbox One Bundles
News of the big Watch Dogs delay left us with one big question: what happens to people who shelled out money to pre-order the Watch Dogs PS4/Xbox One bundles, expecting to get both game and console this November? UPDATE (4:24pm): Amazon says they’re honoring PS4 bundle pre-orders, minus the game. Original post follows: Earlier this…
By Jason Schreier Published October 15, 2013 -
Watch Dogs Delayed Until Spring 2014
Ubisoft’s open-world game Watch Dogs has been pushed back to spring of 2014, the publisher just announced on their blog. “Our ambition from the start with Watch Dogs has been to deliver something that embodies what we wanted to see in the next-generation of gaming,” the company wrote. “It is with this in mind that…
By Jason Schreier Published October 15, 2013 -
The Latest PS4 Commercial Is Also A Musical
This PS4 commercial debuted on Monday Night Football roughly 60 seconds ago. Not bad, huh? Makes me want to sing more than it makes me want a PS4, but hey. The next PlayStation is out November 15. Just a month away. Tick tock.
By Jason Schreier Published October 14, 2013 -
An RPG Where You’re A Random NPC
Sometimes, you’re the hero. And sometimes, you’re the innkeeper who watches the hero come in and pillage your cabinets without even saying hi. This is You Are Not The Hero, an RPG Maker game whose creators have taken to Kickstarter to raise $12,000 for development. The idea: you’re an NPC. Heroes come around, screw around,…
By Jason Schreier Published October 14, 2013 -
Final Fantasy VII Isn’t On Phones Yet Because It’s… Too Big?
Last week, we reported that Square Enix wants to bring Final Fantasy VII to cell phones. Today, we’ve got an explanation for why that hasn’t happened yet: the game is too big, Square says. “Unfortunately, it’s not that it’s not impossible for us to develop Final Fantasy VII for mobile,” Square Enix top man Takashi…
By Jason Schreier Published October 14, 2013 -
Lightning Returns Video Shows A Different Class Of Final Fantasy
Got your skepticism goggles on? Okay. After months of gameplay footage and details, I’m ready to call it: Lightning Returns looks like the best single-player Final Fantasy we’ve seen in years That’s right. AsRandom Encounters fans undoubtedly know, I’m on record as disliking both previous games in the Final Fantasy XIII trilogy, which will end…
By Jason Schreier Published October 14, 2013 -
Your Missing GTA Online Characters Are Likely Gone For Good
Was your GTA Online character deleted during the Great Server Catastrophe of 2013? The good news is, you get a free $500,000. The bad news: you probably won’t get your old character back. Although Rockstar has released a patch for GTA V‘s multiplayer service that seems to have fixed things, a representative for the company…
By Jason Schreier Published October 11, 2013 -
Eight Minutes Of Lovely Zelda: Link Between Worlds Gameplay
Today at New York Comic Con, Nintendo didn’t just show a new trailer for The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds—they demoed some gameplay footage, too. Kotaku video man Chris Person was in attendance at Nintendo’s panel, and he shot a bunch of the item renting, dungeon crawling, and dimension shifting that will characterize…
By Jason Schreier Published October 11, 2013
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