Jason Schreier

David Hayter Snipes At Konami On Twitter

Wow! I guess David Hayter is really upset he won’t be returning to the role of Snake for the next Metal Gear Solid game. Or maybe he’s still participating in a long con with MGS creator Hideo Kojima? Check out what he just tweeted: New Coke, of course, was Coca-Cola’s failed attempt to change the…

Kiefer Sutherland Is Snake

Jack Bauer will play Naked Snake in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Konami just announced during their pre-recorded E3 press conference. Kiefer Sutherland, best known for his role as super-agent Bauer in the show 24, will do motion capturing and voice work for the hero of the new Metal Gear game, which takes…

Watch Konami’s E3 Press Conference Right Here

Snake? SNAAAAKKKKKEEEEE!!!! Konami’s E3 press conference is today at 1pm Eastern, and we’ve got it streaming right here. UPDATE: The conference is over, but you can still watch the whole thing right here. Some things to expect from this conference: Metal Gear Solid news, Castlevania news, Pro Evolution Soccer news. Also, they probably won’t mention…

Valve Is Almost Done With Their Next Movie

Valve’s next Dota 2 documentary, Free to Play, is almost done, we’ve learned. They’re privately showing it off to “playtesters” all throughout June. A tipster just passed me this e-mail, which invites screeners to a movie-watching party at Valve’s place: I reached out to Valve marketing boss Doug Lombardi to ask what was going on.…

Oh, If Only This Mother-Themed 3DS Were Real

Alas, it’s just a Mother-themed mock-up created by a poster named Mazza on the Nintendo Blast forums (via Tiny Cartridge). I would buy the crap out of this. Nintendo, c’mon.

Holy Hell, This Guy Re-Created All Of Baldur’s Gate In 3D

It took him seven years, but yesterday, game designer Drew Rechner finally released Baldur’s Gate: Reloaded, a ridiculous mod that puts the entirety of BioWare’s classic RPG—including the expansion, Tales of the Sword Coast—into Neverwinter Nights 2 To play the mod, you’ll need a copy of Neverwinter Nights 2 and its expansions Mask of the…

Now You Have No Excuse For Not Playing Final Fantasy Tactics

Way before Game of Thrones became the hottest thing on television, some of fiction’s best politicking and betrayal could be found in Final Fantasy Tactics, a strategy-RPG originally released for the PS1, then PSP, then iOS and Android (in Japan). It’s one of the best games out there. And I guess there’s a team at…

The Story Behind Those Two Controversial South Park Screenshots

It’s a funny thing, working as a reporter who covers the video game industry. Often, video game publishers try to treat you like you’re part of their marketing arm. Sometimes they ask for some very strange things. This morning, Ubisoft sent us a handful of screenshots from their upcoming role-playing game, South Park: The Stick…

Spawning is back in StarCraft II: in other words, if you don’t have Blizzard’s real-time strategy game but you still want to play it, you can now mooch off a friend online. More info on battle.net (and in the video).

Hey, The South Park RPG Still Looks Really Good [UPDATE]

Yes, it’s changed publishers and been delayed a few times, but South Park: The Stick of Truth still exists, and it still looks amazing. Here are some new screenshots from the Obsidian-developed RPG, which is written by the show’s creators, Trey Parker and Matt Stone. Originally slated for last year (and then earlier this year)…

It’s Like Super Smash Bros., But With Archery

Hey, it’s a cool-looking Ouya game! This is Towerfall, a multiplayer fighting game inspired by the likes of Smash Bros. and Bushido Blade. It’ll be out for Ouya on June 25. Towerfall is developed by Matt Thorson, an indie designer responsible for tons of games including Jumper, a personal favorite (and the inspiration behind 2010’s…

Massive Layoffs At Zynga

The company behind FarmVille just got a little smaller. Zynga, the troubled developer responsible for a number of social games, laid off 520 staff today—18% of the company’s employees. The goal: refocus on mobile gaming. “None of us ever expected to face a day like today, especially when so much of our culture has been…

Gamasutra’s got a fascinating article about how the developers behind Japanese games like Paladin’s Quest create worlds and characters. Go check it out.

The Game Boy Color Zeldas Are Still Two Of The Best Games Around

It’s always fascinating, as a video game fan in 2013, to pick up old games and see how well they’ve aged. Sometimes you’re disappointed. You discover all the warts and blemishes that somehow looked oh-so-lovely a decade ago. You find that Xenogears, which you consider a masterpiece, has text so slow you’ll start thinking about…

No TV Talk At The Xbox E3 Conference, Microsoft Says

A large chunk of the Xbox One reveal was dedicated to telling us that we don’t watch TV the right way, and that Microsoft’s new machine will help fix that. But don’t worry! E3 will be different. Microsoft spokesman Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb assured fans today that their E3 press conference on June 10 will…

We Hear The People Behind Dishonored Are Now Working On Prey 2

The long and strange saga of Prey 2 may have a new twist: we hear that the sci-fi shooter will be rebooted by Arkane Austin, the development studio that made Dishonored What’s more, we hear that at least some of the folks at Arkane don’t want to make the game, which publisher Bethesda has been…

The Phoenix Wright HD Trilogy Is Finally Out On iOS Today

After several delays, the HD remake of the planet’s best lawyer simulator is finally live on iOS. You can get the first three Phoenix Wright games on iPhone and iPad right now The app is totally free, and it comes with the first two cases of game #1. If you like what you play, you…

Is David Hayter Playing Snake In MGS5? We’ll Find Out Next Week.

Ever since David Hayter tearfully announced that he wouldn’t be returning as Snake for the next Metal Gear Solid game, I’ve had a gut feeling that he will be returning as Snake. Get this: the longtime Snake voice actor tweeted yesterday that he’ll be making an appearance at E3 in a week and a half:…

Wow, Double Fine’s New Strategy Game Sounds Amazing

The studio that started the video game Kickstarter revolution is going back to Kickstarter for their next game—and it sounds bloody fantastic. Described as a strategy game inspired by X-COM, Final Fantasy Tactics, Fire Emblem, and Game of Thrones (wow!), the new title is called Massive Chalice, and the folks at Double Fine are looking…

Sony Won’t Answer All of These Questions About PS4 DRM and Used Games… Yet [UPDATE]

Used games. Love’em or hate’em, you’ve probably got some opinion on the furor surrounding how we’ll buy, sell, and borrow video games in the future. Microsoft has already revealed plans to restrict used games in some way for Xbox One, and Sony has been murky about how the PS4 will handle them. Tons and tons…