Jason Schreier

U.S. Senator: Video Games Gave Sandy Hook Shooter ‘A False Sense Of Courage’

Let the scapegoating continue. Adam Lanza, the person who shot and killed 26 people at Sandy Hook elementary in Connecticut last month, reportedly played Call of Duty, among other games. So for quite a while now, pundits and politicians have been drawing links between his heinous actions and the video games he played. Most recently…

Shin Megami Tensei x Fire Emblem Could Totally Be A Dress-Up Sim (And Other Wild Theories)

Earlier this week, Nintendo dropped one of the most interesting bombshells they’ve dropped in a very long time: the Wii U will get an RPG collaboration between Fire Emblem and Shin Megami Tensei In the world of fan-fiction video game crossovers like Street Fighter x Tekken, Kingdom Hearts, and Marvel vs. Capcom, this might be…

Still Waiting For Your Ni no Kuni Special Edition? This eBayer Has Sold Over 200 Of Them

Many of the people who pre-ordered the special edition of Ni no Kuni from publisher Namco Bandai’s online store still haven’t received their copies. There seem to be all sorts of issues surrounding inventory and distribution of the new PS3 role-playing game. A lot of people are pissed off. Now there’s a new wrinkle: some…

The Sad, Final Days Of THQ

This afternoon, THQ CEO Brian Farrell and president Jason Rubin met with about a hundred of their staff at corporate headquarters in southern California. Tomorrow, most of them will lose their jobs. Within the next few weeks, the video game publisher will disappear entirely. This was their last meeting. “There were plenty of people crying,”…

Looks Like The Kingdom Hearts ‘Remix’ Could Be Coming To North America

Jesse McCartney, the voice actor behind Kingdom Hearts‘s Roxas, is working on a new game in the series, if you believe his Instagram account. McCartney posted a teaser today saying he was recording “the next chapter” in the action-RPG series, which could very well be Kingdom Hearts 1.5, the HD remix announced in Japan last…

Conan O’Brien Shows Us The Atari Games We’ll Never Get To See

Atari—or, well, Infogrames—has filed for bankruptcy, and Conan O’Brien is commemorating the 40-year-old company in spectacular fashion. From Atari Lord of the Rings to Atari Harry Potter, here are the games we’ll be missing out on when the company goes bankrupt.

It’s Nice To See A Game Company Actually Treat Fans Like Human Beings

NeoGAF poster TunaLover says he wrote a letter to Xseed, the small game company that brings Japanese games to North America He wanted to know if Xseed would release the Wii remake of Fatal Frame 2 in the United States: Dear XSEED, With the recent news about Pandora’s Tower localization is really hard not asking…

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is coming to the PlayStation Network next Tuesday. $10.

In Between Mario and Zelda, Nintendo Showed Off Their Weirdest Use of the Wii U GamePad Yet

Yesterday, Nintendo announced a lot of big bombshells. A Wind Waker remake, a bizarre Fire Emblem–Shin Megami Tensei crossover, promises of new Mario and Mario Kart games at this year’s E3. It was a hell of a morning for Wii U owners. Lost among the shuffle was this bizarre-looking new Wii Party game, promised for…

See A Bunch Of The Classes In Fire Emblem: Awakening

Just a few hours before today’s news bonanza, Nintendo unleashed this trailer for Fire Emblem: Awakening, the upcoming fantasy strategy-RPG that will be out for 3DS on February 4. In it, you can see a whole bunch of the game’s classes, some of which are wayyyy overpowered (Myrmidon) but I won’t get into that right…

Some People Who Pre-Ordered Ni no Kuni Are Having Issues Getting The Game

A whole bunch of people who pre-ordered Ni no Kuni are having all sorts of issues getting their copies of the PS3 role-playing game, which came out Tuesday. We’ve been getting tons of tips about the pre-order issues for the past two days, and people have taken to publisher Namco Bandai’s forums to complain. People…

Court documents reveal that THQ Montreal is/was working on a game called Underdog. No word on just what that is.

THQ Is No More. Here’s The Letter The CEO Sent Employees Today.

Today, THQ was officially sold and auctioned off. Within the next few weeks, the struggling video game publisher will be no more. The company’s assets have been divided, pending final court approval: Sega agreed to purchase Relic (Company of Heroes), Koch Media has agreed to purchase Volition (Saint’s Row) and the Metro property, Crytek has…

The Wii U’s Virtual Console Has Customizable Controllers And ‘Restore Points.’ Here’s A Look.

Wondering what the Wii U’s Virtual Console looks like? We downloaded Balloon Fight, the first Wii U VC game, and dove through the menus to find that the new interface allows for customizable controllers and “restore points”—or temporary save states (like the 3DS has). The Virtual Console, a system that lets you buy and play…

A Look Behind The Scenes Of Bayonetta 2

Shown off at the Nintendo Direct this morning, here’s a look at Bayonetta 2, which will be out for Wii U at some point in the future. This Wii U exclusive is a sequel to Bayonetta, an action game developed by Platinum Games that was released on Xbox 360 and PS3 back in 2010. Platinum…

Nintendo Is Remaking The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker For Wii U

You’ll be able to play The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker on your Wii U this fall. No, the Wii U isn’t suddenly getting backwards compatibility to support the GameCube. Nintendo’s remaking the game. Yep, Nintendo is remaking the cartoonish GameCube Zelda game and giving it the full Wii U treatment, complete with new graphics…

Surprise! Fire Emblem Meets Shin Megami Tensei In This New Nintendo Crossover

Holy crap! Fire Emblem and Shin Megami Tensei are crossing over in this new Wii U game, announced at the Nintendo Direct today. We don’t have any details on the surprising crossover: all we know is that it’s a collaboration between Atlus and Nintendo’s developer Intelligent Systems. You might recognize Atlus’s Shin Megami Tensei as…

The People Behind Kirby’s Epic Yarn Are Making A New Yoshi Game

Just look at that adorable twine Yoshi. This new Yoshi game, made by the folks who made Kirby’s Epic Yarn was announced for Wii U this morning. We really enjoyed Kirby’s Epic Yarn, a Wii game starring a knitted version of the obese pink furball that came out back in 2010. We don’t have many…

New Wii U Mario And Mario Kart Games Will Be Revealed At E3

Nintendo today promised that new 3D Mario and Mario Kart games are coming to Wii U. That shouldn’t surprise you: Mario and Mario Kart are staples of any Nintendo hardware platform. But the new 3D Mario is coming from Nintendo’s A-Team, the developers responsible for classics like Galaxy and Super Mario 3D Land for 3DS,…

The Wii U Is Getting Its Own Virtual Console This Spring

This spring, the Wii U will get its own version of the Virtual Console—you’ll be able to purchase and download Nintendo and Super Nintendo games to play on the Wii U and separately on your GamePad. We already knew that a Virtual Console was coming to Wii U, but Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata announced further…