Reader Gareth decided to settle the console wars the only way he knew how: by getting his cat to decide. Gareth, your Nobel Peace Prize is in the mail. “My cat, as you can see from the attached, prefers the larger, low humming warmth afforded by the Xbox One”, Gareth writes. “He consistently sleeps on…
At the start of the year, we covereda Kickstarter for a campaign aimed at producing a magazine all about stealth games. It was called, awesomely, Sneaky Bastards. Well, good news: the first issue is now printed, and headed off to people’s mailboxes. And it looks awesome. I’ve been flicking through a pdf copy of the…
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Continue?9876543210 is a new game from Jason Oda, the guy who made that awesome Zelda/Skrillex mashup earlier in the year. He describes it as an “artsy, philosophical action game”, and it’s out on iOS, PC (it’s just been Greenlit) and Mac. It looks…pretty neat. Imagine if Wreck-It-Ralph was 100x bleaker. And had a pixel art…
Dead Century is something…different. Set in the 1930s, with Nazi Germany on the rise and interested in all things occult, you control “a small team of archaeologists as they try to stay one step ahead of Third Reich scientists in piecing together an ancient mystery from the dawn of human civilization.” It’s a bit of…
Jose Emroca Flores is an artist who has recently worked on stuff like Call of Duty, the Deadpool game and a few of the last Transformers games. Previously, he’s also done stuff with EA, Activision, Nike, Iam8bit, Nintendo Power and Game Informer. There isn’t much minimal pausing for refelction against a bleak backdrop here. Just…
Gaming Heads will next year be releasing a replica of the Shrine of Talos, giant statues found in the Elder Scrolls games. These aren’t tiny little desktop ornaments; they stand around a foot tall, or 14 inches. Only 1100 will be made across two versions ($180 for a standard, $200 for collector’s), with each detailed…
Yeah, people mostly jump on Humble Bundles because they get a ton of great games for insanely cheap prices. But I like to think that the fact the bundles donate money to charity also plays a part in their success, giving gamers the chance to see their money go somewhere useful, instead of simply drifting…
Let’s be fair here: this woman is answering a question on a generalist quiz show. I bet there are plenty of you lot, even after reading stuff like this, who wouldn’t have been 100% in answering this question. So skipping was definitely the smart move. Come on, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. You might…
These new Pokémon cards by Nintendo aren’t your standard Pokémon cards. These are Pokémon-themed playing cards. You know. Poker, solitaire, those kind of cards. And they look hot Due out later this week – in Japan only, of course – they feature all kinds of Pokémon as the regular cards, while the latest unique Pokémon…
English teenager Peter Clatworthy made some very bad decisions during an Xbox One auction on eBay, paying £450 (USD$735) and not even getting a console. He got a picture of a console. The 19-year-old student told the Nottingham Post that he’d saved up the money so that he could buy the console as a surprise…
Galactic Princess asks you to venture into space to rescue a princess. It’s not what you’re doing that sounds cool, it’s how you’re doing it. You have to design and build your ship, taking into account real physics. You need to hire a crew. You need to expand, you need to fight, you need to…
I’ve had a tumultuous relationship with Gran Turismo over the years. I used to love it. Then I hated it, bored of how sterile and lifeless it had become. Now…I appreciate it for what it is. I’ve got Forza for when I want to get behind a car and go “WWWAAHAHHHHAHAHHAH”. For those times I…
It’s been a great/good/terrible year for movies, depending on what you actually saw and how picky you are. So let’s relive the whole shebang with this clip, which combines footage from 258 movies and turns them into one very long trailer. It’s so varied. Shame this isn’t for Sucker Punch 2. 2013 Movie Trailer Mashup…
Maxim Verehin is a concept artist who in the past few years has worked for clients like Konami, Wizards of the Coast, Applibot and Ironclad Games. You can see more of his art at his personal site and CGHub page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so…
First reportedin a story on OnGamers, if you’re signed up to take place in League of Legends’ League Championship Series, your contract bans you from streaming any game that can even remotely be seen as competition for Riot’s online juggernaut. That doesn’t just apply to streaming other games alongside their LoL broadcasts. It bars them…
If you haven’t seen Pacific Rim, there’s a Chinese mech called Crimson Typhoon. Well, this is the Brooklyn Typhoon. It may not be as big as its inspiration, but its made of way more interesting stuff. Built by Brooklyn Robot Works, it took 550 hours to build, and weighs in at 155 pounds. Here’s a…
It may have taken decades longer than it probably should have, but official Simpsons LEGO is on the way. And while the Danish toy giant has yet to release its own promotional images of the line, which is due in early 2014, pics of some minifigs have begun leaking out a little early. Nice shots…
This is a prank video from Kiwi TV comedians Jono and Ben. Ben is the lucky owner of a new PS4. Jono things he is filming a segment where he smashes Ben’s new PS4. That is not what he is filming. Punishment – Wheel of PS4tune [YouTube, via Gizmodo AU]
The World of Warcraft movie doesn’t just have a release date. It’s got a cast now as well. If you were expecting BIG NAMES on this list, you won’t find them. The actors announced by Legendary and Universal Pictures are: Ben Foster (Six Feet Under) Travis Fimmel (Vikings) Paula Patton (Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol) Toby…
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