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The history and evolution of the Moblins are no longer a secret to everybody, thanks to this all-encompassing feature by GameXplainGameXplain. Here is something I did not know until today: The etymology of “Moblin.” It’s derived from the Zelda brutes’ name in Japanese, which itself comes from the Japanese words for “Forest” and “Goblin.” You…

Cops: Man Cut His Way Into a Pawn Shop to Get His Xbox Back

A 19-year-old Nampan (that’s the demonym for Nampa, Idaho) is in the slammer after police there say they caught him cutting through the roof of a pawn shop and making off with an Xbox he had pawned. More concerning, perhaps, was the AR-15 rifle cops say Olin Vickers had in his possession. That thing is…

When Cam Newton of the Carolina Panthers plays Madden, he always plays as himself. Using someone else would be “cheating on myself.” With the Super Bowl in town, the Museum of the Moving Image opened its exhibit “Madden: 25 Years and Running.” A video by ANIMALNewYork shows what happens when NFLers get on the sticks.…

The Ocean Has Evaporated in This Grand Theft Auto V Mod

Last week modders showed Los Santos submerged beneath thesea. This week, they’ll show you the opposite. Here is Grand Theft Auto V with the ocean removed, leaving behind an almost otherworldly landscape. Why anyone want that? For starters, it speeds up underwater exploration tremendously (find that submerged UFO in a jiffy!). But also think of…

Taiwan’s Zany Animation House Weighs In on EVE‘s Huge Throwdown

Ah, there you are. I was wondering when EVE Online‘s insane space battle would catch the attention of Next Media Animation—aka the Taiwanese cartoon shop regularly pumping out videos of controversies and calamities in the West. The video fixates on the missed rent payment, literally, that started the hostilities on Monday, which is part of…

EVE‘s Giant Space Battle Is Getting A Memorial: “Titanomachy”

EVE Online will erect a memorial to the 21-hour, all-out space battle that spanned Monday and Tuesday, commemorating the loss of 75 Titans—the largest ship in the spacefaring MMO. The total damage done may translate to more than $300,000 in real money, but it is the loss of the Titans that defines the Battle of…

What Gaming Could Look Like On Google Glass

Google Glass isn’t just for hands-free computing and getting dirty looks from folks who think you’re filming them. Google thinks it’s a good gaming platform as well, and its engineers have built five simple games, hoping others will start thinking in that direction, too. This video, posted to the Google developers’ blog, shows the five…

$100 Special Edition For The Elder Scrolls Online Comes With A Lot

The Elder Scrolls Online released a new eight-minute cinematic trailer today, along with news of two special editions and the enticement of five-day early access for those who pre-order the game. Bethesda itself is offering early access for those who preorder the digital versions of the game through The Elder Scrolls Online store, which is…

EA Sports and the NFL “still have a number of years left on our agreements” to exclusively develop and publish video games, EA CEO Andrew Wilson told investors. “We have a number of games in development with the NFL” license, he added. Reports had suggested EA’s license to make NFL games would expire this year.

Angry Birds Maker: We Do Not Collaborate With Spies

The maker of Angry Birds, one of the world’s most popular video games of any type, today said it “does not share data, collaborate or collude with any government spy agencies.” The statement follows a report yesterday that said American and British spies have harvested data collected by the game. “Our fans’ trust is the…

Massive EVE Online Battle Destroys Nearly $300,000 Worth of Spaceships

Yesterday’s humongous space battle in EVE Online—by far the largest in the 10-year history of the spacefaring MMO—is estimated to have destroyed roughly $284,000 worth of war materiel. That is a real-world value, too. The fighting got so big that the Associated Press sent a war correspondent.

The Super Bowl Ends With a Safety, Says Tecmo Super Bowl

Yesterday Madden NFL 25 gave its prediction for Super Bowl Ex El Vee Eye Eye Eye, handing it to Denver, 31-28, on a field goal in overtime. Today, the guys keeping alive 1991’s Tecmo Super Bowl offered their own version of events: another OT game, with Denver winning on a goddamn safety You can see…

Trucker Drives Off With 144 Xboxes, Gets Caught Trying to Flee Country

NORTH MIDDLETON TOWNSHIP, Pa.—Whether he was taking advantage of a loading dock mistake or had someone helping on the inside, police here say a trucker from New Jersey drove away with 144 Xbox 360s and then sold them off. He was extradited this week after he was arrested trying to flee the country. Jean W.…

First News on MLB 14 The Show Comes From Taiwan, Not Sony

Assuming MLB 14 The Show releases on the first Tuesday of March, as the series has since 2008, then we’re five weeks from its anticipated launch and we have to go to freaking Taiwan for our first look at gameplay video. The game hasn’t even gotten an official release date. Sony, you owe baseball fans…

Gigantic Space Battle Breaks Out in EVE Online, Thanks to Unpaid Bill

One week after this monstrous galactic throwdown in EVE Online, the sci-fi MMO is the scene of another humongous space battle—and it’s all because of a missed bill payment. Because this is EVE, the intrigue leading up to one of these rumbles is often more entertaining than the fight itself—especially when it gets so large…

Cliff Bleszinski, the creator of Gears of War, has some things to say about the sale of the series to Microsoft. No, he’s not coming back to work on it. Will it ever go to PlayStation, though? “Safe to say that’s not likely to happen.”

Broncos Win The Super Bowl, According To Madden

Degenerate gamblers, Madden NFL 25 says you should get your money down on the Broncos. The game predicts two Super Bowl firsts: snow, and overtime—and a 31-28 victory for Denver. Snow at Super Bowl XLVIII, played on Sunday in New Jersey, seems to be forced by the game’s career modes. In Madden NFL 25 I…

Candy Crush Makers: We Should Never Have Published ‘Cloned’ Game

The makers of Candy Crush Saga have issued a lengthy defense of their actions, with regard to a couple of notorious trademark applications and allegations it deliberately cloned a game whose makers reached a deal with another publisher. “Our policy is to protect our IP and also respect the IP of others,” writes Riccardo Zacconi,…

Infamous: Second Son has a new trailer. It’s a look at how Seattle was developed and rendered in the PS4 game, due for release on March 21.

Epic Says They’re Still Making Video Games

With the sale this morning of its iconic Gears of War franchise, Epic Games felt compelled to say it still is in the business of making video games, not just the technology that drives them. “For people saying Epic isn’t making games anymore, we currently have multiple games in development, including [Fortnite],” Wes Phillips, an…