The New Crazy Taxi Mobile Game Gets By On Personality

Crazy Taxi Gazillionaire’s gameplay is pretty run of the mill, but it’s fun and charming regardless. Crazy Taxi Gazillionaire is a clicker game for iOS and Android, based on the arcade driving game that released on the Dreamcast in 2000. It does nothing to pretend it is not a clicker game. In the game you…

GTA Online’s “Gunrunning” update drops on June 13th, and here’s the trailer. Things to spot: new bunkers, weaponized vehicles, and a “mobile operations center.” Also, guns. Obviously.

Atlus Announces A Trio Of 3DS RPGs For North America

In case you were worried about the state of JRPGs on the Nintendo 3DS, Atlus just announced not one but three new games coming to the console in late 2017/early 2018—Etrian Odyssey V: Beyond the Myth, Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology, and Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux. The fifth main installment of the Etrian Odyssey…

A Look Inside The Art Of Overwatch 

Coming this fall from Dark Horse, The Art of Overwatch is more than 300 pages of the illustrations and concept art that Blizzard produced while creating its frighteningly popular hero shooter. We’ve got four of those pages, and they’re quite nice. As someone who loves looking at Overwatch much more than actually playing, I’m looking…

Team Ninja’s Final Fantasy Fighting Game Comes To PS4 Early Next Year

Fighting Final Fantasy fans eagerly awaiting the console port of Team Ninja’s arcade brawler now have a better idea of how long they’ll be waiting, as Square Enix announces Dissidia Final Fantasy NT for early 2018 release on PlayStation 4. Japanese arcade goers have been enjoying three-on-three free-roaming battles between popular Final Fantasy characters since…

Japan Creates Samurai Armor For Cats And Dogs

It was only a matter of time, but a company in Fukuoka, Japan is now making samurai armor for pets. The company, known as “Samurai Age,” also crafts made-in-Japan miniature armor for dolls and bottles of sake. The pet armor appears to be a more recent—and fitting—addition. Each set is made one-by-one from a light…

Universal Studios Japan Gets A Super Mario Bros. Stage

Previously, Universal Studiosreleased concept artfor its upcoming Super Nintendo World. This week at Universal Studios Japan in Osaka, a large Mario-themed stage appeared in the parking lot, giving a more concrete look at what to expect. These photos were snapped by Twitter user and USJ super fan LCASTUDIOS_USJ. It’s believed that the stage was created…

Pikachu, That’s A Bad Place For A USB Cable 

Pikachu. Electricity. Plugs. Make sense, sure. But why did the people who made this Pokémon product stick the cable there? Via China’s Octinn, this PVC Pikachu knock-off has ears that double as plugs to put in electrical sockets. It’s not clear whether or not this is licensed, but the lack of Pokémon Company copyright notices is suspect.…

Kamo River. Kyoto, Japan. By Shane Brown. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line! 

A $300 Siegmeyer From Dark Souls Statue

Japanese toy company Gecco is releasing this Dark Souls statue as an exclusive for folks attending San Diego Comic Con. It’ll be sold for $299. For anyone not making it to the show, there will be limited quantities of the 1/6 scale (37cm) statue made available for regular retail distribution. Loving the detail on the…

The Final Steam Greenlight Game Actually Looks Pretty Cool

Valve officially turned out the lights on Steam’s user-driven Greenlight service today, ending an era defined by inconsistency—both in regards to game quality and Valve’s policies. The final game to be submitted, though? It looks pretty neat. The Underground King, which is not finished yet, bills itself as a narrative/racing/manager RPG where “you recruit the…

When You Build A Civilization VI Wonder Inside The Actual Building

Here’s Seamang64 playing Civ VI on his laptop, able to claim that he “built Oxford University in Oxford in Oxford University in Oxford”. It’s not the first time this has been done—remember the guy who built Petra at Petra?—but this one sounds a lot cooler when you say it out loud like that. I think…

Fallout Controller Looks Like It Survived The Apocalypse

Devin Smith runs End of Line Design, a lil’ company that makes very custom, very fancy video game controllers. His latest work is this Fallout-inspired piece that goes way beyond just changing the paint scheme Despite the heavy modifications, including new surfaces and an elaborate flipping Pip-Boy cover the whole Dualshock 4 still works as…

The Omega Collection Makes Three Good Wipeout Games Even Better

The Wipeout Omega Collection launches on PlayStation 4 today, combining all the content from Wipeout HD, Wipeout HD Fury and Wipeout 2048 into one gorgeously remastered package. It’s a ridiculous amount of futuristic hover racing for $40. Let’s hit some walls at incredibly high speeds! I’ve played all the Wipeout there is to play, so…

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Movie Trailer Finally Shows Off Stands

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure’s first live action adaptation, directed by Takashi Miike, is set to open in Japan in August. Now, thanks to the film’s newest trailer, fans can see one of the things that makes this series truly unique: Stands. Stands are a staple of JoJo from the third part of the manga and anime…