A gorgeous remake of Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap has just been announced, and you can watch the whole trailer here. Gosh, it looks good.

EA Removing Gender Boundaries From The Sims 4

While The Sims has always been a sandbox of possibility, up to and including misguided romantic affairs with Death, it’s still drawn lines in more traditional places. Now, though, EA and Maxis are erasing a few of them. Previously, Sims games (including the most recent installment, Sims 4) restricted some clothes, hairstyles, and other options…

Meet The New Legendaries In Pokémon Sun And Moon

Meet Solgaleo and Lunala, the two newest legendaries in the Pokémon universe. Solgaleo (left) will star in Pokémon Sun, while Lunala (right) will pop up in Pokémon Moon. Both look like they could kick the hell out of Popplio Both new Pokémon games will be out on 3DS November 18. Solgaleo is a psychic/steel creature…

Dammit Konami. Metal Gear Pachinko Is Really Happening.

For the longest time, there’s been a gag that Konami was going to turn Metal Gear Solid into a pachinko machine, like it did with Castlevania and Silent Hill That is no longer a gag. It’s real. So, yes. Here, via Otaku.com, we have Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater, the pachinko slot game. Last fall,…

Anime Eyes Done Right 

Bringing anime eyes to life in a natural, yet accurate way is difficult. Few do it better than Winnie Yap. For the past few years, she has been uploading eye make-up tutorials on YouTube, showing how portraying anime eyes isn’t only about color contacts. Rather, make-up is also key and helps make eyes look larger…

Poll: Japan’s Most Memorable Games on Each Console

Japanese game magazine Famitsu is celebrating its 30th anniversary. To mark the occasion, the publication polled readers, asking them which games were most memorable on consoles ranging from the Famicom to the PS4. Famitsu received 2,921 ballots, with each ballot featuring the platforms listed below. The rule was that those who voted could write only…

Hatsune Miku: Project Diva X Breathes New Life into the Series

Project Diva X has a few things you wouldn’t expect in a Hatsune Miku game—like a bit plot and a nice helping of strategy. There’s not actually a lot to the plot. It’s mostly just a collection of short, unvoiced conversations between Miku and her friends that are often about one aspect or another of…

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Cheers To This Witcher 3 Cosplay

TophWei is a cosplayer from Russia. She is not, as you may have guessed, a living Witcher 3 screenshot. Photos here, as in thatlast (NSFW) Witcher shoot we featured, by Victoria Milligan. I love that it’s not just Ciri in character, but her alt outfit.

Report: Jake Gyllenhaal To Star In The Division Movie

Variety is reporting that not only is Ubisoft trying to get a movie made out of The Division (not news), but that they’ve already got Prince of Persia star Chesty Jake Gyllenhaal attached to the project, as both actor and producer (interesting). Before we go any further, remember: as bad as video game movies tend…

7 Year-Old Kid Punches Armed GameStop Robber

On Friday night, two men stormed into a GameStop store in Montgomery County, Maryland. They ordered everyone onto the ground at gunpoint, and while employees and a husband and wife complied, the couple’s seven year-old boy started swinging punches at the robbers instead. “He’s a brave little boy, and he recognized he was in a…

Why Won’t My PC’s Optical Drive Open?

My PC’s optical drive won’t open. It’s been that way for a few weeks. Why won’t my PC’s optical drive open? It’s passive-aggressively suggesting that I don’t really need an optical drive in the first place. It’s still recovering from when I tried to get it to read my original 7th Guest discs. It still…

Overwatch Doesn’t Do Enough For Its Support Heroes

In team-based games like League of Legends and Team Fortress 2, and MMOs like World of Warcraft, support classes—medics, buffers, debuffers, etc—are a necessary element of victory. However, they’re under-appreciated and sometimes under-played. Overwatch addresses that problem in some smart ways, but it doesn’t completely solve the problem. Whether in single or multiplayer games, support…

More Companies Should Explain Their Censorship Decisions The Way NIS America Just Did

When NIS America announced erotic dungeon crawler Criminal Girls 2: Party Favors would arrive this September on Vita, it came with a big caveat. Like the last game, there have been “modifications” to make it appropriate. In advance, the company published an exhaustive explanation. Warning: The content in this post may be considered NSFW. “I…

AMD’s New Radeon RX 480 Is VR-Ready For $200

The price of entry to PC-based virtual reality just got a lot lower. The first graphics card based on AMD’s Polaris architecture arrives at the end of June, promising VR performance of a $500 GPU for less than half the price. Where Nvidia aimed high with its first two next-generation graphics cards, the GTX 1070…

The NBA’s Rookie Of The Year Is Streaming Games On Twitch

First up? Not Call of Duty, not Destiny, not League of Legends, but...Monopoly

Developer Rejects Player Requesting Steam Key For Supporting LGBT Rights [UPDATE]

Operation Caucasus developer Dream Games has given out tons of early access keys for their shooter. But when this player asked for one, sporting a colorful avatar signaling support for LGBT rights, the developer responded with a simple message: “We’re not support lgbt. Please, just f**k you.” This exchange was posted as part of a…