Halo 5 Grifball Is Better When It’s Played In A Quidditch Pitch

Halo 5 and Harry Potter sounds like a weird combination, but Hugabear’s custom mini-game, which adds Quidditch to Halo 5‘s Grifball, looks pretty fun. Grifball is a game mode in Halo 5 where players with Gravity Hammers and Energy Swords have to grab the ball and get it through one of the hoops. In this…

Nintendo Will ‘Focus’ On Zelda At E3, No NX

Nintendo’s next console won’t be at E3, nor will most of their games. The company announced today that the upcoming Zelda will be “the focus of Nintendo’s presence at E3″ and that nothing else will be playable on the show floor. Here’s the full statement from Nintendo of America’s PR. You’ll note that it leaves…

The Nintendo NX Will Be Out March 2017 Worldwide

Nintendo just announced that the Nintendo NX will be out in March 2017. That release window is global. Via a financial release, Nintendo states, “For our dedicated video game platform business, Nintendo is currently developing a gaming platform codenamed ‘NX’ with a brand-new concept. NX will be launched in March 2017 globally.” In a tweet,…

The New Legend of Zelda Game Is Delayed to 2017

After being delayed from its original 2015 release date, the new upcoming Zelda game won’t make this year, either. Nintendo announced today that the game is now scheduled for 2017. In a financial report released today, Nintendo has the upcoming Zelda game slated for 2017 in Japan, North America, and Europe. The Legend of Zelda…

Uncharted 4 Copies Stolen ‘While In Transit’, Sony Working With Police

According toSony’s Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida, a “number of copies of Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End” have been stolen “while in transit” ahead of the game’s release in the United Kingdom. Sounds a lot like a truck hijacking, which is something of a British speciality when it comes to video games He adds: “While…

The Up-All-Night Stream Plays Rose and the Old Castle of Twilight [Finished]

In the vein of Yomawari: Night Alone—aka the cutest little horror game ever—and htoL#NiQ: The Firefly Diary, comes NIS’ newest title: Rose and the Old Castle of Twilight. So come join me as I take a young girl and her golem companion to explore a mysterious castle. Part 1 Part 2 Rose and the Old…

First Look at the Final Fantasy XI Reboot for Mobile 

Nexon is making a mobile version of Final Fantasy XI with Square Enix. Today, we get our first peek at the title. According to Ruliweb(via tipster Sang), the game was shown today at the Nexon Developer Conference in South Korea. Note that the slides are titled Final Fantasy XI Reboot. The announced title is Final…

Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem Are Getting Mobile Apps [Update]

Today, Nintendo announced that it’s releasing Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem apps for mobile devices. Update, 4:50am EST: A previous version of this story stated that the release date for these apps was unknown. That was incorrect. They will be out this fall. Here’s what Nintendo said about the apps in a financial report released…

Aren’t You A Little Badass For A Stormtrooper?

When you put Maschinen Krieger and Star Wars together, only good things can happen. Given both series have their visual roots in “kitbashing” (cannibalising model kits to create a plastic Frankenstein’s Monster), it’s a natural fit, but while you’d expect a model maker to recreate Star Wars’ vehicles in Ma.K’s more rugged style, Kunho Noh’s…

Midair sure does look familiar. It looks exactly like Tribes. I’m not complaining! Tribes 2 is one of my favorite games ever. Between this (assuming it gets through Greenlight and Kickstarter) and the miraculous return of Tribes Ascend, things are looking up for those of us who love dishing out blue plate specials.

The Hidden Life Of Hitman‘s Most Relatable NPC

If you want immediately murder someone in the newest Hitman episode, you can do that. You can also just stand around listening to this one dude talk on his phone. The new episode sends Agent 47 to the Italian villa of Sapienza, where he gets two new targets and a ton of options for dispatching…

Alienation Is A Great Way To Kill Aliens Together

Between its flashy explosions and deep weapon customization, the PlayStation 4’s latest co-op action role-playing game is transforming me into a ruthless alien killing machine. Want to watch? Released today on the PlayStation 4 from Housemarque, the creators of Super Stardust and Resogun, Alienation is a co-op multiplayer alien murder simulator. One could call it…

Retailer Screwups Trigger Uncharted 4 Panic

Uncharted 4 won’t be out for another two weeks, but retailers across the world have somehow lost track of that, leading to widespread chaos and pandemonium. Also spoilers. Earlier today, the UK-based gaming website Video Gamer spoke to someone who’d walked into a CeX electronics store and bought the game on Monday. He just walked…

Alien Isolation‘s Artificial Intelligence Was Good…Too Good

I stayed perfectly still after they chased me into the air vent. I hadn’t heard anything for several minutes. Surely they’d left by now. Crawling out of my hiding spot, I found myself face to face with one of my pursuers. He hadn’t moved. He started shouting, but he remained locked in place, unable to…

Rocket League‘s New Basketball-Themed Mode Is Goofy Fun

It’s been months since I played Rocket League, a game about cars playing soccer. The game’s newest game mode switches sports, and it’s really fun! My Rocket League addiction was deep for a few months in 2015. Though I was never particularly good, it was the kind of game I could play while waiting for…

Probably The Most Satisfying Thing I’ve Ever Done In A Video Game

Sure, it’s satisfying to beat a tough Dark Souls boss. It’s just as satisfying to roll through a bunch of stuff. If you found the sorcerer Orbeck of Vinheim near the Crystal Sage bonfire in Dark Souls 3, you’ve probably noticed his lovely workshop. So many scrolls, stacked so carefully! It’d be a shame if…