Skylanders Enters The Trading Card Game

While the competition bows out of the toys-to-life genre, Skylanders is finding new things for fans to buy. Today’s worldwide launch of Skylanders Battlecast adds physical trading cards to the mix. Finally folks have something to do with those Battlecast cards Activision bundled in Skylanders Superchargers last fall. Available today on iTunes, Google Play and…

Dude Makes Pop-Up Castle Out Of LEGO 

Yes, LEGO! Japanese YouTuber Talapz wasn’t content with merely recreating Himeji Castle’s main keep, so he decided to make a pop-up version of it. The whole thing weighs 12.5kg (27.8 pounds) and took fifteen months to finish. According to Talapz, no glue was used in constructing the project. This isn’t a first for him. As…

The Fullmetal Alchemist Live-Action Movie Has an All Japanese Cast

In Japan, popular manga and anime series Fullmetal Alchemist is getting a feature film. It’s slated for a winter 2017 release. The fictional setting was inspired by Europe, but the movie’s cast will be Japanese. According to Natalie, the movie will be directed by Fumihiko Sori, who is best known for the 2002 film Ping…

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Conan Playing Overwatch and Destroying Game of Thrones‘ Iron Throne 

On this latest “Clueless Gamer” segment, Conan faces off against the House of Lannister and the shiny butts of Overwatch The segment opens with the PS4 version, while Conan, Peter Dinklage and Lena Headey play using Xbox One controllers. The trio are eventually joined by a George R. R. Martin look-alike, who, in keeping with…

Some Of The World’s Best Artists Are Already In Love With Overwatch

Yeah, the game itself has only just been released, but thanks to betas and marketing people have been getting to know the cast of Overwatch for months. Among those fans are some of the world’s best artists, many of whom we’ve featuredhere on Fine Art before Below is a collection of work made by artists…

Xavier Woods Hadoukens Wrestler

WWE wrestler Xavier Woods, noted enthusiast of the video games, unleashed a Street Fighter-style Hadouken on Aiden English in a bout last night. Thankfully, English seems to have survived the attack. (via Fox Sports)

If A Cosplayer Says Her Name, She Will Be Given Her Eyes Back

Ginny Di, already the world’s best Arya Stark cosplayer, has updated her look to match the character’s blind and badass season 6 appearance. Hopefully this is where the recreation ended. It’d be a bit much if the photographer followed her around belting her with a wooden stick every five minutes.

Pharah Won’t Be Needing This Today

Coregeek, whose Mad Max work we’ve featured before on the site, has rung in Overwatch’s launch with this awesome recreation of Pharah’s rocket launcher. Model by Coregeek, paint by Nimbus

The Greatest Halo Player Of All Time Retired Yesterday

Everyone remembers the shock of playing online for the first time. I was never much of a PC gamer, so one of my first online multiplayer experiences was with Halo 2. It was, to be perfectly honest, demoralising. I think most of us can relate: you thought you were untouchable, you thought you were the…

When A Sega Magazine Got Blacklisted By Sega

Keith Stuart’s written a great article over on Eurogamer, recalling the time that he was blacklisted by Sega despite being the Editor-in-Chief of DC-UK, a magazine devoted entirely to the Sega Dreamcast. He chats about how exciting it was to be in charge of a magazine devoted entirely to Sega (note: it wasn’t an official…

That Time A Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Game Was Literally Unbeatable

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on the NES was infamous for being super hard. For many, the game unbeatable. On the PC, though, that was actually true! The PC port of TMNT—the DOS one, specifically—was weird for a few reasons: the sound was terrible, it didn’t look as good, and playing with a keyboard sucked. Worse,…

YouTubers Play A Game About Being A YouTuber

If you were just unfrozen from a massive block of ice ala Chris Evans in Captain America or Bill Clinton in real life, here’s what you need to know: people make money playing video games on YouTube now, and the latest game they’re into is one about playing video games to make money on YouTube.…