The New Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Game Feels A Lot Like Transformers: Devastation 

There’s a lot of Transformers: Devastation lingering in Platinum Games’ latest cartoon-based beat-em up, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan. Watch us play through the game’s first mission and see for yourself. We’ve got the same cel-shaded art style that first popped up in Platinum’s poorly-received Legend of Korra game. A small number of…

The State Of The DC Universe

DC Comics has another line-wide reinvention coming up. It’s exactly the kind of thing I should be excited about, but I’m more worried than anything. This piece originally appeared April 8, 2016. Because of everything they’ve done in the last few years, it’s almost impossible to get amped up about what’s next for Superman, Batman…

Paradox Pulls Stellaris Mod That Makes All The Characters White

Stellaris, a grand strategy game set in space, has characters who come in a variety of species and races. Naturally, someone made a mod to turn all the humans white. The mod, “European Phenotype and Names Only,” makes it so your Stellaris rulers and heirs will all be white people with European names, which is…

TMNT Figures Based On Konami’s Classic 1989 Arcade Game

Oh man Note that, as good as these look, you’ll likely never be able to get your hands on them. Because of licensing restrictions, manufacturers NECA are only going to be able to sell these at conventions, not online or in stores. If you’re going to Comic Con, good luck! If you’re not, and you’re…

Dead Or Alive‘s Gust Costumes Are Almost Good Enough To Buy

Koei Tecmo has teamed up with one of my favorite Japanese RPG developers to create a set of Dead or Alive 5: Last Round costumes based on the delightful costume designs from the Atelier series and other Gust games. I’d almost pay $32 for them. Almost. Kasumi and friends decked out in outfits from the…

Fallout 4 Mod Takes The Game To Seattle

Fallout Cascadia is a new mod that is promising to create what’s essentially a brand new game—using Fallout 4 as a foundation—set in and around Seattle. The plan is to have the mod kick in as a completely separate adventure to the main game, so you wouldn’t even create a character or see Fallout 4’s…

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)