The Great Pyramid from Game of Thrones, Recreated in Minecraft

The Great Pyramid of Meereen, as depicted in the Game of Thrones TV show, as depicted in Minecraft. It’s as far from the books as you can get, but at least you can explore this version. Made by PlanetMinecraft’s Tiresh, a builder specializing in large buildings (such as mansions and skyscrapers), this map is a…

Diablo III‘s New Patch Is All About Cosmetics

Diablo III’s patch 2.4.1 is now live, with Season 6 starting on Friday, and that means a lot of new items to loot! This time it’s all about cosmetic wings, pets and various transmog items. This post was originally published on March 10, 2016, and was updated to reflect the patch’s release. Cosmetics haven’t ever…

Custom LEGO Star Destroyer Is So Huge It Has A Three-Level Interior

The comparison with the official 2014 Star Destroyer in the foreground shows how awesome and big this custom ship really is. Doomhandle’s ISD Tyrant is so massive, he was able to fit a hangar bay, multiple ships, and three levels of various rooms inside. The Tyrant is over 56 inches (1.4m) long and weighs approximately…

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…