An Early Look At World of Warcraft: Legion‘s Class Halls

Class Order halls—class-based areas where both factions can hang out—will be one of Legion’s most exciting features. A few of these were shown already, but Legion’s latest alpha build has them all in-game. Let’s take a look and see how they represent all 11 (soon 12) classes of WoW As mentioned above, it’s an early…

Thank Namco for the Cola-Flavored Potato Chips

Thanks, Namco! I guess… The famed game maker has teamed up with Japanese snack maker Calbee for cola-flavored potato chips. The bags actually state that Namco produced these chips! According to 4Gamer, the chips were a joint creation between both companies, taking eight months of development. [Photo: 4Gamer] These chips will not be available in…

A Konami PR Person Just Got a Metal Gear Solid V Award Instead of Hideo Kojima

Tonight in Tokyo, Sony held its annual PlayStation Awards ceremony. Some of gaming’s most famous game developers gathered on stage to get awards for their games. Hideo Kojima did not. Maybe he was on vacation? Or maybehe’s attending The Game Awards in Los Angeles? Who knows. According to Yahoo! News Japan and Game Watch Impress,…

The Most Eagerly Anticipated Anime of Winter 2016

Time to get ready—and excited—for a new anime season. You might know what you are excited to see, but here’s what anime fans in Japan are looking forward to watching. Website Charapedia polled 10,000 anime fans in Japan, asking them which show they were more looking forward to. Out of that sample, 47.4 percent were…

The New Neptunia Is a Love Letter to All things Zombie

The Neptunia game series has a simple premise: What if video game consoles were actually magical goddesses in a world filled with video game-inspired characters and in-jokes. Uberdimension Blanc + Neptune Faction Vs. The Zombie Army is more of the same but in a high school—and with zombies. In the world of Uberdimension Blanc, the…

King Kong at Family Mart. Tokyo, Japan. By Aaron Cuellar. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!

Explore Chernobyl From The Safety Of Your Couch

Polish game studio The Farm 51—who are in possession of some very exciting graphics tech—are working on a virtual reality experience that will let users explore the ruined nuclear power plant at Chernobyl, along with the abandoned, nearby town of Pripyat. Having scanned huge swathes of the area and recreated them in a 3D space,…

Why Some People Are Upset Over Who’s Judging The Game Awards

Tomorrow is the second The Game Awards, an online-only evolution of the Spike Video Game Awards. They’re one of the premiere awards for games (and big reveals!), along with the Game Developers Choice Awards and D.I.C.E. Awards. Recently, part of the debate has focused on the people—mostly men—casting votes. The Game Awards, like the Spike…

Counter-Strike Player Has Accidental Matrix Moment

When in doubt, throw your gun. Throw your gun and pray In this clip, mmberg seemingly avoids certain death by tossing their M4 at precisely the right moment. A bullet appears to ping off it—as opposed to, you know, mmberg’s face—and then they seize the moment to exact some truly righteous vengeance on their foe.…

Fallout 4 “House” Is More Like A Giant Citadel

If you’re proud of your little wooden shack with a turret or two and a landscape painting, you might not want to take a look at this. SeraphinFoad’s Fusion Core Fortress is nothing short of a stronghold, a bulwark of steel and concrete to shield his junk and person from the terrors of the wastelands.…

Big Floorspace, Ocean Views

Dimitar Tzvetanov is an artist from Bulgaria who has worked for studios like BioWare (Dragon Age) and Haemimont (Tropico). You can see more of Dimitar’s work at his personal site To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), click on the “expand”…

Fallout 4’s Trashcan Carla Is Basically Ronda Rousey

Holy shit. The traders in Fallout 4 are no joke, apparently. The GIF above comes from this excellent moment captured by RandomNameHere. You may know Trashcan Carla as one of the sketchy wandering traders in Fallout 4, but now you’ll associate her with ass-kicking, too. The leading GIF might have the bulk of the hilarious…

The excellent Wii hospital game Trauma Team, in which you play as an ensemble of medical professionals, is being re-released as a $20 Virtual Console download for the Wii U on Thursday. Prepare yourself by reading our rave review of the game from 2010. It even supports local co-op surgery!

A Few Hours With Rainbow Six Siege

Rainbow Six Siege is out. As in, right now. I know, I was surprised too. But it’s actually a solid team-based shooter, and the ability to blow through walls and floors is a game-changer. Functionally speaking, Rainbow Six Siege feels like a midpoint between Call of Duty and Counter-Strike. The shooting is straightforward enough and…

The New Hulk Isn’t So Angry Anymore

For decades, being pissed off was the Hulk’s thing. The living embodiment of Bruce Banner’s rage smacked down all comers, using a near-bottomless pit of anger as fuel for his strength. There’s a new Hulk now, though, and he doesn’t seem quite as cranky as the last one. There’ve been lots of versions of Marvel…

This section of SASUKE ver1 might kill me. You need to pull off a tricky and well-timed triple jump that I screwed up by flipping in the air, doing something weird to Mario’s hit box as he came down. Since I was playing the 100-Mario challenge, I don’t have a code to share. If you…

Smash Community In Shock Over Sudden End To Popular Mod, Project M

The controversial Project M, a fan effort to make Super Smash Bros. Brawl more like Super Smash Bros. Melee, has ceased development after six years. The developers are reportedly turning their focus to a mysterious “new venture.” “We realize that this will come as a shock to many of our fans,” wrote the development team…