Most times, when you stop hearing about a game in development, it’s dead. It’s kinda fitting, then, that a game called Zombie Playground—which we first wrote about in 2012!—hasn’t just reappeared, but is playable on Early Access

Diablo III Update Honors Blizzard Artist Who Died Last Year

In October 2014, Kevin Kanai Griffith, a Blizzard artist who had worked on both World of Warcraft and Diablo, passed away. This month, the company honours him with a big update for Diablo III. Patch 2.3.0 introduces something called Kanai’s Cube, a predecessor of the game’s “iconic” Horadric Cube. Blizzard says it’s “a huge new…

Calculating LEGO Brick Combinations Is Ridiculously Complex

In 1958 LEGO estimated that six standard LEGO bricks could be combined together in nearly 103 million ways. Math professor Soren Eilers discovered that they were off by more than 900 million. In this clip from A LEGO Brickumentary, in theaters, iTunes and On Demand this Friday, the good professor explains why LEGO’s initial estimates…

Mod Adds College System To The Sims 4

They’ve already added working hotels and K-12 schools to The Sims 4. But Sims modders still haven’t had enough. Will they ever? Let’s hope not. Prolific Sims 4 modder Simmythesim, who previously worked on the aforementioned hotels mod as well as a custom height-slider that let you adjust the physical make-up of your Sims in…

CD Projekt Red’s Marcin Momot has shed some light on what will (and won’t) carry over to The Witcher 3’s upcoming New Game Plus mode. Gear, XP, money, and recipes will carry over. Quest items, books, trophies, and usable items won’t, nor will Gwent cards. If you’re not level 30, you’ll be bumped up automatically…

Sources: Ouya Won’t Pay Developers The Money They Promised [UPDATED]

In 2013, Ouya set aside $1 million to help fund a bunch of games on Kickstarter, so long as the games showed up on Ouya first. Some games have already come out, but many have not. For those still in development, Ouya has reportedly informed them the funds no longer exist. Update (5:22 pm): Razer…

The First Five Minutes Of Blues and Bullets Ruin Eliot Ness’ Retirement

A blood-soaked dungeon, the whimpers of terrified children, a mysterious horned beast and a man speaking in an incredibly bad accent—this is a job for one of America’s greatest crime-fighters. Blues and Bullets is an episodic crime noir PC adventure starring Eliot Ness, eader of the legendary law enforcement group nicknamed The Untouchables. Years after…