What Microsoft’s HoloLens Tech Might Actually Look Like

Microsoft’s HoloLens tech is impressive, but it’s hard to get across what it looks like to people who aren’t wearing the glasses when they’re not, well, wearing the glasses. So the company whipped up this demo video to help. It’s a bullshot in motion, sure, but it does get the general point across: this isn’t…

Screw You, Jester

Jester, my constant companion in Steam soccer-with-cars smash hit Rocket League, thinks he’s funny. He is not, and he can go fuck himself. OK so, I recently moved to a new apartment and don’t have a reliable Internet connection yet (I’ve been working out of a Starbucks every day; it’s great fun if you enjoy…

This is like the Platinum Trophy of Instagram cosplay…

Fan Uncovers Elaborate Team Fortress 2 Easter Egg

Reason number 437 I wish Valve would release more games: they’re good at packing them with smart little things. (Warning: this post gets kinda NSFW. I know, I’m surprised too.) It all begins with Miss Pauling. Miss Pauling, for those who don’t know, plays assistant to The Administrator, aka the in-game announcer, aka one of…

Street Fighter’s Ken Has Been Redesigned

Capcom normally keeps things pretty traditional when it comes to Street Fighter’s classic roster. Characters like Ryu and Chun-Li have barely changed since their debuts in the 80s and 90s respectively. But Ken, well, Ken is now different Finally taking the chance to make him more than just a palette-swapped Ryu, Ken now has a…

Trials of Osiris Is The New Best Thing In Destiny

The agony! The jubilation! The drama and disappointment! I have reached the top of Destiny mountain, and the view is spectacular. It was a pain in the ass getting here, but I guess that was the point. For the first eight months of its existence, the “best thing” in Destiny wasthe Vault of Glass raid.…

Black Ops III‘s Zombie Mode Set In The 1940s, Film Noir Style

Call of Duty’s popular zombies mode returns in Black Ops III, and it’s surprisingly ambitious. It’s called Shadows of Evil, and not only has a full story, but it’s set in the 1940s and stars Jeff Goldblum, Heather Graham, Neal McDonough, Ron Perlman, and Robert Picardo. What?! Check out the amazing trailer below: Yep, that…

Parody Game NotGTAV Vanishes From Steam After Strange Copyright Claim

NotGTAV, which is not GTA V, was a hit when it released on Steam last week. Then it disappeared. The game is back now, a short-term victim of what seems to have been a bogus copyright claim. Here’s what we know: NotGTAV, the cheap, funny parody game that was donating money to charity, disappeared from…

A new trailer for Platinum’s upcoming Transformers: Devastation game will give gamers of a certain age flashbacks to their childhood. It’s still hard to tell if this game is much more than an arena brawler, though there do seem to at least be some transformation-based moves. For PC, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS3 and PS4.

Our Comic And Cartoon Recommendations for Arkham Knight Players

Batman: Arkham Knight is in the running for the most disturbing Batman story ever told. But it doesn’t get there without referencing, repurposing and leaning on a bunch of other Dark Knight storylines that preceded it. Rocksteady has done a few things very well in the Batman games that they’ve made. The British studio created…

PS4 Owners Campaign For A Better PSN

The PlayStation Network, a premium subscription service that occasionally lets you play video games online, has a lot of problems. PS4 fans want to change that. For all of Sony’s successes this generation, they’ve had a really tough time maintaining a stable, competent network for online services. In addition to random spurts of downtime, the…

This Playable Prototype Is Already More Fun Than Most Finished Games

I’ve enjoyed many games in 2015, but few have put a smile on my face the way Butcher has. If Hatred felt like the 90s throwback nobody wanted, Butcher is the 90s throwback I’ve always yearned for. Within moments, it felt like I was sitting down for another round of Abuse. I suspect most people…

All Maps Cleared

Assassin’s Creed Rogue didn’t stand a chance when it met an AC obsessive like me. All three game maps cleared after some 36 hours spent playing on my PS3. If you’re wondering about that boat in the lower left of the North Atlantic, I got that too: To contact the author of this post, write…

Mega Man Legends Successor’s Kickstarter Is Kinda Sloppy

You might think that, given the widespread love for Mega Man Legends (and the loud outcry when Capcom cancelled #3), a spiritual successor wouldn’t have trouble finding funding. Yet Red Ash,a Kickstarter by Mega Man designer Keiji Inafune that’s just about as close as we’ll ever get to a Mega Man Legends 3, hasn’t made…