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…

Running Around As An Angry Chicken Is a Fun Way To Play Diablo III

The goal of the “Angry Chicken” build in Diablo III is simple: turn your Witch Doctor into a fast, unstoppable chicken as often as possible and do massive damage. It sounds silly for a serious game with demons and angels but that’s the point. And it actually works perfectly even on Torment VI difficulty. Noxious…

Conan Goes To Comic-Con As The Doof Warrior From Mad Max

Conan O’Brien and Andy Richter replaced Immortan Joe and The Doof Warrior from Mad Max: Fury Road for a short Comic-Con clip. They’re on the road but they should seriously arrive there with Conan messing around with the flamethrower-guitar on top of the Doof Wagon. It’d be some serious cosplay. It’s definitely not mediocre: To…

How Shin Megami Tensei x Fire Emblem Came To Be

The Shin Megami Tensei/Fire Emblem crossover game sounds like something out of a dream, but isvery much a reality. But it almost ended as a dream. Originally the concept of Nintendo director Kaori Ando, Genei Ibun Roku #FE the idea of a crossover between Nintendo and Atlus’ popular franchises was proposed back in 2009. “Our…

This Game Asks What Happens After You Defeat the Last Boss

At the end of the adventure, the hero defeats the evil overlord and saves the world. The End… Or is it? Yuusha Shisu. (勇者死す。English title, Hero Must Die) is a game that looks at just that – the aftermath of the final battle. Announced in this week’s issue of Weekly Famitsu, heading for the PS…

Mobius Final Fantasy Needs More Plot

Mobius Final Fantasy (previously Mevius Final Fantasy) is the latest official Final Fantasy game. It’s a turn-based-with-an-element-of-tactics combat-centric game for iOS and Android platforms. In Mobius Final Fantasy, you play the part of Wal – or whatever you decide to name him – an amnesiac protagonist, tossed into the world of Paramitia. There he is…

Reminder: Not every piece of Zelda cosplay has to be about Link or Zelda. Or at least, not a Zelda dressed as a Princess. Rei-Suzuki is Impa, while TheEyeProjectsis cosplaying in his original design for a male Sheik/Sheikah. Photo by Collin van den Bos.