Battlefield Hardline will be out on March 17, 2015 in the United States, EA just announced. March 19 for Europe.

Link Is So Damn Happy Riding His New Skyward Sword Statue

First 4 Figures’ newly-announced Link on the Crimson Loftwing statue is a two-foot-tall tribute to the joy of taking to the skies in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. Just try not to make eye contact. The first in a series of new statues based on the 2011 Wii game, Link on the Crimson Loftwing…

Witness My Futile Attempt At Upholding The Law In A Cop Simulator

Look, I’m not a cop. I’d have to tell you if I were a cop, but I’m totally not a cop. Garry Copman, on the other hand, is a fully-fledged police officer. His duties include giving out tickets for minor infractions of the law—small things like broken tail-lights, expired licenses and vehicles illegally parked in…

Judge Dismisses Ex-Dictator Manuel Noriega’s Call of Duty Lawsuit

A California judge ruled today to dismiss former dictator Manuel Noriega’s lawsuit against publisher Activision for including his likeness in Call of Duty: Black Ops II. The suit, filed in July, alleged that Black Ops II’s depiction of Noriega was “blatant misuse, unlawful exploitation and misappropriation for economic gain.” Activision fought back hard, recruiting former…

The PS4’s Standby Mode is no more. It’s now called “Rest Mode.” There’s even a new little graphic that displays when the PS4 is going to sleep. So peaceful!

Breaking The Sims 4 Is Just As Fun As Playing It

By now it’s well-known that The Sims lets you do all sorts of unrealistic, goofy things, like letting players become ghosts, or letting players create giant versions of everyday items. But just how far will The Sims 4 let you go with these elements of the game? Intrepid YouTuber PrettyGrumpyBearGame broke out some experiments and…

Fist Of The North Star For PS1 Is Better With Glitches

Fist of the North Star is a classic 80’s anime about machismo and martial arts. So, obviously, glitching out the PS1 game based on it is going to have some pretty awesome consequences. The user above uploaded 15 minutes of a corrupted version the Japanese Fist of the North Star PS1 game. We’ve seen glitches…

Get Your Xbox One Price Drop Right Now, and More Deals

No need to wait until November 2nd to take advantage of the Xbox One price drop. Xbox One Assassin’s Creed Unity Bundle ($350) | Amazon Xbox One Assassin’s Creed Unity Kinect Bundle ($450) | Amazon Xbox One 1TB Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Bundle ($450) | Amazon Xbox Live Gold 3 Month Membership plus $15…

10 Things You Might Not Know About Destiny

I’ve played way too many hours of Destiny, and I still hadn’t pieced together a lot of the intricacies of both its story and gameplay. TerraMantis does a good job of highlighting some really fascinating lore and theories on the lore, as well as pointing to some easter eggs and functional secrets. Here’s a general…

Mario Kart 8 DLC Adds Excitebike‘s Sweet Jumps

Nintendo’s adding an Excitebike-themed arena to Mario Kart 8. Total no-brainer, right? The incoming DLC packs for Mario Kart 8 will let players compete on a ramp-filled track that pays homage to the classic motocross franchise. This will be the same add-on that gives Link his too-cool Master Cycle, which will surely be a good…

Three Weeks Later, DriveClub Still Doesn’t Work Properly

On October 7, Sony released the racing game Driveclub for PlayStation 4. Today, October 28, the game still doesn’t work as intended—and Sony still hasn’t said a word about refunding the folks who paid $60 for it. Driveclub‘s server problems have been well-documented. For the past three weeks, players have found themselves unable to access…

Now Razer’s Making A Surround Sound Bar

A good surround sound-capable sound bar is the perfect solution for those wary of trying to position speakers all over their gaming space. Due for release next month, Razer’s Leviathan could be a very good surround sound-capable sound bar. Crafted for virtual 5.1 surround sound gaming and movies or streaming music via Bluetooth 4.0 aptX,…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: In Defense Of Derivative Games • My Backlog — Banjo-Kazooie • Grisaia no Kajitsu: The Anime You SHOULD NOT Be Watching • TAY Explores Comics: Kurozakuro TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

The upcoming PS4/Xbox One/PC version of Grand Theft Auto V will come with new cars, new guns, and a “Murder Mystery” mode that sounds a lot like that one noir game that was set in L.A. Rockstar’s got more details here

Ten Video Game Vehicles With A Cartoony Redesign

I could totally watch a special episode of Wacky Races with artist Ido Yehimovitz‘s re-imagined video game cars leading the way. Trevor with his pickup could easily replace Dick Dastardly, but not even he could stop Axel’s taxi from Crazy Taxi. I guess the titular tank from the Metal Slug series is already cartoony in…

Maingear’s PC Gaming Cube Has Changed

My first professionally-built gaming PC was a Maingear X-Cube, a charming little black box filled with joy and wonder. It looks almost nothing like the younger, sleeker models Maingear’s just announced. They’ve come from the future. My X-Cube has no glowing window, unless you counted the flickering of the motherboard network port light through the…