The Japanese Nintendo site has a notice up that color variations (including white) are going out of production soon. Next to 3DS XL units, it reads 近日生産終了予定 or “Production is slated to end shortly.” No word how this will impact units outside Japan.

The first game in Telltale’s Game of Thrones series will be out next week. The dates, confirmed by a pair of tweets, are: December 2 for PC and PS4, December 3 for Xbox One and 360, and December 4 for iOS. The PS3 will get Iron From Ice on December 9, and the Android version…

Xbox Japan Boss Is Stepping Down, Going to the U.S.

Long-time Microsoft exec Takashi Sensui is resigning as head of Xbox Japan. He won’t be leaving Microsoft, however, and is going to work at the company’s Redmond HQ. Famitsu reports that Sensui, who took over Xbox Japan in 2006, will be working at the General Manager for the Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft’s main office.…

Fixing Far Cry 4’s Annoying Intros (On PC)

The PC version of Far Cry 4 launches with around 117 unskippable splash screens, subjecting the user to all kinds of ridiculous Far Cry branding (and that of supporting companies). After a while it becomes a hassle, but it’s OK, you can get rid of them. As RPSpoint out, you can just use the same…

She-Ra Cosplay!

Cosplay by Désirée, photo by Mirage Images (via Fashionably Geek)

New “Game” Lets You Control Real Humans, Will End Badly

Omnipresenzis a “game” (currently looking for funding) that wants to use cameras and the internet to turn a real human into the playable character in a video game, users at home able to control their everyday actions. It is either the stupidest or most naive idea in the history of video games. The idea is…

The Evil Within Turned into a Two-Hour Horror Flick

Short on time, but interested in The Evil Within? Gamebill Studio is here to help Like Gamebill’s other projects, The Evil Within: The Movie comes with a few improvements to help the game’s transition to moviehood. In the words of editor Nabil Ayari, these are: I captured the game in 60 frames per second thanks…

No Sale Price Is Worth Black Friday: The Movie

This Friday you could be sitting warm and safe in your homes watching a Christmas movie and drinking hot chocolate, or you could be an unintentional extra in Black Friday the movie — All Sales Final. From Nacho Punch, the creators of Daylight Saving Time the movie, comes a twisted tale of a society pushed…

The Best Black Friday Gaming Deals

Retailers took their time, but this is an amazing set of Black Friday gaming deals. Deals will be hyperlinked as they go live. See something we missed? Post it in the comments (with links!). Looking for something that’s not here? Ask us! Need to get back to our Main Black Friday post? Top Deals Wii…

Classic 80s Cartoon Centurions As LEGO Minifigs

Alvin Lim’s LEGO project features classic cartoon characters from the 80s, but this time it’s not the Ninja Turtles or Transformers, but characters from an underdog show: Centurions If you don’t remember or were too young, the show was basically about blowing up bad guys and their robot army. Simple but awesome. The intro sums…

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