Leaked Video Shows Kinect-Controlled Gears of War Strategy Game

Rumors of a Kinect-centric Gears of War game had been circulating for years after Microsoft introduced the motion-control sensor to the world. One game called Gears of War: Exile was confirmed as cancelled two years ago. But, what looks like footage of another gesture-based Gears game has surfaced. It… it doesn’t look good. Embedded in…

Astro A40, 3DS XL Designs, Last of Us Art, Monster Hunter 4 [Deals]

The Astro A40 Gaming Audio System is the step-down model of the Best Gaming Headset , the Astro A50. It’s also half the price of the A50’s MSRP today. [Astro A40] Update: Deal is done. Lordy, The Last of Us Art Book is Scary Beautiful , and only $23 today. Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate is…

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Dubai Store Selling Gold Xbox Ones And PS4s For Just $13,700 Each

Black and white are so passé. The new hotness is $13,700 gold Xbox Ones and PS4s, now for sale in Dubai. Yep, these are actually real items that are currently for sale in the most ridiculous country on earth. Here’s the Xbox One: If you are interested in getting your hands on one of these…

PayDay 2 is getting a special Hotline Miami-themed DLC later this month, Overkill Software announced this morning. I wonder what it’s gonna be like getting up close and personal with all that ultra-violence!

Some fool was talking about Minecraft and Microsoft on the PBS Newshour last night. You can watch the segment or read a transcript here. No news. Just me explaining to the PBS crowd what Minecraft is and why it matters.

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All the New Special Edition 3DS XLs Are Now Up for Preorder

Nintendo’s newly-announced 3DS XL systems are looking sharp (even if they aren’t the new version, for whatever reason), and you can preorder yours starting today. We aren’t sure how many of these there will be, so if you want one, your safest bet is to order now. preorder Nintendo 3DS XL GameStop Exclusive NES Edition…

I Love Reading Other People’s Sims Stories

Came across this image this morning, with a touching description: My Sim’s wife divorced him, leaving him depressed. He immediately went to cuddle their newborn son, and looked like he was holding tightly to the last piece of his happiness. I love seeing how invested people become in the lives and emotional states of these…

Beautiful Video Game Environments Get a Book That’s Just As Pretty

Walking through a well-designed landscape can be the best part of some video games. Great gameworlds can amplify the dread, excitement or sadness you’re meant to feel while playing. Some of the very best have been collected in a student-made book that’s just as pretty. Created by a trio of German design students, New Eden…

Six Video Game Characters Who Only Had One Job To Do

But they failed miserably, making the plot of the particular game possible or just messing things up miserably. The latest clip of Outside Xbox shows us who these unfortunate characters are and what they actually did. He is not featured in the video, but there might be one more guy who only had one job…

There’s a New Final Fantasy Coming. It’s a Typing Game.

For their next Final Fantasy game, Square Enix is adding a bit, or a whole lot of word play. Revealed in Weekly Famitsu, coming next week to iOS and Android platforms is Final Fantasy World Wide Words. The game uses the chibi-style character designs from the Theatrhythm series for an RPG that progresses through typing…

Shigeru Miyamoto Is Making an Animated Movie

Iconic game creator Shigeru Miyamoto is making his first animated short film. It stars Pikmin and is fittingly called Pikmin Short Movie As noted on Cinra, the film is the result of things he wasn’t able to explore in the game version of Pikmin. The movie is broken into three episodes called “Midnight Juice,” “The…

Oh Goodness, “Ramen Donuts” Exist in Japan

From the country that gave the world ramen burgers, we have this: “ramen donuts” (ラーメンドーナツ). They’re ramen noodles but inside donuts. Clever, no? Sankei News and Macaroni report that restaurant chain Osaka Ohsho is rolling out the special dish for a very limited time only. The ramen donut even came in first place among one…

Modder Puts Donkey Kong in Doom, Turns Game into a Platformer

This is a screenshot I just took in Doom II. Crazy! The modder responsible for the aptly-named “Donkey Kong Country for GZDoom” is none other than DooMero, whom you might remember for his Resident Evil Doom mod. This current project of his basically turns Doom into a Donkey Kong platformer, although only an unfinished demo…

Resident Evil Revelations 2 Gets First Trailer, Will Be Episodic

Capcom has announced that Resident Evil Revelations 2 will come in the form of four weekly episodes, debuting early next year. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK There’s also a first trailer, which you can watch here: The episodes will cost $5.99 each in the US (no European pricing has been confirmed). Capcom will…