I Don’t Think I’ve Ever Seen Such A Glossy Mega Man

During E3 2014, video game collectible makers First 4 Figures announced they’d be making a line of statues featuring everyone’s favorite killer robot boy. Now the first Megaman statue has been revealed, and it sure is shiny. They call the piece Running Mega Man (Megaman), and it certainly is that. It’s got a very Astro…

Smash Bros. 3DS Copies Sold in Just Three days With videosof some ludicrously long lines floating around we all knew Smash Bros. for 3DS was selling well, but until Nintendo spoke up earlier today we didn’t know quite how well. Counting both digital and retail numbers, Nintendo claimsone million copies have sold since the game’s…

What the hell is Hellraid? Dead Island creator Techland is streaming our first look at its recently-revamped first-person fantasy hack-and-slash game for PS4, Xbox One and PC live for the next couple of hours. Seems like a good time to get that question answered. Catch it right here.

Big woot! Gaming Sale, Ghostbusters Remastered, GTAV [Deals]

woot! is having a pretty significant gaming sale, with lots of price lows and generally great deals. We put some of the better deals in the respective platforms sections but it’s worth digging through. [woot! Gaming Sale] If you’ve been looking to outfit your Xbox One with some extra controllers, Newegg has the controller with…

Watch People Play Minecraft For The First Time

Remember the first time you tried to step into Minecraft’s vast, Lego-like world? You probably found yourself wondering: “What are these pigs doing here?” or, “Why can’t I just shoot things?” or, “Uh…what am I supposed to be doing?” A BuzzFeed demonstrates, you’re not alone. In the video above, several stock gamer-types (the curious first-person…

Old School Family Games Were Wonderfully Violent

A ticking time bomb, a kid-friendly version of Russian roulette and a game about smashing a naked man’s body apart with a hammer — and they say video games are too violent? The most recent episode of YouTube series TheyActuallyMadeThat takes a look at how families passed the time at night before cellphones, computers and…

After Learning to Make Video Games, What Comes Next

You’re going to want to keep track of six video games coming from New York University’s Game Center. One of them might be a spiritual successor to the hit PlayStation 3 game Journey and another one is on track to be a great multiplayer game that blends elements of starship game FTL with Star Control…

‘Listen To Space Woohoo’

You know how they say: “In space, no one can hear you woohoo?” Or, um, something like that? Well, your Sims can! via Reddit

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Have a wonderful Tuesday

Alright, internet. We’ve got a new day ahead of us. Here’s perfect rainy day pick me up to get us all started:

Boldly Build Bases In Star Trek: Alien Domain

Coming soon to a web browser near you, Star Trek: Alien Domain is a multiplayer strategy game that gives fans of the beloved science fiction franchise a chance to stop all of that boldly going and put down some roots. Developed by SambaGames in partnership with CBS Interactive, Alien Domain doesn’t immediately strike me as…

This Guy Just Won The Diablo III Lottery

Finding cool items in Diablo III is one thing, but having the greatest luck at the perfect moment while trying to get the number one spot on the leaderboards is just a different level of luck. Watch the short segment from Moses2265’s stream to see how lucky he was with his Wizard. He was about…

“I’ve spent a few days inside the body of an angry Hugh Jackman-lookalike.” Time commissioned award-winning photojournalist Ashley Gilbertson, known for covering the Iraq War, to use Photo Mode in The Last of Us Remastered to document the game’s events in his own way. Read about his experience here. [via Kotaku UK] [Top image via…

Online multiplayer returns to Borderlands on PC. The 2009 FPS-RPG was one of the victims of this year’s big GameSpy server shutdown, which disabled online play for several PC games. Now, 2K Games has released a patch that moves Borderlands’ multiplayer to Steamworks, enabling online play once again. [via r/borderlands]

Five Years Later, Left 4 Dead 2 Is Finally Uncensored in Australia

A few weeks ago, Valve’s 2009 zombie shooter, Left 4 Dead 2, was reclassified under Australia’s new R18+ rating. Previously, the game had to be censored so it could be sold under MA15+, Australia’s then-highest rating for games. Now, due to the reclassification, an uncensored version is available to Australia. For new players, the transition…