Watch The EA Press Briefing Live, Right Here

A new day dawns on Cologne, Germany, and with it, Gamescom 2014. Yesterday, we heard from Microsoft and Sony—now, it’s EA’s turn. In twenty or so minutes, EA’s Gamescom press conference will kick off to tell us all about the new Dragon Age, the new FIFA, the new Sims, the new Battlefield, the upcoming MOBA…

Father Takes Kids To Israel To Teach About Real War

When Carl-Magnus Helgegren’s young sons revealed how obsessed with Call of Duty they’d become, he decided it was time to teach them some things about war. And have them taught by people in the business. “They were talking to me like it was a cool game, and everybody else was playing it, and it had…

World of Warcraft Has New Trolls, And They Look Great

Blizzard has today shown off another of its updated designs for World of Warcraft, this time for the Trolls. Thanks to some pretty stellar art design on the original, the differences between the old (shown on the left of each pic) and new male Trolls aren’t that significant (at least until the customisation kicks in,…

“We actually bought all the graphical assets off the internet. I think we bought the goat for $20 dollars on the internet. It was on sale, 75 percent off.” If you only read one more thing on the internet tonight, ensure it’s this, on how Goat Simulator was made.

The Sims 4‘s Create-A-Sim demo is now free for everyone. Make anything your heart desires, so long as it can be sculpted (literally, if you want) from human flesh. I made an evil Leonardo Da Vinci. What will you come up with?

I Can’t Believe It’s Not Mirror’s Edge (And Is Instead Minecraft)

I’ve seen a metric brick-stick-fuck-ton of game location recreations in Minecraft, but I don’t think one’s ever come this close to looking exactly like the original. Look at that. It’s the city from Mirror’s Edge. That’s it. What else is there to say? You can download it here

Your Odds of Being an eAthlete Esports is rapidly becoming one of the most popular ways for people to spend their time. League famously has 27 million daily users now, and DotA 2‘s the International was the largest tournament in history with a total prize pool of over $10,000,000. To put that in perspective, according…

The Real Commander Shepard Reads Us All A Bedtime Story

*Yawn*. Been a long day, no? Lots of GamesCom news. Time to hit the hay. But before we do, let’s settle in and let the actual Commander Shepard, aka Jennifer Hale, read us all a story. A dramatic story. If you missed it, Sneaky Zebra has already done one featuringManShep voice actor Mark Meer.

How To Cancel Your EA Access Subscription

Say you, like many people, excitedly signed up for a recurring $4.99 a month payment to gain access toEA’s new subscription service for the Xbox One, only to be underwhelmed by the meager early offerings. There’s no easy way out, but there is a shortcut home. I signed up for EA Access earlier today, just…

League of Legends’ Newest Champion, Broken Down In Eight Minutes

Though Gnar was revealed last month, Riot took the time today to visually explain what the prehistoric champion is all about. Watching this video, you’ll get a good sense of Gnar’s moves, his combos, and how Gnar should be used. Lots of helpful tips and tricks in here, making it useful both for folks who…