Deals: Wolfenstein, Watch Dogs, Playstation Plus, The Legend of Korra

Whatever your platform you can grab the surprisingly good Wolfenstein: The New Order on the cheap today. PC gamers get it for $30, while it’s $40 on all the consoles. [Wolfenstein: The New Order] Watch Dogs is also discounted across almost everything today, starting at $47 on the PC and going up to $53 for…

Oh Good, The New Ninja Turtles Movie Is Getting A 3DS Game

I was really hoping there wouldn’t be an official physical video game product based on the upcoming live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, if only to avoid seeing these ugly mugs on store shelves. Coming in August from Activision, the company that’s made a name for itself for releasing average Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles video…

How I Learned I’m as Bad as Everyone Else in GTA Online

The world of GTA Online is a violent and unforgiving place. It is a realm of meaningless deadly violence – like Watford high street on a Friday night. Other players just want to shoot you or steal your stuff, or shoot you and then steal your stuff. They rampage through the city streets committing acts…

And Now Some Free Garden Warfare Content From PopCap’s Sponsors

Two new free Plants Vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare character variants drop today, courtesy of Aquafina FlavorSplash. How do you feel about free sponsored content? The Berry Shooter and Citrus Cactus arrive today with the free Tactical Taco Party Pack downloadable content pack, the latest in a series of free premium content added since the launch…

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​What Happened to the Lost Thundercats Games

Thunder, thunder, Thundercats… no! Come with us, children of the 1980s and journey through a twisted tale about why there was only one terrible game based on the mega-popular fightin’ cat-people cartoon. Old-game archivist Larry Bundy digs deep in the sketchy game publishing history tactics of three decades ago to find out why a seeming…

Which Video Game Genre Is Your City?

From the survival horror streets of Chicago to massively multiplayer Los Angeles, Dorkly has taken a handful of U.S. cities and described them — with uncanny accuracy — in terms of video game genres. They describe the dangers of Chicago thusly: Intermittent pockets of extreme danger and safe zones. Filled with stories of an awful…

A Quick Look at Civilization Revolution 2

JFK, stealth bombers and Silicon Valley are coming to the next Civilization game. Oh and lasers, too. It’s about to get all modern up in here. In the video above, I take in a near-final build of Civilization Revolution 2, the sequel to the built-for-consoles spin-off of Sid Meier’s popular strategy series. You’ll see some…

In Tokyo, There’s a Second-Hand Shop for Booze

Across Japan, there is a chain of second-hand shops called Hard Off. There is also a used book retailer known as Book Off. And now, there’s also a store specializing in second-hand alcohol called Liquor Off Located in Tokyo, Liquor Off wants to buy your unwanted booze. No wonder the shop says “Please sell” in…

Good Job Folks, There’s A Grass Simulator Now

First Rock Simulator, and now this. Though it’s not a new Greenlight developer, so at least nobody had to pay $100 to get this listed. I’ll just let the description speak for itself: Have you waited all your life for a game that brings plot and gameplay together? Well we have the game for you.…

Hire a League of Legends Tutor in South Korea

Maybe you play online League of Legends. Maybe you suck. And maybe you wish there was a way to get better. Well, in South Korea there is. According to gaming site Gamemeca (via tipster Sang), a Korean company is rolling out a new service called “Punching” that enlists eSport athletes to give players tips in…

Dedicated DayZ Player Spends Hours Swimming To Mysterious Island

Eleven kilometers off the coast of Chernarus, the map zombie-and-player-killing simulator DayZ takes place on, lies “Debug Island.” Also known as “Schadenfreude Island,” this abandoned and barren little piece of land has gone unexplored in the standalone version of DayZ… until now. Before he took off on his four hour plus trip, redditor Gews had…

Chinese Press Claim Xbox One Will Cost $800 In China

The Xbox One is coming to China! In September to be exact. The biggest question now is how much the Xbox One will cost once it launches in the Middle Kingdom, and Chinese media is suggesting that the price will be… EXTREME! Chinese online electronics site Zol.com posted a photo detailing the price of the…

The Steam Summer Sale Made Over 8 Million People Log In At Once

For reference that’s about the same number of people as the population of Switzerland, although probably a lot less neutral. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK The info was picked up on Steam’s stat page (via NeoGAF/Polygon) and saw the service hit 8,020,834 concurrent users at around 7pm UK time (midday America o’clock) on…