Microsoft Sure Wants Folks to Find Ryse‘s Five-Month-Old Easter Eggs

Are you still playing Ryse, the Xbox One launch game where you play as a gladiator in ancient Rome? Notice any bizarre unexplained happenings in the background, like nude dancing ladies? That might just be one of Ryse‘s weird easter eggs. Nine surprises have been embedded in the Crytek-developed combat drama. So far, Microsoft says…

New Football Game Will Use Real Player Names, Despite Madden Exclusivity

The upcoming video game Football Heroes: Pro Edition will sport a license from the NFL Players Association, making it one of the only non-Madden game in a decade to include pro football players’ names, according to the game’s creators and the players’ group. This is a plot twist in the ongoing saga of EA’s Madden…

$1 Buy-In for Poker Night, Revengeance, Criterion Collection Sale

Poker Night at the Inventory and Poker Night 2 were already a fun diversion at $5, but at $1, why not? [Poker Night at the Inventory, $1 / Poker Night 2, $1] Tomorrow is your final day to partake in Amazon’s massive Digital Games Mayhem sale, so be sure to give the catalog one final…

You Can Play As Shrek In League of Legends

Normally, to play as Shrek in League of Legends, you’d have to play a Chinese clone of the game. But now, thanks to a mod, you can play as the king of the swamp in the actual game—but only if you use Alistar. You can see the mod in action in this video by UberDanger.…

The Best Way To End A Round In Titanfall

At the end of each round of Titanfall, the losing team has to get to the evacuation ship and escape, while still being chased by the enemy team. The safest way to do it? Eject straight from your titan into the ship as it warps away. ejecting into the evac ship via Reddit Watchlist is…

No, Ubisoft Didn’t Claim Copyright On Their Own YouTube Channel

Welcome to the world of information, where viral images will blast across social media and reach tons and tons of people, so long as they’re tinged with humor, irony, or any of those other Shareable Qualities that 2014’s Viral Experts love. Sadly, these images are almost never accurate. They’re always missing some information, or some…

“Victory and defeat are just lies told out of two sides of the same mouth. This is the Blue Shell of collapse, the Blue Shell of financial crisis, the Blue Shell of the New Gilded Age.” That’s game designer/academic Ian Bogost on the most hated and feared pick-up in the Mario Kart series. His essay…

Rumored ‘Project Beast’ Clips Sure Look Incredible

Early this month, rumors about something called “Project Beast” started floating across the web. A number of screenshots, posted on 4chan and compiled in this NeoGAF thread, allegedly showed off an upcoming PS4 game developed by From Software, the studio behind Dark Souls Today, potentially leaked clips have emerged, and they look fantastic. Though we…

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Watch Dogs Is Finally About Watching Dogs

Just as Lightning doesn’t return Final Fantasy XIII, there’s no way to watch dogs in Watch Dogs even though the title suggests it. Mashed fix this with their latest animation. It would be… an interesting game. Watch Dogs | Mr Weebl | MASHED [YouTube] To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]

J-Pop Songs Are Better With Airsoft Guns

NicoNico user Hihebi probably doesn’t have any issues doing perfect runs on the Japanese rhythm game Hatsune Miku: Project Diva F, since he’s able to play one of its songs using airsoft guns. The song is Senbonzakura (Thousand Cherry Blossoms), one of the most popular Hatsune Miku tunes. via NicoNicoDouga To contact the author of…

What’s New in Theatrhythm: Curtain Call

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy, a music game built around the series’ excellent soundtracks, came out for the 3DS around two years ago. Now, a sequel, Theatrhythm: Curtain Call, is out in Japan and I am happy to report that it is far more than just an updated track list No Need to Touch and Flick In…

​Man Called ‘Gundam’ Allegedly Stole To Fund Arcade Habit

Forty-seven year-old Youji Nishikawa of Moriguchi City, Japan is accused of allegedly committing 31 counts of burglary, totaling the equivalent of US$25,500. What was all that money for? Gundam, apparently. “I’m from the Gundam generation,” Nishikawa is quoted as telling authorities, referring to those who grew up on the mecha in the late 1970s and…

A Developer’s View of Steam’s Early Access

Steam’s Early Access program has had a bad run in the past few weeks with scammy titles and abrupt cancellations. But what’s it like to be part of it as a developer? I spoke to Maia dev Simon Roth about the program and what it means to a small indie studio. This post originally appeared…