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…

Grand Theft Auto President Buys A Church Because Why Not

St. Stephens Church in Edinburgh is nearly 200 years old, and until recently was in danger of being sold off and turned into “private flats or a bar-
restaurant complex”. Enter Leslie Benzies, president of Grand Theft Auto developers Rockstar North. A resident of the Stockbridge area where the church is located, it’s thought Benzies paid…

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Giving Bayonetta A New Haircut, Outfit

“Bayonetta’s not the kind of girl who’d show up with the same hairstyle for her sequel”, writes artist Mari Shimazaki. “A girl can be known to change her hairstyle depending on her mood, so I guess Bayonetta was in the mood for something short.” Shimazaki, who designed Bayonetta in the first place (and has also…

Humans Are Paying Real Money To Help Rock Simulator

To most folks, Rock Simulator 2014 is an internet joke. To some, though, it’s an opportunity to throw some cash at the way of the game’s “development team”. An IndieGoGo campaign for the project/joke set itself a rather modest target of $500, and has already gone past it. That doesn’t sound like much when compared…

Health Issue Sparks DOTA 2 Controversy

There’s been some controversy over the weekend surrounding Valve’s big DOTA 2 tournament, The International, and how the company (and one team involved) has handled the roster of one of the competing teams. That team is Fnatic, and the player at the centre of the mess is Adrian “Era” Kryeziu (pictured, below), who suffers from…

Special Edition Ouya Added To Reading Rainbow Kickstarter Rewards

The revival of Reading Rainbow is now one of the top 5 Kickstarter campaigns ever, and to celebrate the other four with that distinction are partnering with RR for special things. And Ouya is one of that select group. First off is new backer rewards that involve that “butterfly-in-the-sky” blue microconsole up there, of which…

Let’s Remember The Vuvuzela Mod For Doom 2

It’s a slow news day, presumably because of some combination of the summer being a slow news season and that we’re all watching World Cup games (come on, Costa Rica, jeez UPDATE: CON-CA-CAF CON-CA-CAF) instead of normal summer Sunday activities. There are no vuvuzelas at this World Cup in Brazil, but at the 2010 South…