The Xbox One is finally getting a release date and price for Japan. The console hits September 4 and is getting two price points: 39,980 yen or US$392 (sans Kinect) and at 49,980 yen or $490 (with Kinect). The console was released in North America and in Europe on November 22, 2013.

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Magic: The Gathering Jumps Off Cards, Lands On Your Desk/Shelf

Magic: The Gathering has, over the years, lured some of the best fantasy artists on the planet to draw some of the coolest fantasy characters on the planet. So this line of action figures based on some of the best are a no-brainer. Amazingly, these will be the first official Magic figures in over a…

As Close To Hoverboarding As We’re Probably Going To Get

What do this original Kinect and Wii Balance Board have in common? Aside from a general irrelevance to video games in 2014, they’ve also come together to bring us the hoverboarding future that the real world has sadly failed to deliver. The two peripherals link up with an Oculus Rift headset to form the cornerstone…

Sniper Elite 3 Makes Me Excited To Shoot Nazi Faces

Sniper Elite v2 was disappointingly linear, but it looks like the next installment is shaping up to be much better. Oh, and yes, there are plenty more heads exploding in slow motion. I played about an hour of Sniper Elite 3, running through a campaign level and some co-op multiplayer. Overall, everything that I had…

Meet The Action Movie Bros Of Broforce

Luke and I are united in our love of Broforce, the action game that lets you play as a revolving cast of basically every bro (and lady-bro) who has ever kicked ass in an action movie. The game is currently playable via Steam Early Access, but if you haven’t yet seen all the bros, Trash…

If Grand Theft Auto V Were Made In The 80s

It would still be awesome! Here’s an isometric, Commodore 64-style recreation of some Grand Theft Auto V action by the talented MajamiHiroz with some superb 8bit music added. Atari’s Paperboy would work well as a minigame in a game like this. Grand Theft Auto V (Commodore 64) [YouTube] To contact the author of this post,…

What Do You Want To See At E3 This Year?

We’re exactly two weeks away from E3 press conference day—Video Game Christmas—so why not spend some time fantasizing about what we’d like to see there? For example, a few days ago I got this fun e-mail from a colleague, Andrew. Here’s his fanfic wishlist for E3 2014: Sony Press Conference: It would start with all…

A Platformer Where You’re A Goddess, And The Levels Are Your Mind

Oh yeah, and you’ve got split personalities. Also it’s a really pretty-looking game. It’s called Red Goddess. An open-world side-scrolling action-adventure (or metroidvania, if you prefer) where you play a young goddess named Divine, taking her on a journey across a planet controlled by her subconscious. This translates to a dangerous but gorgeous alien landscape.…

Gears of War Is Still My Favorite Shooter

Francis is the closest thing to a hardcore gamer I have in my life. He’s the kind of guy that bought a DualShock 4 controller on a lunch break before the PlayStation 4 had come out just so he could hold it. Buying the PS4 over the Xbox One was a calculated decision he can…

“Lasertag With Swords” Means Pretend Jedi Can Finally Keep Score

As the tagline for the Kickstarter video says: “How is this not a thing yet?” This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK Sabertron is a set of foam swords with built in scoring, adding a video game element to the age old pass time of ‘hitting people’.It’s now 150% funded with 19 days left.(Thanks Geekologie)…

Basketball Is Much Better With The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Casey Jones replaced his hockey stick with a pair of basketball shoes for this one, to join the Turtles and play basketball in this NBA 2K14 mod by MkEliteWorksX Maybe use them against Looney Tunes characters in a follow-up video, to create the coolest basketball match of all time. TMNT Ninja Turtles vs Villains in…