Opening A Soda Bottle With A Chainsaw Is a Terrible Idea

File this under “don’t try this at home, kids”—this is the sort of thing that’s probably best experienced via YouTube. Because opening a bottle with a bottle opener isn’t extreme enough, Slow Mo Lab decided to use a chainsaw instead. Frankly, I’m surprised the entire bottle doesn’t just explode on contact. It’s a freakin’ chainsaw!…

Minimum is going to be free to play this weekend, Atari announced today. You can try to snag a code for the neat-looking shooter the publisher rescued from TimeGate’s untimely closure over at GamePedia’s wiki for the game. Learn more about the game here

There Are Already Mods That Make Dark Souls II Prettier

It was only a matter of time, really—and while this mod takes the “dark” part of Dark Souls to heart, it’s still a joy to gawk at. The mod, which you can see in action above, comes from WickfutENB—and you can see how it compares to “vanilla” Dark Souls II in the same footage, too.…

You’re going to die so much when Super Time Force comes out. After giving us sublime trailers and a look at how you can play as a piece of poop, indie dev studio Capybara Games has announced that their time-rewinding action game will be out on May 14 for Xbox One and Xbox 360 .

Don’t Burn Titanfall Cards In Real Life

You might be slightly less eager to burn these actual Titanfall burn cards knowing that you won’t magically get more after finishing a match. Redditor FPSAutopsy took on the job of making the magical cards that bestow bonuses on Titanfall pilots when burned into reality. No word on if they have the same effect when…

Today in Crazy, Bizarre, Fascinating Kickstarter Projects, here’s Billionaire Banshee, a game designed to see what kind of weird fantasy creatures your friends will date. It’s developed by Razlo Bailey, a designer who used to work at Harmonix.

Marvel Wants Its Video Games to Be Connected—And Good—Like Its Movies

Used to be movies and TV shows adapted from Marvel Comics’ superhero universe were almost guaranteed to be terrible. Then, the publisher angled itself into a position of decision-making and control. It’s a strategy that’s led to creative and financial success for movies tied to Captain America, Thor and Iron Man. Now, it seems that…

Evolve, Star Wars Weekend, refurb Xbox Ones, Watch Dogs Deluxe

May the 4th means Star Wars deals, the highlight of course being the franchise pack on Steam. 14 games from a galaxy far away for $34, but the individual games are cheaper on Gamefly even before an additional 20% with code MAY20OFF. We’ll post other great Star Wars deals below, and if the weekend brings…

Street Fighter‘s Guile Wasn’t Really In The Military

Pete Holmes has pointed out several issues with the tactics other Street Fighter characters use, but there was no need to even go that far with one look at Guile’s military qualifications. One might wonder what war Guile could have fought in, and the answer is apparently “he didn’t.” I went to double check this…

What do you get when you combine Lemmings and Tetris? Letris? Uh…sure. But the good people over at indie studio Crunching Koalas seem like they have a better idea with this painfully adorable-looking new game MouseCraft. Check out the new trailer above. It comes out July 8th for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, PC,…

The People Behind EVE Are Making Another Sci-Fi MMO

It takes balls to announce a new space shooter MMO in the same year as Bungie’s Destiny is due to appear, but if there’s one thing that EVE Online developer CCP has never been short on, it’s ambition. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK A couple of years ago at its annual fan gathering…