Highlight Reel: This Weekend’s Must-See Gaming Moments

Today’s gaming highlights: Some of the best moments from the biggest fighting game tournament of the year, plus incredible world records in both Spelunky and World of Warcraft! EVO 2014 In the Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 semifinals, Justin Wong almost got knocked out in a neck-and-neck match against FilipinoChamp, but he pulled off an…

​The Rarest Known PS4 Trophies

You’re one of them. The accomplishment addicts. The trophy trackers. You need to get them all. Well, here are some PS4 trophies you might not want—or be able—to get. The PS4 is a young system that’s still in the early stages of building out its software library. Still, the system is home to a few…

Someone Already Beat Zelda: Link Between Worlds In An Hour And A Half

It’s been eight months since The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds came out for 3DS, and already, speedrunners have pretty much hacked it apart. Here’s a new World Record run, set by speedrunner Anwonu. He beats the game in an hour and 31 minutes—and that’s with a few mistakes that could’ve shaved off…

Check Out Pikachu’s New Cosplay Outfits

Though we detailed some of this last week, here’s some footage of Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire’s new mega, secret bases, and yes, Pikachu dress-up. Too cute. Here’s what The Pokemon Company has to say about the Pikachu cosplay: First introduced in Pokémon X and Pokémon Y, Pokémon-Amie returns in Pokémon Omega Ruby and…

Watch The Wii U Get Torn Apart In The Name Of Trivia

Now that the Wii U is officially a viable console it’s time to tear it apart in stop-motion to see what sort of fun trivia makes it tick. Vsauce3 continues its proud tradition of stripping gaming devices down to their base components while cleverly revealing important tidbits about them you may not have known, like…

New Ocarina of Time Glitch Lets You Shoot Arrows Without A Bow

Despite being released nearly 16 years ago, speedrunners are still finding neat glitches inside of Ocarina of Time. Take this “action swap” glitch that was documented over the weekend, for example—which lets you perform some cool item shenanigans. Speedrunner Zas_ details a glitch which allows Link to shoot arrows despite not actually having a bow…

Deals: Crazy Xbox One and PS4 Bundles, Plus and LIVE Discounts, Cosmos

Last week we brought you an awesome PS4 bundle, and today the Xbox One gets its turn, or two turns rather. You can get the Kinectless Xbox One for $360 right now, or opt for a Dell bundle with the console, 12 months of Gold, and a $100 Dell gift card for $439 12 Month…

Here’s a new educational Assassin’s Creed Unity video from Ubisoft that is partly historically accurate. The French Revolution didn’t have Arno the Assassin in it, of course!

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​Injured Wrestler Wants People to Buy Him a PS4 to Help Recovery

This is probably a joke. Or maybe a sad reality. But it’d make a great wrestling storyline. The man known in Scottish wrestling circles as Red Lightning is not in prime shape anymore. What Andrew Wason needs to get back to peak form, so he says, is a PS4. So he started up a crowdfunding…

Only One Retailer Gets LEGO Batman 3‘s Best Preorder Bonus

I get it, lots of people hate preorder bonuses. The only thing they hate more is retailer-specific preorder bonuses. LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham features six different retailer-specific incentives, but only one is a Plastic Man minifig. Which retailer gets it? Oh you know. Keychains? Feh. Mini-sets? No reason I couldn’t build them myself. A…

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​New Spelunky World Record Destroys the Two-Minute Barrier

You’d scream, too, if you did something better and faster than anyone else in the world. Like completing the notoriously hard video game Spelunky. So, yeah, let the guy holler. A combination of luck and gear helped German speedrunner Pibonacci post a completion time of 1:55.353 in an Olmec run last night. The previous record…

Player Gets To Wave 138 Of World of Warcraft‘s Proving Grounds

It’s pretty impressive to survive 30 or 40 waves of enemies in the Proving Grounds, a World of Warcraft scenario where you can test your raiding abilities by facing enemies that get stronger with each wave. So the fact that frost mage Akuyama reached wave 138 and set a new world record is incredible. You…

Video Games Make a Convenient Scapegoat for Weak Students

A recent study by the Chinese Ministry of Education has found that the majority of China’s college student population is physically frail. But what is the reason behind the fact that students are physically inadequate? Well, you’ve probably guessed it, the blame is on video games. That’s right, Chinese media and in part the MoE…