A Halo Movie Is Getting Made (Sort Of)

Microsoft just announced a Halo “digital feature project”. Ridley Scott and David Zucker (Naked Gun, Scary Movie) are involved as executive producers, while Sergio Mimica-Gezzan (who has directed some episodes of Heroes and Battlestar) will direct. This isn’t a BIG movie, in the sense that this won’t go to theatres in the summer and cost…

Riot Broke League Of Legends, And Fans Love It

Riot’s April Fools’ joke for League of Legends was to implement a temporary new mode called URF, or Ultra-Rapid Fire. It’s essentially a mode where the balance of the game is thrown out the window, with players able to cast explosive spells whenever the hell they wanted. Cooldowns are dramatically reduced, there are no spell…

New Album Disguised As Old PS2 Game

I’m a sucker for gimmick record packaging, and it doesn’t get more gimmicky (and awesome) as Cex’s latest album, which comes packed inside an old PS2 case and features GameFaqs-style print-outs for liner notes. Shipping in recycled GameStop PS2 pre-owned cases, the notes are the real highlight, as they nail old-school GameFaqs guides, right down…

​Guy Skypes In For Job Interview, Gets Mercilessly Pranked

It’s awkward enough doing a job interview over Skype. So it’s gotta be about 500% worse when it turns out whole thing is an elaborate prank. This latest joke, from Black Box TV, is awfully tricky—they’re lucky the patsy didn’t get more violent at the end, because I know I would’ve. (via VVV)

How To Find The Secret Venom-X Weapon In Call Of Duty: Ghosts

YouTubers OutsideXbox bring a quick guide to finding the secret Venom X weapon in the Devastation DLC for Call Of Duty: Ghosts. If you can’t watch the video, here’s how to unlock the secret weapon. On the “Unearthed” map, there’s a large crane with three grey supports on it. Using a grenade and grenade launcher,…

Eleven Things You Might Not Know About Game of Thrones

With the new season of Game of Thrones around the corner, it seems like a good time to look back on some fun facts about the show, no? This collection of trivia by BuzzFeedVideo spans both the show and the books, and includes stuff like: Where George R.R. Martin got the idea for the books…

A PC Game That Combines Magic‘s Strategy With Skylander‘s Toys

This probably goes without saying, but one of the things I love about video games is that they give me a (somewhat) grown-up excuse to play with toys. That might help explain why Skylanders is one of my favorite games in recent memory. It’s also why I’m so excited for Prodigy, a tactical RPG currently…

The iPad Version Of Hearthstone Is Live (In Canada, Australia)

Blizzard’s free-to-play competitive card game was made to be played on a tablet, and now iPad owners in Canada, Australia and New Zealand can do just that. Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft for the iPad is live there, and coming soon everywhere else. I’ve downloaded the game from my fake Australian account (Luke vouched for me),…

Happy 20th Birthday, Final Fantasy VI

Twenty years ago, an RPG called Final Fantasy VI came out in Japan, and really, it’s all just been downhill for video games since then. Square’s seminal RPG for the Super Nintendo was filled with issues: buggy skills; weird translations; way too many fights that were way too easy. But somehow, against all odds, the…

Watch Someone Getting 1536 In Threes

Ben Weiss recorded part of his game of Threes, and watching him get a 1536 actually made me tense, wondering what his next move was going to be. Terrence! via @AsherVo

Airtight Studios will be working with a few less hands on deck. The Seattle-based development studio behind upcoming ghost mystery game Murdered: Soul Suspect has issued a statement saying they’ve laid off 14 people, saying “this restructuring is part of the normal ebb and flow of game production.” This news comes on the heels of…