People Are Accidentally Buying Stocks With The Name ‘Oculus’

When Facebook spends two billion on something, people take notice….though perhaps in this case, they didn’t pay close enough attention. CNN reports that following the announcement of the Oculus Rift acquisition by Facebook, stocks belonging Oculus VisionTech (a digital media company) and Oculus Innovative Sciences (a biotechnology company) saw a spike in price thanks to…

Choice Chamber Puts You In Control Of Someone Else’s Game

Twitch Plays Pokemon was a really fun idea, but it would be even cooler if you were affecting a game that someone else was actually playing. Choice Chamber is trying to do exactly that, and it already looks really fun. You can check out the Kickstarter video above to get an idea of how the…

GTA Online Was Made For Heists Like This

The best players on GTA Online realize that if they’re going to commit a robbery, they should either go big or go home. A proper heist takes planning and a good, committed crew. LetsPlay here has the right idea—this is the most elaborate, ridiculous heist I’ve seen on GTA Online. Granted, for all the organization…

The social strategy of Game of Thrones: Ascent is now available for free on iPad. The mobile release comes just in time for the beginning of season four of the HBO series, and will update with fresh content after every TV episode airs. It’s available now on iTunes, with an Android version in the works.

​Titanfall Shows Up in NCIS: Los Angeles Murder Scene

Too bad a Ghost Squad Burn Card doesn’t exist in real life. Permanent cloaking could’ve really helped this poor guy who gets shot in the opening minutes of CBS’ hit military murder mystery series. You know how the cop-drama formula goes: you meet the victim right as they’re doing something exciting/mundane/tawdry, you get a sense…

I Conducted One Of The Final Pre-Facebook Oculus Rift Interviews Ever

They grow up so fast. Last Friday I sat down with Oculus Rift wunderkind Palmer Luckey to discuss the future of VR. He spoke candidly about why he doesn’t feel threatened by Sony’s Morpheus and, most tellingly, Oculus’ responsibility to help make great VR games. The full thing is over at RPS. In light of…

Looks Like Half-Minute Hero 2 Is Coming West

It’s been five years since Half-Minute Hero first came to North America, and now it looks like we’re finally getting the sequel, too. The folks over at publisher Marvelous have been teasing a Steam release of Half-Minute Hero 2 for quite some time, but now it seems imminent. Last night they posted the above trailer,…

Rise Of The Dark Spark Is A Tale Of Three Optimus Primes

We knew Activision’s upcoming Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark combined two Transformers continuities. Now it’s three, as the original Optimus Prime arrives to show the other two how it’s done. Maybe that’s not a good thing. Having recently rewatched the entire original Transformers cartoon series, I’ve come to the realization that Optimus Prime was…

​Xbox Live Prepares to Warn and Punish Players With Bad Reputations

There are a lot of people on Xbox Live. Some of them are cool and do incredible things. Others are jerks who ruin the multiplayer experience for everybody else. New changes coming this month to Microsoft’s online service will soon be doling out penalties and rewards to the trolls or decent people you’re playing with.…

Movie Anthology Mania, PSN and LIVE Updates, Pulse Headset [Deals]

We’ve got multiple motion picture anthologies at price lows. Make room on your shelves. Superman: The Motion Picture Anthology | $50 Lord of the Rings Trilogy Extended Editions | $45 Terminator Anthology 5 Disc Collector’s Edition | $20 X-Men & Wolverine Boxed Set | $35 Dragon Tattoo Trilogy: Extended Edition | $33 Jack Ryan Collection|…

And A Child Shall… Oh God, The Nightmares

Redditor Mune15 ran into this delightful little cherub while playing the latest downloadable content for BioShock Infinite

Anti-Video Game Senator Leland Yee Arrested On Bribery Charges

California state senator Leland Yee has been indicted on charges of corruption and bribery, according to multiplenews reports Yee, a Democrat, is the senator who attempted to criminalize the sale of violent video games to children. That law was struck down by the Supreme Court in 2010 during what became a landmark case for free…

$100 Wolfenstein Panzerhound Edition Comes With A Sweet Dog, No Game

That’s okay, I didn’t want the game anyway. Now gimme that tank dog! See, the Panzerhund Edition (Panzerhund is my favorite new word) is not a collectors edition of Wolfenstein: The New Order. It is a collection of game parephenila, which conveniently comes with an empty steel case where you can put your game once…