Slender Man Creator “Deeply Saddened” By Stabbing

Eric Knudsen, the creator of fictional horror character Slender Man, has issued a public statement in response to the tragic stabbing in Wisconsin that left a 12 year-old girl fighting for her life. Knudsen’s spokeswoman Sue Procko issued the statement to the Associated Press, which begins “I am deeply saddened by the tragedy in Wisconsin…

Xbox One Games Might Soon Look A Little Better

Ever since launch, many multiplatform games just haven’t looked as good (or run as smoothly) on the Xbox One as they have the PlayStation 4. Going forward that gap might be closed. At least a little. From launch until now, developers had to leave some resources on the console’s GPU free for Kinect integration, which…

The World’s Largest Video Game Collection Is Up For Sale

Michael Thommason, who is certifiedas having the world’s largest collection of video games, is putting them up for sale. Meaning the buyer isn’t just getting a ton of games, they’re getting a title as well. Guinness confirmed Thommason had 10,607 games last year, but he’s since picked up a few hundred more, so the winning…

Killer is Pretty: There are a bunch of new games featured at the screenshot site Dead End Thrills, including last year’s Killer is Dead. Turns out, that game’s stylish art looks incredibly nice in high-res. Many more at Dead End Thrills

Watch Dogs Includes A Kinect That Spies On People

Okay, the Kinect you can find in Watch Dogs isn’t called Kinect. It’s called Kinekt, with a (second) K. But still: this is a pretty funny easter egg. Eurogamer walks us through a little gag you can find in Watch Dogs, which includes a gaming device that Aiden Pearce, the protagonist, can hack into. All…

Vanishing Point: The weird horror PC game The Vanishing of Ethan Carter has been mostly been shrouded in mystery, but in today’s trailer we finally get to see a bit of it in action. I remain intrigued by this game.

​Riot Is Changing League of Legends‘ Most Popular Map

When a competitive game is as popular as League of Legends, any small change to the maps can have a major impact. Riot Games is about to push out a new and updated version of Summoner’s Rift, the most popular map in the game, and today they went more into detail about what that means.…

It’s Aiden Pearce on the line: While Watch Dogs imagines a world where we can hack anything from our phones, the reality is more often that the outside world is trying to hack into our phones. This new video feature from Motherboard takes a look at the ways your mobile phone can be hacked.

Here’s How Rare Hearthstone Cards Actually Are

When someone buys $50 (or more) worth of Hearthstone cards, they inevitably do some simple math to figure out each card’s rarity. But those numbers aren’t actually useful for figuring out your chances of getting a legendary or golden card next time. If you aren’t familiar with Hearthstone, it’s a collectible card game similar to…

Watch Sailor Moon’s New Art Style In Action

Check out the Sailor Moon remake’s first trailer, which showcases the new controversial art style. What do you think? Honestly, it still looks a little weird to me, but hey. It’s still good ol’ Sailor Moon. It’s supposed to match the manga, and in that respect, it succeeds, so!

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Ubisoft’s Newest Deal Could Be Bad News For Some PC Gamers

Despite lingering tensions between AMD and Nvidia over the latter’s close relationship with major game developers, Ubisoft is extending its partnership with Nvidia to cover its biggest upcoming PC titles. Ubisoft announced the partnership in a press release Thursday, saying that it is working closely with Nvidia’s GameWorks program to develop four of its most…

GOG Is Launching Their Own Version Of Steam

Good Old Games—the digital store for retro games—just announced a new service called GOG Galaxy. It’s a DRM-free online service designed to offer auto-updating, cross-play, and an optional client for your PC games. Kinda like Steam. Minus the DRM. This could be interesting.

Watch Today’s Big Witcher 3 Event Live, Right Here [UPDATE: Over]

UPDATE (2:35pm): Stream’s over. Two big news nuggets: a new trailer for The Witcher 3, which is out on February 25, 2015 for PS4, Xbox One, and PC; and the announcement of GOG Galaxy, GOG’s take on Steam. Original post follows: Who needs E3? Today at 2pm Eastern the folks at development studio CD Projekt…

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