Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne, one of the most visually unique RPGs for the PS2, is out today on the Playstation 3. You can pick it up here on the Playstation Network Store.

For The First Time Since 1996, There’s No Need For Speed This Year

Think back. Can you remember a year when there wasn’t a Need for Speed game? The long-running racing series has punched in at least once every twelve months. It’s a bit of a surprise, then, that calendar year 2014 will come and go without a Need for Speed entry. Annual releases for the Need for…

Classic Adventure Shadowgate Has Come A Long Way Since 1987

Shadowgate started life in 1987 as a point-and click adventure game for the Apple Macintosh. This summer Shadowgate is reborn for the PC, Mac, iOS and Android, and it looks so lovely. From a simple, black-and-white, largely text-based adventures to wondrous hand-painted beast designed to look amazing at even 4K resolutions, this new version of…

Announcing a new contender in the category of games with names that are difficult to pronounce, Zenzizenzic is a old-school bullet-hell style shmup that looks about as crazy as a game with that name should. Check it out on Kickstarter

Watch Video Game Weapons from Zelda and Final Fantasy Come to Life

Swords are great, sure. But we all want to shoot things with a bow and arrow from The Legend of Zelda, don’t we? The work done by Tony Swatton and his Man-At-Arms crew is formidable. But they’ve mostly stuck with replicating one kind of video game weapon. The new season of Geek and Sundry’s Arcade…

Buffy The Vampire Slayer Imagined As A LucasArts Adventure

Today in Awesome Video Game Concept Art That Makes Me Wish LucasArts Was Still Alive, here are some shots by artist Andrew Scaife, who visualized the iconic Joss Whedon series Buffy The Vampire Slayer as a point-n-click adventure game. (via Whedonesque)

The digital version of MLB 14 The Show is experiencing a game delay. Several tipsters alerted us to the digital delay earlier today, upset that the game, slated for release at 12:01 am this morning, was still a no show. An update to the release announcement post on the PlayStation Blog cites “unforeseen technical issues”…

Humble Spring Sale, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Sony 65″ 4K

You probably didn’t have to watch the recent Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare reveal to know whether you’d be picking it up or not. Pre-order your version of choice and get $10 Best Buy credit. [Best Buy] Humble Spring Sale Humble has launched their Spring Sale, which runs for two weeks, has flash sales, and…

Somehow, Outlast Has Become Even More Terrifying

Outlast was one of the best and most disturbing surprises of 2013. Whistleblower, a prequel out this week, is less surprising but no less terrifying. The new chapter offers up a fresh batch of blood-drenched bad guys that will make any horror buff cower in delightful fear. Whistleblower continues developer Red Barrels’ mission to “scare…

Nuclear Throne‘s New Levels Are Insane

Nuclear Throne has replaced Spelunky as my go-to “just one more try” game. I decided to check out some videos of what lies beyond the third world, and the answer is… SO MANY BULLETS. Vlambeer recently added a 7th world, the Palace, and it looks like instant death. I haven’t even gotten close to it,…

Kentucky Route Zero Act 3 is finally here! The long-awaited third installment to the mysterious supernatural adventure game just popped up on the game’s site. Go play it, or catch up on the previous acts if you haven’t already.

In Case Anyone Forgot How Bad 2005’s King Kong Was

If you ask me, CinemaSins wasted a whole lot of time and effort putting together a 10+ minute video detailing the problems with 2005’s King Kong. All they really needed was this single still. I’ve never finished watching King Kong, though I still have the copy that came free with my Xbox 360 HD-DVD player.…

Destiny Might Be the Most Expensive Game Ever Made

CEO Bobby Kotick has revealed that Activision is spending $500 million to try and make Destiny a hit. That’s half a billion dollars, which is very likely more money than has ever been spent on a video game before. Dang. Kotick’s remarks—which came in an interview with Reuters—are a big deal, given how tight-lipped big…

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24 Recap: Jack Bauer Is Back, And He’s Mad As Hell

It takes 41 minutes for Jack Bauer to talk in the newest episode of 24—and for each of those 41 minutes, you can’t help but wonder if he’s still got it. Is this still Jack Bauer? Are we still watching the living incarnation of video-game god-mode? Can this guy really save the world in under…

Conan O’Brien Finds Other Horrible Games Buried With E.T.

We know E.T. wasn’t the only game excavators found in the Atari landfill dig last weekend. But according to Conan O’Brien, there were even more movie-based flops buried in the New Mexico desert. A Rocky III version of Pong? John Malkovich in Pac-Man? The 80s would have been much better with these. Buried “E.T.” Atari…