RollerCoaster Tycoon Is Back, And Fans Aren’t Happy

Atari announced today that they plan to revive RollerCoaster Tycoon, a series of video games in which you invite people to a theme park and figure out how to properly murder them. But RollerCoaster Tycoon 4 Mobile, as it will be called, isn’t the proper PC game that fans might have expected. Instead it will…

The Famous “Wall Of Death” Stunt Looks Just As Crazy In GTA V

Sometimes people question if GTA has broken physics that allow some of the crazy stunts we see, but this stunt has actually been done in real life. If you aren’t familiar, the “Wall of Death” is a real circus stunt done with actual cars and motorcycles. There’s no custom-built pit in Los Santos, so you…

Why New Video Games Still Cost $60

Call of Duty vs. Battlefield. Disney Infinity vs. Skylanders. Every year, intense marketing battles happen over which games will dominate certain categories. Why don’t publishers like EA or Activision do what marketplace competitors do in other areas do and simply undercut the price? The long answer is complicated and a little bit shady. The short…

Star Trek: TNG, Firefly Graphic Novels, Watch Dogs, Titanfall [Deals]

Time to boldly pay less than any man one has paid before. The first five remastered seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation on blu-ray are all discounted today, hitting some of their lowest prices so far. It’s going to be a long long time before these sets ever become what we consider cheap, so…

If Your Coworkers Were Actually Zombies, How Would You Survive?

Working an office job can make one feel like a zombie. Corporate Lifestyle Simulator takes the metaphor and runs with it, making you an average cube dweller faced with an office full of zombie coworkers. It’s an expansion to a game from last year called Zombies, that adds new levels, weapons, boss fights, music, and…

Forget Titanfall, Garden Warfare Is Getting Free DLC Tomorrow

You’re really pretty, Titanfall, and you know I’ll be coming back to you eventually. It’s just I’ve got this date with a free new map and game mode for a game where I don’t feel like a complete ass for getting a low kill count. I’m still playing Plants Vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare weeks after…

Retro-styled indie horror game Home is coming to PS4 and PS Vita this year. Released in June 2012 for PC, Home has got numerous updates and lots of new content since then—all of which will be part of the game’s console versions. Check out the creator’s post over at the PlayStation Blog for more details.

Beloved Castlevania Producer Koji Igarashi Leaves Konami

Koji Igarashi, a veteran game producer best known for his work on the Castlevania series, has left Konami. His last day at the Tokyo-based game company was March 15. Igarashi joined Konami in 1990, and wrote the hit game Tokimeki Memorial before moving on to Castlevania with the classic Symphony of the Night. With his…

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Arcade Classic Gauntlet Is Getting A Remake

First released in 1985, Gauntlet was a genre-defining arcade dungeon crawler. Now, it’s being re-released for PC, in the form of a top-down co-op action RPG, all prettied up and modernized for a new audience. Magicka creator Arrowhead Game Studios is developing the new Gauntlet, which will feature full Steam Machine and SteamOS integration along…

How The Turn-Based Angry Birds RPG Works

Last week’s oddest announcement, Angry Birds Epic has now soft launched in Australia and Canada, giving players pretending to be in those countries a chance to find out just what the hell is going on. Let’s take a look. If they wouldn’t have been sued out of existence, Rovio should have called this game Angry…