So That Titanfall Xbox One WAS Real. Sort Of.

Back in January, there were rumours that Microsoft would be releasing a special Titanfall-branded Xbox One console. That machine never actually appeared. At least, it never did for consumers. At least one of the consoles was made though, as it was presented to Respawn today by Microsoft. You can see in the image above that…

The villainous Darkseid joins the roster of Injustice: Gods Among Us mobile. While console and PC players will have to make due with the characters they’ve already got, the free-to-play mobile game gets a brand new bad guy to fight as/against, with a gold card up for grabs in a special timed event running March…

One Man’s Quest To Rebuild Manhattan Entirely In Minecraft

The mere thought of 1:1 replicas of anything big in Minecraft always sounds crazy, but recreating Manhattan? NYU’s PhD candidate, Christopher Mitchell is just about to do that. He’s using a combination of data from Google Earth, Here.com, and even Microsoft’s Bing. If you zoom in, you can see right now it looks more like…

Nevermind, the horror game that gets tougher as you get scared, still has a few hours left to get funded. We played a demo of it recently and should have impressions up for you soon (heart monitor experience and all). For now, let’s just say it’s like if Telltale made a creepier, slightly more puzzle-oriented…

You’ll Probably Suck At Oculus Rift Games

Virtual reality is…different. It takes some getting used to. When I first tried the Oculus Rift last year, I found that even the most basic actions in games I tried—looking around, movement—were way harder than I was expecting them to be. Thing is, I’d built a certain muscle memory with buttons that prevented me from…

GTA Online, Summarized In 3 Minutes

When you play a game for long enough, you start noticing patterns, as well as certain types of people you seem to encounter regularly. In the case of GTA Online, you can basically expect a lot of death, chaos, and little kids trying to act tough. I guess that could describe any game with an…

Shaquille O’Neal Wants To Make Another Video Game [UPDATE]

Indie developer Shaquille O’Neal is taking to IndieGoGo for his latest project, a sequel to the critically-panned Shaq Fu O’Neal and crew want us all to give them $450,000 to make it happen. A trailer: And now for the obvious question: why is a multi-millionaire asking for money? Can’t he fund it himself? Here’s their…

​The Dream, And Horror, Of A Bacon-Scented Alarm Clock App

Nothing gets a red-blooded American going in the morning like the smell of bacon on a skillet. Unfortunately, actual bacon requires a fair bit of work to get started. What if you could set your alarm clock to wake you up with the simulated smell of bacon? What if, indeed. I initially had a hard…

Someone who’s helped get a lot of great video games in your hands needs your help now. Brandon Boyer—the chairman of the Independent Game Festival and a relentlessly exuberant champion of all sorts of video game creativity—fought off cancer last year. But the expenses of his medical care came out to a whopping six-figure sum…

What ‘Twitch Plays Pokémon’ Says About Humanity

Despite the chaos of having thousands of people try to control a single Pokémon game, one thing was was certain about the end of the first run of ‘Twitch Plays Pokémon’—it was damned inspirational and thought-provoking. Lots of folks were skeptical that finishing the game was even possible. Lots of comparisons were made. The entire…

An Animated History of Dark Souls

One of the best things about Dark Souls is how it handles backstory — which is to say it buries it in the woods upstate and hopes you find it. That is why this (mostly) accurate explainer is so rewarding! That’s not to say it’s intelligible, though! Dark Souls: In Summary by PlagueOfGripes takes the…

​A Future Where the Worst Nightmares About Video Games Are True

You hear the scare-logic all the time from folks who want to blame video games for bad stuff: they’re just training simulations for how to hurt people. A new sci-fi film project riffs on that premise and places it in a future where all you need to do to play an online game is stick…

Sony Is Making A Last of Us Movie

One might wonder: how the hell do you turn a game as cinematic as The Last of Us into a movie? One will keep wondering. Sony’s doing it, working alongside Naughty Dog and Screen Gems to make their PS3 hit into a film. Naughty Dog bosses Evan Wells and Christophe Balestra are teaming up with…

Step Inside The Wondrous World of Spirited Away With The Oculus Rift

Forget typical 3D movies. Using virtual reality, you can now strap on a headset and walk through famous scenes of your favorite movies—like say, Miyazaki’s fantastical anime film, Spirited Away (If you’re short on time, skip to about the 1:48 mark to see the relevant footage.) The project is the work of Nick Pittom, and…

When Game Consoles Are More Important Than Friends

Admit it: as a kid you had at least one friend you hung out with simply because he had cool video games. It’s a time honored tradition! The Onion’s (obviously joke) coverage of 12-Year-Old Couldn’t Begin To Guess Name Of Friend Whose House He Visits To Play Xbox shows just how awful kids can be…

QuizUp, the stupidly good trivia game which still haunts my dreams, is now on Android. The free multiplayer online trivia game has grown even bigger since its iOS debut, with so many categories you’re bound to find one you don’t suck at. Snag it on Google Play.

Dark Souls II, Everything Titanfall, Logitech G500s, Humble [Deals]

Available for just $40 today, the Logitech G500s is an easy recommendation for anyone who wants a great mouse (for gaming or otherwise), and doesn’t want to break the bank in the process. It was also one of the contenders in our Best Gaming Mouse vote. [Amazon] Dark Souls II $40 with code Code OQE4LG-WEQPSE-SMCME1…