Club Nintendo Promotion Offers Free Pokémon X or Y in March

Nintendo is offering a free download code in March for Pokémon X or Pokémon Y to those who register, via Club Nintendo, either a 3DS, 3DS XL or 2DS, and one of five games for that platform. The promotion is, obviously, designed to encourage people to buy one of the handhelds, but if for some…

Sitting down in the middle of a town and opening a store with your loot in DayZ is probably the riskiest thing you can do. Some players still like to do that, maybe because they have snipers on the roof. Either way, I am positive that business will be booming Dayshot is an image-based feature…

The Retro Game Master Movie Is a Great Episode but a Terrible Film

Game Center CX, (known as Retro Game Master in the West) follows Shinya Arino as he attempts to conquer classic games from the 8 and 16-bit eras. This past weekend marked the release of the series’ first feature film. Though, given all of its problems, we’ll be lucky if it’s also the last. Good –…

The Xbox One Can Stream Games Via Twitch Starting In March [UPDATE]

Next month, an update will bring the popular Twitch video game broadcasting service to the Xbox One in a way that home consoles have never seen before. It will launch on March 11, just in time for Titanfall. According to AP, the update will allow Xbox One the ability to live stream games via Twitch…

Watch as Two Classic Puzzle Games Collide in Puyo Puyo Tetris

Everyone loves Tetris, but let’s face it, it hasn’t really changed all that much from its original incarnation. Puyo Puyo (Puyo Pop), while not as famous outside of Japan, is equally fun yet has also changed very little over the years. But when these two puzzle classics collide, it makes for one new addictively fun…

Sony sold 322,083 PlayStation 4s in Japan during the console’s first two days on sale, reports Famitsu. In comparison, Sony sold 88,443 PS3s in Japan during its first two days when it launched in 2006.

Wasteland 2‘s Beta Gets A Huge Update

It raised a ton of cash during its Kickstarter campaign. Then Wasteland 2 got delayed because of all that money. But, rest assured, the sequel to the classic RPG is coming. And a new video gives a substantial glimpse at what the gameplay will look like. Get ready for clicking, folks. In an update earlier…

Ocarina Of Time’s Cast, Together At Last

Confession: maybe my favourite part of Wind Waker has nothing to do with Link’s quest to stab Ganon. It’s all about the action figures. There’s an island in the game, accessible only by air, and inside that island is a toy workshop. The man inside will make you a small figure of any character in…

One Very Practical Use For Old 360 Controllers

As the Xbox 360 sails off into the sunset, and its trade-in value weakens by the day, plenty of people are going to be left with old controllers. Rather than let GameStop give you 17 cents for one, why not turn it into the world’s coolest dog leash? Mike Warren over at Instructableshas shared directions…

Microsoft’s Devices and Studios Group – which includes Xbox – has a new boss. It’s Stephen Elop, a guy who recently ran (unsuccessfully) for CEO of Microsoft. While doing so, Bloomberg reportedhe “would also consider selling healthy businesses such as the Xbox game console if he determined they weren’t critical to the company’s strategy”

The death of director, writer and actor Harold Ramis has hit some folks pretty hard. So this small tribute, left outside the real-world location used as Ghostbusters HQ in the 1984 classic, is a nice touch. [Ghostbusters News]

I Know The Air Conditioning Button Is Here Somewhere…

David Lesperance is an environment artist who works at Valve, and whose previous experience has seen him contribute at studios like Blizzard and 343 Studios. In that time he’s worked on games like World of Warcraft, Diablo III and Halo 4, so yeah, the art you’re about to see is pretty damn good. You can…

Jeopardy ‘Villain’ Arthur Chu Makes Another Appearance

Controversial Jeopardy contestant Arthur Chu and his unorthodox strategies turned up again on tonight’s Jeopardy Spoilers for tonight’s episode of Jeopardy follow. How’d he do? Chu finished in first place on tonight’s show, bringing his total earnings over five days to $123,600. You can watch him take the win in the clip above. In tonight’s…