​The Game That Lets You Solve Puzzles Inside A Giant Synthesizer

That really is the best way to describe FRACT OSC, an upcoming indie puzzle game from Phosfiend. But what does that really mean? The video above gives a good sense of how the game will work. I last wrote aboutFRACT nearly two years ago—the game’s been in development longer than its makers had initially thought…

Porn Comments Make For The Worst Valentine Cards

With February 14th around the corner, many of us are thinking about what to do for our loved ones. Cards are always an option…but you might not wanna send any with Pornhub comments on them. Not unless you hate that special someone, I guess. Note that the rest of this post might have sexual content…

​The Wolf Among Us‘s Dark Second Chapter Remains Faintly Unsatisfying

Fairy tale characters sure are into some weird stuff. That’s the moral of Telltale’s The Wolf Among Us, an adventure game series based on Bill Willingham’s decidedly R-rated Fables comics. The game returns this week with the second episode in its five-episode first season. What do the shocking events at the end of episode one…

The trademark application for Watch Dogs, which had been “abandoned” after a fraudulent filing earlier this week, has been reinstated by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

All Of These Indie Games Are Coming To Wii U Or 3DS

The PlayStation people are always going on about indie games. The Xbox people talk them up, too. Nintendo’s been quieter about supporting indie games, but that appears to be changing. A whole bunch of indie games are coming to Wii U and 3DS, and pretty soon at that. 3DS Moon Chronicles This one is an…

She’ll make your PlayStation Vita virtually sing. Today Sega announced a March release for the portable version of Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA f. The PlayStation 3 version, released in North America last year, was one of my top ten games of 2013. This one is just like that, only with a touch screen. Joy!

Massive Battle Inspires 15,000 New Players To Join Eve Online

War! What is it good for? Mainstream media attention and a massive influx of fresh pilots to the ever-growing universe of EVE Online. This chart, presented today by CCP Games CEO Hilmar Veigar Petursson, shows the number of trial accounts for the company’s flagship space MMO over the game’s 10-year history. See the spike in…

Tiny Cartridge—the best handheld gaming website out there—is raising money to help keep the site going. Donations come with some perks, and the money will go toward a bunch of cool ideas—so you should check their pitch out.

​Take Out Your Anger At Flappy Bird By Murdering It

Yes, it’s on the top of the App Store charts but Flappy Bird is hella annoying. The hit mobile game is hard, derivative and devoid of almost all charm. If you’ve played it, you’ve probably wished you could kill the titular character. A new browser game lets you do exactly that. Squishy Bird automatically sends…

Pokémon Bank is Finally Live

Pokémon Bank is now available on the Nintendo eShop, ending a delay more than a month long. The Bank allows players to store and manage up to 3,000 pokémon online, even moving them between Pokémon X and Y. The app is free to download and use beginning today through March 14. After that, a $4.99…

Patrick Stewart Looks Fantastic in a Moon Rover Costume

All you have to do is follow Sir Patrick Stewart’s Twitter to see he’s always ready for some fun. So it’s only slightly shocking to see him dressed as China’s latest moon rover, which was also the topic of last night’s Daily Show Watch Patrick Stewart’s segment below, or head over to The Daily Show…

Call of Duty: Ghosts‘ Onslaught DLC will release for PS4, PS3 and PC on Feb. 27, a month after it launched for Xbox One and Xbox 360.

PSN And LIVE Updates, Persona Games, Let Us Cling Together [Deals]

If you’ve still got a PSP laying around, you better pick up Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together for 5 bucks (choose Amazon as seller). Beyond that, we’ve got your weekly Playstation Network and Xbox LIVE deals, and the former includes a slew of Persona games. We’re big fans of Amazon Prime, so it’s exciting…

Boy Admits Raping Sister After He Watched Porn on Xbox

A 13-year-old in the U.K. admitted to raping his 8-year-old sister, telling police he had been watching porn on his Xbox 360 when he “decided to try it out.” The gut-wrenching case adds fuel to the controversy there over whether and how access to online pornography should be controlled. While there are no dedicated applications…

How Bravely Default Became A Classic ‘Old-School’ JRPG

On Friday, Americans will finally get to start experiencing Bravely Default, a new role-playing game by Square Enix that’s really quite great. (Look out for my review of the game by the end of the week.) Last week I hopped on the phone for a chat with producer Tomoya Asano and assistant producer Shinji Takahashi.…

​Soon You Can Play Assassin’s Creed IV’s Freedom Cry Without AC IV

Starting this month, PS3 and PS4 owners won’t need to own the full version of Assassin’s Creed IV to play its excellent Freedom Cry DLC. Ubisoft’s just announced that they’re releasing the Adéwalé-focused add-on as its own standalone release on February 18th. Make fun of the Black History Month timing all you want, but this…

Strider‘s reboot will release in North America on Feb. 18 for PS4 and PS3 (via PSN) and on Feb. 19 for PC (Steam), Xbox One and Xbox 360 (Xbox Live), Capcom said today. You may see our impressions of the game here