Witness The Glory Of A 64-Man Battlefield 4 Base Jump

It takes up a lot of time and dedication, organizing an event where a full server of 64 people jump off a skyscaper in Battlefield 4, but it’s totally worth the effort. This is so much better than any of those precise and fast killshots that normally dominate Battlefield montages. If you attempt to do…

If You Love Loki So Much, Maybe You Should Just Play Him

Thor: the Dark World is in theaters everywhere, and we all know it’s only for naming uniformity that it’s not called Loki: the Dark World. The god of mischief is hot, so of course he’s the playable star of Marvel Heroes‘ update 2.0: Asgard. The Asgard update for Gazillion’s massively multiplayer Marvel Comics game kicked…

China’s Answer to Pokémon Is… In Space

Pokémon is huge. The Chinese people love it, I love it. But with the console ban, China hasn’t had any legally translated copies of Pokémon until recently, with the Chinese versions of X and Y. How has China lived without Pokémon? They created their own, in the shape of a free to play online browser…

Celebrate Being Single In China By Spending Tons of Money Online

Today, November 11th, is Veterans Day in the good old US of A. But in the far flung part of the world that is China, Nov. 11 stands for something completely different. In China, today is “Singles Day”, a day where people lament and celebrate being single and do so by spending buttloads of money…

Dialogue? In my rabbit brawler? Overgrowth’s latest alpha update vid details the new dialogue system prototype, which shows what creating new levels and scenarios will look like once the game is out. Lots of technical stuff, but there’s a little bit of rabbits beating each other to pulp for all to enjoy.

Let’s Play Dress-Up with the New Lightning Returns Trailer

Good thing mizz Lightning has the time to stay fashionable in between going on missions to save the world. Otherwise, we couldn’t spend all this time looking at her fabulous outfits The latest and shiniest Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII interactive trailer from Squeenix has you help Lightning pick out a dress for her next…

“We’re fans of Warcraft 1, Warcraft 2, Warcraft 3, and we’d love to replay those games for sure.” J. Allen Brack of Blizzard, talking about making the first three Warcraft games compatible with modern PCs. “We actually have [several guys] who are working on a side project to do something like that.” [via Polygon]

Beating Up Hellish Cannibal Mutants in the Moonlight Sure Looks Fun!

It’s just a normal day in the world of open-world horror-survival game The Forest. Wake up, admire the scenery, get friendly with some critters, cut some wood. Craft a grotesque effigy to attract nightmarish mutants from the forest’s depths. Y’know, the usual. The Forest has been approved for distribution on Steam and its alpha version…

How Xbox Live Could Work For Games In The Real World

People have been trying to turn regular tasks – from desk jobs to chores – into games for years. It’s called “Gamification”, and the word makes me want to scratch my own eyeballs out. But this app idea, which brings the concept of stuff like Xbox Live to real world sport, is a lot more…

For $100, You Can Turn A Cockroach Into Your Personal Cyborg

I don’t know whether this tech is fascinating or truly horrifying. Probably a bit of both. The Roboroach is a small kit that you attach to the back of a cockroach. By “microstimulating” the bug’s antennae, you’re able to literally drive the thing. I mean, I know it’s “just” a cockroach. And that the device…

Scammer Accused Of Ripping Off Over 100 Kickstarters

Someone going by the username “Encik Farhan” stands accused of ripping off around 100 Kickstarter campaigns, exploiting a loophole in the supply chain that’s leaving a lot of small-time creators short of needed funds. So just what was the accused trying to do, and how did they do it? First, “Encik” identified a Kickstarter campaign…

The First Major Movie To Be Dubbed In Navajo Is…Star Wars

Star Wars has been translated and dubbed into dozens of languages, but recently it became available in one you don’t normally see on a DVD menu: Navajo. Following a push by the Navajo Nation Museum, and with the stamp of approval from Lucasfilm, the film can now be screened with a complete and (relatively) accurate…

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