Broken Age Aborts Early Access Launch for Season Pass Approach

Broken Age, the crowdfunded adventure from Double Fine launching today to its backers, won’t be offered on Steam Early Access. It will, however, release under a “Season Pass” model that gives buyers both of two planned episodes. “Early Access” releases generally carry the impression the game still is in progress or is incomplete. Double Fine…

Here’s the latest from Kotaku‘s official reader-written blog, Talk Amongst Yourselves: Legend of Zelda Weapons Would Make Call of Duty, Uncharted and Other Games a Lot Better • Awesome Food from a Tiny Island You May Not Even Know About • Another Delay Announced for Dead or Alive: Xtreme Beach Volleyball 3 TAY Classic—TAY Open…

If Google Was A Guy He’d Probably Be Really Annoyed

College Humor wonders, “What if Google was a guy?” And by that, it means, an actual person who took your queries, rooted through a filing cabinet, and handed you what you were looking for. It’d mean that guy would have to put up with a lot of this, probably. Looks like a rather crummy job.…

Now That’s An Impressive Boss Monster, Guild Wars 2

The living story that ran through 2013 in Guild Wars 2 escalates in 2014, as the arch-villain Scarlet Briar unleashes a massive mechanical monstrosity on the unsuspecting denizens of Tyria. Meet the Twisted Marionette. Unimpressed? Perhaps some perspective will help. Those little colorful specks on the ground are players. They’re going to have to team…

EA continues to roll out fixes for Battlefield 4 on all platforms. Along with a slew of specific problems—like the “friendly marker not always showing when needed to, resulting in players shooting team members”—the latest batch of patches promises to improve the general stability of the game across the board.

You Can Use a Giant Whip as a Weapon in Battlefield 4, Apparently

This Battlefield 4 levolution stunt, performed by YouTuber ponylion, must be one of the sneakiest and most difficult yet—detonating C4 on one of the cables holding the tower in place, which whips upwards, blowing up the enemy aircraft. Creative! Here’s the whole thing, with some preparations and planting the C4. Things get wild around the…

Today, the official website of actor Kane Kosugi issued a correction and apology, stating the actor wasn’t starring in a prequel calledTekken – A Man Called X, but rather, a non-Tekken movie with the temp title Agent X. “We would like to apologize for the ineptitude on our part,” stated Kosugi’s official site. Not sure…

Golden Time’s First Half Has Me by the Heart Strings

Back in November, I listed Golden Time as one of the ten anime of the fall you should be watching. Now, as the series passes its halfway point, I can truly say that Golden Time has a death grip on my heartstrings and refuses to let go. Good – An Empathetic, Yet Human Cast It’s…

Young Couple Funded Gaming Habit By… Robbing Gamers

Twenty-four year-old Jun Kanemaru met his girlfriend, a runaway, via an online dating site. Once a couple, they allegedly stole from arcade gamers in Tokyo’s geek mecca Akihabara. Today, Fuji News Network reports that the unemployed Kanemaru and his unemployed girlfriend were arrested for allegedly stealing a wallet from a woman’s purse. At the time…

Kojima Torments Fans with Photos of the Next Metal Gear on PS4

With only two months left ’till release, fans all over the world shout his name while shaking their fists in impotent anger. As spotted by Dualshockers, Metal Gear showrunner Hideo Kojima recently tweeted two photos of him playing (well… more “poking at,” really) Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes on a PS4, showing off the…

Everquest Creator Seeks to Crowdfund… Another Everquest, Basically

Another Everquest, with old-school charm. Also, sweet double-barreled crossbows. The game’s called Pantheon, and it popped up on Kickstarter yesterday, promptly raking in over $40k in pledges. The guy behind it all, Brad McQuaid, had previously worked on both the first Everquest and Vanguard: Saga of Heroes. It really shows. Take a look: We’re looking…

Japanese Town Gets Official Lupin The Third License Plates

Well, this might be the best Japanese town then, no? Starting April 1 (this is no joke!), the city of Sakura in Chiba, Japan is issuing 3,000 limited edition Lupin the Third motorcycle license plates. According to the city’s official site, the image of Lupin is from the first anime series. Lupin the Third‘s creator…

Inside One of the World’s Biggest Game Companies

Nexon, perhaps best known for Maple Story, was founded in South Korea. Its headquarters is now in Tokyo, however. We are not going to look in its headquarters. Instead, let’s have a look in its new South Korean digs. As pointed out by Han Kyung and GameFocus (via tipster Sang), Nexon moved into this office…

Super Sonico‘s Theme Song Sounds a Bit Familiar

This morning as I sat on my exercise bike—peddling madly while watching the new anime Super Sonico—I was struck by the sudden realization that I had heard part of the anime’s theme song somewhere before: in The Rocky Horror Picture Show. The opening song from the first episode of the anime (the second episode uses…

Man Paralyzed After Playing an Arcade Game

Two months ago, a 29 year-old man visited a game center in Foshan, China, while waiting to get his phone fixed. To pass the time, he tried a boxing arcade game. Three days later, he woke up, unable to speak or move his body. According to Shenzhen Satellite Television, the man, given the alias “A.…