Here’s More Proof A Retro Run And Gun Borderlands 2 Would Be Fantastic

Borderlands 2‘s fast and frenetic gameplay could be perfectly converted into a classic 2D run & gun arcade game, similar to the Metal Slug series. Olsonmabob on DeviantART couldn’t resist further playing with this idea and made a pretty lively piece of concept art. His demake features the utopian city of Opportunity from Borderlands 2,…

Yeah, You Should Be Scared Of Wildstar‘s Full Class Lineup

That is, if you’re planning an incursion against the nicer folks making a living on the planet Nexus in Carbine Studios upcoming MMO. My god these people make a good trailer. Now that the Medic and Engineer are out in the open, this should represent the full compliment of WildStar‘s adventuring classes. All that’s left…

Gaming Handheld Allegedly Used in Horrible Bullying Incident [Update]

A portable gaming machine was apparently used in an alleged bullying incident that left one kid humiliated and claiming mental anguish. According to Japanese wire service Jiji Press, a sixth grade boy in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan was allegedly bullied in between May 2012 and this past September by seven other children in the same sports…

The Trippiest FPS You’ll See Today

quicktequila’s Lovely Planet might be lovely, yes, but it sure is hard to tell what’s going on in it. So you’ve got this um, stick. The website calls it a “semi-automatic” with an infinite bullet supply. You jump, shoot, and progress through the garish but unique-looking levels and worlds, making this perhaps more of a…

Lightning Returns Has a Lot of Fun Playing Around with Music

This past week, as I’ve been working my way through Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII, I’ve noticed the game has—whether it’s minstrels, treasure boxes, or even the crowd at the coliseum—loads of aural Easter eggs just waiting to be uncovered. Want to see some of them in action? Check out the video above. Lightning Returns:…

“I’m proud to announce that more than 2.1 million PS4s have been sold.” Sony Computer Entertainment head honcho Andrew House, in a blog post thanking fans for their commitment and promising that “Playstation [will remain] the best place to play.”

Retro Platformer + Creative Community = Something Magical

What you see above is just one of the many amazing creations the community of Below Kryll, a free metroidvania platformer, has come up with—and you might be surprised to learn that behind all the pixel art, there is a quite addictive game. On the surface, Below Kryll is just a browser-based free to play…

Rude Cosplayers Pissing Off Park Visitors in Japan

Shuzenji Niji no Sato is a park in Shizuoka, Japan. And it’s not happy with some ill-mannered cosplayers. If the situation doesn’t improve, cosplay photography could be banned. On December 1, the park posted a notice on its blogregarding “worsening manners” among cosplayers. Lots of cosplayers are good people, but it seems some rotten apples…

Studio Pirates Its Own Game, Because Why The Hell Not

Vitali Kirpu and Alex Poysky, the developers behind Pixel Piracy, have “pirated” a copy of their own game, offering a free torrent download on their site. Because if you can’t beat ’em, appeal to their sense of decency. “We aren’t idiots, we aren’t high”, they write on the game’s site. “We believe that anyone who…

Hawken Is Still Around, Still Looks Good

People were once so excited about Hawken. It looked awesome, it had a wonderful visual design to it, and then…well, then it went free-to-play, and it didn’t have singleplayer, and that kinda took the wind out of a lot of people’s sails. A shame, but hey, the game still looks great, people are playing it,…

Amazon’s Drone Delivery Notices Will Hopefully Be A Little Cheerier

Amazon’s drone delivery service hasn’t launched yet – and may never launch – but that hasn’t stopped people from imagining what a “missed delivery” notice might look like. It can get a little heavy-handed in places, but the “no appropriate landing site” one is surely going to be an actual problem. That and “the drone…

Over 7 Million People Were Using Steam. At The Same Time.

The Glorious PC Master Race cares not for your console launches. A combination of a holiday weekend in the US, a big sale and the service’s ever-growing popularity means 7 million people were using Steam at the same time on Sunday, a new record. It was just over a year ago that Steam hit six…

A Stun Gun Fight On Black Friday

Just in case you haven’t been made aware of how crazy/shameful some people’s behaviour on Black Friday can be, here is a video of two women fighting. One of them with a stun gun If the thought of this being real footage is getting you down, do like I do and pretend it’s the worst…