The Closest We Can Get To A Real Life Guitar Hero

What an age we live in! A treadmill and some snacks are enough to make your own rhythm game—or at least something similar, as this short Vine, posted by Savannah, shows. Just put some clothes on next time, please. To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]

King of the Pirates? No, King of the Watermelons

Summer is ending, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t some space for One Piece watermelons. There’s always space for One Piece melons. Always. While geek-carved watermelons are certainly not new in China, recently, they’ve been popping up more and more on Chinese social networking sites and websites like Sina. 合肥版西瓜君雕出海贼王收获美人心 [Sina via ChinaSmack] To contact…

Don’t Like Rabbids? Launch Them Into Space!

Basically, you take Burrito Bison—or Knightmare Tower, or Ridiculous Fishing, any launching game, really—add a Rabbid from Rayman, put it in space, and include a nice Angry Birds Space-esque gravity mechanic. What you get is Rabbids Big Bang Just like with any launching game, the goal here is to get your launchee—in this case, a…

Watch Us Play Mirror’s Edge on the Oculus Rift

The first thought I had when I heard about the Oculus Rift was: “Oh man, I can’t wait to play Mirror’s Edge on that.” My second thought was: “It is going to make me so sick.” Over the past two months, I have played a lot of games on my Oculus Rift development kit, from…

Metal Gear Solid V Made Even More Erotic Thanks to Sexy Fan Art

For some reason, Metal Gear Solid V is erotic. Or sexy. Or something. But honestly, the game isn’t sexy enough. Until now. Kept you waiting, huh? DeviantArtist ZombieSandwich (aka Anne Pogoda) whipped up this “Big Quiet Boss XD,” adding that she’s “truthfully a big fan of this game” and created this “as a parody.” There…

The excellent Rayman Jungle Run is getting a sequel of sorts this Fall. Titled Rayman Fiesta Run, the game brings the endless platforming of Jungle Run to four new worlds with “75+” levels, while adding a new Invasion mode and introducing new abilities such as swimming and shrinking. There’s a trailer for you above.

The New JoJo Fighter Is a Social Game in Disguise

When you first boot up JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle, you’ll likely head right into the story mode to start unlocking characters. Three hours later, you’ll probably try versus mode, only to wonder where everyone else got all those cool costumes. The answer is the campaign mode. In it, you unlock the vast majority of…

Japanese Gamers Are Disappointed about the PS4 Launch Date

This November, the PlayStation 4 is launching in North America and Europe. Know where it’s not? Japan, that’s where. While Sony is a Japanese company, the country won’t see the PlayStation 4 until next February. On the official Japanese blog, many commenters seem disappointed by the news. Some are angry, while others are resigned to…

The Mobile Trials Adds A Dash of RPG To Your All-Consuming Rage

As we know, the Trials series of frustration- and physics-based motocross stunt games is getting two fresh entries in the near future. One of them, Trials Frontier, will be a mobile game. Let’s talk about that one for a bit. Flying through obstacle-filled levels on a motorcycle is far from the only thing that Frontier…

Visit the Real Princess Mononoke Forest

Lush green. Magnificent cedars. Moss-covered rocks. The setting looks like something out of the acclaimed 1997 anime Princess Mononoke. Turns out, it is. Appealing to hikers and anime fans alike, the Japanese island of Yakushima is a World Heritage site, famed for its unique beauty, wildlife, and trees that are thousands of years old. The…

EndWar Returns As A Surprisingly Fun Tower-Defense Game

Of the following facts, I’m not sure what’s more surprising: Tom Clancy’s EndWar, the decidedly odd, voice-controlled console real-time strategy game, is making a return. It’s coming back as a free-to-play tower defense game. And what do you know, it’s pretty fun. Last week at Ubisoft’s Digital Day press expo, I was surprised to see…

It’s Easy To Fall In Love With This Wistful WWI Adventure Game

Everyone, meet Valiant Hearts. Valiant Hearts, meet everyone. I think you guys are gonna get along pretty well. Of all the games that Ubisoft had on display at last week’s “Digital Day” event, Valiant Hearts: The Great War was the most welcome surprise. Out of nowhere comes a gorgeous, hand-illustrated tale of lost souls finding…

The Far Cry 3 Guys Are Making A JRPG, And It’s Gorgeous

Behold Child of Light, an upcoming JRPG from the creative minds behind Far Cry 3. It looks just lovely And… wait… did I just type “JRPG” and “Far Cry 3″ in the same sentence? Yep, I did. This game is the work of Far Cry 3 creative director Patrick Plourde and lead writer Jeffrey Yohalem,…

Is That A Cutlass In Your Pocket, Or Is It Assassin’s Creed: Pirates

Alongside the playable demos at last week’s Ubisoft press day stood a lone television looping a trailer for something called Assassin’s Creed: Pirates. It’s a new Assassin’s Creed game for mobile devices, and what do you know? It features pirates. According to press materials, the game will cast you as Alonzo Batilla, a pirate (drink!)…

A Revamped Assassin’s Creed: Liberation Is Coming To Consoles

I really did want to play Assassin’s Creed: Liberation. New Orleans! Creole accents! Bayous! A badass black lady protagonist! And yet… I never did. Finally, it looks like that’s going to change. At Ubisoft’s “Digital Day” event last week, I had a chance to check out a bunch of Ubisoft’s upcoming download-only games. The first…

Battlefield 4’s PC Specs Prefer Big Rigs And…Windows 8?

EA and DICE have released the specs for the PC version of Battlefield 4. And hey, guess what. It’s demanding. Let’s ignore the minimum specs, and head straight to the more interesting stuff: what the developers think you’ll need to really get the game singing Seems you’ll need a 3GB video card, a 4/6-core CPU,…

Oh Look. Another Gorgeous Indie Game On The PS4.

Pavilion is a game that, having been first announced last year for phones and PC, will now be making the jump to Sony’s PS4 (and Vita!) “sometime next year”. Described by the two-man dev team as “a fourth person exploratory experience about guidance, influence and subliminal control”, it’s got some stunning hand-drawn art and a…

In A Perfect World, This Is The Only Game I’d Ever Play

It would be a mobile game. A 2D “port” of the Persona 4 experience. Side-scrolling, but with all the dialogue, characters and battles from the 3D version in place. And that sweet art style. Like P3P’s paring down of the series’ essence taken to its most extreme conclusion, basically. If you’re wondering who to thank,…

A Genesis Cult Classic Is Coming Back (For The PC)

General Chaos was a Genesis game that, in the grand scheme of things, few people played and even fewer remember. Which is a shame, as it was one of the smartest and most innovative games on the platform, one whose DNA can still be seen today in games like Team Fortress 2. So it’s fitting,…

You’ve Played as Master Chief. Why Not Try Playing As Cortana?

The Fall is an upcoming indie game that, as you might have guessed by the headline, flips a famous gaming convention on its head. It’s not an official Halo game, of course, but the inspiration is clear, in that you’re assuming the role of an AI that helps control the armoured combat suit of a…