Video Game Asks Players To Bake Real Cakes For Virtual Girlfriends

You know how in-game romances go: you say whatever it takes to get your love interest. Usually, all you have to do is be nice to another character and willing to listen to their life story for like 30 minutes and boom, they’re in the bag forever. It’s not quite like that in Hate Plus,…

Sony Exec Falls Asleep Listening To David Cage Talk

Shuhei Yoshida is a busy man. Between running Sony’s Worldwide Studios and sharing his hilarious, lovable thoughts on Twitter, the guy’s got a lot on his plate. So it’s okay for him to be tired every once in a while. And it’s okay that he dozed off a bit during this panel with Heavy Rain…

Bungie Aiming Absurdly High With Destiny In New Trailer

Possibly the best-looking game of E3, the next-gen epic from the makers of Halo now also has a new trailer/developer-diary thing. In it, Bungie boasts: “This game has an activity for every mood.” Raise that bar, Bungie! Destiny is slated for release on PS4, Xbox One, PS3, and Xbox 360 next year. Note: An earlier…

The Most Technologically-Advanced Six-Sided Die Ever

It’s USB powered. Each face is capable of displaying numbers in 256 million colors. It’s got a proximity sensor, a magnetic field sensor, an accelerometer and an ARM microcontroller with temperature sensor. It’s a six-sided die for tablet board gaming, and it’s beautiful. On sale nowfor $39.99, the Dice+ Universal Board Game Controller has the…

This Nicolas Cage Flashlight Will Keep You Safe In Left 4 Dead 2

Now that’s something that would chase zombies (and everyone else) away, Nic Cage, modded by Dr. Rinoncitos into Left 4 Dead 2, as a flashlight. I’m not sure I was ready for this. All those crazy mods from Grand Theft Auto IV and Skyrim can go home now. And here’s a video for the most…

The Best Gaming Mouse

You have spoken, the best gaming mouse is the Razer DeathAdder Almost 20,000 votes later, the Razer DeathAdder emerged from our first Moneysaver Co-Op as your clear choice for best gaming mouse, taking nearly 50% of the popular vote. The DeathAdder actually has one of the lower MSRP’s on the list of nominees, and also…

All I Want In A Racing Game For 99 Cents

Takedowns, wild jumps, drifting, branching shortcuts, car damage, online multiplayer and music from The Crystal Method — that’s all I really wanted, and that’s what Asphalt 8: Airborne delivers for under a buck. Mobile racers are getting prettier every day, and while Asphalt 8: Airborne isn’t as gorgeous as EA’s Real Racing 3, it’s also…

Mass Effect Fashion for the Special Shepard in Your Life, or Yourself

‘Fess up, Mass Effect players: it was a big deal figuring out what your Shepard’s casual outfit was going to be, wasn’t it? Do you go with the fatigues/cargo pants look or the tunic-looking top? Yeah, that tunic always looked… weird. Honestly, a new limited-edition wave of Mass Effect outfits from Black Milkis a lot…

Every Awful Edward Snowden Game, Reviewed. There are a lot of cheaply made games about Edward Snowden. Most of them I don’t want to touch with a 10-foot pole. Lucky for us, our friends at Animal New York sat down and played them, so we don’t have to. We Played Every Terrible Edward Snowden Game…

Let’s Share Some Positive Thoughts About The People Who Make Games

In recent months, there’s been an epidemic of anger in the world of gaming. The nasty comments are getting nastier. The death threats are escalating. Harassment has become ubiquitous. It’s tough, being a video game developer. The hours are long, the work is grueling, your studio can shut down at a moment’s notice, and many…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: DanimalCart talks about the burden of completionism. In preparation for Grand Theft Auto V, Cimeas goes back to San Andreasto re-evaluate Rockstar’s much-loved last-gen outing. And SylverFist offers up atake of the Killzone: Mercenary multiplayer beta, with a better-than-expected impressions of the upcoming Vita shooter…

Oh Wow, This Is The Snazziest Pokémon Game Yet

Straight outta Germany, here’s nine minutes of adorable new footage from Pokémon X, the latest entry in Nintendo’s longrunning animal abuse simulator series. Shot by the folks at NTower, this footage shows how we’ll prod and poke and battle creatures in Pokémon X, which comes out for 3DS in October alongside Pokémon Y. And for…

Are you ready to Fish On with this week’s Nintendo Download? Not just normal Fish On, mind you, but Fish On 3D. Now that I think about it, you’re probably not ready. Get started with some Ninja Gaiden II and the digital release of Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward, and we’ll see where you are…

Next-Gen Graphics Engine Even Makes Water Evaporation Look Amazing

In Crysis studio Crytek’s latest CryEngine tech demo, we can catch the engine’s insane next-gen graphical capabilities. The best are the water effects shown in the above GIF. As the sun rises, the water dries up! That’s great. You can check the whole video below, including footage from Ryse and Crysis 3 The engine will…

Super-Powered Mayhem Looks Pretty Damn Good On PS4

The free-roaming super-powered action-adventure Infamous: Second Son appeared at Gamescom with a trailer featuring Fetch, a fellow conduit, who will presumably serve an important role of some sort in the game. Sidekick? Love interest? Escort mission target? We’ll find out when the game drops in February for the PS4.

The main characters of Grand Theft Auto V, as presented by GTAForums poster MWDJ1992, would probably be more successful than the actual cast of Three Amigos in a similar comedy (though I’m not so sure about Trevor). Michael even reminds me of Chevy Chase, here. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing…

For Japan’s Nerd Heroine, Pokémon is a Bridge Between Strangers

Shoko Nakagawa, Japan’s own nerd heroine and queen of Pokémonhasn’t exactly had an easy upbringing. Her school life after elementary school was mostly filled with rejection and alienation from classmates due to her being different. But staying true to her love of Pokémon has paid off in spades as she recalls in her new book,…

Look At All The Colors in This PS4 Launch Game

Fresh from Gamescom, here’s a brand new look at Knack, the amicable self-building golem star of the PS4’s first big platformer. Well, you know, amicable until he starts throwing tanks around and bashing some heads in. Colorfully. If your curiosity’s peaked, look for Knack on the PS4’s launch day, on November 15.

Crap Air Makes for Fake Tourist Photos in Hong Kong

The pollution in Hong Kong is bad. Real bad. Besides the health risks, it makes the air all hazy. And that sucks for something far less serious: Photo ops. Just as Bloomberg reports that Hong Kong’s air pollution has hit a “very high level” and the city is covered in a blanket of haze, NetEase,…

Be Two Historical Figures For the Price of One in the New Yakuza Game

The latest chapter of the Yakuza series, Yakuza: Ishin!, is a trip back in time. Much like in Yakuza: Kenzan!, the game will feature series protagonist Kazuma Kiryu as a famous historical character. However, this time, Kiryu will be two historical figures instead of one. Featured in this week’s Weekly Famitsu, Yakuza: Ishin! will have…