Someone Tried To Beat Up Michael Bay in Hong Kong [Update]

Earlier today, director Michael Bay was attacked on the streets of Hong Kong, where he is filming Transformers 4 According to Reuters and Chinese reports, two brothers, both in their late 20s and both surnamed Mak, appeared on set and demanded HK$100,000 ($12,900). The elder brother then attacked Bay as well as three police officers…

A Game Where You’re A Rotating Limo Shouldn’t Make Sense But It Does

Is this real life? Of course not, because this is exactly the kind of scenario that could only work in a video game. And isn’t it wonderful. Your name is Georgio Manos and you’re a chauffeur driving around in a revolving limousine. Which actually makes perfect sense, because the 1977 town of Roundabout is full…

PS4: Everything We Know

The fourth PlayStation is out this fall. PlayStation #4. Pl4St4tion. PlayStation: The Fourth of Its Name. Sony’s next console will be out on November 15, and they’ve told us a whole lot about the PlayStation 4 so far. We’ve got a full round-up for you right here, with updates as we continue to learn more…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: Even more excellent Last-Gen Heroes/Zeroes posts have sprouted up in TAYland. Aikage sings the praises of Operation Rainfall. Voltaire Crescent lavishes love all over Pokemon Red & Blue. Viexi asks what happened to Cube World. And reader Aldo shares progress on Transcenders, a sci-fi puzzle…

Xbox One: Everything We Know

The Xbox One is out on November 22, and we know almost everything there is to know about Microsoft’s new console. For your convenience, we’re rounding up all of that information and putting it right here. As we continue to learn more about the Xbox 360’s successor, we’ll keep updating this post, so check back…

This Is What Car Battles Look Like In GTA Online… In Mid-Air

I guess this is, like, jousting on helicopters? Chicken with helicopters and cars? Whatever this is, it’s amazing. And it’s all thanks to the crazy minds at Achievement Hunter What you do is, basically: lift your best cars up, meet your friends in mid-air and start ramming each other. This would probably make even less…

There’s a Musical Surprise In Skylanders: Swap Force

I was not expecting this at all. Don’t click if you don’t want to spoil it. As if aintricately lovely score by Lorne Balfe — the man behind the music for the first two Skylanders games, Assassin’s Creed III and Beyond: Two Souls — wasn’t enough, Vicarious Visions audio designer Matt Pirog put together this…

That was probably a bad idea. These silly GTA V mansions. Although there are several solutions for this, lifting it out with a cargo helicopter and not dropping it into the pool would be the funniest. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest,funniest game-related screenshots and art that…

Japan Gets Anti-Radiation Swimwear and Underwear

Radiation is serious—especially in Japan. With the country still dealing with a nuclear disaster, people need to protect themselves. Osaka-based swimwear company Yamamoto Corporation unveiled anti-radiation work wear in the form of a wetsuit made from rubberized kneaded carbon. It can stop nearly 100 percent of harmful beta rays. Beta particles can change the structure…

Tetsuya Nomura Explains the Look of Kingdom Hearts III

It’s going to be a while before Kingdom Hearts III is completed, and a new video gave us a sneak peek. KHIII designer Tetsuya Nomura also recently provided more details about the game’s visual flair, expressing his desire for the game to look oh so Disney. As previously stated, Kingdom Hearts 3 will have a…

How To Access Your Vita’s Battery

Thanks to hackers, the words “portable console” and “removable battery” used to spell “nightmare” for Sony. The battery of the PSP famously offered hackers an easy back door into the console that until then required hard-to-find exploits in games. It’s no wonder the PSP Go was a closed system. So what about its younger brother,…

The Kickstarter for Mutant Football League didn’t meet its goal, hitting US$141,821 out of the $750,000 it hoped to raise. The team is regrouping.

Imagine Playing Video Games on This 270-Degree Movie Screen

In South Korea, a new type of movie screen is being rolled out. Make that, screens The tech is called “ScreenX,” and it gives a panoramic 270-degree view by also projecting on the cinema’s walls. This is different from panoramic projection developed in the U.S., which uses curved screens. AFP reports that in the next…

How Japanese Gamers Felt After Touching the PS4 and Xbox One

The PS4 and Xbox One won’t be out in Japan until next year, but many attendees to last month’s Tokyo Game Show got to try out the upcoming consoles and voice their opinions. Here’s what they thought. This week, Weekly Famitsu published the results from its TGS 2013 poll. One of the questions were on…

GTA V‘s Trevor Sure Likes Forklifting Some Weird Things

My new favorite Tumblr find of this week? Why, it’s “Trevor Lifting Stuff.” On it, Trevor lifts all kinds of stuff. Like a stepladder, for instance. The Tumblr is actually titled “Trevor soulève des trucs” in French, but it depicts the international language of lifting. Trevor lifts up a garden table. A cow. A mailbox.…

Blade Runner Gives Up, Goes 100% Noir

Blade Runner’s already pretty damn noir, from the colour palette to the pacing. So a trailer pitching the movie as an actual 1940’s black and white drama just makes sense, ok? Creator Chet Desmond says that it’s not meant to be an actual re-imagining of the classic flick. “As many have pointed out, Blade Runner…

Already, An Awesome Titanfall Action Figure (From Japan!)

Respawn’s big Xbox One exclusive Titanfall is destined to have a line of official action figures. Those mechs, they’re great. Until they actually arrive, though, fans are making do with their own stuff, like this incredible custom piece from Japanese builder nammkkyys. Note that this isn’t a modification of some existing model kit. He built…

A Robot Hasn’t Made It Until It’s On The Front Cover Of A Magazine

Yong Yi Lee is a concept artist from Singapore who works in the games business. Shame those magazines aren’t real. I’d subscribe in a heartbeat. You can see more of his work at Lee’s personal site and CGHub page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you…

Soldier Awarded Medal Of Honor, And You Can Now See What He Did

Retired US Army Capt. William Swenson was awarded the Medal of Honor yesterday for his conduct during a firefight in Afghanistan in 2009. What makes Swenson’s actions even more remarkable than the fact he’s now only the sixth living recipient of the medal is the way cameras captured part of the action that earned him…