A Stabtastic Trailer Heralds Killzone’s Arrival To The PS Vita

Killzone: Mercenary has arrived to North America. What better way to celebrate than by watching gratuitous amounts of murder? The Vita’s own entry in the Killzone FPS series actually comes with not one, but two launch trailers. So generous! You can take a look at the trailer #2 below, which is a slightly slower demo…

A new Theatrhythm Final Fantasy game is hitting the 3DS in Japan next Spring. Gematsu reports that the sequel, titled Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call, will feature 60+ characters, 200+ songs, and a multiplayer “Versus Battle Mode” at launch

Tokyo Man Already Lined Up for the iPhone 5S

The iPhone 5S was just announced. Twitter user @Xxxprius isn’t chancing anything. “I went ahead and got the first place in line,” he tweeted. Now, all he has to do is wait. For well over a week. “I’m lined up at the Ginza Apple Store where the new iPhone 5S launches in ten days,” @Xxxprius…

A Classic, Beloved Beat ‘Em Up Is Getting A Sequel After 25 Years

Indie group Conatus Creative wants to release an official follow-up to Technōs’ classic ’89 side-scrolling street thug-beating simulator, River City Ransom. But first, they are turning to—you guessed it—Kickstarter. As the project page explains, River City Ransom: Underground is just about ready to leave the pre-production phase. This means that the engine is done, and…

Watch Out for Cats!

Beware of falling rocks. Slippery roads. And in parts of Japan and Taiwan, mind the felines! The island of Iriomote in Japan’s Okinawa Prefecture is home to a rare breed of indigenous cat that can be only found on the island, and is suitably dubbed “Iriomote mountain cat” (イリオモテヤマネコ or Iriomote yamaneko). This is a…

Up Close with the New PS Vita Slim

Sony is making a new PS Vita. It’s lighter and slimmer. You’ve seen the promotional images, sure. But what’s it actually like? Gamers in Japan give their opinions. Sony rolled out kiosks for the slim PS Vita in Japan so gamers can get a hands-on with the revamped machine. As previously mentioned, the new Vita…

Perhaps The Corniest Game Trailer Of All Time

Hokey PC adventure series Tex Murphy is coming back with Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure (its Kickstarter having hit its mark), and it’s celebrating with this trailer that is, well, a triumph. Of corn. It just…never ends. The making out, the expressions, the Fabergé eggs, it’s all magnificent. The game’s out next year.

We Forgot One Of The Greatest Grand Theft Autos Ever Made

You’ve already forgotten about it. You’ve forgotten about time spent on the train, hunched over a stylus, frantically car-jacking getaway vehicles. You’ve forgotten high speed chases, weaving in and out of traffic. Cop cars in your wake colliding bonnet first with trucks on the freeway, their sirens spluttering and wailing. You’ve forgotten how rewarding that…

A PC First-Person Horror Game Set In A German Subway. Sounds Idyllic!

Announced seemingly to further torment Kirk, U55 is another first-person horror game for the PC. Only this game’s set in a German subway line, and you’re playing a kid trapped in the dark who has to use the light on his mobile phone to get around. Inspired by the works of HP Lovecraft, Dead Space,…

Photographer Enters Noclip Mode In The Real World

Carlos Ayesta takes photos of buildings. Rather than do it the easy way, though, and just stand on the ground (or other buildings), he’s gone slightly mad, rigging himself up like a mountain-climber in order to take shots that look like he’s stepped outside reality’s level design. You can see how he does it in…

Medieval Superheroes Fight For Truth, Justice And The English Way

John Staub works at mobile gaming powerhouse Gree. What you’re seeing here, though, aren’t work images. They’re from something way cooler. Staub’s drawn some of DC’s biggest heroes (and villains) as medieval superheroes. OK, so maybe Cheetah’s not so big. That Batman is damn perfect, though. You can see more of John’s work at his…

Video Games Don’t Need Color. Just Style.

This is Project Monolith, a first-person puzzle game with one hell of an art style. Going all monochrome is a bold choice, especially given the perspective, but it works really well here, as it’s not only tying into the design of the world, but giving the game a trademark look at the same time. It’s…

Stealth Game Continues To Push More Buttons Than I Knew I Had

Klei made 2012’s best stealth game in Mark of the Ninja, so the fact their next game Incognita is also about sneaking – only this time with the squad mechanics of a game like XCOM – is exciting This new clip gives us a long, good look at Incognita’s gameplay, especially how the different teammates…

Paypal Gives Indie Devs Their Money Back

Yesterday, we told you how Paypal were keeping half the money raised by an indie game until the game had been finished. Even though…the devs needed that money to finish the game. Today, somebody at Paypal has woken up on planet Earth and done the smart thing. Less than 24 hours after sending the initial…

How To Clean Your Control Pads

I know you use control pads, and I know damn well you never clean them. Nobody does. Which is disgusting, so I’m here to try and convince you to change your disgusting ways. If you’ve been to a show like PAX or Gamescom, and played any games, you’ll have noticed that booth workers are meticulous…

Breaking Bad Has Officially Gone Bananas. Time For Some Predictions.

And with that, Breaking Bad entered its endgame, and everything went completely bonkers. What’s going to happen in the end? Hell, what’s going to happen in the next 30 seconds? Breaking Bad spoilers follow. You’ve been warned. This past Sunday’s episode ended with what might be the most infuriating (but also kinda funny) cut-to-black I’ve…

BINGO! Here’s a a kind of tongue-in-cheek, kind of serious bingo chart made by AVB that lists silly and real reasons alike that some developers list when asked why their game doesn’t include female protagonists or characters. You may recognize a rather recent excuse in here.

Time to update your backlog: After smoothing out some unexpected technical wrinkles, we’re back and updating our überlist of The Classic PC Games You Must Play. I’ve added nearly 300 of your suggested games to the master directory, and will do at least one more major update this week. If you don’t see your favorite…

Oh My God It’s A Dog Taking Down A Helicopter

“We’re adding a dog to Call of Duty,” they said. “It’ll be really cool.” And we assumed they meant it; we assumed the dog would be cool. Little did we know the dog would be this cool. The latest trailer for Call of Duty: Ghosts features some neat stuff, and some dumb stuff. It’s got…

Wild Theory: Maybe Horror Games Are Scarier If You Can Fight Back

Among the defining characteristics of the often-terrifying Amnesia games—as well as similar games like Slender and Outlast—is the fact that players are given no weapons. There’s no way to defend yourself, no way to fight off the beasts that hunt you. That makes the game scarier, right? That’s obvious… right? Hmm. Over at Talk Amongst…