Assassin’s Creed IV Looks Good So Far. But Can It Save The Series?

In 22 days’ time, we’ll know what’s really up with the next Assassin’s Creed. We’ll know if all of those trailers and videos Ubisoft has been pumping out for AC IV: Black Flag—13 of them!—have been the oozing confidence of a team that knows they’ve made a great game or have been the sprayed misdirection…

Injustice Hits Vita, PS4, PC Next Month

Warner Bros’ superhero-stuffed fighting game is getting one of those fancy collector’s editions and a whole bunch of new platforms: Injustice: Gods Among Us will come to Vita, PS4, and PC on November 12. (November 29 in Europe.) This is the ultimate edition, which comes with all of the game’s DLC, character skins, extra missions,…

Xbox One DVR Can Record Gameplay When Achievements Unlock [UPDATE]

Something terrible. Something cool. The saga of the Xbox One has swung from one extreme to the other over the last few months. So, after the unsettling news about what Microsoft may be trying to sell to advertisers, there’s a slightly better feature of the Xbox One that’s come to light. When you hit an…

GTA V Narrated By Morgan Freeman Sounds Like A Bedtime Story

The calm, magical voice of Morgan Freeman—impersonated by Jason Stephens—makes us forget that GTA V is full of murder and turns Franklin’s vacation in Los Santos into a peaceful tale. Probably wouldn’t work with Trevor. Franklin’s Sh!tty Vacation With Morgan Freeman (GTA 5) [Machinima, YouTube] To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]

The Best Part Of The League Of Legends Championship Was The Anime

I spent a substantial chunk of Friday night at Atlanta’s Battle & Brew game bar, watching the League of Legends 2013 World Championship while my friend tried to explain what was going on. The only thing that stuck with me was this awesome animation of the game’s top players, created by the animation studio behind…

A pretty appropriate take on the stages of a Soldier character in Team Fortress 2 Starting off with a Tour of Duty ticket, it only takes three steps to reach the level where you’d probably have to sell your soul for further progress. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of…

Japan’s Newest Superheroes Are Fruity

When I heard that Japan’s newest superhero show was based on fruit, I scoffed. How silly! And then, I saw their outfits. That changed everything Above, you can see the transformation (変身 or “henshin”) for the latest Kamen Rider series, Kamen Rider Gaim. Somebody sure had fun thinking this one up! Of course, Kamen Rider…

Angry Birds Theme Park Opens in China

The Angry Birds theme park had long been in the works. Rovio’s been angling to create a theme park in China since 2011. After years of planning, the park was finally officially opened to the public last week. There was a soft opening, with the park being open to the public for the latter part…

Smacking Monsters With A Shovel Is Best Done In 8-Bit

Back when we last looked at it, Shovel Knight was still in its infancy—a wee Kickstarter project looking to gain some traction. Well, that was several months and $311,502 ago. As you can see in the above, recently released trailer, the 8-bit platformer is looking (and sounding) as good as ever. I especially love the…

Life-Sized Dragon Ball Z Papercraft Is Over 9000!

For this, you’ll need more than lots of space in your abode and a fanatic Dragon Ball Z love. You’ll need lots of paper. Papercraft site Paper Juke created this life-sized DBZ Goku, and earlier this year, Korean blogger Sinsis uploaded the finished piece. It’s truly impressive. Ver.Juke [Sinsis] To contact the author of this…

Check Out China’s Ridiculous Guidelines For Chinese Travelers

Overtaking obnoxious American tourists as the most annoying tourists in certain parts of the world, Chinese tourists now have a guideline to follow when they travel. Certainly, not all are bad, but sadly, the travel guidelines listed by the Chinese government for its people to travel by are nothing short of ridiculous. While Chinese golden…

Tropic Cola? That Makes Me Angry… Angry Birds Angry!

The merchandising geniuses at Rovio are back again. This time around, instead of incredibly weird meats and Star Wars-themed video games, the fine folks that make Angry Birds have now released a series of Angry Birds Colas. Originally sold and marketed in Finland and Europe, Angry Birds soda has been showing up slowly around the…

A Veteran Game Designer And His Old-School First-Person RPG

Guido Henkel has been in the gaming industry for over thirty years, where he worked on classic titles such as Planescape Torment and Fallout 2. Now, he wants to make a comeback with a new old-school RPG, titled Deathfire: Ruins of Nevermore Deathfire promises to be a turn- and party-based fantasy first-person RPG that takes…

Miranda Kerr, Meet Your Korean Clone

We all have heroes. Some of us look up to movie stars, athletes, or even family members. South Korea’s Yuh Reum Hong adores Miranda Kerr. A lot Hong styles herself after Kerr, wearing blue contact lenses and mimicking the former Victoria Secret model’s hairstyle and make-up. As tipster Sang points out, Hong also said she…

Classic Call of Duty Makes Quite An Emotional Fan Film

If you need some gloom to start (or end) your day, look no further. Director Jared Pelletier returns with Call of Duty: Finest Hour, a fan short which takes place during World War II and gives us a taste of the drama that might have went on on a battlefield. Not child-screaming-obscenities-at-you-over-VoIP drama, mind you,…

GTA V Needs More Rickshaw Stealing and Dick Punching

SNL Korea is back with another Grand Theft Auto V parody. This time, the game is set in Korea’s colonial period, complete with katana-wielding Japanese guards, rickshaws you can steal, and vegetables you can use in fist-fights. GTA 경성 (GTA Seoul) Korean Parody w/ subtitles [KukminTV@YouTube Thanks, 유재욱 and Sang!] To contact the author of…

Buying Marijuana in North Korea Sure Sounds Easy

For all the freedoms that North Korea lacks, it has one that most Western countries don’t: Apparently, you can legally buy and smoke marijuana. As Vice reported earlier this year, marijuana, or “ip tambae” (“leaf tobacco”) is supposedly grown openly on the roadsides and smoked on the streets of Pyongyang. In North Korea, marijuana, it…

Uniqlo Folds T-Shirts Better Than You Do

Leave it to some employees at Japanese retail chain Uniqlo to show off the best way to fold t-shirts. Instead of simply folding the shirts, each one is creased in a slightly different place. When stacked, you can see the entire design on the side of the shirt bundle. Very clever! Not all Uniqlo stores…

I always mention it whenever it comes up, but Call of Duty has been toppled from its death-and-taxes sure-thing spot atop the Xbox 360’s list of most-played games. The new champ should be no surprise: Grand Theft Auto V

Xbox One’s Top Marketer Brags to Advertisers About Kinect’s Abilities [Update]

Microsoft’s top marketer tossed a juicy hunk of red meat to his kind of people yesterday. While Xbox One isn’t selling the stuff Kinect collects from your living room to marketers right out of the box, the capacity is there, and it could be the kind of game-changer that makes ad buyers swoon. Let’s remember…