OZombie Shuttered as American McGee Pursues Alice Film Rights

OZombie—American McGee’s zombie take on the Oz stories—has been taken off of Kickstarter so its studio, Spicy Horse, can focus on securing the film rights to the Alice series McGee created. The two efforts had been paired in a $950,000 Kickstarter campaign that Spicy Horse was unable to then separate into two different campaigns. “The…

Four games in four weeks — Sony’s dropped the release schedule and games coming in its summer 2013 PlayStation Network PLAY promotion: Stealth Inc.: A Clone In The Dark (July 26), Cloudberry Kingdom (July 30), the delightful ibb & obb (above, August 6) and DuckTales Remastered (August 13). Check out pricing and more info here

My Villager Is An Asshole

Can you believe this shit? This is one of my villagers talking to a friend who was visiting my town. I especially hate Ricky because he used to always call me “nutcase” and I just didn’t like it. He now calls me suga momma. But the next time he asks me for a greeting change,…

Spiked Bat Inspired by Dead Rising 2 Used in Gruesome Slaying

The heir to a €50 million fortune has confessed to killing his father with a spiked bat he said was inspired by the weapon in Dead Rising 2. Other ties to video gaming, to say nothing of the wealth involved, have helped in riveting Spain’s attention to the June 30 slaying of Andreu Bennasar Coll.…

Missed This Year’s EVO? Watch All The Grand Finals Here.

People competed in nine different fighting games in last weekend’s EVO 2013 tournament in Las Vegas. To see everything, you had to continuously switch between two streams back and forth from Friday to Sunday evening, so even hardcore fighting game fans might have missed one or two. Nine different games mean nine grand finals and…

Steve Hogarty of PCGamesN goes to Ubisoft’s Splinter Cell: Blacklist preview event for a hands-on. It doesn’t work out. “I left the event early to go home to bed, where I slept for 16 hours before slithering off to a hospital. Perhaps I’m part of a Splinter Cell ARG and I’ve been shot with a…

Mad Max’s First Gameplay Trailer Looks Hopeless, in a Good Way

The thing about the Mad Max movies is that it looks like somebody already tried to save the world and failed at it. And what we see are the terrible remains. The newest trailer for Avalanche Studios’ Mad Max puts its headbutting, car-combat action smack dab in the middle of that world. Thank goodness. Granted,…

I don’t think Nintendo would approve

How You Greet New (Human) Friends In Animal Crossing

When two friends meet, it’s customary in Koocheek (my town) to smack each other on the head with your nets. It’s just polite. I couldn’t manage to capture the one where all three of us had our nets planted on each other’s heads (the screen capture feature can be kind of finicky!) so you’ll just…

My Very First Town Note

Clearly I am the best mayor. What was your first town note?

I don’t know, Kicks. Why don’t you move the hell aside so I can see, because surely you don’t expect me to answer you legitimately on that question, right?

Soon, Legate Lanius Will Take Center Stage in This Fallout Fan Film

Fallout: Lanius, the fan-film starring New Vegas antagonist Legate Lanius, AKA the Monster of the East, will be screened in just a few days at PAX Australia, on July 20. The creators shared a short one-minute teaser to mark the occasion.

Playing Where’s Waldo When You’re Looking For A Citizen

She asked me to find her something perfect for her house. Something that would tie the room together. So obviously I was bringing her a pickle jar, but I couldn’t find her anywhere. Spent forever circling my town until… Where’s Waldo, featuring Olivia. Sneaky Olivia.

One Citizen Showed Up To My Celebration :(

Are you friggin’ kidding me. I spend all this money and you can’t even bother to show up for the party? “Everybody” indeed.

It’s Official: The Ultimate Warrior is Gonna Tear Up WWE 2K14

Rumored last week when an ad appeared in WWE magazine, it’s now official: The Ultimate Warrior will be making his first-ever appearance in the 13-year run of what is now called WWE 2K14. The catch is he’s only being offered—for now one guesses—as a preorder incentive. 2K Sports invited Warrior (that is his legally changed…

The Best Storyline of EVO 2013 Was Justin Wong’s Amazing Comeback

Justin Wong, one of the all-time top fighting game players, lost to Job “EMP Flocker” Figuerora early in the Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 tournament at EVO 2013. But that was only the start of an incredible comeback that you’ve got to see. Here’s how Wong got kicked into the losers bracket and climbed back……

Angry Birds Star Wars II Coming In September, With A Skylanders Twist

As expected, last week’s Rovio tease has coalesced into the prequel-chronicling Angry Birds Star Wars II, complete with a damn Jar Jar bird. Significantly less expected is the integration of Hasbro’s Telepods technology, beaming in powerful characters via physical toys, Skylanders style. Rovio has gotten into the habit of launching each new Angry Birds game…

Even Bowser and Bullet Bill are peaceful in Pablo Pintachan‘s digital drawings of Mario, Link and Luigi. Well, Link looks a bit nutty and I’m not sure he’s up for to exploring Hyrule, but at least he’s calm. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related screenshots…

The Xbox One Got A Lot Of Boos At EVO 2013

The awkward moment happened during a Killer Instinct demonstration at last weekend’s EVO, when console accessory manufacturers Mad Catz and Double Helix showed off their upcoming gadgets for the game. The Xbox One got mentioned—and got booed. Here’s the demonstration in question, courtesy of IGN: Xbox One Gets Booed Out of EVO 2013 [YouTube, via…

This Schoolgirl Is a Photoshop Disaster and Not an Evil Spirit

Some say this Japanese schoolgirl photo shows an evil spirit. Others say it’s just bad Photoshop. Everyone agrees that it’s pretty freaky. The photo apparently shows a brochure for a private high school in Miyagi prefecture. As awful as it sounds, look under the desk. Yikes! This image has been retweeted over four thousand times,…