Wii Sports Goes HD with Wii Sports Club

Wii Sports is returning, but in high definition, online play, and clubs. Say hello to Wii Sports Club. Revealed today, Wii Sports Club consists of the five sports from Wii Sports (bowling, tennis, baseball, boxing and golf) with Wii MotionPlus controls and in high def. The games, available as digital downloads, come with an online…

Nintendo Giving Away Wii Fit’s Sequel For Free (For A Month)

This is novel. Nintendo just announced that it’ll be letting people download the full version of Wii Fit U and play it for a month, without paying a cent. The offer starts November 1, and “all users need is a Wii Balance Board and a Wii U system with a broadband Internet connection”. Considering Wii…

Lone Fan Turns StarCraft II Into New Warcraft RTS

It’s been eleven years since Blizzard released Warcraft III. And since it doesn’t look like we’ll be getting an RTS sequel any time soon, a Chinese fan has gone and made himself one. What you’re looking at here is World Of Warcraft RTS: Alliance vs Horde (what was wrong with Warcraft IV?), a modified take…

PS4 gets a launch window in Asia. Sony revealed tonight that the PS4 will be available in Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Taiwan and South Korea this December. Japan won’t get it until next February.

Porno Actress Gets a Terrible Plastic Figurine

Adult film actress Akiho Yoshizawa got a special, limited edition figurine. Priced at around $300, it can be summed up best in one word: awful The 1/8 scale, individually numbered figurine itself is from a few years back, but was recently unearthed by 2ch, Japan’s largest bulletin board, where it was widely and deservedly mocked…

Here’s How Pokémon X/Y Lets You Dress Trainers

In Pokémon X/Y, you can customize your trainers. This is something The Pokémon Company previously revealed, but here’s a good look at how dress-up works in Pokémon X/Y There seems to be a big game in how the characters look in this mode and in the actual game, but whatever. Not sure which is better…

Not Every GTA V Launch Story Was A Good One

A 23-year-old man on his way home from a midnight launch for Grand Theft Auto V was “attacked, stabbed and robbed” after picking up his copy of the game, the Independent reports The attack took place in Colindale, North West London, with police arresting three suspects in connection with the assault, which saw the man…

Realistic Dragonball Looks Effing Tough

Dragonball characters tend to look like, well, Dragonball characters. And that’s fine! But here’s how a handful of them appear if they were slightly more realistic—and darker. They look tough! This the work of Chinese artist Angus—make that the damn fine work—and it retains elements of Akira Toriyama’s original art, but with greater realism. Here,…

Driven To Kill By Call Of Duty? Question Mark?

Sigh. UK tabloid press this morning – “Driven to Kill by Call of Duty” [IMAGE INSIDE] [NeoGAF]

A Piano That Plays Doom

There’s a standard, almost a running joke now, that a device isn’t a device if it can’t play Doom. I didn’t know this also applied to musical instruments. This piano plays Doom. Well, it acts as a controller, but still. It’s amazing. Different keys control different aspects of the game (white for motion, black for…

Sweet TF2 Figures Demand Metal Sandwiches

And here I was thinking I had the coolest Team Fortress 2 merch around. These new Robot Heavy figures from threeA will cost $220, but at 1/6 scale and with threeA’s customary attention to detail, that seems a fair deal. ROBOTS LIKE GUNS, AND CAN BE SEEN FLAUTING THEM ON THE 27th [threeA]

That’s Some Gorgeous Mononoke You’ve Got There, Son

James Zapata is an illustrator and concept artist who has worked on stuff like Magic: The gathering, Applibot’s mobile games and The Last Sleeper, a project we featured last year. That Mononoke image is just…ungh. So so good. You can see more of James’ art at his personal site and CGHub page To see the…

SimCity’s DLC Is Feeling (Mostly) Charitable

SimCity has a new round of DLC on the way, and unlike previous efforts, this one isn’t tied to a company. It’s tied to a charity. Starting this month, and running for a year, the Red Cross will be available to turn up and help with relief efforts after a disaster in your city. The…

So This Dickwolves Thing Won’t Go Away

Even after issuing an apology, in which he spoke of his “regret”, the controversy over Penny Arcade artist Mike Krahulik’s comments at this year’s PAX continue to have repercussions. Today, Max Temkin – one of the designers and co-founders behind the massive Cards Against Humanity – took to his blog to talk about his company’s…

Report: Atlus Is Becoming Part of Sega [Update]

Atlus will soon be a Sega brand, reports Japan’s Nikkei. The Japanese news source reports that there have been substantial steps forward for Index Corporation (Atlus’ parent company) to transfer management control over to Sega Sammy Holdings (Sega’s parent company). This comes as Sega will formally purchase Index for 14 billion yen (US$141 million), and…

Kids Buy GTA V, Help Save Man From Burning House

Two brothers, aged 17 and 16, were out late last night in Toronto picking up Grand Theft Auto V. That should have been the most exciting thing of the night, but nope. They had to go and help save an old man’s life on the way home. Returning from the store with their game, the…

When GTA V Dreams Become All Too Real

If you play enough Grand Theft Auto, you might start to have dreams about it. Dreams that may turn out to be… all too real. This super-slick fan film from GrittyReboots imagines Grand Theft Auto V as a sort of twisted psychological thriller, complete with bloody ultraviolence and some unexpected narrative twists.

Three Guys Pretended To Be Cops To Get GTA V Early

“They posed as cops so they could play as crooks”, opens this piece on silive. There’s really no better way to put it. According to reports from the NYPD, three men from Staten Island have been charged after they were caught impersonating police officers in order to cut in line ahead of hundreds of people…

A New Riddick Game Is Coming To iOS

It’s no secret that Vin Diesel, the gravely-voiced star of Pitch Black and the new film Riddick, likes video games. So it makes sense that there have been two solid Riddick games already—and now we’re getting a new one. The game, which will be on the Apple App store for iOS devices on Friday September…

You Can Play GTA V As Breaking Bad‘s Heisenberg, Basically

When it comes to pop culture, this week people are mostly talking about two things: Breaking Bad and Grand Theft Auto V. So, like clockwork, someone has figured out how to make one of the characters in GTA V look just like Walter White from Breaking Bad. Of course they have. This comes to us…