The Onion kills it with this silly article about GTA V. At press time, Mitchell was remarking on the game’s “stunningly inventive storycraft” while repeatedly kicking a Los Santos resident until blood pooled around their lifeless body.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl Never Looked So Good

When I imagine Sonic and Mario finally duking it out, I come up with something like this. These shots are from an up-res’d PC version of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, as collected by Duncan Harris at Dead End Thrills. They are just lovely, and hopefully the start of a longer run of screenshots. More shots…

Maybe Final Fantasy Type-0 Really Will Come Out In English

One of the only Final Fantasy games to never make it to North America could actually be headed our way. Final Fantasy Type-0, released for PSP in Japan way back in 2011, came at the worst possible time for American RPG fans. Thanks to Square Enix’s financial issues and the PSP’s lifecycle coming to an…

How To Use GTA V‘s Cheats

Cheats are a hallowed part of Grand Theft Auto history. If you have fond memories of the ol’ Infinite Ammo or Full Armor cheats, you’ll be happy about these new ones that show up in GTA V. A handy video from the folks at VideoGamer shows off a handful of codes in action, showing the…

Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs vs. Outlast: The Comparison We Had To Make

When Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs and Outlast launched a week apart from each other, I was not going to play them. I’m a wimp when it comes to getting scared, so the idea of subjecting myself to hours of cowering in the dark while terrifying creatures hunted me down? Please, not going to happen.…

Meet EA’s new CEO: Andrew Wilson, former boss of EA Sports, is now in charge of the whole company.

The Game That You’ve Been Waiting Years For Is Finally Out Today…

And it’s not Grand Theft Auto V. It might be hard to remember on days like these but not everyone who loves to play video games is interested in GTA V. Some people either can’t or won’t play the latest entry in Rockstar’s blockbuster bad-behavior series. (PC gamers, you can put your hands down now.)…

Careful, Don’t Fall In: This amazing chalk drawing of a Monopoly board by Leon Keer may look like it contains a deep, deadly pit, but that’s just perspective screwin’ with ya. More pics of the work—made for the Victoria International Chalk Art Festival in Canada—after the break.

After Mass Shooting, Fox News Host Suggests Gamers Should Be Monitored

Talk show host Elisabeth Hasselbeck, speaking on Fox & Friends following the horrific shooting in Washington, D.C. yesterday, suggested that people who play video games should be monitored. “What about frequency testing?” she asked. (Video above.) “How often has this game been played? I’m not one to get in there and monitor everything, but if…

Angry Birds Gloms Some Of Today’s GTA Hype With One Terrific Drawing

This was tweeted today by the people behind Angry Birds. Their new game comes out on Thursday. The Tweet followed an attempt by the folks behind Saints Row to bottle some of today’s GTA V buzz for themselves. And here’s a new promo for Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs, the new contender in the open-world genre that…

Blizzard Kills Diablo III Auction Houses

Diablo III‘s most despised feature will soon be no more. Blizzard has just announced that they’re stripping the game’s controversial auction houses, effective on March 18, 2014. This is a surprising move for the folks behind the third Diablo, which has dealt with heavy criticism since it first launched last summer. The real-money auction house,…

Moneysaver: GTAV, Infinite + Mafia II For $11, Free Saints Row IV DLC

One man’s troll is another man’s deal, so grab the GAT V DLC for Saints Row IV on Steam, free today only. We’ve got a great tech section today, along with bargain basement bundles that include Bioshock Infinite and Tomb Raider. It’s also a great time to pick up Gunpoint or finally watch Buffy the…

Look On My Works, Ye Mighty: I gather that a lot of you felt rather strongly about Sunday’s incredible episode of Breaking Bad—if so, you might enjoy this terrific, spoiler-laden Vulture interview with the episode’s writer Moira Walley-Beckett and director Rian Johnson.

An Adorable Way To Say Goodbye To This Console Generation

Former video game concept artist Joey Spiotto chose an adorable way to say goodbye to this console generation. He combined his favorite video game characters with the design of the Little Golden Books children’s literature series. Shepard and John Marston never looked so nice and friendly. The images below are the follow-ups to the first…

Phoenix Wright: Dual Destinies is out this October: Capcom just announced that the fifth Ace Attorney game will come to the 3DS eShop on October 24 in both Europe and North America. It’ll cost $30.

The Funniest GTA V Review You’ll Watch Today

The very funny folks at College Humor have put together what might be the best Grand Theft Auto V review to date. Watch and enjoy. Warning: video may not actually include footage from Grand Theft Auto V

The Best Video Game Radio Stations

Did you guys know Grand Theft Auto V is out today? Oh, you skipped work and you’re playing right now? Well, how’s that radio sound? One of the most enjoyable things to do in an open-world game is to simply drive around, awkwardly-rendered hair in the wind while flipping through radio stations looking for just…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: DocSeuss offers up an examination of the BioShock franchise. Three of the top-rated games ever on one website are Nintendo titles and GiantBoyDetective wonders if GTA V will disrupt that triumvirate. And Stormborm goes a little less cartoony for his latest awesome Pokemon drawing And…

These Are the Guys Who Brought GTA V’s Thug Trio to Life

You’re going to become intimately familiar with these men’s voices over the next few days. So it’s only fitting that we see the faces of the men who gave their vocal cords to the main characters of Grand Theft Auto V, isn’t it? Steven Ogg, Shawn Fonteno and Ned Luke are the actors who performed…

How Titanfall Could Stack Up For Pro Gamers

Titanfall has taken the gaming world by storm. Every time I’ve gotten my hands on Respawn Entertainment’s latest game I experience something new. It’s a game that is fresh, yet familiar to fans of Call Of Duty who might be yearning for more out of their first-person shooters. It’s not easy breathing new life into…