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…

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.