Would You Sneak Through XCOM? Then Don’t Shoot Through Incognita.

Klei Entertainment hasn’t argued the comparison. To the contrary, they were the first to make it, saying their upcoming game, Incognita, is in effect espionage done in the mode of XCOM. But you find out how quickly the game is not like XCOM when you unholster your weapon. “I just want to see the combat,”…

This Man Almost Made a Game Filled With Nintendo All-Stars

If you follow Hideki Kamiya on Twitter, you might expect him to be an excitable, fast-talking conversationalist in person. He’s pretty much the opposite. In fact, when he sat down for an interview at PAX last week, the man responsible for beloved action games Devil May Cry, Viewtiful Joe and Bayonetta barely even raised his…

Pokémon Rumble U Is Much Better With NFC Toys. Weird.

The coolest feature of Pokémon Rumble U only works with the $3.99 collectible figures purchased separately from the $17.99 downloadable title, making it a mediocre game with optional improvement. Interesting idea. In Pokémon Rumble U, players can collect and battle up to 649 different Pokémon by picking up capsules in the game’s various story arenas.…

Moneysaver: Last Of Us With Season Pass, Diablo III, Rayman Legends

Grab The Last of Us from Best Buy today and get its Season Pass for free, quick before GTAV comes out and you fall even further behind in your backlog. We’ve also got our first discount on Scribblenauts Unmasked for the 3DS, Diablo III, Rayman Legends, as well as $5 off today’s release of Dead…

GTA V Voice Cast Features Actual IRL Gang Members

Hey, if you want the gang members in your video game to talk like gang members, why not go to the source? That’s just what Rockstar games did for their upcoming open-world crime opus Grand Theft Auto V. Spotted by Videogamer, the series’ longtime radio host Lazlow went on Chicago’s WGN talk radio to talk…

Penny Arcade Artist: Pulling Dickwolves Merchandise ‘Was a Mistake’

The long-running Dickwolves controversy involving popular web-comic and convention organizers Penny Arcade took a new turn this weekend following comments from the strip’s artist, Mike Krahulik. The artist said he regretted the pulling of shirts related to the controversy, a comment that stirred strong reaction for and against the Penny Arcade team, and also received…

JRPGs Were Twerking Before It Was Cool

Forget Miley Cyrus—before the pop star’s inane VMA performance made national headlines and got “twerking” added to the dictionary, Mother 3‘s Wess was shaking it like the best of them. The aging ninja had to do the twerk-filled Osohe Dance in order to open two doors in the Osohe Castle in Nintendo’s GBA role-playing game,…

GTA’s Banshee Supercar Now Has An Amazing Real-Life Counterpart

Ever since its debut in the third Grand Theft Auto, the Banshee has been an iconic part of each game’s stable of vehicles. So, of course, it makes total sense for someone to go and recreate it in real life. The folks behind the car, West Coast Customs, based their version on the Grand Theft…

Sounds Like Sony Is Working On A VR Gaming Headset

Where there’s smoke, there’s fire, and there’s too big a black cloud for something not to be burning here: it sounds like Sony is working on a virtual reality headset for video games. Both Eurogamerand CVG are reporting that Sony has been developing a VR headset. The PlayStation makers originally planned to unveil their shiny…

Featuring music from Kimbra, Fun. and Vivaldi. Poor Vivladi. The newly-introduced “The Haven” stage for Disney Fantasia: Music Evolved demonstrates just how little music has evolved over the past 272 years. The dangers of being one of the world’s most popular Baroque composers, il Prete Rosso.

XCOM Isn’t Any Easier in Enemy Within, but It Is More Thrilling

You’d think being given not one, but two hulking mecha-soldiers, for whom cover is a moot point because they can’t use it, would at least reduce the relentless battlefield tension that distinguishes XCOM. It doesn’t. When you can’t take cover (but you can provide it), and you have a flamethrower, a re-usable super punch, a…

Moneysaver One-Shot: Logitech G510s Gaming Keyboard

We love a good gaming keyboard, especially when it’s aesthetically reminiscent of the interior of the DeLorean. Amazon has the well-reviewed Logitech G510s Gaming Keyboard for $90 today, matching its lowest price ever. LCD screen, 18 extra programmable keys, tons of crazy backlighting options, integrated USB audio, and Logitech’s penchant for quality. [Amazon] Keep up…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: Zarnyx chimes in with more SnackTAYku goodness from Trinidad, this time with a shark sandwich. Not to be outdone, Nach cooks arepas. Also, Stormborn draws anotherre-imagined, incredibly cute Pokemon for today And you can always go join the voices talking about video games and life…

The Xbox One’s Reinvention Of Watching TV And Sports Will Start Slowly

The Xbox One’s reinvention of television, both hyped and heckled for months, will begin with a baby step, if a recent demonstration of the November console’s impact on live sports broadcasts is any indication. At a fancy rented loft in Manhattan last week, Microsoft reps showed me the incremental progress they are making with the…

For Sale: Freakin’ Amazing Nintendo Art

Remember those creepy Nintendo bust sculptures from a few weeks ago? They were pretty cool, right? Well, they’re just a small part of a massive NES-themed art show opening in New York City this Friday. We’ve got a look at more pieces that will be in Bottleneck Gallery’s upcoming 3NES art exhibit and, honestly, they’re…

Here’s Why This Open-World Game Has No Furniture

Sandbox games are great at giving you vast worlds, but their interiors are often boring and lifeless. In ArmA III, the open-world shooter that’s out for PC on September 12, at least there’s an explanation. Thanks to Redditor Mariolapsn, here’s a look at how the developers of ArmA III parody open-world games in their own…

The First Time Diablo Came To Consoles

Diablo III comes to consoles today, and I’m just as giddy as I was back in March 1998, picking up my copy of Diablo for the original PlayStation — and the additional memory card needed to save the game. Picking up a new game was a special event for 24-year-old me. There was a ritual…

Nooo! I didn’t know the Samnites in Total War: Rome II were actually zombie cannibals. When the graphics are running on extreme, a minor, probably temporary glitch could render this horrifying—yet hilarious—texture-effect. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest,funniest game-related screenshots and art that we can find. Send…

The Anohana Movie is a Decent Epilogue But a Poor Film

Last week we took a look at Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day—one of the saddest yet most uplifting anime series I have ever seen. This weekend, the Anohana movie was released in Japanese theaters. And while some parts of it work well, others neuter the emotional power of the series. Good – A…

Coca-Cola Spends 4 Years Developing a Warm Carbonated Drink For Japan

Is hot ginger ale a thing? In Japan, it apparently will be—or wants to be. Whichever. This fall, Coca-Cola Japan is rolling out cans of “hot” Canada Dry Ginger Ale. That’s right, they’ve figured out how to can warm carbonated drinks—something that took four years of research. Hot (well, warm) canned drinks are not new…