Here’s Your First Real Look at Watch Dogs‘ Multiplayer [VIDEO PULLED]

Ubisoft’s teased Watch Dogs’ multiplayer during the PlayStation 4 event in February and then showed the game’s asymmetrical mobile integration during E3. But the video above is the first true glimpse of what has only been described in words. The clip shows what it’ll be like to hunt down another player who’s trying to hack…

Non-Gamer Simplifies Xbox One Debacle For People Who Don’t Care

“Look. I’m not a gamer. Are you guys gamers?” isn’t usually how you want to start a story about video games. But that’s how FOX Business’ Lauren Simonetti started her report on the Xbox One DRM debacle. “Well it’s Microsoft vs. just think the teenage boy gamer, and the teenage boy gamer won”, Simonetti said…

Here Are All The New Enemies You’ll Face In The Next Borderlands 2 DLC

Gearbox, the creators of the Borderlands series, say the next campaign DLC—Tiny Tina’s Assault on Dragon Keep—is the biggest piece of content for their sequel yet. More areas to wander, more guns to fire and, more importantly, more enemies to shred to pieces. What do those enemies look like? Well, here they are. All of…

Shigeru Miyamoto and the Damsel In Distress

Shigeru Miyamoto made Donkey Kong, and, in the process, put a woman on top of some girders for Mario to rescue. His Super Mario and Zelda series perpetually involve saving a princess. If we’re going to talk about women in games, we should talk to him about it, right? Last week, I did. I need…

It’s XCOM. On iOS. Isn’t That All You Need To Know?

I’ve spent the past few days zapping aliens and maneuvering troops in the iPad version of XCOM: Enemy Unknown, and I’m happy to report that it’s XCOM: Enemy Unknown on iPad, which is really all that you need to know. Also, it costs $20, which is alarming until you realize that you’re getting a $20…

Popular browser-based massively multiplayer persistant-world puzzle game Puzzle Pirates is now available for the iPad. That could be dangerous.

The Moneysaver: Metal Gear Legacy, Free Colonial Marines, Tons Of Apps

Psycho Mantis: “You like reading Moneysaver don’t you? You must be a cautious person, I see that you save a lot.” Do you have it in you to fill out a rebate to get Colonial Marines for free? If so, today is your chance. We’ve got a great deal on a Haswell CPU/Mobo combo, The…

See Assassin’s Creed IV‘s Improved Stealth, Naval Combat in New Trailer

Maybe you’re on the fence about Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag and its whole pirate-centric motif. Well, you should let this latest clip reveal one crucial gameplay element to you: pirates were basically partying all the time. And lead character Edward Kenway can just sit down and have a drink with his fellow salty dogs…

I Can’t Stop Watching This GIF From E3

Taken from a video by the folks at Digital Trends, this GIF is kind of unreal and I can’t stop watching it. Just another example of what it can be like for women at a convention like E3

Watch our own Kirk Hamilton join Rev3’s Adam Sessler and Zac Minor as they spoil the hell out of The Last of Us in a lengthy dissection of the game.

Show Us Your Animal Crossing: New Leaf House

They say you can tell a lot about a person based on how they decorate a room. And if you’re playing Animal Crossing: New Leaf, you’re gonna have a lot of rooms to decorate. Let’s share, shall we? Just as a quick reminder:this is how you go about easily uploading your New Leaf screenshots. So!…

TowerFall Was The Most Fun I Had At E3

I have this problem having what humans call “fun” at E3. You see, to me E3 is work — a pressure-cooker of exhaustion, hand sanitizer and confusing PR campaigns centered in an incredibly sad and weird part of Los Angeles. At times it’s downright creepy, and if you’re not careful you’ll forget why you love…

Warren Spector’s Half-Life Work…Plus Other Gaming Mysteries, Secrets

In an interview published in the 2012 book Gamers at Work: Stories Behind the Games People Play, gaming luminary Warren Spector mentioned something of a bombshell that seems to have gone unnoticed, saying that he “did some work for Valve on Half-Life stuff” in the early, pre-Disney days of Junction Point Studios The prospect of…

Already slated for release for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC, Eidos Montreal’s Thief is now confirmed to be launching simultaneously on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 as well. What, no Wii U?

New Super Luigi U and Game and Wario are the most notable release from Nintendo’s digital storefront this week. Other digital offerings include games like Project X Zone and Mega Man 6. Here’s the full list

A Slight Oversimplification Of The Xbox One DRM Reversal

In NMA TV’s latest video the Xbox One is a pile of shit with a logo and Sony is a ninja getting handjobs. The Taiwanese animation studio might not always be spot-on with their analysis, but they sure do know how to illustrate a point, and boy are they speedy about it. Less than 24…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: TruthTellah offers up one take on yesterday’s Xbox One turnaround. Battleborn examines the long, twisting life of the Pokemon franchise. And Danimalcart looks back at E3 somewhat fondly. And you can always go join the voices talking about video games and life in TAY Classic…

Nintendo just eliminated the best reason to not buy their newest games digitally. The company’s newest firmware, 6.0.0-11U, now lets you back up game saves for most downloaded games (not Animal Crossing), so you can now delete games to save space without losing your saves. Download away!

Sorry Consoles, Apple’s Controller Support Spells Trouble For You

The biggest news of E3 2013 was the battle between the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, a battle centered on consumer rejection of digital rights management and used game restrictions. Meanwhile, in San Francisco, Apple quietly fired a shot that could eventually neuter traditional game consoles. iOS controller support could change everything. Prior to last…

Did you rejoice at yesterday’s stunning Xbox One policy change announcement? You’ll laugh even harder at the fictional first draft of Don Mattrick’s open letter, as imagined by the folks at Dorkly.