A new teaser page appeared on the official Diablo 3 site, with the name Reaper of Souls in it and an image having the “d3x_teaser-en-us.jpg” filename. Although it’s not confirmed officially, there’s a good possibility that this could be the expansion. The first Diablo III expansion is “Reaper of Souls”, teaser site is live [NeoGAF]…

Explaining Microsoft Windows’ Evolution Is Simple

Over the years, Micrsoft’s Windows OS has changed. It has evolved. There’s an easy way to explain the differences between each version, and it involves houses. Yes, houses. Here ya go, from Windows 95 to Windows 8 with the variations explained using dwellings: Of course, this comparison omits earlier versions, such as Windows 3.0, which…

The Largest Grand Theft Auto V Ad Stares Down The Streets Of L.A.

Look what just got finished in downtown L.A. The gigantic, amazing mural for Grand Theft Auto V is finally up on the Figueroa building, which is already well-known for its gaming ads. And look, it wasn’t a banana in Michael’s hand after all. Now all we have to do is to stare at that enormous…

Anti-Smoking Lobby Goes After Studio Ghibli’s New Film

Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki smokes. A lot. And so do the characters in his latest film, Kaze Tachinu. It’s like nearly every character, save for the female lead, smokes in Kaze Tachinu. If you think about the 1920s and 30s setting, the excess cigarettes make perfect sense: It seemed like nearly everyone smoked in…

The American StarCraft II WCS Finals, Summed Up In 7 Minutes Of Drama

Gotta love these dramatic edits by Blizzard, covering the events of the Season 2 of the StarCraft II World Championship series. They managed to put together a video as intense as humanly possible. Terran player Polt was crowned as the champion with a dominant 4-0 victory against the legend and Mutalisk king Jaedong. Definitely worth…

Make Any Anime or Game Character Totally Uncool

In Japan, there’s an inexpensive clothing chain called Shimamura (しまむら). Online, people tend to make fun of Shimamura and say it’s “not cool.” But can it make anything seem dorky? One meme tried to find out. Below is an actual Shimamura. Above the shop’s logo, it reads, “Fashion Center” in Japanese. Thing is, many in…

This Taiwanese 3DS Seems Rare

In Taiwan, Nintendo is localizing Doraemon: Nobita’s Number Adventure, which, of course, features the iconic blue robotic cat Doraemon. To mark the game’s release, Nintendo is holding a contest in which five lucky people can win the above 3DS. As Siliconera points out, that makes this one rare—and incredibly collectible—3DS handheld. This Doraemon 3DS Will…

Why There Won’t Be Akira 2

Katsuhiro Otomo created the now classic Akira manga. He brought that to the screen as a groundbreaking anime. And Otomo is not interested in making a sequel. In a Japanese TV interview earlier this summer, Otomo talked about his latest effort, the anime Short Peace. Otomo also talked about why he continued to produce varied…

Telltale’s Fables Game Looks Like A Living Comic Book

The art for Telltale’s upcoming The Wolf Among Us, based on Bill Willingham’s Fables comics, looked great from the start. Thankfully, turns out the game looks just as good in action. IGN‘s got an exclusive first trailer for The Wolf Among Us, which shows some bits of Bigby Wolf’s adventure in action—the confidence of Telltale’s…

NFL’s Sunday Ticket Pulled from PlayStation 3

DirecTV’s NFL Sunday Ticket, the service delivering all over-the-air NFL games broadcast on Sunday afternoons during the league’s regular season, will no longer be offered on the PlayStation 3. IGN reports that Sony has confirmed the end of the arrangement. For the past two years, Sunday Ticket had been offered over PlayStation Network through an…

So…there’s a fanfic about Spider-Man recruiting Anita Sarkeesian to stop Randy Pitchford and the Green Goblin from resurrecting Duke Nukem. Uh, yeah, just, y’know. Read it. It’s kind of hilarious.

Dragon’s Dogma’s Loopy Backstory, Summed Up In Record Time

Ah, Dragon’s Dogma. The massive RPG that I’ve never had a chance to play, that proved so divisive among readers and critics, and that really does have a loopy enough narrative setup to get me intrigued. I tell myself that one day, I’ll go play it. But I don’t know. There are too many games,…

Your Handy Dandy (Satirical) Guide To Becoming YouTube Famous

If you’ve ever watched a YouTube video, chances are you’ve come across the tactics JelloApocalypse makes fun of here—methods which people use to try to get YOUTUBE FAMOUS. Heck, if you’ve ever made YouTube videos, you might even be guilty of some of this stuff! I for one find it hilarious when people mash their…

Between Patricia’s review and this nifty launch trailer, I sure do find myself wanting to play Payday 2. Even if the game itself isn’t in super-slow-mo.

Running with Madden’s ‘Anti-Turbo’ Button is an Imprecise Task

Everyone sits on the turbo button in a sports video game. Its use was so ubiquitous, Madden‘s makers even removed turbo, before bringing it back. If the Madden NFL 25 demo is any indication, players will now clamp on two triggers: good old turbo, or a “precision modifier” that didn’t exactly win me over when…

There were tons of personnel changes at Zynga, announced today by ex-Xbox boss and new Zynga boss Don Mattrick. The CTO, COO and Chief People Officer are out. Read through the changes and your head may spin. Big changes continue at the house of FarmVille

Now You Can Paint Your Chivalry Character Pretty, Pretty Colors

When I hear the phrase “Medieval Warfare,” I mostly think of dark colors, grey armor, and black blood spraying upon ramparts. I don’t really think of pretty colors. But to celebrate their game’s runaway success (it sold a not-too-shabby 1.2 million copies since its launch 9 months ago), the people who make Chivalry: Medieval Warfare…

Kickstarter’s got some great words of caution about stretch goals, and the takeaway for gamers is clear: think before you donate to a project with too many of them.

The Cast of Final Fantasy VII, 3D-Printed. It’s Fantastic.

We’vefeatured the work of Joaquin Baldwin before, but now he’s back with a full set of Final Fantasy VII low-poly figures—and they’re up for sale, too. Recognize everyone? Here are a couple more shots to help you out: If the figurines are of interest, you can purchase them here.Otherwise, kind of amazing how well the…

The Unceasing Beauty Of Portal 2

Aperture Science, man. The only abandoned, robot-infested lab I’d ever want to visit more than once. This video is part of “Other Places,” a series from Ultrabrilliant detailing the unattended motion and stillness of unattended video game backdrops. It’s super cool. As it happens, I’ve been returning to Portal 2 a bit lately, and remain…