There’s Nothing To Fear But F.E.A.R. Online

How does a series known for the twisted psychological horror of its single-player campaign translate into a free-to-play online shooter? We’re gonna find out soon enough, as Aeria Games reveals F.E.A.R. Online. There’s safety in numbers. That’s always been the problem with trying to do multiplayer horror, and I’ve a feeling it’ll be an issue…

The original Kid Icarus flies onto the Wii U’s Virtual Console in the latest Nintendo Download. There’s also Picross e2 and Chain Blaster, too. Check out the full list of games that will be digitally available in the coming week right here

Guy Proposed By Modding Contra, But She Had To Finish It First. Ouch.

Veteran gamer EquinnoxX documented how he modified an old Contra cartridge with a proposal message to his girlfriend at the end of the game. Knowing that Contra is not necessarily the easiest game to beat, it feels like a somewhat cruel—but nevertheless fantastic—way to do it. He posted a huge gallery and shared some interesting…

The Most Elusive Comic-Con Exclusive Winds His Way To Retail

Everyone knew Hasbro’s Transformers Masterpiece Soundwave would bit hitting Toys’R’Us shortly after his debut at last week’s San Diego Comic-Con, but that didn’t stop fans from going crazy trying to get him. Retailing for $119.99 at Toys’R’Us and appearing on store shelves as we (and Seibertron.com) speak, Masterpiece Soundwave made his North American debut at…

600 pounds of mostly therapeutic cheese. Hoarding in Skyrim is fun, especially when you can justify it with even the flimsiest of backstories. 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 us suggestions if you’ve got them.

The Next Super Smash Bros. Won’t Have a Story Mode or Cutscenes

Hey, remember Super Smash Bros. Brawl? Remember the Subspace Emissary adventure mode? Did you see the CG cutscenes? Well, thanks to spoilers, you won’t have any of those in the upcoming Super Smash Bros. for the Wii U and 3DS. In his bi-weekly column in Weekly Famitsu, Super Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai revealed some…

Zone of the Enders No Longer Looks Like Crap in HD

When Zone of the Enders HD Collection was released, it did not look good. It looked so bad that Z.O.E. creator Hideo Kojima said plans to make a new Z.O.E were shelved. But take heart, the HD version just got patched. Game developer Hexa Drive did the patch for Konami, and it seems to have…

Unfortunately, the Kickstarter for MotorGun, a vehicular combat game by the creators of Twisted Metal and Interstate ’76, has been cancelled. “Lots of projects are pitched to the community and sometimes they resonate and sometimes they don’t. In this case, what we were pitching wasn’t exactly what you guys wanted.”

This Man Likes the Vita So Much, He Practically Remade His Game For It

As of July 23rd, Square Enix has released its popular RPG, Chaos Rings, to the PlayStation Mobile section of the PlayStation Store, where it can be downloaded and played on smartphones, tablets, and the PS Vita. When asked why he decided to release the formerly smartphone-only game on PS Mobile, producer Takehiro Ando’s answer was…

The Original Sequel to Prince of Persia Returns After A 20-Year Break

We heard a few months back that the 1993 platformer Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame, sequel to the very first PoP game from ’89, would get a mobile remake. That remake is out now. Apart from getting a massive visual upgrade (graphics technology-wise, at least), the now fully-3D Shadow and the…

Square Enix Has Its Eye on China. Yeah, Just Like Everyone Else.

Yoichi Wada, the guy at Square Enix who gets to sit in the “Chairman of the Board” chair is in China for the “China Digital Entertainment Expo” (also known as “ChinaJoy”), China’s biggest game show. Wada gave a speech about the Free to Play model of games at the pre-Expo developer/publisher conference, during which he…

Yep, Deadly Premonition Is Coming to Steam. Along With 13 Other Games

Rather impressively, it only took six days for the community to put Deadly Premonition on Steam. That’s pretty quick. Of course, SWERY’s quirky horror game isn’t the only title we’ll get to play on Steam thanks to Greenlight. There’s 13 more games (and two software titles) to look at, so let’s dive right in! A…

The Varying Degrees of Anger Online in Japan

You mad? Really ticked off? Effing pissed? There’s a difference, you know. Online for the past few months, there have been humorous degrees of being angry in Japan. The meme was originally based on the Japanese “gal” subculture slang for angry, “oko” (おこ). The internet then spun off that slang into one angry meme that…

It’s Kind of Like Call of Duty, But with Chinese Nationalism

This is Glorious Mission Online. An upcoming update for the online first-person shooter allows players to defend the Senkaku Islands (aka “Diaoyu Islands” in China) from Japan. The ownership of these islands is a hotly contested issue in Asia, with Japan scrambling fighter jets yesterday after Chinese vessels approached the islands. As South China Morning…

There’s a Cigarette Smoking Turtle in China

If you’ve ever wondered how addictive cigarettes are, look no further than this turtle. Various Chinese TV news programs are reporting that a man in Changchun owns a turtle that smokes ten cigs a day. The turtle even makes chirping noises when it wants smokes or walks over to its owner when he’s puffing away.…

A Game Where You’re In Jail. Suspected Of Murder. Oh, And Pregnant.

It’s always nice to play an adventure game that’s not set in a fantasy kingdom, gritty sci-fi future or cartoon world. Though, actually, I’m not sure “nice” is the right word to use when it comes to 9 Months In. An indie point-and-click adventure game, you play a woman who is both incarcerated and pregnant.…

It’s Never Dangerous To Go Alone When Zelda Stars Tony Stark

Snapped at PAX Australia last weekend. I wonder if it would be any less annoying if it was J.A.R.V.I.S. banging on at you to “please listen”. Best cosplay at PAX AUS. [Reddit, via Fashionably Geek]

Now that the Mad Max game is going to have an Australian-accented star, who’s it going to be? One man has alreadyput his hand up: Mel Gibson’s brother (and professional voice actor) Donal. Who like Mel isn’t actually Australian, but having spent time here growing up can do the accent pretty damn well.

Using Oculus Rift To Control A Drone. A Real Drone.

How meta. It’s designed to let you enter virtual reality, but the Oculus Rift can also be used to control things in the real world. Like drones. This is the first flight of Oculus FPV, a scheme put together by Intuitive Aerial that lets you use the headset to get a birds-eye view of stuff…

EA Honestly Believes SimCity Has Been A “Success”

SimCity had one of the most catastrophic launches in video game history. Even after the server problems went away, fans slowly found out the game was a city-building mirage, with many key features and mechanics simply not working. Somehow, at EA, this qualifies as a “success”. Speaking with VentureBeat, EA Games’ Frank Gibeau said: In…