This Is Probably Why Ubisoft Wants Nintendo To Sell More Wii U’s

Here’s a chart released by Assassin’s Creed/Watch Dogs/Splinter Cell publisher Ubisoft today. That’d be the publisher that put out a bunch of games for Wii U last year, including the superb launch-day exclusive ZombiU but now doesn’t want to do more exclusives until Nintendo sells more systems. In this chart, “Q1 2013/2014” is April 1-June…

Comic-Con Shopping Day One: This Is Me Restraining Myself

Note to self — next time do not make all of your purchases within the first 20 minutes of a three-hour tour, because heavy. Also, crowds. Let’s see how I did. Preview night is hell. It’s not about a select few people getting a chance to tour the dealer room at San Diego Comic-Con early.…

A brand-new Nintendo Direct broadcast—confirming the availability of Earthbound for the Wii U Virtual Console— just went up today. Watch the whole thing right here.

This Game’s About Blowing Up Your Friends—Accidentally or Otherwise

Arrowhead Game Studios’ 2010 action-adventure Magicka was memorable not only for its unique spellcasting system, but also for the hilarious accidental deaths caused by said spellcasting system. Now that Magicka: Wizard Wars exists, there should be a lot more of that coming. Wizard Wars will be a PvP-only game, meaning that the focus this time…

Surprise! Earthbound Is Out On The Wii U Today

Surprise! Nintendo has just announced that Earthbound is out on the Wii U’s Virtual Console today. It’ll cost you $10. Earthbound‘s strategy guide is also available on the official website, and optimized for the Wii U’s GamePad. Originally released in 1995 for the Super Nintendo, Earthbound has gained status as a cult classic over the…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: TheUnfathomableTruth imagines how he’d change the Resident Evil series for the better. EtchedChamp talks about regretting Dynasty Warriors Strikeforce and how it brought on a case of gamers’ remorse. Sir Trey’s would-be video game Criterion Collection gets a no-brainer addition with Super Mario Bros And…

Comic-Con Is An Animal Crossing Street Pass Wonderland

Oh you beautiful green light, how I’ve missed you. During the chaos of Comic Con 2013 preview night, I nearly didn’t remember to turn on my 3DS to reap the bounty of a large gathering of video game-friend geeks. I was on my last half hour on the show floor when I finally pulled my…

Angry Birds Star Wars Hits Consoles in October. It’s Got Multiplayer.

Angry Birds vaulted to megahit success on smartphones. If you’ve been in a plane, train or automobile with more than two people, chances are one of them had it on their phone. But Activision’s started bringing Rovio’s successful franchise to home gaming machines last year with Angry Birds Trilogy. This year, they’re bringing Angry Birds…

The Xbox One And PlayStation 4 Face Off On The Comic-Con Show Floor

In this corner, we have Microsoft’s Xbox One, with games like Ryse: Son of Rome and Killer Instinct. In the same corner, we’ve got the PlayStation 4 with Driveclub, Knack and Octodad: Dadliest Catch. The first public hands-on for both upcoming consoles is underway. Though Microsoft has an Xbox Lounge set up up at the…

Firefly Is Getting A Video Game, But Not The One You Want

The thought of a Firefly online game is undeniably appealing: who wouldn’t want to man a ship and fight across Joss Whedon’s rich universe, meeting Browncoats and fighting off Blue Sun? Even Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski drools at the thought of an action/role-playing game based on the cult classic sci-fi series. This is…

A Skyrim Spell For Detecting Virgins

As one redditor found, in Skyrim, there’s a spell for everything—if you’re willing to branch out into mods. Here, the mod in question is Jake Washenfelder’s The Dark Brotherhood Resurrection 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…

The Next Ace Attorney Lets You Enter Characters’ Brains

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies is a week away (in Japan). With the return of Phoenix Wright and the first officially numbered game* in six years, the game is looking to be a massive love-fest of everything Ace Attorney *Note: The official game title in Japan is Gyakuten Saiban 5 (逆転裁判５). “It’s the…

After A Long Break, A Classic Shooter Returns To iOS

Now here’s a blast from the past. Courtesy of DotEmu, purveyor of updated re-releases of classic games, Irem’s 1987 side-scrolling arcade shooter R-Type is ready to be experienced all over again. There’s a bit of a story involved: an earlier version of the R-Type port actually showed up on the app store back in 2010,…

This Final Fantasy Abbreviation Might Surprise You

Everybody knows that the “proper” abbreviation for Final Fantasy is “FF”, right? Nope! Recently, a website managed by the Japan Game Users Association asked over 300 Japanese gamers from teenage to 40-something about how they abbreviate Final Fantasy. Over 70 percent (70.7 percent to be exact) shorten Final Fantasy to “FF”. However, 17 percent said…

Deadly Premonition on Steam Could Happen, With A Little Help

Rising Star Games, publisher of quirky open-world horror game Deadly Premonition, wants to make the Director’s Cut version of their game available on PC. Specifically, on Steam. That means Greenlight Rising Star promises to deliver the same content to PC as they did with their Director’s Cut version, which they released for the PS3 back…

Popular Online Game Features Battleships as Anime Girls

Honestly, it was the last game I thought I’d find myself hooked on, but Kantai Collection (艦隊これくしょん) or, as it’s better known online, Kan Colle (艦これ), has me seeing warships as cute anime girls… I think I need to explain myself. Released this past April by DMM.com and Kadokawa Games, Kan Colle is a free…

Via Twitter, a fan asked chronic Twitter user Hideki Kamiya if Bayonetta 2 were a hit, would he think about developing Bayonetta 3. Kamiya, who when not using Twitter makes Bayonetta, replied ambiguously, “I hope so.” On many Japanese and Western sites, that then turned into “Kamiya hopes for Bayonetta 3“. After seeing one such…

Sir, You Will Be Hunted on The 19th of August

In a new gameplay video, Jim Rossignol, one of the developers behind tweedpunk (no, we won’t stop using that word) robot-survival simulator Sir, You Are Being Hunted, revealed the date we would all be able to start sightseeing on the game’s procedurally generated, dreary, scary, pretty version of the British Isles. “We’re gonna make [a…

Porco Rosso on Blu-Ray Vs. DVD: Which is Better?

Recently, Studio Ghibli re-released its classic anime Porco Rosso on Blu-ray. Let’s see how it stacks up to the DVD release. Here’s a comparison between the DVD version (on the left) and the new Blu-ray version (on the right). Note the rosso bits. There were complaints about the My Neighbor Totoro Blu-ray being grainy, and…

Japanese Male Bras Are Back? Huh?

A few years ago, there was a story about male brassieres being popular in Japan. You know, male bras for man boobs. A manzier for moobs. Supposedly, the man bra improves posture—or makes some men feel more secure or something. And back between 2008 and 2009, there were a bunch of news stories about the…