Don’t Tell Professor Layton, But I’m Certain This Is Not His Son

The biggest mystery of Level-5’s Layton Brothers: Mystery Room is who exactly is Alfendi Layton’s biological father, because it sure as hell isn’t the good Professor. Professor Layton is a stocky fellow who travels the world with his companions, solving an endless string of mind-bending riddles. Alfendi Layton is a lanky, sharp-featured man with a…

No news yet on an Xbox One indie developer program, but Microsoft did say today that the indie-centric game-building engine Unity will work with Xbox One. (Unity can also be used to build games on PS4 and just about any other platform you can think of.)

The Moneysaver: Heart Of The Swarm, Ni no Kuni, ZombiU, Borderlands

I wanna be the very best, like no one ever was. To find the deals is my real test, to post them is my cause. I will travel across the net, searching far and wide. Each promo code to activate the savings there inside. Moneysaver it’s you and me, I know it’s my destiny. Moneysaver…

How To Make Your Own 3D Print Of A Video Game Character

I recently 3D printed a Faceless Void in color. It came out super nice. I have a mini-tutorial for 3D printing non-colored DOTA heroes, but someone asked me how to print the colored version Here you go! Step One Like before, download your favorite Hero from Valve’s DOTA2 workshop. Heroes that would not be too…

Will Current Headsets Work With Xbox One and PS4?

Details on how the Xbox One and PS4 will work are still a little unclear. So it’s no surprise that this week’s mailbag included a few next-gen-specific questions. I’m here to provide as many answers as I can. Chris is gone on vacation this week (lucky him!) so no video edition this time around. Though…

A Brief Encounter With Destiny, Bungie’s Gorgeous MMOish Sci-Fi Shooter

We started in Old Russia, “many years from now.” A dramatic score swelled in the background. That was from the game. In real life, the bass from a Call of Duty trailer thundered from the other side of the wall. I was seeing Destiny, one of the next Next Big Things. Chris Butcher, a lead…

“But, deep down, nobody cares about not having CDs any more. The future is digital, and there’s nothing you can do about it.” Patrice Desilets—the man behind the Assassin’s Creed franchise—talks about how moving away from physical games might be the way that AAA games make money again in this GamesIndustry International article.

Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Is Out July 9th For The PS3

Here’s the first trailer for Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy. 8 games in all, plus a couple of graphic novels. It’s a trip down memory lane for those of you that have played any of these titles over the last 25 (!) years.

It’s Like XCOM, But In Real Time. With Fedoras.

The XCOM shooter is looking less like a shooter and more like an XCOM every day. In this new trailer for The Bureau: XCOM Declassified (now that’s a mouthful), you can see some of the game’s third-person, fedora-stuffed, XCOMish tactical combat in action. For more on the game, check out Evan’s hands-on preview

Moneysaver One-Shot: All The Borderlands Are Belong To You

This deal is bordering on outlandish. If you’ve missed out on the Borderlands series, stop what you’re doing and buy it today. Both games offer tremendous value, some of the best couch co-op ever, and the Anthony Burch-penned story of the second game is top notch. Amazon has a ridiculous deal today which includes Borderlands…

At Least One Developer Wants To Remake Metal Gear Solid

Game designer Hideo Kojima might not actually be actively looking for someone to remake his magnum opus, but at least one developer wants to step up to the plate. Earlier this week, rumors circulated that Kojima and crew were looking for a game studio willing to remake Metal Gear Solid on their fancy new Fox…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: ToxicBunnies wants to know what your favorite saddest moments in gaming are. (Mine’s probably the ending of Shadow of the Colossus.) DanimalCart argues that Final Fantasy XV is the biggest disappointment of this year’s E3. And, Cimeas asks all you TAY folk where you hail…

ALL the Robot Masters Show Up in the Mega Man/Sonic Comics Crossover

Archie Comics’ crossover between Sega and Capcom’s best known characters is called Worlds Collide. And it looks like the biggest collision will be happening in next week’s Sonic #250, when a crap-ton of robot masters show up to try and stop the blue heroes from saving the day. You can get an advance look at…

This week’s Nintendo Download is all about Kokuga, the new game from the folks who worked on classic Treasure strategic shooter Ikaruga. I appreciate G-Rev rhyming the names to make it easier for us to rap about them. Also, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Sonic Labyrinth, and several games that wish they were Sonic-related.See it all…

Watch Dogs and Our Reality Have A Lot More In Common Than You Think

Ubisoft, hard at work creating the next big modern-day sandbox, Watch Dogs, launched a website that shows us exactly how different their universe is compared to ours. Not too different, it turns out. Basically, the website lets you look at data—tweets, facebook likes, emails, Instagram posts, Flickr photos, you name it—constantly being shared and traded,…

Final Fantasy VII‘s Train Graveyard Has Never Looked So Beautiful

The Sector 7 train graveyard, one of the earliest locations in Final Fantasy VII, was an empty and depressing place, filled only with entry level ghosts, a few potions and train wreckage. Jordangrimmer‘s fantastic reinterpretation expands the environment and fills it with life. We all remember the original right? Train Graveyard [DeviantART], FFWiki To contact…

Let’s just put this guy’s body in this chair like he’s chilling out, and pretend nothing happened here… With The Director’s Cut and The Fall on the horizon, Deus Ex: Human Revolution is still around and kicking. Messing with enemy bodies will always be fun. Always.

Japanese Gamers Discuss Their Game Completion Habits

How many of the games you buy do you actually complete? Some games you finish the main story and move on to the next, some games you get bored of and drop out of midway through, some games you go for a full achievement score, and some games haven’t even had the package seal broken…

This Japanese Toy Car Chase Is Better Than Fast and the Furious

Packed with Tomica toy cars, the clip shows a high-speed car chase. And does that with so much style, fun, and car crashes, you can’t help but wonder why Hollywood needs to spend all that money. This is the work of YouTube user Luxe37. For the past few years, Luxe37 has been creating cool car…

Hey, There’s No Triangle Button on the 3DS!

Digimon World Re:Digitize Decode was just released on the 3DS in Japan. Originally, it appeared on the PSP as Digimon World Re:Digitize. If this is anything to go by, it might not be the best port. According to Twitter user @eclair0427, the 3DS version has screen prompts for a “triangle button”. The 3DS doesn’t have…