You Can’t Joke About Half-Life 3 Without Things Getting Out of Hand

Nobody needs an excuse to talk about Half-Life 3. Normally, that might be fine—it’s just hype!—but damn if the desire for an official announcement can’t get out of hand sometimes. Yesterday, we wrote about a patch on Steam that made some copies of Half-Life 2 suddenly feature Korean audio. As far as we can tell,…

Here’s Your First Look at WWE Under 2K Sports

Different publisher, same developer. 2K Sports picked up the WWE franchise from THQ during the bankrupted publisher’s firesale back in Japan. The game revealed its cover art on Monday night, dropping this trailer later. The Rock is WWE 2K14’s cover star. He was announced for the cover one day before he lost to John Cena…

Fans Are Upset Over YouTube Duo ‘Game Grumps’ Break-Up

The best friend duo made up of JonTron and Egoraptor just got a little less grumpy. The YouTube group, Game Grumps, announced yesterday that they’d be breaking up. Sort of. JonTron is leaving to focus on his own work while Danny—a writer/comedian/singer from NinjaSexParty—replaces him on the show. NinjaSexParty, if you’re wondering, is a self-described…

Moneysaver One-Shot: Cheap Turtle Beach For All Your Platforms

Which way is the beach? Amazon is carrying the Turtle Beach Ear Force XP300 Wireless Gaming Headset for $100. That’s about $30 less than anywhere else and $70 off MSRP. What’s so great about these cans? They have a long-lasting rechargeable battery, they’re not gaudy, and most importantly, they work with the PS3, 360, PC,…

Microsoft’s development conference, Build, just got underway but don’t expect big Xbox news. “Probably won’t show you a lot of … Xbox because we’ve been kinda sharing that” news among other events, CEO Steve Ballmer just told attendees.

Sid Meier: The Father of Civilization

Before Sid Meier was Sid Meier—the iconic video game designer whose name is stamped on classic titles like Pirates! and Civilization—he was just another computer hacker. In the early 80s, the then-20-something programmer had a job at a company called General Instruments Corporation, where he worked alongside a gruff Air Force pilot-turned-businessman named John “Wild…

“The first interesting event is five minutes 46 seconds in. Someone says the word ‘bastard’ so straightaway the game has gone to a 12 certificate in my mind.” In the wake of Australia’s ban of Saints Row IV, The Guardian looks at how games get their ratings in Great Britain.

Keep Your Minecraft, I’ll Take Disney Infinity‘s Toy Box

This looks like so much fun, dammit. Only another couple of months away from another children’s game I can’t wait to get my hands on. It’s about the building, you see, and while sure I could spend hours in Minecraft making magnificent creations, I prefer my blocks pre-shaped. I’d say Disney Infinity‘s Toy Box is…

Crackdown Hint at Xbox One Event ‘Wasn’t Accidental’ Says Exec

A month ago at the Xbox One’s debut event, Crackdown fans thought they spied a sly visual reference to the game’s agility orb collectibles. They did, according to Phil Spencer, the boss of Microsoft Studios. Spencer told IGNthe inclusion (above, as originally spied by NeoGAF) was on purpose. “The homage to Crackdown in the reveal…

The New Mad Max Game Will Be Vast, Violent and Not Sound Australian

I detected nary an Australian accent from the characters in the new Mad Max game that made its surprise debut at E3 earlier this week. There will be no Australian voices, one of the game’s creators told me. OK. At least Max’s steering wheel’s on the right. What else have they got here? The new…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: GranArcanum kicks off a feature about Gaming Confessions, sharing that he’s never played an Animal Crossing game. In the midst of sweltering summer heat, Zarnyx writes about her hatred of video games’ ice levels. And, Odin updates Ani-Club with recaps of episodes 13-15 of Ouran…

Here’s Your Chance, Do Your Dance at the Kerbal Space Program Jam

Kerbal Space Program is a space exploration sandbox game—think Minecraft in space. Most folks assemble spacecraft and try to launch them without killing their occupants. Others, as seen here, build orbiting basketball goals and go for extra-vehicular dunktivity. The first half of this video is someone lobbing what looks like Telstar 1 at the hoop—the…

Sorry, Sony, Microsoft or Basically Anyone Else: Conan O’Brien Won E3.

Maybe you went to E3. Maybe you reveled in all the console reveals, hands-on time with next-gen games and fancy open-bar parties. Maybe you thought you had a great time. Sorry, but Conan O’Brien clearly had a better time at E3 than any of its thousands of attendees. Whether it’s rendering verdicts on which console…

This Restaurant Better Serve Crushed Candy

If there was any doubt how globally pervasive King’s Facebook and mobile puzzler Candy Crush Saga has grown, one need only look to this Malaysian suburb, where it’s being used as the name for what might be the most disappointing restaurant ever. Thanks for sharing, K!

I’ve No Idea What’s Going On In Project X Zone, And I Don’t Care

I’m ten hours into Namco Bandai’s massive tactical RPG cross-over for the 3DS, and Tron Bonne just asked Tekken‘s Jin Kazama who violated his cornflakes this morning. “I don’t eat cornflakes.” With dialogue like this, who needs plot? If you really need a story to justify 60 characters from .hack, Valkyria Chronicles, Mega Man, Street…

Deadpool is a hilarious comic book, and the video game based on the character lives up to that reputation, delivering a crazy amount of one-liners. The JRPG references in this particular screenshot crack me up. What are the funniest Deadpool lines you’ve seen so far?

Korean Movie Trailer Accused of Copying Battlefield 3

In South Korea, the trailer for suspense flick The Terror Live is being called a Battlefield 3 rip off. According to Korean site ThisIsGame, the trailer’s music style and build up are said to be too close to the Battlefield 3 ambient score featured in the game’s trailer. Compare for yourself. What’s more, The Terror…

Yoichi Wada’s New Job at Square Enix Might Surprise You

This spring, former Square Enix honcho Yoichi Wada stepped down. Stepped down into what, you ask? Chairman of the Board. A controversial figure among Square Enix fans, Wada left his post as Square Enix’s Representative Director. At the time, Square Enix as forecasting an “extraordinary loss” in sales and Wada’s demotion was part of “a…

This image, accompanied by the hashtag #IfInDoubt, popped up on thetwitter feed of Codemasters, whom you might know as the developers of racing game series Dirt and Grid. Mysterious! What do you folks think it means?

This Black Ops II Vengeance DLC Trailer Has A Little Bit of Everything

Ray guns, zombies, tropical islands, live-action cameos. Plus a banshee. Activision put out another sneak peek at the latest add-on to their newest Call of Duty, the Vengeance pack, which hits Xbox Live next Tuesday, and the PC and PS3 a bit later.