Super Mario 3D World Out On The Wii U This December

At today’s E3 Direct, Nintendo showed us a glimpse of Super Mario 3D World, the newest entry in the Super Mario 3D series of action games, which started out with Super Mario 3D Land on the 3DS in 2011. It will offer a four-player multiplayer mode starring Mario, Luigi, Toad, and Princess Peach. Out in…

Pokemon X and Y Dated for October 12

Nintendo just revealed the release date for the next installation in the Pokemon franchise during this morning’s E3 Nintendo Direct. In addition to the release date Nintendo also showed off new features such as a Pokemon touch element and a new Pokemon type. The Pokemon touch element, Pokemon-Aime, allows players to interact with their Pokemon…

What Happened at the PS4’s E3 Event? Here’s Everything You Should Know

Previously … on E3 … “Chief, you don’t understand, it’s $399!”…”Internal affairs wants to see you. Something about sharing a lot of games.” … “Remember me, detective? I went by the name Final Fantasy Versus XIII.” … “There’s a catch. The D.A. says we have to have PlayStation Plus for online multiplayer.” … The morning…

Reminder: There’s a Nintendo Direct coming up at 10 a.m. Eastern / 7 a.m. Pacific. If you’re at a Best Buy, you’ll be able to watch and then play demos of the games shown during the broadcast.

I’m All About Battlefield 4‘s Commander Mode

This is how I want to kill you. I’ve tried killing you in the trenches, face-to-face, but that rarely ever happens. You’re behind me, with a knife. You’re rounding the corner just as I’m turning to look the other way. We bump into each other in the alley and you recover from the surprise a…

What Happened at Microsoft’s Big E3 Event? Here’s All You Need to Know

Today the Xbox One got a second chance to make a better impression following a May debut that, by any objective measure, went light on games. At E3 2013, Microsoft took pains not to repeat the mistake, rolling out a 90-minute pastry cart of game after game after game. Happy now? Or not? With more…

Shin Megami Tensei IV Is as Deep and Interesting as It Is Hard

In recent years, the Shin Megami Tensei series has found new life in the West thanks to the popularity of spinoff titles Persona 3 and Persona 4. But now, after a decade since the release of the third game in the core series, comes Shin Megami Tensei IV And while it is a game that…

The Elder Scrolls Goes Online in Spring 2014 on PC, Xbox One, and PS4

“Never have our choices weighed more heavily,” boasts the narrator. That’s hard to believe, considering we’re talking about an MMORPG—but hey. Awesome-looking (and sounding!) trailer. Those first-personshots really help give it that Elder Scrolls feel. And… oh, yeah. The game’s coming to next-gen consoles, too. TES Online’s game director, Matt Firor, said the team at…

The official website for Popcap’s new, insane third-person shooter, Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare, confirms that in addition to the Xbox One and Xbox 360, the game will also be released for the PC. Thank goodness.

If Playing Animal Crossing is as Boring as Watching the Movie, I’m Out

This past week saw the Western release of Animal Crossing: New Leaf for the 3DS. Despite having never played an Animal Crossing game myself—largely due to its part in the most heartbreaking gaming tale I have ever heard—I decided it would be fun to sit down and watch the 2006 Animal Crossing anime film. This…

Microsoft’s E3 Press Conference, Made Shorter And Much Funnier

Maybe you’re curious what Microsoft showed at their E3 press conference this morning. But maybe you don’t have time to watch the whole thing? Also, maybe you’d like it to be much funnier than it was. You’re in luck! Matt Lees from Videogamer.com has done another of his “abridged version” videos, this time for Microsoft’s…

See The PS4’s Game-Swapping, Share Button, Menu & Chat In Action

During its E3 conference, Sony talked business and showed games. Leaving some of the more mundane – but no less important – stuff to come out after. Stuff like this video, which shows the system’s user interface. We can see how the PS4 swaps between programs (like a phone), how the share button works, how…

The PlayStation 4 Is Region-Free

The PS4’s lack of online requirements or used games DRM has been cause for celebration for many, but for me, as someone who lives in neither the US or Japan, one thing was even more important. Whether the PS4 was, like its predecessor, region-free. According to SCE boss Shuhei Yoshida, it is. Yes

This Game’s DLC Lets You Hit Level 99 In An Hour

I’ve already talked a bit about how hard Shin Megami Tensei IV was on the default difficulty—and how the game makes you humiliate yourself in order to switch to easy mode. But if even easy mode is still too much for you, you can always download the first DLC dungeon. It completely breaks the game.…

Well, E3. That Was Quite A Pleasing Day Of News.

The show hasn’t even technically begun yet – the doors to the LA Convention Centre don’t open until later today – but June 10 is a day gamers are going to remember for a very, very long time. And for all the right reasons. This time last year, I was as down on the show…

The Next Command & Conquer Wants You Inside Its Closed Beta

Remember the game that was going to be Command & Conquer: Generals 2but then got repurposed into a free-to-play online multiplayer real-time strategy game set in the Command & Conquer: Generalsuniverse? It’s going to go into closed beta soon, and it wouldn’t mind having you. Oh come on, it doesn’t look that bad, and look…

Francis Is Crying Because Sony Won The Console War

Well, he’s still mostly just mad at Microsoft. Furious, even. But you know Francis; he’s pretty much mad all the time.

Yup, Sony Is Still Making Wacky PlayStation Commercials

If there’s been a single constant throughout the life of the PlayStation brand, it’s been Sony’s insistence on using…different means of advertising its consoles. Sometimes it’s a dismal failure, sometimes it’s a critical success, but at least it’s always interesting. A tradition this new clip continues. It’s a bit corny, yeah, but I like the…

At Least Microsoft Is Winning The Console War In My Hotel Bathroom

The hotel maids stuck this sign in our bathroom while we were at today’s E3 press conferences. It doesn’t make much sense. “All in one. Input one.” It literally means nothing, as Stephen pointed out yesterday. But hey. Sony might be winning the war for our living rooms, but at least Microsoft won the war…

Dead Rising 3 Explores A Grittier Sort Of Zombie Apocalypse

Dead Rising 3 isn’t designed to be the laugh riot of the older Dead Risings. TheXbox One exclusive from Capcom Vancouver is a grittier kind of zombie game. It’s set 10 years after Dead Rising 2, the game’s executive producer Josh Bridges told me during a demo of the game on Monday evening. New hero…