The New Call of Duty is Coming to Current and Next-Gen Consoles

Activision’s annual blockbuster military shooter returns in November with Call of Duty: Ghosts, and in addition to this debut teaser trailer, the game is getting an “exclusive first look” at Microsoft’s event for the next-generation Xbox on May 21. In a news release, Call of Duty: Ghosts was announced for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3…

The Grand Theft Auto V Trailers, Summed Up in 3 Animated GIFs

Rockstar released their triptych of trailers yesterday for Grand Theft Auto V‘s cast. Of course, it was a busy day yesterday. You may have been at work. You may have been enjoying a lovely April day. You may have been reading a review of Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon. Believe me, we understand. So in…

Stunning Final Fantasy Art You Probably Haven’t Seen Before

Final Fantasy IX might not be the best Final Fantasy game, but it’s definitely the most stylish. Yep, even before FFXII‘s massive world and FFXIII’s jaw-dropping hair particles, Square’s popular series was blazing a trail in art direction, putting its own inimitable spin on fantasy and steampunk. And Final Fantasy IX, the last game in…

About Microsoft Being ‘Six Months’ Behind With the Next Xbox…

My article on Monday about Respawn Entertainment’s first post-Call of Duty game, a sci-fi multiplayer shooter, coming exclusively to the current and next-gen Xbox consoles, turned some heads. So did the part of the piece about Microsoft falling behind with their next-gen machine. That latter bit has become a thing of its own, separate from…

NBA Live 14, assuming it ships, figures to add an Ultimate Team mode, if a developer’s bio is any indication. I asked and EA Sports said no comment. If true, it probably means they’re building a full retail product, not the $20 downloadable that NBA Live 13 was rumored to be.

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: contributor Zarynx gets all wistful about rainy weather and how it makes him think of a specific piece of video game music. When do you find game music creeping into your life? And you can always go join the voices talking about video games and…

This Shenmue Statue Is Ready for Forklift Races

Announced a while back, First4Figures’ excellent statue of Shenmue’s main character looks like it jumped straight out of your old TV and into the real world. The Ryo Hazuki piece comes with a Phoenix Mirror stand and measures 12 inches tall. You can get this tribute to the classic Dreamcast game later this year for…

‘Anyone Who Thinks Games Are Bad For You Is a F—ing Idiot’

Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon may be a violent, gleefully-stupid video game, but it also has a Serious Message about violent video games. Here’s a chat between two of the game’s characters, captured above if you want to watch, transcribed below if you don’t want anyone nearby hearing this profane insight: Doctor Elizabeth Darling: Rex,…

A well-argued post over at the r/games subreddit laments the supposed “wasted potential” of Minecraft‘s survival mode. You know, the part with monsters. Agree to disagree or disagree to agree. Or… just read it.

After Vandalism Rampage, Schoolgirls Blame It on a Comic Book

All the chairs and desks were over turned. On the chalk board, the kanji character “shi” (死) or “death” was scrawled. But that wasn’t all. According to reports, police picked up two thirteen year old schoolgirls for the school’s vandalism as well as breaking and entering. On the night of February 4, both of them…

Chinese Restaurant Offers “Wife” Instead of “Wifi”

This restaurant in rural China isn’t bathed in Wifi. According to the above sign, it’s covered in Wife. Online in China, people are apparently amused by the above sign, spotted at a rural restaurant. It reads (via MIC Gadget), “Our Farm Has Been Covered With Wife.” While English isn’t the country’s official lingo, “Wifi” is…

Korean Politicians Want to Regulate Video Games Like Drugs and Alcohol

This week, South Korean politician Shin Eui-jin announced a bill that stipulated alcohol, online games, gambling, and drugs need to be strictly regulated. The reasoning? They are a source of addiction, the legislation argues. Rep. Shin Eui-jin, a member of the conservative Saenuri Party and former medical professor, is backed by fourteen other representatives in…

Report: Nintendo Didn’t Make the Famicom Red Because It Was Cheap

Ever wonder why the Famicom (née Family Computer) was red, gold and white? It was glorious color scheme, but the story goes that cheap plastics were responsible for the console’s iconic hue. That story, says one of the console’s main designers, is wrong. In a recent interview with Weekly Playboy, former Nintendo hardware designer Masayuki…

Tengami, the Japanese papercraft inspired game, is heading to the Wii U, NintendoLife reports.

In Japan, Ice Cream Sushi Exists

That is not wasabi. You are looking at green tea ice cream…sushi. No, really. That’s vinegared sushi rice (aka “sumeshi” or 酢飯), dried seaweed (“nori” or 海苔), and ice cream. The ice cream sushi is served “gunkan maki” (軍艦巻) or “battleship roll sushi” style. This week on Twitter via Byoukan Sunday, photos of ice cream…

Defense of the DotA Cosplay

It’s Wednesday. And Wednesday is as good a time as any for some DotA cosplay. Who doesn’t like DotA and Dota 2 cosplay? DotA or Defense of the Ancients was originally a multiplayer mod for Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and its expansion. Subsequently, other modders added more content to DotA, creating a thriving and…

Hand-Drawn Wreck-It Ralph Test

Disney animator Eric Goldberg shows off a traditional animation test for Wreck-It Ralph that never made it in the film, reports Bleeding Cool. The character is King Candy, who did make it into the final film, of course, but in CG form. In case you missed it, here is Kotaku‘s review of Wreck-It Ralph. Eric…

BioShock Infinite: The Dreamworks Cartoon

The other day we saw what BioShock Infinite might look like as an anime. Today, let’s look at a similar treatment, albeit one that’s a bit more Western. Argentinian artist Feli Tomkinson has done these incredible mock-up posters for an animated BioShock Infinite movie, with a very Dreamworks style, and the more I look at…

Space Shooter Uses Kickstarter As Appetiser, Stuffs Face Via Website

Kickstarter has proven to be a boon for independent game development, especially if you’re an industry veteran making games publishers don’t want to bankroll anymore. Wing Commander creator Chris Roberts certainly falls into that category, with his Star Citizen game making over $2 million during its Kickstarter campaign. Which might sound like a lot of…

A Hollywood Director Has Ideas On How To Make Better Video Games

James McTeigue must be an interesting man to talk video games with, seeing as he’s had experience both directing movies (V For Vendetta) and working in the games business. So it’s nice reading this interview with him on GI.biz, where amongst talk of video game movies and video games based on movies, he offers a…