Facebook is the Perfect Place to Play a Game of Thrones

Today developer Disruptor Beam launches the open beta for Game of Thrones Ascent for Facebook, and I couldn’t imagine a more fitting platform. It’s got social and political intrigue, it’s regularly the staging ground for massive wars, and your family members are just a click away in case you need… military support. Yes. Game of…

There’s Officially A Legend Of Grimrock Sequel On The Way

Petri Häkkinen, co-founder of Almost Human Games confirmed in a blog post earlier today, that Legend Of Grimrock, the dungeon crawler game that Mike Fahey loved so much is getting a sequel. The project initially started as a DLC or an expansion for the first game, but with an engine update on the way they’ve…

No plans for a Vita price cut in North America, Sony said at a PS4 roundtable this morning.

Zelda: Oracle of Seasons And Ages Are Coming To 3DS Virtual Console Outside Of Japan… Eventually

Last night, Nintendo announced that Game Boy favorites The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages and The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons would come to the 3DS’s Virtual Console in Japan. Today on the Wii U’s social network, Miiverse, Zelda designer Eiji Aonuma confirmed that they’ll be out in other regions too… eventually. Here’s…

The PS4 will be able to output visuals at a 4k resolution for media, but not games, Sony said during a roundtable today.

We didn’t see the PS4 last night because it’s not finalized yet, Sony’s Jack Tretton tells AllThingsD

The Skeptical Reaction To The PS4 Reveals Questions Sony Still Has To Answer

The cat is out of the bag! Between the Wii U launch and the PlayStation 4 reveal last night, it’s safe to say that next gen is here, people. But what are people thinking about that reveal last night? Some of these reactions are funny and witty. Some are thought-provoking. Some are excited. Most, to…

ChefVille ‘Once Upon A Thai’ Quests: Everything You Need to Know

The newest cooking event in ChefVille takes us to Thailand, virtually at least. Madeline has arrived in our restaurants with a brand new Terrific Thai Cooking Station, Thai Garden, Coconut Milk Stand and plenty of quests to complete along the way. We won’t waste time with formalities, so let’s jump straight into finishing this event’s…

Year Walk‘s Trippy Vision Quest Might Be the Most Ominous iPad Adventure Ever Created

Up until this week, I hadn’t really played a game on my iPad that gave me the creeps. Games that made me laugh? Yeah. Games that challenged my brain? Absolutely. But nothing yet has made me feel as unsettled as Year Walk Out today, Year Walk takes its inspiration from the ancient Swedish tradition where…

New early-March $15 single-player DLC for Mass Effect 3 brings back characters from the first two games, BioWare blogs

Sony’s Wildest Plans For The PS4: How Likely Are They?

Last night, during the big PS4 conference, Sony brought Gaikai’s David Perry on stage to deliver some lofty promises for the new gaming console. Perry, whose cloud-gaming company was purchased by Sony last year, said some very futuristic-sounding things about the next PlayStation. Things that sound interesting. Things that sound wild. But video game press…

King.com brings Bubble Witch Saga and Candy Crush Saga to Japan and Korea. Maybe they can help me get past level 98.

This Week’s Android Charts: So Excited for a New Game I Don’t Care That It’s Wipeout

I’ve been rather hard on Activision’s mobile Wipeout game in the past, largely because it’s based on a silly television obstacle course show and not my beloved series of PlayStation hovercar racing games. Today I’m just so happy to see a new game in the Android paid charts that I don’t care. C’mere Wipeout, you…

Killzone On The PS4 Is Absolutely Stunning. Let’s Stare At It.

Guerilla Games revealed Killzone: Shadow Fall yesterday during the PlayStation Live Meeting, showing us our dramatic escape through the skyscrapers of Vekta City in the middle of a full-scale Helghan attack, as our animated GIFs show below.

Benchmarking Fun with the GTX Titan, Nvidia’s Most Advanced Video Card

Earlier this week I told you about Nvidia’s GeForce GTX Titan, the $1,000 graphics card with supercomputer power, tons of tweakability and an astounding acoustic footprint which keeps it whisper-quiet under the heaviest of loads. What I couldn’t tell you about were the benchmarks—those all-important numbers. Nvidia claimed this was the card to kick Crysis…

A Man Who Has Used the PS4’s New Controller Tells Us Why It’s Better

You have (probably) not held a PS4 controller yet. Neither have I. But Shuhei Yoshida has. He’s the head of Sony’s worldwide studios, so he better have! Yesterday, I had to rely on him to tell me what the controller feels like. Sony, you see, wasn’t letting reporters touch the new PS4 controller—the DualShock 4.…

PS4? What PS4? It’s the Nintendo Download.

Hey, did something happen in video games last night? You couldn’t tell from looking at Nintendo’s corner of the world. It’s business as usual over there, with wacky Nintendo Direct hi-jinks and a new crop of downloadable goodies for consoles and portables. Worth noting is the debut of Wii U and 3DS demo versions of…

Here’s How Diablo III Will Look on the PS3 and PS4

Diablo III coming to PlayStation was one of the big reveals from last night’s PlayStation Meeting. The fact that a PC-only release would be coming to consoles made some people angry. But, for all the rage, we didn’t get an example of what Blizzard’s action RPG will look like in its reconfigured form. The screens…

PS4 Will Not Require An Always-Online Connection [UPDATE]

Stemming fears of the always-online requirement still rumored strongly for the next Xbox, a Sony PR rep confirmed to Kotaku that: “PS4 games will be playable without an Internet connection.” I’m still hearing from at least one very good source who hasn’t failed me yet that the next Xbox, codenamed Durango, will require an online…

BioShock Infinite Has At Least Three DLC Packs

BioShock developer Irrational Games has just announced the Season Pass accompanying their newest entry into the franchise, BioShock Infinite. The pack will contain three pieces of post-release downloadable content—DLC which, so far, Irrational hasn’t talked about. Their press release follows: The BioShock Infinite Season Pass will be available on March 26, 2013 when the game…