This Is The Best Video Game Manual I Have Ever Seen

You can love a good old-fashioned video game manual for any number of reasons. It might be enormous, like Falcon 3.0’s, or slightly crazy, like Star Wars’. Rarely, though, are they genuinely beautiful. Not like this. This is the manual for the Sega Master System version of Fist of The North Star, released in Japan…

Censored Versions Of Game Of Thrones Are Missing Boobs, Bad Words

Boing Boing’s Mark Frauenfelder, out of curiosity to see if there was a way his young daughter could watch Game of Thrones with him, googled the term “censored game of thrones”. And whaddya know, such a thing existed. People have gone to the trouble of taking complete seasons of HBO’s smash hit show, carefully editing…

So Long, 1UP, And Thanks For All The Podcasts

I’ve been in this job since 2006. That’s somehow become a long time ago, at least in internet years, but I can still remember the days before I worked here, when I put on a tie and sat on a train and went to work in an office every day just like most other people.…

What Did You Think Of The PS4 Announcement?

In place of tonight’s off-topic post, I thought I’d turn it over to you guys. What did you think of the PS4 announcement? And based on what you saw at last night’s PlayStation 4 event, will you buy one when it comes out later this year? What Did You Think Of The PS4 Announcement? Based…

A Dance Party Is Just A Button Away In Crysis 3

Remember the dancing CELL soldiers from Crysis 2? No? Well, either way, the easter egg is back in Crysis 3—all you have to do is press a certain button while in a certain menu. Check out this video by Game Front to see what I mean. Also visible: frogs and robots. And, sure, Prophet himself…

New DLC for the fantastic roguelike, Spelunky: more characters (like a robot!), and also more maps.

How The Witness Became a PS4 Game (And Why PC/iOS Owners Can Remain Happy)

One of the biggest surprises of Sony’s Wednesday evening press conference was the appearance of Braid lead designer Jonathan Blow. The outspoken indie game creator revealed this his team’s next game, The Witness, would make its console debut on the PS4. That’s led to some confusion that the enchanting puzzle game might only come out…

What A High Definition First-Person Mario Game Looks Like

Now all Mario needs is a gun—then this would be truly modern No but seriously though: take a look at this awesome rendition of a Mario level by freddiew, which shows us what playing the franchise in first person could look like. Well, if Mario was a little grittier. You might remember freddiew from this…

Hey, Watch Dogs Sneakily Showed Off The First Instance of PS4 Multiplayer Last Night

Watch Dogs came out of cover last night and Ubisoft’s open-world hacking game had a strong showing that built on the buzz of its surprise unveiling at last year’s E3. Among the things announced about Watch Dogs was the fact that it would be debuting first on PS4 Last June, Ubisoft kept mum on which…

The PS4: One Day Later

I went to Sony’s over-hyped 2006 press conference and they showed the world a version of the PlayStation 3 that we never quite got. And so last night, I went to Sony’s 2013 PlayStation 4 press conference wondering what new ways they’d planned to trick me. You go to one of these big showcase events…

Want to see how the new Final Fantasy XIV will run on your PC? Grab the benchmarks here and compare them to this vid.

Sony, We’d Like A Straight Answer About This Used Games Stuff

It’s a simple question: “Can the PlayStation 4 play used games?” After nearly a year of rumors, speculation and mysterious patents indicating that Sony could limit the play of pre-owned titles on its next-generation console we’re finally getting answers—answers that leave us with more questions. Speaking to Eurogamer‘s Tom Bramwell following last night’s console “reveal”,…

Sony And Nintendo, Best Friends Forever

Two decades ago, Sony and Nintendo were prepared to partner on a CD-ROM drive for the SNES. Things went sour. The deal fell apart. And Sony went their own way, eventually launching the PlayStation and paving their own path to success. Today, the two companies almost seem like best friends. BFFs! And as a dedicated…

Maybe The Bungie Guys From The PS4 Event Really Should Form A Boy Band

One of the oddest, most memorable parts of last night’s PlayStation 4 announcement event wasn’t a game or a piece of hardware. It was four dudes, standing still. Four dudes from Bungie, specifically, who got on stage to talk about how they were thrilled, just absolutely thrilled, to bring their next game Destiny to PS4…

Plants Vs. Zombies for iPad and iPhone are free right now in the App Store. Probably a trap. (Thanks, Zeronline!)

Arcane Legends‘ Latest Expansion Adds Pirates. And Sharks. And Pirate Sharks.

I’ve never been a big fan of sharks in massively-multiplayer online role-playing games, something to do with the giant, deadly bastard that used to swim in the harbor outside Freeport in EverQuest. I’ve never really warmed to pirates either, falling on the ninja side of that age-old debate. Combine the two and you’ve got a…

EA Lays Off Staff, May Have Shut Down Army of Two Developer Visceral Montreal

Electronic Arts has laid off a number of development staff in both Los Angeles and Montreal, the publisher confirmed today. We’re hearing from multiple sources that they’ve shut down Visceral Montreal, the studio behind upcoming shooter Army of Two: The Devil’s Cartel, but EA wouldn’t confirm or deny that news. However, in a statement to…

Ziff Davis Shuts Down 1UP, Gamespy and UGO [Update]

Layoffs have struck the popular editorial outlet IGN, and it sounds as though subsidiary gaming sites 1UP, UGO and GameSpy are all being shut down. Digital media company Ziff Davis acquired IGN and its subsidiaries from Rupert Murdoch’s Newscorp earlier this month. In an internal memo obtained by Kotaku, Ziff Davis CEO Vivek Shah told…

Last Night’s Entire PS4 Event In Three and a Half Very Funny Minutes

Did you miss last night’s big PlayStation 4 announcement? Want to watch a highlight reel that has the benefit of being both a lot shorter than the actual event and quite funny? VideoGamer‘s Matt Lees has got you covered, with this “abridged version” of the event. I very much enjoyed this. Good show, guys.

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…