30 Minutes with The Bureau: At Least That Old XCOM Shooter LOOKS Cool

For a brief few seconds while playing through a 30-minute slice of 2K Games’ upcoming XCOM game, I thought I was in 2010. Now, you might say, ‘waitaminnit, The Bureau‘s set in 1962, isn’t it?’ You’d be right. But, there’s an unmistakable whiff of Mass Effect—specifically ME2, when the series became much more combat-centric—around The…

Iron Man 3 To Get China Centric “Prologue”

Despite the luke-warm responses to Iron Man 3‘s special China cut, the movie’s co-production company is looking to make the Chinese portions (most of which are cut from international release) into a short prologue film. Two weeks ago we talked about the additional 4 minutes of footage found in the Chinese version of Iron Man…

The slides released for Square Enix’s most recent financial briefing session seem to suggest that they intend to focus on smart devices—ie. smartphones and tablets—as a gaming platform, as opposed to home consoles.

This Lamborghini Sure Looks like a Nintendo 64 Controller

Over the weekend, Lamborghini unveiled its new concept car: the Egoista. The design is rather unusual, even for Lamborghini. Some hate it! Some like it. Some are even comparing it to geeky things. There’s the obvious comparison—namely, that the one-seater looks like the Mach 5, the iconic car from Speed Racer. Load of people on…

In Japan, Square Enix just announced Final Fantasy XIII-2 Digital Contents Selection for the Xbox 360 and the PS3. According to Square Enix, the version is FFXIII-2 plus a selection of the game’s post release DLC items. Packed in an original box, this version goes on sale July 18 in Japan. To contact the author…

In Game Pop-up Scams Chinese Gamer

Pop-up ads are annoying; in-game ads are no better, but when in-game ads are pop-up ads, they can create a lot of mischief. Last week a Chinese gamer in Sichuan province was scammed by a pop-up ad within a popular online racing game. The victim, surnamed Li, works in the garment industry in a small…

Witcher 2 Mod Kit Enters Open Beta, Gets Hot-Blooded Trailer

CD Projekt Red’s RPG The Witcher 2 is getting a mod kit—although, to be fair, it has had one for a while, it’s just going into open beta. Still, it’s a good excuse to listen to some metal and toss a dwarf off a cliff.

The Most Delightfully Narcissistic Man on Facebook

Some narcissists are bad. Not all of them, though! Some narcissists are amazing. Take Ahmed Angel, for example. Recently in the West, Angel’s images have started to appear on forums and on websites. This weekend, Japan discovered him. There are those who are being mean to Angel—which isn’t cool! How can you be mean to…

Chinese Man Jailed For Running For-Profit Private Server

Running a private server can be hard and it can cost a lot of money. In China, one man made a lot of money running a private server and now he’s headed to jail. People’s Dailyreports that the Banan district Court of Chongqing, Sichuan province sentenced a young man to three years in prison, four…

Been trying to forget about Shaq Fu? Tough luck. Siliconera says that Shaq.com’s owners have filed trademarks for “Shaqfighter,” in the categories of “video games, online games, computer game software, and action skill games.”

Rumor: Nintendo Ending Gay Marriage Bug in Popular Game [Update]

In Nintendo’s wildly popular sim Tomodachi Collection: New Life for the 3DS, there is a bug that apparently enables male Miis the ability to marry other male Miis. Apparently, make that, enabled. Today, Nintendo released a statement about a Tomodachi Collection: New Life patch. In the statement, Nintendo writes that those experiencing the following things…

Japan’s Latest Meme: Photos of Human-Eating Giants

One of this year’s most talked about new anime series is Attack on Titan. It’s not only talked about, though. The show is apparently inspiring a new photo meme in Japan. Originally a manga, Attack on Titan tells the story of a wall city that’s being attacked by human-eating giants. The anime’s opening is utterly…

Booker Cosplay Can’t Catch This Fire Emblem Hotness

I love it when games without traditionally large cosplay followings turn up amazing costumes. We’re seeing a bit of that this week, from a fantastic Dishonored outfit to a Fire Emblem piece Nintendo could/should have used to advertise the game. Traditionalists, fear not. Somebody is dressed up as a character from Final Fantasy. Three people,…

Halo Wedding Ring Ends In Tense Warthog Escape

Reader Mike is getting married next year (congratulations, Mike!), and he is one organised man. He’s already got his wedding ring picked out. You might like it. He took his idea to custom ring joint Boone, who through the magic of lasers were able to put a detailed recreation of Halo’s original…Halo on both the…

FIFA is a beautiful representation of the beautiful game, but that all falls apart once you hit the series’ sluggish and confusing menu screens. So hats off to Brazilian fan/designer Rodrigo Bellão, who has a nice and clean idea for improvements.

Your Body Is Ready For An E3 Fighting Game

Expo fighter is a fighting game set on the stages of gaming’s single biggest news event, E3. Meaning you can take your battles away from forums and Facebook timelines and let your bias run wild exactly how it should: with Reggie swinging his mighty fists. We first took a look at the game last year,…

Oh God. FreeCiv, the open source “tribute” to the classic strategy series, now runs on HTML5. Meaning it can run in browsers. And on your phone. Play here. Thanks PC Gamer

Borderlands 2 PC Case Mod Is Just Absolutely Perfect

Inspired by the weapon and ammo caches in the game, CrazyLefty has turned his PC into something the wastelands of Pandora could be proud of. The colour scheme is spot-on, but it’s the cel-shading effect that really sells it. Not sure how well it’d word with obsessive-compulsive fans though. I can see people needing to…

Play The Monster In A Horror Movie, Scare The Crap Out Of Your Pals

Damned sounds like every second horror movie you’ve ever seen. Only instead of helplessly watching the four people trapped in the haunted house get eaten/torn/slashed to death, you can take control and try and get them out. Or take control of the monster trying to kill them. Either or! The developers call it a “randomized…

An Elegant Nintendo 64 For A More Civilized Age

Reader James’ modded Nintendo 64 is not a machine for the 1990s. Its modern touches make it a damn fine retro gaming solution for the discerning modern gamer. Preserving the main case, he’s heavily modified the console’s functionality. Gone are the switches, replaced with remote-controlled power operation. Gone are the four ports at the front,…