Assassin’s Creed Designer Patrice Desilets Says Ubisoft Fired Him [UPDATE]

Patrice Desilets left Ubisoft. They snagged him back. And now he’s gone again, Kotaku has learned. Ubisoft confirmed news of the departure in a statement to Kotaku today, and when contacted later, Desilets said he was fired and plans to “fight Ubisoft vigorously.” The designer best known for designing the first two Assassin’s Creed games…

The Entire Intro To Star Wars, Remade In Minecraft

If the original Star Wars movie was shot in Minecraft, a) we’d be living in an era of time travel (please let us know when Half-Life 3‘s coming out. Thanks.) and b) it’d look like the video above. One out of two ain’t bad. Check out the start of A New Hope, Minecraft-style. The short…

It’s Like Pokemon, Only With Cats and Baked Goods

I do not understand why I am playing this, so here’s a kitten with a steamed bun on its head. Bread Kittens is one of those free games I don’t remember downloading but suddenly find myself playing more than I probably should. Set in the world of Catlandia, an evil pet food corporation is brainwashing…

Princess Peach Will Kill You In Precisely Seven Levels

The Ring girl crossed with Princess Peach is a terrifying thought. Consider your childhood memories—and every console connected to a screen—forever ruined. Or at least ruined for the next seven days, after which you realize you were being ridiculous. C’mon, guys, seriously. The Ring girl isn’t real! …Right? Um, I’ll be in my bunker for…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: A pair of reader reviews covers recent downloadable titles. Contributor Zarynx pens a rather touching piece about how the young children in her family interact with video games and each other. And PocoGrandes opens up a spot for folks to talk about the TV shows…

Moneysaver One-Shot: The Headphones You Should Own And Can Afford

Hear the savings. Looking for the current Moneysaver roundup? Click here A quick search will reveal that reviewers, audiophiles, and consumers all rain praise on the Audio Technica ATH-M50 Headphones. At $102 today, they’re sitting at their lowest price ever. Our friends at Lifehacker put them in their Five Best Headphones write-up, while The Wirecutter…

How My Game Cuts Down On Online Gamer Obnoxiousness

Playing online games often exposes one to the worst of humanity. Within this den of scum and villainy you’ll find twelve year olds who act like four year olds, dudes that would be the worst drinking buddies, and silent, useless teammates that clearly have no f***ing idea how to play this damn game. Of course,…

That’s One Way Of Interpreting Supreme Executive Power, Saints Row IV

Yes, that’s the President of the United States of America, kicking a guy in the nuts and punching an innocent-seeming woman into a car. Don’t blame me, I didn’t vote for him. Coming to the Xbox 360, PC and PlayStation 3 on August 20, Saints Row IV weaves together two completely ridiculous storylines into one.…

The Kingdom Hearts ‘Remix’ Hits PS3 On September 10

Kingdom Hearts 1.5 will be out on September 10, the folks at Square Enix said today. The PS3 exclusive features an HD remake of the original Kingdom Hearts and the PS2 game Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories. It’s also got cinematic scenes from Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, and extra content from Kingdom Hearts Final Mix.…

The Nazis Won World War II in Wolfenstein: The New Order

Wolfenstein: The New Order by MachineGames, will arrive for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC at the end of the year, Bethesda just announced over at GameSpot. (Versions for next-gen consoles are also coming.) That’s the debut trailer. The game is set in 1960 but, yes, Nazis will still be the bad guys. That’s…

The Skyrim Version of Iron Man Doesn’t Need Any Stinkin’ Technology

You’d think that a high-tech superhero concept like Iron Man wouldn’t work in Skyrim. You’d be wrong. Machinima user Tyrannicon dropped Iron Man into Skyrim and the results are funny and inventive. The Skyrim version of Tony Stark does all right for himself, even though he’s limited to a forge and magic spells (and Fus…

Japan Makes a Female Robot to Smell Bad Breath

And it’s actually from a research group called “Crazy Labo”. Geddit? Crazy. Given the female name “Kaori”, which can also mean “smell” or “fragrance” in Japanese, the robot is able to discern if your breath stinks or not, reports Asahi News Breathe into the female robot’s face, and if your breath is okay, she’ll say.…

Sector 17 Is Lonely, Sad, Hectic and Fun, Judging by the Trailer

Last Jungle In Sector 17 is a top-down shooter with RPG and tower defense elements currently in development. It stars spacecraft pilot Ryder and his AI buddy Johnny trying to survive against an overwhelming enemy on a deserted space station. Depressing! Gameplay looks fun, though. A prototype is coming “soon.”

The Library Wars Live-Action Movie is Both Action-Filled and Poignant

Library Wars, a new live action movie based on the anime and novel series of the same name, was released in theaters across Japan just over a week ago. It is everything from a war story to a light-hearted romantic comedy. But at its core, it remains an excellent social commentary on the dangers of…

Korean eSports Player Passes Away at 25 Years-Old

Professional Warcraft III player Seung Hyun Park (aka “Go)Space”) passed away this Monday. He was 25 years old. As MyDaily previously reported (via tipster Sang), Park suffered from muscular dystrophy, but still went on to become a top ranked pro Warcraft III player. Park was diagnosed when he was 11, and doctors didn’t think he…

The Theater 2013 Might Be Simple, But It’s Still Terrifying

The Theater 2013 packs quite a punch for a free one-man horror game—especially considering that it was made in 24 hours, and consists of walking through a corridor for five minutes. It really shows how important a good atmosphere is to the experience. It can be grabbed here, or you can watch a full playthrough…

Chinese Employees Made To Crawl in Public

You are looking at what appears to be a publicity stunt. An awful, humiliating publicity stunt in which company employees in China had to crawl in public. The incident recently took place at the Chongqing People’s Liberation Monument, and it was supposedly part of a training exercise for some Chinese cosmetics company. The goal was…

Buy This Final Fantasy XI Account for Just $4,500

A Japanese gamer poured 2,280 days worth of playtime into this Final Fantasy XI account. That’s over six years! But now, it’s time to part ways. The gamer is putting his or her Japanese account on the internet auction block, giving anyone with around the equivalent of US$4,500 the chance to own it—and all the…

Call of Juarez: Gunslinger Trailer Sings Us the Story of Silas Greaves

As we know, Call of Juarez: Gunslinger wants to return Techland’s first-person shooter series to its roots. This trailer shows just that. We get to see Silas Greaves, the bounty hunter serving as this chapter’s protagonist, shoot his way through the Wild West. Cue guitar ballad. Gunslinger is coming out on May 21.

This Game Brings New Meaning to the Word “Fan Service”

In the past, the Senran Kagura series of games have been brawlers exclusive to the 3DS. But the newest iteration on the PlayStation Vita makes the game play more like Dissidia: Final Fantasy than an old school brawler or its 3DS cousins. But brawler gameplay is hardly the aspect Senran Kagura is famous for. No,…