Japan Has a Giant Godzilla You Can Play With

Kurihama Flower Park is not safe! Actually, it is. The giant Godzilla that towers above the play area doesn’t breathe fire. Heck, it doesn’t even move. But, the kaiju does have an unusual secret. This nine meter tall, five ton Godzilla is actually playground equipment. The monster’s tail doubles as a slide for children. However,…

At a recent meeting, Nintendo honcho Satoru Iwata said (via Reuters Japan and Business Week) that Nintendo isn’t currently planning on lowering the Wii U’s price to improve sales.

“It’s Like Minecraft, In Space, With Aliens”

I imagine the developers of Xeno Galaxies are going to hear a lot of that, given their game’s art style, but that’s only the second thing I thought when watching the above trailer. The first was “This is exactly the kind of game I wanted to play when I was 13”. Seamless transitions between ship…

A Blizzard/MLG Tournament Is Not The Place To Cheat At StarCraft II

The 2013 World Championship Series, a massive global StarCraft II tournament being put on by Blizzard and MLG, ran into some controversy last week, with some Chinese players found guilty of cheating in the tournament’s qualifiers. Speaking with GameSpot, MLG and Blizzard reps said “During the qualifier there was suspicion of player maphacking, cheating, and…

Report: EA Shutting Down Its “Partners” Label

Game Informer is reporting that Electronic Arts will soon be closing down its “EA Partners” label, a program that saw the publishing giant release games from external studios like Valve and Crytek. It’s also how two upcoming games – Insomnic’s Fuse and the first game from Respawn, the studio set up by ex-Call of Duty…

One Of The World’s Biggest Gaming Shows Taken Down By YouTube

Criticisms of YouTube’s automated “takedown” process are nothing new. The way Google handles complaints against clips, whether by rights holders or concerned parties, is basically to shoot first and ask questions later. Latest example: the main YouTube channel for Yogscast, the online show that made its name with Minecraft videos – and which has over…

Hint: A Game Called Mindcraft Assassin’s Creeds Is Probably Not Legit

You see the name, you see it so quickly you don’t notice the intentional misspellings, you see the art, and you buy it. You throw that $3 down and you settle in for some mobile gaming. You, like these poor consumers, just got suckered. Mindcraft Assassin’s Creeds [Amazon, via Seanbaby]

Nintendo Won’t Be Having A Big E3 Press Conference This Year

For the longest time, E3 has been for many people about one thing. Well, three. The three major press conferences from each platform holder. This year, there won’t be three. Nintendo is sitting this round out. Sort of. Citing the success of its Nintendo Direct events, and a desire to focus its presentations for different…

You Are Not Prepared For the Glory of Robot Unicorn Attack 2

There was a time when rainbows and unicorns were the stuff of legend, relegated to the highest of high fantasy and the cheapest of female-targeted school supplies. Those were despair-filled days — days when the mere semblance of a smile was slapped from the lips of man, woman and child alike. Would we ever feel…

The New Man of Steel Trailer: Animated Edition

As dramatic and exciting as that new Man of Steel trailer was, it could always stand to be tweaked a little. Youtuber Jawiin has gone ahead and recut the trailer using footage from Superman: The Animated Series. It reminds me of that amazing Batman recut that recreated the Dark Knight with footage (and audio!) from…

Zynga’s Draw Something 2 launches globally early this morning, adding much-needed social features, new drawing tools and a personal gallery to the original mobile hit. It’ll be available in a few hours for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. You can watch a video about it right now.

This Is What The Half-Life 2 Gravity Gun Replica Looks Like. Cool.

Last year, we saw a prototype of a Half-Life 2 gravity gun made by NECA, a toy company previously behind the replica Portal guns. While the gravity gun replica won’t be out until June, NECA released the first official image of the final design this Monday. Take a look. From the NECA website: The Zero…

Nintendo Puts The Miiverse On The Web

Nintendo has created a web-accessible version of the Miiverse, the Nintendo social network. The Miiverse was previously only accessible from the Wii U, but now you can now browse posts about your favorite games and maintain your profile from the comfort of your own PC or mobile device. Mike hopped in to check out his…

Down And Dirty With Total War: Rome II‘s Massive-Scale Ambushes

The folks at Creative Assembly have taken it upon themselves to put together a demonstration video of a dramatic ambush battle against some barbarians in Total War: Rome II. Man, this looks pret-ty impressive.

All-Time Great Barry Sanders Runs Away with Madden NFL 25‘s Cover

Barry Sanders may have once appeared on the cover of Madden, but until today he was, technically, never its cover star, subjected to the fame, celebrity and, yes, the curse that supposedly goes with it. Now he is, thanks to the fans. Sanders, the Detroit Lions’ hall-of-fame running back, prevailed over the Minnesota Vikings’ reigning…

The AMD Radeon 7990 Graphics Card, Benchmarked

The current generation AMD GPU series collectivelly known as “Southern Islands” were released over a year ago, with the beginning of its rollout in January 2012. Sixteen months later, the Radeon HD 7000 series is still very much relevant, as AMD continues to release new models under the same GPU family. The Radeon HD 7790…

Study Finds Tetris Greatly Helps With Difficult-To-Treat Vision Problem

When I was growing up, one of the common worries about young people playing video games was that it’d strain our eyesight. Well what do you know, it’s sounding more and more like video games are more likely to help fix eyesight! CBC News reports a new study at McGill University has discovered that Tetris…

What If The NES Games Of The 1980s Were Released In 2013?

We often look back fondly on the games of yesterday, especially when it comes to the purity of their design. In the days before DLC, before always-online, before microtransactions, they were things that you bought, once, they were complete, and you could enjoy the entire experience. For a moment, though, let’s pretend that was never…

BioShock Infinite’s Mysterious Physicist Gets Some Great Cosplay

BioShock Infinite has proven pretty popular with cosplayers, but most of them focus on Elizabeth. Eeeeeveryone cosplays as Elizabeth. And that’s fair, Elizabeth is a wonderful girl and a very cool character. But what about Roaslind Lutece? DeviantArt’s LaynesLionRedCat has moved off the beaten path with some high-quality cosplay of our favorite Commander Shepard-voiced quantum…