The Studio Behind Epic Mickey Has Shut Down

Following rumors yesterday, Junction Point, the development studio behind Epic Mickey and its sequel, has shut down. Parent company Disney confirmed the news in a statement today: It was with much sadness that we informed our teams today of changes to our Games organization, which include the closure of Junction Point Studios. These changes are…

This is the debut trailer for Rogue Star, a game aiming to bring a PC space combat and trading-style title to iOS.

Dungeon Quest is a Free Dose of Heavily-Distilled Diablo

The opening screenshot for this review of Shiny Box’s Android action role-playing game isn’t very flattering. That’s because every time I picked up my Nexus 7 to capture a screen I ended up playing Dungeon Quest for another half-hour instead. To take a screenshot on the Nexus 7 you have to hold down the power…

A Little Fake Leather Can Turn Your World Into An Adventure Time Episode

In a show full of quests and magical items, it is the most special. The Enchiridion, Adventure Time’s ancient and sacred tome. The iPad isn’t quite as special, but this awesome cover lets you pretend it can be. Made by HarryDumitrescu, it’s built from “fake leather”, drawn with a Molotow graffiti pen and then covered…

Is This Gameloft’s Team Fortress 2 or Battlefield Heroes?

Can’t it be both? Coming soon to iOS and Android, Blitz Brigade is a team-based online multiplayer shooter. It’s set during World War II (can’t you tell?) and features vehicular combat, five character classes, single-player challenges and trailer music that sounds like it’s being performed by a Team Fortress 2 cover band. It’s Team Fortress…

Major League Gaming will “one day” make their own ideal eSports shooter, the PA Report reports. Makes a lot of sense!

Death Comes Suddenly in This Spectacular Day Z Live-Action Fan Film

The popular Arma mod DayZ lets us struggle to survive in a barren world, where silence is inevitably interrupted by the bizarre and the deadly. Would that make for a good movie? Sure would! The talented gaming movie-makers at Corridor Digital prove it in the 9 1/2 minute movie “After DayZ”. Watch it above. These…

The Original Capture the Flag Game Makes Its Online Multiplayer Debut

I had completely forgotten how much fun the classic strategy board game Stratego was until I played the online multiplayer version launched today by Keesing Games on Facebook, Stratego.com and the iPad All the subterfuge, misdirection and mechanics of the beloved strategy board game come to life like never before in Stratego Online, and you…

Let’s Rank The Final Fantasy Games, Best to Worst

For the past two months, we’ve been running a feature called Pecking Order, in which we rank every game in a series, from best to worst. First up was Halo, then Grand Theft Auto Now it’s Final Fantasy‘s turn. Which game in Square’s crystal-packed behemoth is the best? Which is the worst? Which has the…

This Week’s iPhone Charts: Minecraft With Guns Wins the Day

Riding high atop the paid iPhone charts this week, CraftedBattle is a Minecraft-style first-person shooter map editor. Build a map, fill it with bots, and fire away. In the number two paid spot this week, actual Minecraft What a strange little title to rise to the top of the paid iPhone charts. It doesn’t even…

This Karaoke Game Has More Than a Few Game Tunes (Can You Name Them?)

Calling Karaoke “popular” in Japan is like calling water “wet.” Places where you can rent your own Karaoke room (for small or large groups) cover Japan’s metropolitan landscape and nearly every bar has an aging Karaoke machine that sees nightly use. So of course, Karaoke video games are nothing new. However, most Karaoke games only…

Even You Could’ve Easily Won This Arcade Game Tournament

Suck at music games? But still want to win tournaments to impress friends and relatives? Well, you might’ve just missed your chance. A Taito arcade in Tokyo’s Takadanobaba recently held a Pop’n Music competition. The event was canned, because nobody showed up. So sad! The tweet from Taito read: “Since there were zero participants at…

Yamato 2199 is a Beautifully Retold Classic (And It’s Only Half Done)

Before there was Macross, before there was Gundam, there was Yamato. Space Battleship Yamato (called Star Blazers in the West) is the original space opera anime and a cornerstone of anime popular culture in Japan. Now, nearly 40 years after its original television debut, a 26-episode remake of the original series is being aired in…

The PS Vita Wanking Game Is a Surprise Hit

Card-based PS Vita game Monster Monpiece features monster girls and inappropriate gameplay. In Japan, the game appears to be a monster hit. I cannot understand why! Compile Heart, the folks behind the title, announced on January 26 that the game’s first run of 27,000 copies is already out of stock and that many stores in…

Yamato 2199 is a Bold New Way to Make an Anime

Space Battleship Yamato (Starblazers in the West) is one of the cornerstones of anime. Created by Yoshinobu Nishizaki and the legendary Leiji Matsumoto (Galaxy Express 999, Captain Harlock, Daft Punk’s Interstella 5555), it is the original space opera anime and has had a prominent place in Japanese popular culture for nearly 40 years. With the…

Naruto Is Way More Handsome Than You Think

This is Naruto from…Naruto. He is a ramen-eating ninja with whisker marks on his face. What if he didn’t have those whisker marks? What would he look like? According to 2ch, Japan’s largest bulletin board, he’d look pretty damn handsome. Here are a handful of fan images of Naruto, sans whisker marks and head protector.…

This Woman Cosplays Policenauts Like You Won’t Believe

Omi Gibson, the queen of Metal Gear cosplay, turned her talents towards classic adventure game Policenauts. And, wow, she nails it. Just look at how she brings Jonathan Ingram to life. Forget her costume, it’s those facial expressions that really sell this cosplay. Initially released in 1994, Policenauts was designed by Metal Gear creator, Hideo…

After the Internet Drops Out, Chinese Gamer Allegedly Goes on a Deadly Rampage

While playing his favorite online game at a local internet cafe, a gamer named “Zhao” repeatedly suffered internet disconnections. According to QQ Games (via Tech in Asia), Zhao apparently got incensed and went to the home of the net cafe owner. There, things reportedly escalated. And got awful. The net cafe owner, who was surnamed…

Remember, Your Game Console Might Be a Cockroach Hotel

As many gamers can tell you, bugs can be a problem. No, like bugs—real bugs. Roaches. Gross, you say. That would be correct. But this is a friendly reminder that bug infested consoles are very much a thing This problem is not new. But during this console generation, there have been forum threads seeking advice…

Beautiful Worlds Just Waiting For A Video Game Adaptation

I like Populous. I like Reprisal. I like pretty things, which means I also really like the polygonal art of Timothy J. Reynolds. He says his style evolved from “a healthy dose of legos and cartoons” he grew up on as a kid, but I see the isometric viewpoints and 3D structure and all I…