The Most Comfortable Inns, Bars And Taverns In Video Games

Earlier this month we visited taverns and bars that are noisy and dangerous Now it is time to look for their exact opposite: The coziest, most calm, most peaceful places to hang out. Places that focus more on the relaxed atmosphere, the music, and advancing the game’s story, rather than getting our characters in trouble.…

Want more of the awesome stealth game Mark of the Ninja? They’re releasing a DLC-packed special edition this summer

The latest trailer for Metro: Last Light is grim, even for a grim video game trailer. It’s a grimsplosion.

The Coolest, Weirdest Gabe Newell Fan Art We Could Find

How much does the internet love Valve’s Gabe Newell? Enough to regularly draw fan art of the man, apparently. I’ve never seen anything like it. Here’s a collection of some of the coolest, weirdest, most WTF Gabe Newell fanart on the web (that we could find). The leading image up there? It’s by DarrenGeers on…

Sociopaths and electronic-music fans rejoice: Hotline Miami is now available for Mac

The second part of Assassin’s Creed III‘s The Tyranny of King Washington DLC is out today. Ben Franklin better run!

You Don’t Need To Speak Japanese To Appreciate This Shin Megami Tensei IV Trailer

I have no idea what the people in this trailer are saying. But I love it. Shin Megami Tensei IV, which will be out on May 23 in Japan (and presumably later in North America), looks great so far. This newest trailer for the demon-infested dungeon crawler has rockin’ music and some killer art design.…

What John Riccitiello Was Right About

If you gave me five, seven or even 10 guesses about who outgoing EA CEO John Riccitiello’s favorite character on HBO’s acclaimed show The Wire was, I’d have gotten it wrong. The Wire ran for five seasons. It was a show about class and crime. Its cast was an ensemble of cops, crooks and the…

The Folks Behind Bastion Are Making A Sci-Fi RPG. And It Looks Incredible.

If you ask me, Supergiant Games’ Bastion was one of the best games to come out in the last few years. So, a new game from that indie dev studio is great news. The glimpses of gameplay make it seem like Transistor shares some of Bastion‘s DNA, but the visuals are more Akira/Blade Runner than…

Two Great Comics Creators Are Letting You Pay What You Want for Their New Series

You might be among the legions of readers who loved Brian K. Vaughan’s classic Vertigo series Y The Last Man or are currently enjoying his excellent Saga series from Image. And you might know that he and Marcos Martin did an excellent Doctor Strange mini-series a few years back. Martin’s done incredible artwork on projects…

Nintendo’s letting folks buy Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon and Pokemon Mystery Dungeon early at PAX East

Six Critics Consider Gears of War: Judgment Fresh, Frantic and Fun

Gears of War has been around for a while now—seven years, with Judgment being the fourth game in the series—and it seems the franchise is not ready to slow down just yet. Most reviewers agree that the gameplay is exhilarating, the story is tight, and the war-torn world is prettier than ever. So what was…

2K, Gearbox, and AAU are working on an animated short film set in the Borderlands universe. It is due later this year.

Doom Integrated Into Garry’s Mod Takes The Game To Another Level

Elements of the source port of Doom integrated into the latest Garry’s Mod look really great. Shooting down (or running over) endless masses of imps and cacodemons is always fun, and doing it in a City 17-esque dystopian open environment is just makes it more special. The mod’s author claims once it is ready and…

Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days Does Not Make for an Enjoyable Film

The HD collection Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix contains an HD remastered version of the original Kingdom Hearts: Final Mix and Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories. Also included in this package is a remastering of Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days. However, unlike the other two parts of the collection, this HD version of 358/2 Days is…

Rumor: An Amazon Page Says Deus Ex: Human Revolution Is Heading to the Wii U

A listing for a certain Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director’s Cut has recently popped up on Amazon US. The Wii U-exclusive rerelease apparently has “a multitude of improvements, features and additional content” over the original game, along with the ability to use the Wii U Gamepad via a brand new augmentation, the Neural Hub. Features…

Hey Foreigners, Make Whatever Sushi You Like

Over the years, I’ve had some truly delicious sushi in Japan. Ditto for outside of Japan. Of course, there are the types of sushi created abroad, such as the California roll. Good stuff! Recently, a thread popped up on 2ch, Japan’s largest online forum, showing a collection of “foreigner made sushi.” The original source, a…

Japanese Subway Stations Totally Look Like Role-Playing Game Dungeons

As any longtime resident can attest, Japan’s subway is punctual, clean, and convenient. Its stations, however, can get elaborate and confusing. Train stations, by their very nature, with those staircases and escalators, look like labyrinths or dungeons. Some stations just look a little more like them. Recently, a Japanese net user posted a photo of…

These Worlds Should Totally be in the Next Kingdom Hearts

The Kingdom Hearts series has found great success creating an adventure centered around a set of original characters—along with Donald and Goofy—going from Disney universe to Disney universe. This framework has allowed players to interact with some of the most well-known and beloved movies of all time in new and exciting ways—and adding in alternate…

Nintendo Bossman Has One of the Coolest Video Game Jackets Ever

Fun fact: Nintendo honcho Satoru Iwata was one of the main programmers on Mother 2 (aka Earthbound) for the SNES. Today on Twitter, Iwata uploaded this photo of a badass Mother 2 sukajan. The jacket, Iwata noted, was given out to the game’s staff, and it was the thing he treasures most. Heck, I would,…