A Collection of Wonderful, Odd, and Unforgettable Cosplay

Over the weekend in Osaka’s Den-Den Town, the city’s geek district, a street fair called Nipponbashi Festa was held with oodles of cosplayers. As with last year’s Nipponbashi Festa, many of the cosplayers preferred to go with rather peculiar outfits—along with more traditional choices. The results were interesting, creative, and totally wonderful. Below, have a…

Life After Final Fantasy Sure Seems Normal for This Character

You know the story: Rough, wild individual settles down. Gets a job. And turns into a boring member of society. It doesn’t just happen to regular people. It also apparently happens to Japanese role-playing characters. You have to grow up and move on! You can’t be in Japanese role-playing games forever! (Technically you can.) With…

The Console Version Of Diablo III Could Very Well Be The Best One

There are two reasons the console port of Diablo III, announced by Blizzard last month and shown off at PAX East this weekend, could be the definitive version of the game. The first reason is obvious: you can play offline. You don’t have to worry about server errors or Time Warner Cable while playing this…

Here, Have Some Rare Borderlands 2 Loot

There were plenty of delicious Borderlands announcements at PAX East today, but those who weren’t present for the revelry may be feeling left out. Thus, a treat is in order! Gearbox was apparently handing out SHiFT codes, which give players access to special golden keys. Predictably, golden keys open golden loot chests. Also predictably, golden…

Kickstart This Documentary About The LGBT Gaming Community

David Gil wants to make a documentary about the ever-growing community of LGBT gamers, and you’re going to help him. Isn’t that what Kickstarter is for? Gil’s project, Gaming in Color, aims to “take a closer look at the challenges and the growth of these communities in the gaming world.” Gil himself is billed as…

BioShock Infinite‘s script is 20k words longer than a novel, and other fun facts via this Irrational Games infographic

Capcom posted some photos of the just-announced Mega Man 25th anniversary statue. It lights up!

Halo 4 Will Soon Get Its Own ‘Forge Island,’ Plus Other Tweaks

343 Industries announced during a PAX East panel yesterday that Halo 4 will soon get its own version of Halo: Reach‘s Forge World map (pictured above), a feature that has been missed since 4 launched. Called “Forge Island” and releasing for free on April 11, the map will provide a series of open spaces in…

Nintendo’s Efforts To Explain The Wii U Just Took A Turn For The Absurd

It’s no secret that Nintendo has had a major problem marketing the Wii U. Most non-gamers (and even some gamers) I speak with have no idea that it even exists. Even Jimmy Fallon couldn’t quite figure it out—and he was supposed to be showing it off that night. Now Nintendo has apparently ramped up its…

Rock, Paper, Scissors, Hadoken, Baby Sloth Is a Tiny, Tiny Game

Rock, Paper, Scissors is too simple for our modern times. That’s why Margaret Robertson and her fellow game designers at Hide & Seek have created Rock, Paper, Scissors, Hadoken, Baby Sloth You could be playing it right now, if you have a friend nearby. Rock beats scissors, scissors beat paper, paper beats rock, Hadoken beats…

Watch Gearbox Punk People With A Borderlands Midget Hiding In A Vending Machine

Gearbox has been pulling this stunt at PAX East this weekend, and today during their panel they showed this video of a whole bunch of people getting punked. I’ll tell you one thing: if I ever see a Dr. Zed vending machine in a mall in Baltimore, I’m staying the hell away from it, no…

What Is Tiny Tina Teasing For Borderlands 2?

Gearbox showed off a little trailer that looks like Tiny Tina is playing something of a Dungeons and Dragons-esque board game, but Brick, Mordecai and Lilith aren’t quite understanding her rules. Could this teaser trailer—shown off during Gearbox’s PAX East panel today—be hinting at upcoming DLC? An official Borderlands 2 board game? A mobile spin-off?…

The next Borderlands 2 campaign DLC comes out at the end of June this year, Gearbox said at their panel today.

Gearbox Is Working On More Patches To Fix Aliens: Colonial Marines, But No Apologies Yet

Gearbox recognizes that there are some…flaws with Aliens: Colonial Marines. That’s why they’re continuing to work on patching the game. At their PAX East panel today, the developers announced a few more fixes that players will see in future patches. Chris Faylor community manager at Gearbox mentioned the most notable changes: More aggressive AI Tweaked…

Tim Schafer’s Double Fine Adventure Game Revealed: Meet Broken Age

It’s been quite some time since the internet gave Tim Schafer a whole bunch of money and unknowingly started the Kickstarter revolution, for better or worse. Today, at PAX East, the name of that game was finally revealed: Broken Age. There’s a tad more info on the game’s shiny new official site: Broken Age is…

Check Out The New Psycho Bandit Class In Borderlands 2 In Glorious Action

Gearbox announced a new playable class at their PAX East panel today, but now you can see the psycho bandit in action, in-game. Check out the devs playing as Krieg in the video above. Axe-swinging, dynamite-throwing…wow. He looks awesome and ragey and I want to play. Here’s some more:

Here’s A New, Limited Edition Borderlands 2 Loot Chest [Update: Image Of Loot Chest]

Gearbox’s last Borderlands 2 loot chests were such a hit, they decided to make a new version to match the style (aka diamond plated) of the in-game chests in the sequel. It’s a collaboration with Think Geek, and they’re only releasing 5,000 of them. The chests will be stocked with new content, including redeemable in-game…

The Newest Playable Class In Borderlands 2 Is A Psycho Bandit Named Krieg [Update: Now With Teaser Trailer]

The next character class in Borderlands 2 is a big, bad, psycho (you know, one of those bandits you shoot and kill all the time) named Krieg. An ex-psycho bandit that you can actually play as. Gearbox has been teasing the next playable character class for Borderlands 2—a hulking, silhouetted baddie—since SXSW. But we finally…

Borderlands 2 Is Getting A Second New Game Plus Mode Next Week

If you’ve played Borderlands 2 to completion and then played it through to completion a second time on True Vault Hunter Mode, and you’re still looking for more, you’ll be happy to hear that the game is getting something of a new game plus plus mode. It’s called Ultimate Vault Hunter Mode, and you’ll have…

Borderlands 2‘s Level Cap Will Go Up To 61 On April 2

At Gearbox’s PAX East panel today, the developers of Borderlands 2 announced that players maxed out at level 50 will finally be able to get to leveling their characters again. As of April 2nd (next week!) you can download what is basically DLC for 11 extra levels (that’s up to 61). But it’ll cost you…