Blade Runner director Ridley Scott will be overseeing 12 new sci-fi shorts for YouTube mega-channel Machinima.

A game that explores how even the simplest things are difficult, if not impossible, when you have dysphoria.

My SimCity City Thrived Offline For 19 Minutes

I ran a test yesterday. I loaded the always-online SimCity—the game that EA says just can’t be easily made to run offline—and then pulled the proverbial cord. I switched off my Internet to see how long I could keep on playing. It didn’t last long, but what I discovered intrigued me. Prior to the official…

More Leaked Screenshots From Star Wars: First Assault Show A Glorious Cloud City

Yesterday we told you about Star Wars: First Assault, the troubled multiplayer shooter that may never see the light of day thanks to uncertainty at the development studio LucasArts. First Assault was to be a downloadable “predecessor” to Star Wars: Battlefront III. It was supposed to come out this spring, but LucasArts froze all hiring…

Journey to Hell is Just as Unpleasant as It Sounds

Gritty heroes fight demons from hell with guns in a brownish world spiraling out of control — if Journey to Hell‘s story sounds clichéd, that’s because it’s supposed to be. It says so right in the iTunes listing. “Cliché-packed Journey to Hell” the developers call it, an apt description if I’ve ever read one. Journey…

How To Increase Your Odds of Winning The Ol’ Dating Game

Ahh, first dates. You wash your armpits in the sink, bring extra breath freshener, and study up on the day’s trending Twitter topics, and yet you still feel hopelessly unprepared. Well, if you take the one-question survey below, you could be entered to win a $150 Ticketmaster gift card—the perfect cheapskate way to get 2…

Offer for 700 Free, Downloadable Marvel Comics Pulled Due to Technical Difficulties

In what might seem a wee bit familiar to fans of a certain city-building video game, the folks at ComiXology have had to apologize for offering a product that their servers can’t handle. Two days after the leading digital seller of comics announced a short-time offer for 700 free, downloadable first issues of Marvel comic…

GameStop’s former head of PR, guilty of stealing $1.7 million from the company, was sentenced to 51 months in prison.

Michigan Declared the Winner as NCAA Football 14‘s Election Crisis is Resolved

My fellow Americans, our long—and I do mean long—nightmare has passed, and we have peacefully chosen a new cover star for NCAA Football 14, restoring faith in our great democracy and the rule of law. Following a 77-day fan-voted election that actually saw the investigation of voting fraud, Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson has been declared…

Watch Players Pull Off Stunts With Battlefield 3‘s New Dirt Bike

You know what every first-person shooter needs? I mean, besides guns? Dirt bikes. And every other high-speed vehicle imaginable. Because if shooting a helicopter down with an RPG is fun, it’s even more fun when doing so while also riding a dirt bike. The latest expansion to Battlefield 3, End Game, introduced a few new…

Ouch: Surgeon Simulator 2013’s Brain Surgery Treats Patients’ Skulls Like Eggs.

So, Surgeon Simulator 2013 came out of nowhere (well, this year’s Global Game Jam) to be one of the most hilarious, disturbing games that some folks have played this year. And that was before the folks at Bossa Studios added brain surgery to their in-progress game. A new video gives a glimpse of just what…

Heart of the Swarm Has an Official Boy Band Music Video, and It’s Not Half-Bad

In the StarCraft community, making parody music videos has always been a big thing—just look at Husky‘s Nerd Alert or Temp0. Or New Zealand-based Viva La Dirt League — the closest thing to a StarCraft boy band we’ll ever get (though, let’s admit, they should be in a higher league) — whose latest video is…

Microtransactions for ‘Customization Items’ Come to Black Ops 2 on Xbox 360

Beginning Wednesday, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 will begin offering “personal customizations” on the Xbox 360, the game’s community manager said this morning. The items don’t affect gameplay—they’re items like weapon skins, targeting reticles, and player calling cards. Moreover, the multiplayer map Nuketown 2025, originally a preorder incentive back in November, will be made…

Sony tells Joystiq that they’re changing the name of God of War: Ascension’s “Bros Before Hos” trophy via a patch.

An Ingenious Mod Turns Doom 2 into Twisted Metal

Why do we bother putting out new games when there’s so much life left in the old ones? Zandronum forum member mr fiat takes the classic Doom 2 multiplayer deathmatch and replaces the marines with cars, complete with dashboards. I want to play this right now. If I had the time, I could download the…

Fight for Humanity with this Awesome Mass Effect Gun Replica

Weaselhammer of Vector Sigma Creations is the very talented person behind this magnificent-looking replica of the M-12 Locust submachine gun from Mass Effect 2 and 3. The overall creation process took about three months, during which Weaselhammer crafted the model piece by piece, attaching synthetic polymer components to a wooden frame, and then giving it…

Macross 30 Lets You Defeat Giants, Mechs, Monsters, and Cyborgs—All Through the Power of Rock

Macross 30: Voices Across the Galaxy is a title celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Macross series and is a crossover title between the five major Macross series: Macross, Macross Plus, Macross Zero, Macross 7, and Macross Frontier Of course, like all things Macross, it comes with transforming planes, love triangles, and more than a…

In China, Some Kids Held a French Fry Eating Battle to Relieve Stress

Potato parties, which started in Japan and spread to South Korea, are definitely a thing. Groups of young people order large amounts of french fries and eat them. And bam, you have a potato party! Kids in China just turned these parties into a game. A player versus player, potato-eating battle, if you will. Earlier…

Turns Out That $1,000 ‘Steam Box’ May Have Nothing to Do With Valve

In January, hardware manufacturer Xi3 announced the Piston, a living-room-friendly PC built to play Steam games in your living room. The Piston, Xi3 said at the time, had received a financial investment from Valve. Just a few days ago, Xi3 said this unofficial ‘Steam Box’ would be out this holiday season for $1,000 But according…

So You Want to Watch Macross, But Don’t Know Where to Start

Over this last year, the Macross series has been celebrating its 30th anniversary with concerts, movies, and even a new PlayStation 3 game But what exactly is Macross, and if you’re looking to break into the series, where should you start? To start with, what makes Macross “Macross” are three things: transforming fighter planes, a…