Ten Modern JRPGs Worth Playing

Let’s make something clear. Japanese RPGs are not dead. They have never been dead. They will not be dead any time soon. I’ve written about this subject before, but every day it seems like there’s a new screed, a new attention-grabbing editorial or essay. “Are JRPGs Obsolete?” “Do JRPGs No Longer Matter?” “Has The Age…

VGLeaks has what it says are early screens of a purported Gears of War strategy game. Delta Squad looks so… small.

EA And Zynga Are Done Suing Each Other Over A Facebook Game

EA and Zynga have been tied up in mutual lawsuits over their Facebook games The Sims Social and The Ville since last year, but All Things Digital is reporting that today both cases were dismissed in California court. The companies issued the statement that “EA and Zynga have resolved their respective claims and have reached…

NeoGAF has pulled together some leaked pre-order materials for Bungie’s next game, Destiny

Video Game Plates So Gorgeous You’ll Pause Before Dropping Your Filthy Food On Them

Wait! Before you go reaching for your wallets, you should know that the 8-bit styled dinnerware pictured above doesn’t actually exist. The images come from superstar graphic designer Olly Moss‘ Tumblr and are the result of some noodling around while he had time on his hands. Moss says that the dishes riff on the famous…

If You Run a Warehouse, You Don’t Need To Turn Work Into a Game. Really.

Recently, people wanted to gamify things. That’s “game-i-fy,” as in “turn stuff into games,” which more or less meant “add points to stuff we don’t like to do to make those things more fun.” One of the patron saints of this stuff was supposed to be Jesse Schell, a game designer and teacher who described…

It’s Too Bad Epic Games Considers Female Protagonists Tough To Justify In Gears of War [UPDATE]

Because seriously, how badass would a female protagonist be? Recently, OXM published excerpts of an upcoming interview with Epic Game’s Chris Perna where they talked about Gears of War: Judgement and female characters in the Gears universe. It got me thinking. When Gears of War 3 debuted playable female characters, I realized first-hand just how…

ChefVille ‘Last Ditch Convection’ Quests: Everything You Need to Know

We’ve reached the halfway point in Colby’s Convection Oven event in ChefVille, and it’s time to unlock more Valentine’s Day dishes before it’s too late. Colby has brought three new quests to the game in a “Last Ditch Convection” series, and we’re here with a guide to helping you finish them off (thanks to Zynga)…

Gamasutra: Nintendo sold under 60,000 Wii U’s in the U.S. in Jan. A lower monthly total than Xbox 360 or PS3 ever hit.

This is the First Gameplay Footage of the new Dreamfall

Just as Dreamfall Chapters: The Longest Journey got near its $850,000 funding goal at Kickstarter, developer Red Thread Games put up an early prototype gameplay video. You can see the heroine Zoe running around a rich, fully explorable, shiny forest environment called Riverwood, as well as the new hybrid interface that combines freeroam movement and…

I Have No Idea What’s Happening In This iOS Game, But I Like It

A lot of mobile games don’t make sense. Why are pigs and birds enemies? How many times do you need to keep running through that temple? What’s a science lab doing with so many electrical zappers? Jool, a new iOS game by a German developer named ROSTLAUB, makes the least sense of any mobile game…

Watch Dogs Will Be Out This Holiday For ‘All Home Consoles,’ Leaked Poster Says [UPDATE]

Watch Dogs, the impressive-looking game that stole the show at last year’s E3, will be out this holiday for “all home consoles,” according to leaked marketing materials received by Kotaku today. Check the images below to see both the front and back of the marketing materials, which mention a quote from G4 about the game…

This Is an Incredibly Odd Way to Experience The Wizard of Oz

When I was growing up, every holiday season was punctuated by a television airing of The Wizard of Oz. We’d gather around the television and watch Dorothy and friends learn a little something about themselves in the span of 101 minutes. The Wizard of Oz Facebook game has been around for four months, and we’re…

Finally, A Decent Look at The Star Trek Game

If you’re like me, you’ve wanted to actually see what the upcoming Star Trek tie-in plays and looks like. You have to put up with a lot of movie executive blather but there’s a bunch of gameplay on display in this promo clip for the Digital Extremes-developed title. It seems like players will be abe…

What People Used To Say About The Game Boy

3D without glasses? No thanks. I’ll take my monochrome sprites and go and have some real fun. The Game Boy was kind of a big deal. Revolutionary, even. Console-quality games on the go? Great Scott. Let’s look at what people thought of that. “Game Boy promises ‘any game, anywhere.’ It has a 2 1/2-inch LCD…

This Week’s iPad Charts: Hold Me Closer Tiny Dentist

I’ve only been doing these weekly charts since fall of last year, and this is the second time a free dental simulation game appeared on the free charts. At least this one features cartoon animals getting their mouths drilled full of holes. I can understand the appeal. It was a week of great change on…

Square Enix the MMO dev, can they fix it? Phase one of the Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn beta begins on Feb. 25.

A Game So Weird, It Needs to Come With Its Own Encyclopedia

The developers at Simogo have made some of my favorite mobile games, the musical platformer Bumpy Road and rhythm stealth hybrid Beat Sneak Bandit. Those games were cute and easy to grasp. But their latest one Year Walk looks like a weird, first-person exploration head-trip. Thankfully they appear to know this and are offering up…

Class, Your Homework Today Is to Learn About BioShock Infinite’s Creepy Pseudo-History

The first installment of the Columbia: A Modern Day Icarus? video series reminded Luke, me and loads of other folks of the low-budget, off-putting documentaries and filmstrips that aired in the ‘70s and ‘80s. I used to have to watch those things in class, too, with some annoying homework assignment attached to them. Imagine if…

Here’s Five Of The Best Attempts At Creating A PS4 Logo

On February 20, there’s a good chance we’ll not only get to see the PlayStation 4, but also get to see its branding. Stuff like the logo. Unable to wait that long, Aussie company 99 Designs held a competition for users, asking them to come up with their own take. Being open to the general…