Downton Abbey, Ported To The Super Nintendo

Let’s imagine, for a moment, that Downton Abbey—a show set in the past—also had a game that’s from… the past. Only not so far back. OK, scrap that, and just watch this sweet video by Bill Kiley, where the manor house comes alive to the sound of midi music. Downton Abbey for the SNES [Bill…

Don’t Worry, The Giant Purple Dildo From Saints Row Is Safe

If there’s one defining feature of the Saints Row series, it’s the fact you can use an enormous dildo as a weapon. THQ has had a replica prop made up for a while now, but with the publisher closing down, there was a very real risk that it would end up in a bin or,…

Play The Cave. You’ll See Awesome Art Like This.

If you’ve been playing Double Fine’s The Cave—and Tina says you probably should be—you’ll have noticed the lush cave paintings you come across depicting the game’s seven characters. They’re the work of Daniel Krall, and there’s so much colour you could drown in it. You can see more of Daniel’s art on his personal blog…

Commander Shepard, Reporting For Duty In The Real World

There’s no shortage of quality Commander Shepard cosplay in the world, but this outfit by MissCordie has instantly become one of the best we’ve seen. Why? It’s the extra mile. A lot of Shepard cosplayers replicate the design of the uniform and leave it at that. MissCordie’s here is beat up. It’s missing paint in…

Watch The Glee Cast Perform The Arrangement They Ripped Off From Jonathan Coulton

Last week, a recording surfaced of the cast of Glee performing a slowed-down arrangement of Sir Mix-A-Lot’s 90s classic “Baby Got Back.” As it turned out, their arrangement of the tune had more than a liiiittle bit in common with an earlier arrangement by well-known geeky songwriter Jonathan Coulton. In fact, the Glee arrangement was…

Capcom’s Sad Excuse For Not Releasing Resident Evil: Revelations On The Vita

3DS game Resident Evil: Revelations is being remade in HD, and will be coming to just about every platform under the sun in May. That means the PC, PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii U. Curiously, the Vita is absent from the list, even though it could easily handle it. So, uh, why? Replying to user…

Entire League Of Legends Team Disqualified For, Yes, “Toxic Behaviour”

The crackdown continues. League of Legends developers Riot have banned three more e-sports hopefuls from the game, this time only days away from a LoL Championship Series qualifying event in Poland. The three players—Khaled Abusagr, Nicolaj Jensen & Simon Näslund—were all banned having repeatedly been suspended for poor behaviour (such as verbal abuse), while Jensen…

Report: Rockstar Threatened To “Sue The S**t” Out Of A TV Show Called LA Noir. [UPDATE: Game Publisher Denies.]

Hollywood director and writer Frank Darabont was working on a TV show called LA Noir, which aside from having a similar name to Rockstar’s 2011 adventure was also set in Los Angeles circa 1947, the same year the game begins. Despite being based on a book by the same name, he says he’s had to…

The Mars Volta Breaks Up, Never To De-Louse In Another Comatorium

Well, this is a shame. The Mars Volta, a band I have always had a great deal of respect for, is officially no more. Via the A.V. Club, lead singer/freak of nature Cedric Bixler Zavala announced his departure, and the band’s breakup, in a series of tweets last night: I have to say, the only…

The Hidden Beauty Of Skill Trees

The recent launch of Path Of Exile‘s open beta—a new hack & slash action RPG known especially for its enormous skill tree, as you can see in the pic above—inspired us to collect some of the best looking skill and research trees spanning a variety of genres. It’s interesting to see how creatively devs can…

This Is What Romance Looks Like In Fire Emblem: Awakening

Sure, the Fire Emblem series is known for its well-designed tactical challenges. The newest game in the series, Fire Emblem: Awakening, is no different. But a lesser-known aspect of Awakening is just how romantic it can be. See, when your soldiers (of which you’ll amass dozens) fight alongside one another, they get closer and eventually…

You Can Pay For Weapons In Dead Space 3 Because Of Mobile Gamers, Apparently

Many Dead Space fans were disappointed this week after hearing that Dead Space 3 would feature microtransactions—or, the ability to buy in-game goods for real money. Today in an interview with CVG, Dead Space 3 producer John Calhoun stated that microtransactions exist because they intend to court mobile gamers. There’s a lot of players out…

The Sad, Final Days Of THQ

This afternoon, THQ CEO Brian Farrell and president Jason Rubin met with about a hundred of their staff at corporate headquarters in southern California. Tomorrow, most of them will lose their jobs. Within the next few weeks, the video game publisher will disappear entirely. This was their last meeting. “There were plenty of people crying,”…

Stop, Ni No Kuni, You’re Charming My Trousers Off

Anyone within earshot of me in the last week and a half will attest that I’m absolutely loving the PS3 RPG Ni No Kuni. It is, without a doubt, one of the most charming games I’ve ever played. It simply exudes character from every single pore. With that in mind, here are handful of whimsical…

Looks Like The Kingdom Hearts ‘Remix’ Could Be Coming To North America

Jesse McCartney, the voice actor behind Kingdom Hearts‘s Roxas, is working on a new game in the series, if you believe his Instagram account. McCartney posted a teaser today saying he was recording “the next chapter” in the action-RPG series, which could very well be Kingdom Hearts 1.5, the HD remix announced in Japan last…

Sony has joined the modern age: Everyone can (finally) access the PlayStation store right from their browsers.

Tecmo Bowl Simulation Says Take the 49ers in Super Bowl XLVII

Vegas says San Francisco is a 3.5-point favorite in the Super Bowl, and Tecmo Super Bowl, the 1991 classic for the NES, says the 49ers are a 31-17 winner over the Baltimore Ravens, thanks to this CPU vs. CPU simulation of the game using a modified roster file from the TecmoBowl.org community. In this super-scientific…

Conan O’Brien Shows Us The Atari Games We’ll Never Get To See

Atari—or, well, Infogrames—has filed for bankruptcy, and Conan O’Brien is commemorating the 40-year-old company in spectacular fashion. From Atari Lord of the Rings to Atari Harry Potter, here are the games we’ll be missing out on when the company goes bankrupt.

Report: J.J. Abrams Will Direct The Next Star Wars [UPDATE]

Remember when J.J. Abrams said he wasn’t going to direct the next Star Wars? Apparently, that’s not true. According to a report by The Wrap, the Star Trek director will also be our new Star Wars director. Michael Arndy, behind the film Little Miss Sunshine, is said to be writing the script. Remember though: last…

This Cat Should Be The Final Boss In Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

Previously, we took a look at the bosses in Revengeance and deemed them awesome. None of the real bosses, however, match the power, flexibility, and feline dexterity of this here cat—which manages to deftly evade Raiden’s best attempts to destroy it. And then it has the audacity to taunt Raiden with its “meows.” I’m onto…