After 128 Days In Jail, Arma III Developers Finally Get To Go Home

Two game developers from Czech Republic-based Bohemia Interactive (Arma III), who were jailed in Greece for the past 218 days, will finally be able to go home, according to Czech media reports translated on a site dedicated to the men’s release. Ivan Buchta and Martin Pezlar had been facing up to 20 years in prison…

Original Devil May Cry Creator Sticks Up For the New DmC

Game developer Hideki Kamiya of Platinum Games and recent Bayonetta fame will field just about any question on Twitter, whether he’s well-versed on a topic or not. Something he knows a ton about? Devil May Cry games. Kamiya was the director on the original Devil May Cry back in 2001 and a very good authority…

This Week’s iPhone Charts: The Minecraft Connection

Welcome to the all-new, all-improved, all much simpler formatted as to not kill myself every morning weekly app rankings. The ponderous and sloppy image-heavy format has been exchanged for a tasteful table, which makes it much easier to notice things like Minecraft proper and a 2D Minecraft “homage” holding both number two spots in the…

The World’s Largest Snowball Fight Saw Over 5,000 People Engage In Deadly Combat

Last weekend, 5,834 people convened in Seattle for the world’s largest snowball fight. Set amongst a battlefield of 160,000 tonnes of snow, it doesn’t look like any snowball fight I’ve ever been in. It looks like the beginning of Terminator 2. Only with less skulls. World’s Largest Snowball Fight – Contour Cameras – Snow Day…

Why Final Fantasy VI‘s Kefka is the Best Video Game Villain of All Time

From Bowser and Dr. Robotnik to M. Bison and Dr. Wiley, gaming has had many iconic villains. But as well known as those villains are, some of the best villains are found in the Final Fantasy series. When you think of Final Fantasy villains, who immediately comes to mind? If you were playing games in…

Zone of the Enders Is Pretty in Pink

This March, a new Zone of the Enders figure will be released, and perhaps will find a spot on your desk. Z.O.E., of course, is the sci-fi mecha series from Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima. The figure is of Z.O.E. mecha Ardjet, which is piloted by Ken Marinaris from Z.O.E.: The 2nd Runner It’s priced…

Nintendo’s Satoru Iwata said there’s no new hardware for 2013. Instead, they will work at making amazing software.

The Yakuza Live-Action Movie is Black Comedy Gold

In 2007 Japanese director Miike Takashi made a live-action film adaptation of the first game in the Yakuza series: Yakuza: Like A Dragon. Despite living in Japan and being a fan of Miike’s work, I had never really gotten around to seeing the movie even in the five years since it came out. But with…

Cosplaying Comedian Says No to Marijuana

Sakura-Saki Inagaki isn’t your typical comedian. She dresses as Asuka Langley from Neon Genesis Evangelion. She isn’t only a cosplaying entertainer. She’s a cosplaying entertainer who doesn’t want you to smoke drugs. For the past few years, the Osaka Pharmaceutical Association has printed and distributed pamphlets depicting Inagaki, crossing her arms in an “X”, the…

Namco Bandai launched a teaser site for what looks like a motorcycle game.

See Yakuza 5’s Street Brawling, Taxi Driving, and Drum Playing in Action

After four main games and two spin-offs, you probably have a pretty good idea of what to expect from Yakuza 5: weapon-filled brawling action across Japan’s major metropolitan areas. While brutal and cinematic, the brawling aspect is only the smallest part of what you can do in Yakuza 5. Many side activities return from past…

Russia’s Method of Destroying Fake Chinese iPhones Is Interesting

Over 120 fake iPhone 4 and 4s handsets were confiscated in the Amur region of Russia. According to website English Russia, the country usually bulldozes pirated discs. This time, authorities decided to bulldoze the phones. A Chinese national brought the handsets into Russia, but did not have proof that they were genuine. He was fined…

Square Enix launched a teaser site. Is it a FFV remake? A FFVI remake?

This Iron Man Helmet Was Made of Grapefruit. For a Cat.

Cat cosplay is a thing. We’ve proven this over and over and over. So don’t be totally surprised by this! Be amazed. At once, the above photo is both totally adorable and completely badass. Nice sculpting work, too. In case you are wondering, the grapefruit is what’s called in English a pomelo. It’s a large…

Snow Dicks and Cute Characters: Winter Hijinks Cover Tokyo.

Yesterday a snow storm blew through Tokyo, blanketing the metropolis in white. For Tokyo, this was the first snowfall of 2013, and residents did not let the opportunity for some winter fun pass them by. Creative types sculpted nude torsos, sea creatures, and of course numerous manga, anime, and video game characters. Then, there were…

You’ve Never Heard Of The Guy Writing The Assassin’s Creed Movie

The Assassin’s Creed movie has a writer, according to The Hollywood Reporter, and that writer is Michael Lesslie. Who you’ve probably never heard of. He wrote a big play in London called Prince of Denmark, as well as a few short films. And… that’s about it for this. Lesslie joins Michael Fassbender on the team,…

Time For Your Late-Night Pokémon Creep-Out

Let’s just say this is a story about what happens to the Pokemon left behind and leave it at that. Wait, no. Let’s also say this is creepy as hell, and that you’ve been warned. OK, we’ll leave it at that The Pokemon Hoarder [00mosama00, via Go Nintendo]

Crusader Kings II Has The Best Patch Notes

You may have noticed. I like Crusader Kings II. I like it a lot. But I like it for all kinds of reasons, many of which I didn’t get space, or time, to dwell on last year. Like the way that, very quietly, the game has been continually and fundamentally updated by the development team…

There Was A Genesis Version Of Super Mario World (Huh, What?)

It wasn’t official, of course, but thanks to the magic of bootleg cartridges, there was indeed a version of Nintendo’s classic platformer ported to Sega’s rival console. The game is a little janky, and missing some features altogether (no Yoshi, for example), but as you can see, there’s some kind of Super Mario World experience…

Real Mario Kart Race Features Working Weapons, Items (And Even Chain Chomp)

Science/tech nerds Waterloo Labs, who are no strangers to Mario projects, have truly outdone themselves this time with the creation of a real-life game of Mario Kart Transforming four regular karts, they feature weapon launchers. But that’s just the start of the “realness”. Strung up over the course were item boxes which would be scanned,…