DayZ Creator: ‘I Am Angry About The War Z‘

DayZ creator Dean Hall says he’s pissed about The War Z, the controversial zombie game that seems have cloned a ton of DayZ‘s elements, including theme, genre, and title. Writing on Reddit yesterday, Hall said the accused clone “hasn’t made [his] life very pleasant”: I am angry about the WarZ. I’m very angry. I’m quite…

You Get To Ask The People Making Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII Two Questions, They Said. Good Luck.

Yesterday, I attended a press junket for Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII, the latest in the megaseries and our first chance to see the game in action. The game, from what little we saw, could be cool. The press junket, on the other hand, wasn’t great. We got very little new info that isn’t already…

Far Cry 3‘s latest DLC has four huntable animals: Mountain lion, thylacine, white tiger and red vulture. No Dinosaurs.

Diablo III Director Jay Wilson Steps Down, Staying At Blizzard

Jay Wilson, longtime Blizzard employee and the director of Diablo III, has stepped down after seven years on the game. Wilson will move to another project at Blizzard. Diablo III, a game that triggered a great deal controversy upon release thanks to several technical errors, has been criticized by many fans for its online-only gameplay…

I Might Not Have What it Takes to Be a Disney City Girl

Maybe moving to the big city to be a Disney City Girl wasn’t such a good idea. My apartment is a hovel compared to the palace Jenna has, and even that’s stretching my budget to the limit. My boss will give me extra money for washing dishes if I dress in active wear, but he…

Looking to brush up on Ratchet & Clank‘s backstory? Check out the latest “Lore in a Minute.”

There’s a Domo Game Coming to the iOS. Rejoice!

As a mildly enthusiastic fan of the ever-present mascot for Japan’s NHK television station, new that Domo: The Journey is coming to iOS next month from Playlithium has me squealing like a large man imitating a little girl. What’s the game about? Why, it’s about Domo. I don’t see why you’d need to know anything…

Manti Te’o Gets the Tecmo Bowl Treatment

As expected, Dave Murray of the always topical Tecmo Bowl gang just chimed in on the Manti Te’o fiasco There’s usually a fast turnaround from breaking football news to some kind of Tecmo Bowl riff on the situation. And fake college football players are nothing new to a sports video game, of course. Fake girlfriends?…

This Legend Of Zelda Love Song Will Melt Your Triforce

Girl, ukelele, and The Legend of Zelda: a winning formula if I ever saw one. Here is a video of YouTuber HelloIamDanica, singing about why she should be Link’s ‘princess of destiny.’ It’s cute and charming—or, at least I chuckled when she says things like “even Ganon can’t keep me away.” Full lyrics are in…

FarmVille 2 Art Deco Crafting Recipes: Everything You Need to Know

We’ve already brought you a complete guide to the Art Deco items in the FarmVille 2 marketplace, but there’s more to this theme than just items in the store. In fact, there are three new crafting recipes available for creation inside the Crafting Kitchen, and we’re here with a complete guide to making these fancy,…

A 500GB White PS3 Slim, with a year of PlayStation Plus bundled, goes on sale in North America Jan. 27

From Halo To Hot Sauce: What 25 Years Of Violent Video Game Research Looks Like

Early last year, seventy French university students sat down in a room. A group of scientists told the students they would be participating in a study to measure the effects of video game brightness on visual perception, and that they would each be paid 10 euros a day for their efforts. The students split up…

25 Video Game Violence Studies, Summarized

With video games so consistently a topic in the mass media’s examinations of the recent Sandy Hook shooting, we decided to take a look at the studies that try to determine what effect—if any—video games have on violent or aggressive behavior. President Obama made a call for more studies, providing the CDC with $10 million…

Wii U’s Need For Speed: Most Wanted Will Have Co-Op Driving

Here’s a feature for the March 19 Wii U version of last fall’s acclaimed racing game Need for Speed Most Wanted that wasn’t in the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC versions. From an EA press release: …an all new local co-op mode, Co-Driver, one player drives using the Wii Remote controller or Wii U Pro…

Final Fantasy: All the Bravest is $46 of In-App Purchases Looking for a Game

If you’re looking for a mildly interactive trip through the history of the Final Fantasy franchise and don’t mind shelling out a little more than $50 for the complete experience, Final Fantasy: All the Bravest might be a justifiable purchase. If you’re just in it for the gameplay you can save a lot of time…

Valve Considers Resubmitting Left 4 Dead 2 for Australian Classification

You may remember that, nearly four years ago, Australia’s classification board refused to classify Left 4 Dead 2, effectively banning it from sale in the country. At the time, Australia’s ratings system for video games topped out at MA15+, which basically means suitable for teenagers. Valve released a highly sanitized version of the game just…

Halo 2‘s PC Multiplayer Shuts Off Feb. 15

With the population peaking “consistently at approximately 20 players or less,” Halo 2‘s PC multiplayer has been given one month to live. 343 Industries yesterday said the servers will be turned off on Feb. 15. If you remember the last time something like this happened, in 2010, as Microsoft was retiring support for the original…

This Easter Egg From The Latest Borderlands 2 DLC Might Give You An STD

Beware: spoilers for hidden secrets in Borderlands 2‘s latest DLC—Sir Hammerlock’s Big Game Hunt—follow. Also STDs might follow, so, you know, beware that, too. Now that we got that out of the way, prepare yourself for The Clap, as presented to you by GameFront, the finders of all things hidden. I need one of these…

PlayStation Germany Lists Seemingly Next-Gen Star Wars 1313 For PS3 [UPDATE: Not anymore!]

For some reason, the official Facebook page for PlayStation in Germany listed Star Wars 1313 as an upcoming game for PS3 today. We’re asking them and LucasArts why, because this is a bit of a surprise and may very well be what we in America call a typo. Star Wars 1313 and its out-of-this-world graphics…

This Week’s Windows Phone Charts: In With the Old, Out With the New

It’s not that the Windows Phone platform isn’t getting new games—it’s just that the older ones are just that good. We’ll run with that as the weekly Windows Phone charts return sleeker, sexier and more 5-hittier than ever before. Getting rid of the extraneous images and wonky formatting that previously made the weekly charts such…