All the Gaming Deals of Black Friday [UPDATED with 80 More Deals]

Our deals partners at Dealzon have scanned all major retailers in North America for the video game offers of Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving when many Americans begin their holiday shopping. Whether you’re picking up something for yourself, a loved one or a friend, here’s more than 60 deals on current video games, gaming…

Show Us The JRPGs You’re Most Thankful For

As I write this, turkey is trying to burst out of my stomach, the Jets are embarrassing themselves on national television, and I’m using Persona 4 to distract me from the pain of both. Thanksgiving is great. So in the spirit of this wonderful, gluttonous holiday, let’s take some time to celebrate the genre of…

“There’s a lady on the ground” – Scenes of Black Friday Video Game Shopping Madness

Scenes of people shopping for video games today on Black Friday—specifically at Wal-Marts across the country—don’t resemble shopping as much as they resemble feeding frenzies. Why they do it like this is beyond me. This kind of thing is a great argument for downloading games or at least ordering them online. Here’s the video referenced…

Two of the Year’s Biggest PC Games Are Missing From One Country’s Steam Store

Two of Ubisoft’s biggest games for the year—and indeed, two of the bigger PC releases for the year—are Assassin’s Creed III and Far Cry 3. So it’s weird that, unlike most other places on Earth, neither is yet available on the UK’s Steam servers. “We’ve been in discussions with Valve about Assassin’s Creed 3 and…

Whatever You Do, Don’t Look Down

David Smit is a concept artist with a ton of experience working in video games, from stints with studios like Guerilla Games (Killzone 2) and Crytek (Project: Ryse). He’s now a freelancer, who in addition to his video game work has also provided art for clients like Adidas and Playboy. If you like what you…

The Wii U’s First Week: The Highs, The Lows, The Massive Downloads

It’s been an interesting week for the Wii U. Nintendo’s—well, anyone’s—first new home console in six years has been met with a curious mixture of joy, bewilderment and even disdain by early adopters and critics alike. Let’s look back, then, on the week that was for the Wii U. Below you’ll find the biggest, most…

Sony’s Glass Controller Sure Beats a Gold Watch

After five years with the team, Sony Computer Entertainment America PR man Jeff Rubenstein recently left the company. In leaving, though—or at least for being there for five years before he left—we get a chance to see something neat. Behold, SCEA’s five-year service reward/award. Sure, five years doesn’t sound long, but in a world where…

The Next Hitman Game Won’t Be Like Other Hitman Games

Danish studio IO Interactive, as the creators of the series, have been doing Hitman games forever. But the next Hitman game, the one after Absolution, won’t be made by them. And it won’t be like other Hitman games, either. No, the next Hitman game, in development at new studio Square Enix Montreal, sounds like it…

Sometimes a Bad (Read: Tired) Game Just Needs a Little More Time

I had a very strange thing happen to me this week. I went back and re-played a game I hadn’t previously enjoyed. Only this time, a year removed from my first experience, I actually enjoyed it. The game in question was Assassin’s Creed Revelations. With Assassin’s Creed III out this week, and being a fan…

The Oliver Twins want to make a brand new Dizzy game. Here’s the Kickstarter

Your Official Holiday Gift Guide, For All Your Shopping Needs

Another year, another round of holiday gift shopping. But what should you buy all those special people in your life? What should you be looking for on this hectic Black Friday? We’re here to help. We’ve covered a ton of gift-buying options, from games on various platforms to specific price ranges to help make things…

This Lady Cosplays in Cute Outfits and Then Shoots Deadly Assault Rifles

Japan seems to have an idol for everything. Besides all the typical singing schoolgirl idols, there’s a glasses idol, a retro gaming idol, and even an “ugly” idol. So you can bet there’s also a military idol. Meet Mii Aihara. She got her start working at a Mia Cafe, a maid cafe in Tokyo’s geek…

Report: How Japanese Women Tell If Male Co-Workers Are Totally Unpopular

Are you a working dude? A popular working dude? If not, you might be giving off telltale signs to your female colleagues that you are not popular. Japanese research website Otome Sugoren (via Sugoren) regularly polls its women readers and has come up with the seven most popular ways women (in Japan, at least) know…

If Back to the Future Was Made by Japanese Geeks

It would probably feature a Delorean that looks like this. Behold, the itasha DMC-12, complete with an “OUTATIME” California plate. Itasha (痛車), literally “painmobile”, are cars covered with anime, manga, or video game themed stickers. This Delorean is wrapped in Japanese anime Haiyore! Nyaruko-san and was on display at a recent itasha gathering in Tokyo’s…

Let’s Overdose on All this Wonderful Mecha Plastic

Gundam models are called “Gunpla” (ガンプラ) in Japanese. And at this year’s Gunpla Expo, there were plenty of them. The event, which runs until November 25 in Tokyo’s Akihabara, not only showcases upcoming models, but also the work of master Gunpla builders and famous fans. Let’s have a look. Some of these are actually entries…

Navy Serviceman Says He Wasn’t “Totally Nude” at the Comic Cafe (But He Did Pee)

Manga cafes might be wretched hives of scum and villainy, but they are also a place where people unwind, read comics, play video games, and pass out after missing the last train. Maybe that’s what happened to 23 year-old Navy serviceman Oscar Hayes Weigle, and his buddy. If so, that’s easy to explain. What actually…

The Korean Rating Board apparently approved 3DS title Resident Evil: Revelations for PS3/Xbox 360. [Thanks Catmario!]

The Avengers’ Agent Phil Coulson, Yours to Own And Hold And Do…Whatever

Hot Toys has all the super heroes of The Avengers covered with their amazing line of highly-detailed figures, but what about plain old regular heroes? Here’s one. Everyone’s favourite super dork, Agent Phil Coulson. Available in June 2013 for $175, he comes with all kinds of super accessories like a…folder. And his Captain America trading…

How The World’s Biggest LAN Party Is Built

Over the rest of this week and the weekend, over 10,000 gamers will be gathering in Jonkoping, Sweden for Dreamhack Winter, the world’s largest LAN party. There’ll be games, parties, e-sports, food, swag, you name it, if it’s got to do with PC gaming, it’ll probably be somewhere at Elmia Fair, where the attendees get…

Animal Crossing: New Leaf Doesn’t Seem Like Digital Heroin. But It Is.

Animal Crossing: New Leaf is currently one of the most popular 3DS games in Japan. It hit the shelves on November 8th, and as of the 18th, the game has sold 893,344 copies (not including the download version) and is well on its way to being a million seller hit. The game sells itself as…