Grand Theft Auto V Has Three Protagonists

Grand Theft Auto V will star three protagonists. All male. Here they are. This comes courtesy the December cover of Game Informer, which you can see in its entirety here: This news confirms what Kotaku reported last year: both that it will be set in Los Santos, Rockstar’s take on Los Angeles, and that it…

Star Wars: The Old Republic Officially Going Free-to-Play November 15

MMORPG Star Wars: The Old Republic is officially going free to play on November 15, EA confirmed today. The game launched late last year, to positive reviews, but had trouble holding onto a subscriber base. EA announced in July that SW:TOR would transition to a free-to-play game this fall, but didn’t provide a specific date.…

Looks like PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale‘s final boss will be Polygon Man, the short-lived mascot for the PS1

Star Wars Brings Out the Very Best in Angry Birds

Everything is better with Star Wars. Anyone that’s ever cut a graceful arc through the air with a vaguely saber-shaped object while making whooshing noises knows this. Dogs know this. Pizza lovers know this. Even Disney know this. Anyone can toss a tan robe on their pet or Photoshop a lightsaber into their prom photo,…

Watch Me Kill A Bunch Of People In Halo 4 Multiplayer

Is Halo 4‘s multiplayer different from what you remember? In some respects—new weapons and armor, call-in ordnance drops, map markers that show where special weapons are located (and when they disappear)—yes, it is different. But it’s also still a really polished game, with fun maps and an enormous amount of customization options for both your…

Movie Posters Recreated Using Team Fortress 2, Because Why Not

Photoshop artist Valentin Baguirov used a combination of Photoshop and Valve’s Source Filmmaker to create these movie poster beauties. Drag the slider over to compare and contrast. You can view the full-sized versions—both original poster and Team Fortress 2 poster—below. TF2 Movie posters [Behance via Dotcore]

First Official Video Footage Of The Elder Scrolls Online Is Pretty Damn Gorgeous

A lot of people are worried about The Elder Scrolls Online, a Bethesda-published online game set in the world of their fantasy RPG series, which includes games like Skyrim and Morrowind But I must say, this video makes the upcoming game look pretty good. Some spectacular art. What do you think? Can Bethesda convince you…

The Shadow of the Wii U Looms Over Mario, Mickey Mouse and Pokémon in This Week’s Nintendo Download

The next home console from Nintendo is so close you can taste it. It probably tastes like fingerprints. In the meantime, games continue to roll out for the company’s handhelds. And, look, a WiiWare release! Let’s run it all down. Games Paper Mario: Sticker Star Platform: 3DS/3DS XL Price: $39.99 When an accident scatters stickers…

This Week’s Windows Phone Charts: Pacman 8 is So Much Better Than Pacman 7

Dear Namco Bandai, you should probably pay more attention to the Windows Phone platform, if only to make sure people don’t get confused about Pac-Man continuity. Yes, one of this week’s top free games is Pacman 8. Not Pac-Man 8, but Pacman 8. That’s an important distinction. It also bears noting that there is also…

Black Friday at Walmart: Dishonored, XCOM for $25, Assassin’s Creed III for $39, and More

Now that the political commercials have finally ended, it is of course Christmas time. But before Christmas (which is technically still the best part of two months away) comes Christmas shopping. It’s time for Black Friday sales to start appearing. Yesterday we saw Best Buy‘s ad, and today mega-retailer Walmart is ready with theirs Walmart’s…

Let’s Rank The Halo Games, Best to Worst

Let’s say you’re new to a series. Or are in a position where you’re recommending a series to a friend who’s never played it. Or just feel like debating the finer points of a franchise with a friend, and deciding which of a big gaming franchise is the best Since you can’t play loads of…

Some of the Fights in Assassin’s Creed III Were Designed by an MMA Brawler

Being video game developers, and not men and women who make a living beating other people into a pulp, you can’t expect the team behind Assassin’s Creed III to know everything about the art of fisticuffs. So for Ubisoft’s latest entry in the series, they enlisted the help of MMA fighter (and stunt coordinator) Andrew…

So What’s Mitt Romney Doing Right About Now?

The election is over! Mitt Romney didn’t win the presidency. That doesn’t mean he didn’t win. Halo 4 is out. Romney Today [snatchninja@Reddit]

Monsters Can Make You Sick In Monster Hunter 4

The fourth Monster Hunter game Monster Hunter 4 (okay, so it’s actually the twentieth game… They’ve got a screwy number system) will be adding a bunch of new creatures and features into the mix. Already announced is the grabbing/climbing function, the “insect controlling stick” (or as I call it, the “bug stick”), and several new…

Zynga Japan is shutting down three more of its games. Things don’t look good for the Japan branch, reports Games.com

This Is Probably The Oddest (and Most Awesome) Cosplay Trend Right Now

This week on Twitter, cosplayers have been posting photos with the following theme: “If you put cosplay outfits outside the bathroom, it looks like the character is taking a bath.” Japanese bathrooms are different from Western ones. The bath and the toilet are typically separate. The bathroom is kind of like a giant shower with…

Meet The Man Who Suited Up Iron Man In The Avengers

Iron Man is perhaps the most popular character from The Avengers in Japan. It’s not just Robert Downey Jr.’s performance as the witty, egomaniac Tony Stark, but the iconic sleek red and gold mechanical suit he dons that make the man of gold-titanium alloy that people love so much. Meet Keiji Yamaguchi. In The Avengers,…

Call of Duty: Black Ops II Will Feature Multiplayer Live-Streaming Via YouTube

Activision’s FPS sequel will be breaking new ground when Call of Duty: Black Ops II allows players to broadcast live in-game multiplayer streaming to YouTube from the Xbox 360 and PS3. As previously mentioned, the new functionality is a first for modern consoles, allowing them to transmit gameplay in real-time. The streams will be viewable…

Report: Grand Theft Auto V Stars “an East Coast Gangster”

Here are some new details about the eagerly anticipated Grand Theft Auto V. According to website CVG, ShortList Magazine, which apparently revealed the above image on its website, wrote this about the game’s main character: The protagonist is an “East Coast gangster”, who moved to the game’s Los Santos setting (Rockstar’s take on LA and…

In Japan, There’s Halo 4 with Hard Gay

Japanese comedian Hard Gay, who is hardly gay, was roped in by Microsoft Japan to promote Halo 4 at a recent event in Tokyo. While Hard Gay, whose real name is Masaki Sumitani, hit it big in Japan back in 2005, he hasn’t appeared that much on television of late, save for the occasional appearance…