See Me Shoot My Friend In The Back Using All Of Halo 4‘s New Guns And Gadgets

Halo 4 released just yesterday, and I’m sure many of you have already picked it up. But for those of you who are wondering what new guns, armor abilities and other gadgets 343’s first take on the Halo franchise is introducing, this video is for you. My dear friend—Mike Rougeau from Complex Magazine (whose review…

Watch Mass Effect 3: Omega Right Here (And Maybe Learn a Couple of Things About It)

BioWare will be livestreaming some of the upcoming Mass Effect 3 downloadable expansion Omega at 1:30 pm ET today. You can watch it in the player embedded below. While you’re getting ready, here a few details about it that you might want to know: It’s a single-player adventure. It will be accessible to anyone who…

Assassin’s Creed III‘s Best Argument That It Doesn’t Really Matter What The Founding Fathers Thought

Fictional British historian and Templar-fighter Shaun Hastings is not cowed by the greatness of the United States or its history. It is in Hastings’ voice that the Assassin’s Creed series’ excellent historical databases are written. In previous games, he skewered figures from the Renaissance. In Assassin’s Creed III he finds some American targets. The game’s…

For the Horde: She Plays World Of Warcraft AND She Won Her State Senate Race

She plays as an Orc, characters who are arguably the bad guys of the World of Warcraft universe. But last night, Colleen Lachowicz—the Democratic candidate whose activity in World of Warcraft was the subject of a Republican smear campaign—won an election that leveled up her political career. Last month, the Maine Republican Party set up…

Flee A Single-Minded Monster In This Dangerous Island Survival Game

You’re creeping through the bushes on a jungle island, a map in one hand, an eye out ahead of you. There’s something creeping through the underbrush behind you, a beast you’d best avoid. You look down at your map, desperate for the best way out of this canyon. Carefully, you head to the left, and…

This iPhone Game Promises To Help You Get Into Mensa

I used to work with a guy who was in Mensa, the “High IQ Society.” He had a plaque over his desk and everything. It was super impressive. I remember always thinking, “Man, I wish I was in Mensa.” Now, thanks to Square Enix’s Mensa Academy, I can work towards attaining that goal. The game,…

Nintendo Adding New Japanese Word To American Vocabulary: WaraWara

The welcome area that will appear whenever you start up Nintendo’s new Wii console, the Wii U, will be called the WaraWara Plaza. As our Osaka-based Brian Ashcraft points out: “Warawara” (わらわら) is Japanese for “bustling”. It’s a suitable description for the crowd of virtual friends and other gamers you’ll see when you turn the…

Political Message Left In Curiosity Inexplicably Concerned For Obama’s Cat

As Curiosity settles into its second day out in the wide world, players worldwide keep tapping away at the massive cube inside. It’s not all rude words and penises, though of course there are plenty of both. As political fervor swept the US yesterday and last night, so too did politics seep into the cube.…

FarmVille 2 Fall Harvest Crafting Recipes: Everything You Need to Know

If you’re willing to spend some Farm Bucks for limited edition trees in FarmVille 2, you can now craft three new recipes, two of which include premium ingredients found in the Fall Harvest theme. A single Crabapple or Sugar Maple Tree costs 12 Farm Bucks, but you also have a slight chance of earning these…

Best Buy’s Black Friday Deals Include A $200 250 GB Xbox 360 Bundle, Assassin’s Creed III for $35 and More.

That magical time of year is upon us, when prices for video game hardware and software get sliced down to can’t-say-no levels. Best Buy’s offerings have broken cover and include Ubisoft’s big new release, a shiny 3DS bundle with Super Mario 3D Land and a Vita+Black Ops: Declassified. There’s plenty to browse so head over…

Now That Washington Has Legalized Pot, People Are Really Excited For PAX

Screw Obama: the most exciting news from last night is that marijuana is now legal in the states of Colorado and Washington. Of course, PAX Prime, annual gaming convention and mecca for nerds across the world, is also held in Washington. Don’t get too excited just yet: marijuana is still illegal on the federal level.…

This Week’s Android Charts: Victory for the Incumbents

Now that last week’s excitement has passed it’s back to business as usual from the weekly Android chart, with Minecraft re-elected into the top paid spot by a narrow margin. There are plenty of familiar faces showing up in this week’s Android charts, from Rovio’s stable of birds and pigs to your own family and…

You Can Celebrate Mass Effect’s Would-Be Holiday With a Look at the Upcoming Omega DLC

So, nobody’s getting the day off on N7 Day, the made-up celebration that EA’s cooked up for BioWare’s hit sci-fi saga. Still having to go to work today is a bummer, but there are Mass Effect goodies to be had. Aside from the community-based activities like sending pictures, downloading commemorative art and the like, multiplayer…

I Don’t Want My OKCupid Dates To Know I Like Video Games

I probably can’t expect much from a person with a username including the words “Pussy” and “Monster” in it, but even so, a message that I got last month from an OKCupid user was worse than the usual fare. Difficulty in forming complete sentences with logical thoughts and proper grammar? Check. Random sex solicitation before…

Be The Assassin…of Your Bathroom

This is what it looks like when official game merchandise makes the long and arduous journey from cool gear to acceptable gear to terrible crap before breaking through to become something so ridiculous it’s a must-have. It’s an official Assassin’s Creed III bathrobe, complete with hood. For those times when your rubber duckie must be…

Nintendo Created a Penis-Drawing Inferno

Nintendo’s new console, the Wii U, allows players to not only write messages, but also draw them. It’s surprising just how many different places players can draw pictures—whether that’s in the Miiverse or in games. If history is anything to go by, the Wii U is going to be a hotbed of dick-drawings. At one…

Former Square Honcho Calls Square Enix a “Complete Failure” with “No Vision”

With Square Enix posting losses in its latest earnings, former Square Co. boss Hisashi Suzuki thought this would be good a time as any to kick the company while it is down. Via Twitter, Suzuki didn’t hold back, claiming that the total value of publicly traded stock is not higher than it was before Square…

Watch Assassin’s Creed III Confuse the Hell Out of a Cat

Assassin’s Creed III is a dazzling looking game. But it’s not only the game’s accurate recreations of Colonial America that impress, but also its realistic portrayal of dogs. Don’t believe me? Just ask this cat. Assassin’s Creed confuses cat [Silvy Alblas@YouTube]

In Japan, Nintendo is launching a subscription based Wii Karaoke U that is similar to the popular Joysound Wii game.

Devil May Cry Over Your Wonderful Abs and Big Guns

The look of Devil May Cry is iconic. That probably explains why the latest game, DmC, with its new visual flair, is so divisive. Let’s put aside those squabbles momentarily. Let’s see how wonderful people bring Devil May Cry to life. Here are some—though, not all—of the best Dante-cosplay the internet has to offer, with…