Yakuza 5 Is Like Inception. A Video Game within a…Video Game.

It’s not uncommon for video game companies to reference their own games in…their own games. But Yakuza 5, never one to turn down a tie-in, has something else: Yakuza 5 features another company’s game. Namco’s Taiko no Tatsujin appears in Sega’s upcoming gangster opus. When you visit an arcade in Yakuza 5, you can play…

The Return of Japan’s Creepiest Action Figure

You know him, you love him, he’s creepy. That’s right, the infamous “hentai” (perverted) Woody figure is back. Kaiyodo’s Sci-Fi Revoltech Series No. 10 Woody figure has returned to retail. This month, the figure re-launched, going on sale again in Japan. With creepy Woody back on the prowl, no plastic figurine is safe. Geek site…

Sleeping Dogs Actually Cares About Its PC Version

Given the fact many publishers enjoy punishing PC players with sub-par ports, it’s nice to see Square Enix going the extra mile with the upcoming Sleeping Dogs. On day one, it’ll have a high-resolution texture pack available for download, a busier game world than the console versions and DirectX11 support. It’ll even play nice with…

Everything You Wanted (or Needed) to Know About Halo 4’s Guns

The history. The purpose. The sound effects. The enormous write-up over on Halo Waypoint (linked below) has everything a series fan – or firearm fetishist – could ever want with regards to humanity’s weapons of choice. And if you don’t feel like reading? Here’s every UNSC gun in the game, shooting things in the face.…

It’s Call me Maybe, Made Entirely With Lines From Star Trek

It’s been done with Star Wars so, as is required by the laws of fandom, it must be done with Star Trek as well. This is, yet again, a remix of Call me Maybe, with short snippets of on-screen dialogue (from Next Generation only, mind you!) standing in for Carly Rae Jepsen’s vocals. I don’t…

Ouya’s Ridiculously Successful Kickstarter Ends With Millions in the Bank

The Ouya console, an ambitious attempt to turn what’s essentially an Android tablet into a tiny home console, has just seen is Kickstarter campaign draw to a close. The final tally? Oh, just a meagre $8,583,769. That’s from 63,303 backers, with by far the most popular funding option (with over 46,000 taking up the offer)…

Nintendo Once Made a Vacuum Cleaner

As you know, Nintendo hasn’t always made video games. Before the dawn of the home entertainment era, the company made everything from love testers to fake LEGO to shooting galleries. Did you know, though, that amidst all that fun stuff, Nintendo also made a vacuum cleaner? This is it. The Nintendo Chiritorie. Released in 1979…

Sadly, Only One Old Video Game is Called Lone Wolf & Cub

Lone Wolf & Cub, first published in Japan in the 1970s, remains one of the most popular and respected manga series of all time. The epic tale of Ogami Ittō, an assassin who travels across Japan with his young son Daigoro, has been turned into a number of movies and TV shows, but strangely, given…

What BioShock Would Look Like Running on Crysis’ Engine

The original BioShock was created using Epic’s Unreal Engine 3 2.5. Let’s imagine, though, just for a second, that it had instead been built using Crytek’s fancy new CryEngine 3. The same tech that powers Crysis 2, it would certainly have allowed for larger, more expansive depictions of Rapture than the 2007 original allowed. These…

Metal Gear Ain’t Metal Gear Without Yoji Shinkawa’s Iconic Art

Last year, Fine Art looked at Ashley Wood’s contribution to the Metal Gear universe with his scratchy, chaotic images. While those have become popular of late, for many long-time fans the man they think of first when they think of Metal Gear’s look is Yoji Shinkawa. Beginning his career on cult hit Policenauts, Shinkawa quickly…

Compare Skyrim’s Sucky Graphics With Its Awesome Graphics

Stuck playing on a crummy system and want to see how the Übermensch play Skyrim? Or, conversely, do you own a killer rig and want to see how the peasants make do? There’s a site for that. Nvidia have made this handy interactive slider, which lets you quickly and, in some cases, dramatically see the…

The Matrix’s Coolest Scene Incredibly Remade in Valve’s Source Filmmaker

Valve’s new Source Filmmaker is being used to create an unbelievable amount of original content, sure, but there’s also scope for people to pay homage. Like LiveCurious95 has here, with this ode to the Matrix’s “rescue” scene, swapping out Agents with Medics and Keanus for Nicks. The Matrix Remaked (SFM) [YouTube, via @kpereira]

The Next Plants vs Zombies Game is a…Multiplayer Shooter?

This afternoon’s great PopCap mystery may now be a little less mysterious: a Canadian industry source with ties to Electronic Arts has told Kotaku that a small team at EA’s Burnaby campus is working on a new entry in the Plants vs Zombies franchise. The thing is, it’s not another tower defence game. Apparently it’s…

Here, Let Me Play You A Love Song On This Plant

Hello, baby. How are you today? I just wanted to tell you I’m sorry. I’m sorry for the things I’ve done, I’m sorry for the way I am. Let me make it up to you. Let me play you a love song on this plant I brought. This video of “Botanicus Interacticus,” comest to us…

This Little Girl Cuts Everything With Her Freddy Krueger Hands

Childhood nightmares are the worst. Everything poses an irrational danger and we don’t have the mental faculties to know that there isn’t something horrendous under the bed. But I bet if I had crazy sharp appendages like the cute little girl in They Bleed Pixels, I’d have felt more safe as a kid. She uses…

It’s Donkey Bane Vs. Bat-Jumpman in This Retro Remix

Artist Julien Bazinet likes Donkey Kong. He likes other things, too, like Doctor Who, Aliens and Sesame Street. And when you can render graphics as exceptionally as Bazinet, well, there’s certainly nothing from stopping you from implanting those latter things into Donkey Kong. The results are pretty great. I especially like the randomness of the…

Terrifying True Tales Of Survival From The Front-Lines Of DayZ

“I could barely see my vision was so blurry and grey but I wasn’t going down without a fight. I squeezed off as many rounds from my .45 revolver into those blood thirsty monsters as I could manage. I dropped about 15 before I passed out from blood loss. I woke up to see more…

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Mom Learns Lesson After Five Day Modern Warfare Marathon Sends Her Kid to the Hospital

And you thought gaming unto exhaustion was a phenomenon restricted to Asia. Well, somehow, a 15-year-old Ohio boy gamed so hard on Modern Warfare 3 he required hospitalization for dehydration. What’s more, the boy’s own mother told local news he was locked inside his room with the game for “at least four days. Maybe five,”…

A 29-Year-Old Game Store Owner is Selling Everything He Owns for $3.5 Million

How much is the American Dream worth? A Florida man pegs it at $3.5 million, his asking price on eBay for three video game stores that brought him so much success—and the nice homes, automobiles and collectibles going with it. Shane Butcher, 29 is the owner of R U Game, an independent retailer with stores…