Road Trip Games Are Becoming A Thing, And That’s Great

Road trips are rad. You cram into a car with your best pals and explore the great unknown. Or a series of traffic-ridden highways en route to a music festival. Still, it’s the journey, not the destination, that counts. I’m glad games like Final Fantasy XV, Overland, and The Flame In The Flood are finally…

Have You Ever Gotten Sick From A Convention?

Video game conventions are great… mostly. But every convention has its thorns, which often take the form of snotty, achy, barfy sicknesses. Now that both GDC and PAX East have come to pass, are you a flu-ridden ball of misery? If so, what are your symptoms? Have you caught anything in the past or at…

We Debate Whether Virtual Reality Really Is Gaming’s Next Big Thing

Why is one of these guys not wearing a black shirt and jeans? Who knows! But if you watch that latest episode of GameTrailers’ Bonus Round (embedded below), you’ll at least find out what Kinda Funny Games‘ Greg Miller, GameSpot‘s Danny O’Dwyer, Bonus Round host Geoff Keighley and I think about what virtual reality means…

Let’s Play The Definitive DMC With Some Classic Devil May Cry Style 

I really enjoyed DMC upon its first release, dark-haired emo Dante and all. Released today, the Definitive Edition for PS4 and Xbox One gives fans of the first game a more traditional demon spawn hero to play with. He’ll do. Let’s play! I’ve not streamed directly from my PlayStation 4 in ages, so if this…

Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold is coming to North America this summer, publisher Atlus announced today. The upcoming 3DS game is, like Etrian Odyssey Untold before it, a remake of EO2 with new options and a story mode.

Resident Evil: Revelations 2‘s Latest Episode Gave Me Puzzle Fatigue

Whenever the credits roll on a new Resident Evil game, I’ve never wondered if the game could have been improved with a few more puzzles. Resident Evil puzzles are a strange beast, and the third episode of Resident Evil: Revelations 2 is full of them. Ready to move crates? My decision to write about every…

GTA IV‘s Story Is Better Than GTA V‘s

The Grand Theft Auto series is the ultimate commentary on modern America. Greed, lust, money, and crime are wrapped together into a Las Vegas buffet of a game that is entertaining, insightful, and overwhelming in its sheer variety. What fascinates me most is the way GTA represents the tempo of modern culture better than almost…

F-Zero On The Genesis Looks Surprisingly Impressive

F-Zero was a flagship game for the Nintendo’s Mode 7 graphics option for the SNES, a game that should be impossible to replicate on a Genesis. Of course, intrepid fans have found a way. In case you’ve forgotten, Mode 7 allowed developers to scale and rotate backgrounds layers to create a psuedo-3D effect. It’s what…

The bleak survival sim This War Of Mine just released some new DLC that adds “unique street art” to the game. All proceeds go to the charity organization War Child, developer 11 bit Studios said. Check out the DLC on the game’s Steam page

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GTA V Heists Update is 4GB, Heist Planning Unlocks at Level 12

After months and months of waiting, online heists are available today for GTA V Rockstar Games—the company behind the Grand Theft Auto series—have announced that the free update that contains Heists is now live on PlayStation Network and Xbox Live. It’s around 4 GB download for new-gen systems, with last-gen users reporting that the file…

Guile’s Theme With Lyrics Could Have Been A Great Cartoon Intro

Even if Guile from Street Fighter looks like a guy who’s been through a lot, and the lyrics are about his eyebrows, Animation Domination‘s latest clip really proves that Guile’s theme goes with everything. They added lyrics and animation—showing Guile and his unique pre-fight ritual—to the background music and made it look and sound just…

Calls To Ban Minecraft in Turkey

Last month, a Turkish ministry began a probe to investigate whether or not Minecraft should be banned for being “too violent.” Today, the results of the investigation were announced: Minecraft should be banned. Turkish websites Hürriyet Daily News and LeaderGamer report that the country’s Family and Social Policies Ministry is now calling for Minecraft to…

Dragon Quest Heroes‘ Special Attacks Sure Are Flashy

If Dragon Quest Heroes does one thing right, it’s making all your favorite Dragon Quest characters look incredibly badass. Like in all Dynasty Warriors-style games, the playable characters in Dragon Quest Heroes each have a unique special attack made to show off just how cool they really are. To see a compilation of these special…