This Week In The Business: A Slap In The Face

QUOTE | “We got slapped in the face after the launch of the game.” – CI Games CEO Marek Tyminski, talking about the rocky reception the PC version of Lords of the Fallen received due to stability problems Elsewhere in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE | “I sometimes feel that…

The Naruto  Musical Cast Looks Darn Impressive in Costume

Earlier this month we learned that there was a Naruto musical on the horizon here in Japan. Today, to coincide with Jump Festa 2015, we got a first look at the main cast in costume. And I’ll be darned if they don’t look the part. Kodai Matsuoka as Naruto Ryuji Sato as Sasuke Yui Ito…

I Wish Final Fantasy XV: Dog Simulator Was a Real Thing 

Today at Jump Festa 2015 in Chiba, Japan, Final Fantasy XV director Hajime Tabata showed off a bit of the upcoming game’s unfinished urban environment. But instead of taking a tour of the city with Noctis and the gang, he instead showed us around through the eyes of a dog. It can pee on things,…

GTA Online’s Gingerbread Mask Makes Everything Better

This week, Rockstar released a holiday update with all sorts of seasonal goodies. One of those things included a gingerbread mask—and players are using it to great effect. Turns out, the happy-go-lucky face looks amazing in just about any context you can think of. Parties and get togethers? You bet. (Click on the thumbnails or…

Microsoft Sorry For Broken Halo Games, Giving Away Free Stuff

In an effort to make good on the troubled launch of the Xbox One’s Halo: The Master Chief Collection, Microsoft announced today that they’re giving anyone who played the game some free stuff, including a copy of an upcoming remastered version of Halo 3: ODST. In a letter posted to the Xbox website, 343 Industries…

How To Easily Get Destiny‘s Weird ‘Husk of the Pit’ Gun

Among the new pieces of gear in Destiny‘s The Dark Below expansion, one stands out: a gun called “Husk of the Pit.” It’s kind of a piece of crap… but it also isn’t. See, the Husk starts out as a common assault rifle that pretty much completely sucks. However, if you follow its upgrade path…

The New Naruto Movie Is Coming West

Good news for Naruto fans: the latest movie is hitting many major cities in the U.S. on Feburary 20th, 2015. The Last: Naruto The Movie will see a limited theater release in 20 cities, including New York, Boston, Houston, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, and Seattle. Here’s part of the press release by…

Of Course Someone Made Notch’s $70 Million Mansion In Minecraft

Minecraft creator and ex-Mojang head Markus “Notch” Persson has a new house. He spent upwards of $70 million on it, and there is a candy room. Of course there is a candy room. You will probably never have anything that nice, nor will I. But hey, we can still stroll through it in—yep—Minecraft Dan Bovey…

It Ain’t Easy To Recreate The Star Wars Trailer In GTA V

Star Wars features things like the Millennium Falcon, lightsabers and droids. Grand Theft Auto does not. You’d think this would make recreating the new Star Wars trailer impossible in GTA V, especially without the use of mods, but no. People just had to get creative! Props to Powerlight-13 for finding a way to remake the…

A Look Back At The Year In First-Person Video Games

Remember that horrible-looking Rambo FPS? Seems like so long ago, right? But it came out this year. A shaky start, but things got better from there. Thank God. This retrospective by YouTuber Gggmanlives isn’t all-encompassing but manages to hit most of the highlights and regrettable lows of the past year’s hands-centric releases. Sure, you may…

How To ‘Ground Pound’ And Other New Moves In Halo 5‘s Multiplayer Beta

Now that the Halo 5 multiplayer is officially in session, you might want to pull off one of those new movement abilities you may have heard of. You can see them all in action in HaloFollower’s video above—with details explaining things like how your shield won’t recharge if you’re sprinting. But what about their basic…

Listen to some Halo 5 music, if you’d like. We captured it from the upcoming game’s multiplayer beta, which just started for some Xbox One gamers and will launch wider later this month.

Yannick’s Top Ten Games Of 2014

The most interesting parts of 2014’s games for me were the relationships. The love and hate I felt for my enemies in Shadow of Mordor. The tenderness with which I cooed over my Miis and Sims. The surprising amount of joy I felt when killing Nazis in Wolfenstein Every relationship is unique, of course. It’s…