There’s a new Kingdom Rush out today. Called Kingdom Rush: Origins, it’s $3 on iPhone/Android and $5 on iPad, and is everything you might expect from a new game in the wonderfully addictive tower defense series: new towers, new heroes, annoying microtransactions, fantastic gameplay.

HBO Go finally launches on Xbox One today, so if you’re an HBO subscriber (or are “borrowing” your parents’ account) you can now watch every episode of shows like Game of Thrones and The Sopranos on the newest Xbox. Still no word on when it will come to PS4 or Wii U.

How Guardians of the Galaxy Should Have Ended

The folks at HISHE made several animated alternate endings to Guardians of the Galaxy, with many of the movie’s memorable scenes getting derailed and Thanos in his hovering chair becoming the most chill villain in the Marvel Universe. And Baby Groot finally meets someone capable of discussing things on a much higher level. How Guardians…

Confusion Over Whether Nintendo Will Offer Paid DLC For Smash Bros.

That Mewtwo downloadable character for Super Smash Bros.? It’s supposed to be a freebie to those who buy both the 3DS and Wii U versions of the game. It’s supposed to be. But one day, Nintendo says, you might be able to purchase the character. Maybe. This Smash Bros. page lists that the game’s soundtrack…

Here Come New Final Fantasys for Your Smartphones

“Final…” You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. Coming in 2015 as part of its Final Fantasy lineup, Square Enix has announced 2 new Final Fantasy games and a new app. Famitsu App reports that Final Fantasy Legends – Crystal of Time and Final Fantasy Brave…

This is Not Your Typical Open World JRPG

I consider myself a fan of the open world video game genre. Give me a playground and I shall play. Then along comes D3 Publisher announcing a new open world game and I immediately became a mixture of intrigued, bemused, and perturbed all at the same time. From the game publisher that brought you games…

This Might Be The Ghost in the Shell FPS You’ve Been Waiting For

South Korea’s Nexon just released a trailer for its upcoming Ghost in the Shell first-person shooter. The online title is for PC and looks like it could be a good time. According to an Inven interview, the game is slated for the first half of next year. Locations from Ghost in the Shell have been…

Japanese Artists Make Deus Ex A Little More Real

The link to this story was actually sentout by the official Deus Ex twitter account, and with good reason: some of the stuff Japanese pair XSENSE (artists Yoshinori Sakamaki and Taketo Kobayashi) are coming up with looks like it came straight out of Human Revolution. Using 3D printers, they’re designing artificial limbs that go way…

70s Alien Abduction Mystery Is Inspired By The X-Files

To Azimuth is an “alien abduction mystery” set in Alabama, circa 1978. You play both characters of a sister-and-brother team looking into the disappearance of their brother, and work your way through a story that’s heavily inspired by stuff like The X-Files. What I’m liking the looks of, though, is the detail in their recreation…

The Worst Possible Ways To Play Team Fortress

Thing about video game strategies is, they’re always helping you win. What’s the deal with that? What if you want to find the most spectacular routes to glorious failure possible? Well then, look no further. Muselk has an ongoing series of videos in which he selects the worst possible weapons for each TF2 class and…

Far Cry 4 Tricks People Into Revealing They’d Pirated The Game

If your copy of Far Cry 4 on PC doesn’t have FOV (Field Of View) options, and you complained about this on a forum, you might want to go and delete your comments. Because there’s a very good chance you’ve just outed yourself as someone who pirated the game. Ubisoft Montreal creative director Alex Hutchinson…