Where Adventure Games Meet Brutal Survival Sims

So Kônalooks pretty interesting. It’s part-adventure game, part-survival sim. It’s got Oculus Rift support. And it’s about a 1970s murder mystery in the freezing Canadian north. The player, hired to investigate the vandalism of a rich industrialist’s home, arrives to find that not only is his client missing, but the entire town – including the…

Rule, Britannia! And Steal Some Fish-Man’s Eggs…

Clockwork Empires is what happens when you take a game like The Settlers, or Banished, and make it about Victorian Britons, fish people and steampunk. The game was released on Steam’s Early Access this week, so I figured I’d check it out. It’s very early at the moment: your options are severely limited, and even…

Yo, GameCubes Are Selling For $20 At GameStop

I have six inputs in the back of my TV. I do not have a permanent space for my Xbox One. I do have one for my GameCube. That says a lot about Nintendo’s little system that could, which is now temporarily back in stock at GameStop, with refurbished consoles selling for $20 (thanks nrvalleytime).

Hotline Miami Action Figure Dials B For Badass

This 1/6 scale (so around 12″) figure of Hotline Miami’s Jacket is pretty much everything you could ask for in a Hotline Miami action figure. Nice sneakers, rubber masks and an assortment of brutal weaponry. Given the fact HM is an indie game, this isn’t the work of a bigger studio like Hot Toys or…

Indie Studio Vents: “Gamers Aren’t Very Nice People”

British indie studio Puppy Games, who are going through a bit of a rough patch at the moment, have posted a long and heartfelt essay/rant on their site about the people who buy (or don’t buy) their video games. Don’t let its aggressive leads fool you. It’s a very good read. Mostly because it does…

Highlight Reel: Counter-Strike‘s Biggest Winners

We’ve rounded up some of the best highlights from the past few days in the gaming world and put them all in one place for you. Today, the winners of the ESL One Counter-Strike: GO tournament, and more! Link any of your favorite highlights in the comments below, and be sure to check out, like…

Years It’d ACTUALLY Take to Visit Each Planet in No Man’s Sky This past week, No Man’s Sky developer, Hello Games, mentioned that it uses a 64-bit seed to generate its planets. That got picked up by a few folks and they began saying things like “Seeing everything in No Man’s Sky will take over…

Oh No, Someone Put Nic Cage’s Face All Over Halo

Fun fact: Nic Cage’s face can improve everything—including, yes, Halo. Just don’t expect things to feel as dramatic when you see Nic-Cage-Cortana talking to Nic-Cage-Master-Chief. This mod, which replaces all textures with Nic Cage’s face, is pretty hilarious—as you can see in this video by Gunner: The thing that happens around the three minute mark?…

The Game Release Calendar, August 18 Update

Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition hits tomorrow, and the Xbox One has quite a few bundleson the horizon. Check out the latest updates to our calendar and lets us know what you’re looking forward to, and what we missed out on including. Oh hey, there’s a Playstation 3 Destiny Bundle, and the Blue DualShock 4…

Konami Approved, Then Canceled Metal Gear Fan Remake, Devs Say

Back in May, a bunch of Metal Gear-loving modders thought they’d achieved the impossible: according to a team member, they’d gotten permission from Konami to proceed on an up-rezzed re-make of the original 1987 Metal Gear game. Work was coming along nicely, too, with pro developers on board to help. But, now, the project is…