Man Accused Of Luring Kids In Minecraft And LoL

Seattle man Andrew Hartung, 34, is facing charges of sexually exploiting a 12 year-old boy – and is also suspected of “soliciting nude photos from other young boys” – using two of the world’s biggest video games. Hartung – who has previously been convicted of possessing a child pornography collection – befriended the boy across…

Sorry, That Crazy Stevie Wonder + Atari Poster Is Fake

As is often the way with the internet, a “historical” image magically emerged from the past today to spread all over the place. I’ve seen it on Facebook, I’ve seen it on Twitter, I was even emailed a copy. It’s either hilarious or terrible, depending on your tastes, but your tastes are moot, because the…

Old Harry Potter Games Were Absurd

I never played any of the older Harry Potter games, and now, watching Criken2 play through the PlayStation version of Harry Potter and The Sorceror’s Stone, I’m not sure if that is a mistake or not. I mean. On the one hand, WIZARD CRACKERS (???). On the other hand, cripes…this version of Hogwarts is the…

Collapsed Lung Can’t Stop Pro Gamer From Playing League Of Legends

Pro League of Legends player Hai “Hai_L9” Du Lam suffered a collapsed lung the other day. It ruled him out of a big tournament in Paris, but he’s making do by…continuing to play League of Legends in his hospital bed. Only in pro gaming can you end up in a hospital bed strapped to machines…

Sony Announces A Dozen More Indie Games For PS4

The PlayStation 4 already has no shortage of good indie games, and soon it’ll be getting even more. Today at an indie-focused press event outside of San Francisco, Sony revealed a bunch of new indie games that’ll be coming to PS4 and other PlayStation systems. The current list: Axiom Verge will be coming to PS4…

Super Mario Bros. 3, Beaten In Under Three Minutes

If you immediately thought “must use a glitch,” you’d be right: this run of Super Mario Bros. 3 posted by TASVideosChannel makes use of a bizarre pipe glitch which allows Mario to tunnel down to princess Peach in world 7-1. The run was performed by Lord Tom and Tompa, and they describe how they did…

May’s Games With Gold: Dust: An Elysian Tail and Saints Row: The Third

On May 1st (tomorrow), Dust: An Elysian Tail will be free for Xbox LIVE Gold subscribers, followed by Saints Row: The Third on May 16th. [Major Nelson] Let us know what you think of the selection in the comments and what you’d like to see come to the promotion in the future. This post is…

“I definitely came out as a gamer first.” A new, crowdfunded documentary called Gaming in Color gives insight into the lives of LGBTQ gamers and developers. You can pay what you want (with the minimum being a dollar) to stream or download the film here.

Watch Sony’s New Zombie MMO In Action [UPDATE]

Sony is continuing its semi-crowdsourced campaign to help develop and promote its new zombie MMO H1Z1 with a series of compelling public-facing initiatives. Yesterday, the Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) team ran a 12-hour live-stream of gameplay from an early build on Twitch. It’s still pretty rough around the edges, but you can watch some of…

How A Dumb Gaming Rumor Spreads

Let’s take a quick trip into the strange world of video game rumors—and see how easy it is for misinformation to spread across the web. Today, rumors about the next Call of Duty popped up on a website called Bubblews.com. According to the article—posted under the byline “newsoftheday”—the next Call of Duty will be set…

Here’s a new creeptacular trailer for Murdered: Soul Suspect, the game that’s like L.A. Noire but with ghosts. It comes out on June 3rd for PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and PC.

Appropriately Dark Screens From The Canceled World Of Darkness MMO

We didn’t get to see much of CCP’s World of Darkness vampire MMO before it was officially canceled earlier this month. Now that early testers are no longer worried about breaking embargo, we’re still not seeing much. Damn these are some dark screenshots. Appearing on a Russian World of Darkness site and posted to Reddit…