The social strategy of Game of Thrones: Ascent is now available for free on iPad. The mobile release comes just in time for the beginning of season four of the HBO series, and will update with fresh content after every TV episode airs. It’s available now on iTunes, with an Android version in the works.

​Titanfall Shows Up in NCIS: Los Angeles Murder Scene

Too bad a Ghost Squad Burn Card doesn’t exist in real life. Permanent cloaking could’ve really helped this poor guy who gets shot in the opening minutes of CBS’ hit military murder mystery series. You know how the cop-drama formula goes: you meet the victim right as they’re doing something exciting/mundane/tawdry, you get a sense…

I Conducted One Of The Final Pre-Facebook Oculus Rift Interviews Ever

They grow up so fast. Last Friday I sat down with Oculus Rift wunderkind Palmer Luckey to discuss the future of VR. He spoke candidly about why he doesn’t feel threatened by Sony’s Morpheus and, most tellingly, Oculus’ responsibility to help make great VR games. The full thing is over at RPS. In light of…

Looks Like Half-Minute Hero 2 Is Coming West

It’s been five years since Half-Minute Hero first came to North America, and now it looks like we’re finally getting the sequel, too. The folks over at publisher Marvelous have been teasing a Steam release of Half-Minute Hero 2 for quite some time, but now it seems imminent. Last night they posted the above trailer,…

Rise Of The Dark Spark Is A Tale Of Three Optimus Primes

We knew Activision’s upcoming Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark combined two Transformers continuities. Now it’s three, as the original Optimus Prime arrives to show the other two how it’s done. Maybe that’s not a good thing. Having recently rewatched the entire original Transformers cartoon series, I’ve come to the realization that Optimus Prime was…

​Xbox Live Prepares to Warn and Punish Players With Bad Reputations

There are a lot of people on Xbox Live. Some of them are cool and do incredible things. Others are jerks who ruin the multiplayer experience for everybody else. New changes coming this month to Microsoft’s online service will soon be doling out penalties and rewards to the trolls or decent people you’re playing with.…

Movie Anthology Mania, PSN and LIVE Updates, Pulse Headset [Deals]

We’ve got multiple motion picture anthologies at price lows. Make room on your shelves. Superman: The Motion Picture Anthology | $50 Lord of the Rings Trilogy Extended Editions | $45 Terminator Anthology 5 Disc Collector’s Edition | $20 X-Men & Wolverine Boxed Set | $35 Dragon Tattoo Trilogy: Extended Edition | $33 Jack Ryan Collection|…

And A Child Shall… Oh God, The Nightmares

Redditor Mune15 ran into this delightful little cherub while playing the latest downloadable content for BioShock Infinite

Anti-Video Game Senator Leland Yee Arrested On Bribery Charges

California state senator Leland Yee has been indicted on charges of corruption and bribery, according to multiplenews reports Yee, a Democrat, is the senator who attempted to criminalize the sale of violent video games to children. That law was struck down by the Supreme Court in 2010 during what became a landmark case for free…

$100 Wolfenstein Panzerhound Edition Comes With A Sweet Dog, No Game

That’s okay, I didn’t want the game anyway. Now gimme that tank dog! See, the Panzerhund Edition (Panzerhund is my favorite new word) is not a collectors edition of Wolfenstein: The New Order. It is a collection of game parephenila, which conveniently comes with an empty steel case where you can put your game once…

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Super Mario Bros. 3, More Classics Hit Wii U Virtual Console in April

Advance Wars fans, break out the champagne. The much-loved strategy game from Nintendo, along with fan-favorite Metroid, Yoshi and WarioWare titles, will be hitting the Wii U next month. There’s a first-party gem in every week of April 2014’s Virtual Console release schedule. Just take a look: April 3: Advance Wars (Wii U, $7.99) Mario…

Diablo III‘s ‘Deadmau5’ Easter Egg Will Make Enemies Dance

I always thought Blizzard devs were mostly metalheads, but it seems that’s not the case anymore. With Reaper of Souls, they’ve added a rather special item called ‘Halcyon’s Ascent’, which has electronic dance music artist Deadmau5 written all over it. It is a legendary amulet, with relatively bad stats (see below) except one: If you…