Hey, you got your BioShock in my Team Fortress 2: These two series released within months of each other in 2007. Six years later, PC gamers with a BioShock Infinite season pass will get a bunch of special items inside TF2. For example, that Big Daddy dolly in Engineer’s belt. Two great tastes that go…

Flappy Bird‘s Creator Says He’s Taking the Game Down

The creator of Flappy Bird, the difficult, barebones mobile game whose mere existence roiled video games discussion over the past two weeks, says he will remove the game from the Android and iTunes marketplaces within 22 hours. “I cannot take this anymore,” Dong Nguyen tweeted today. Nguyen added: Flappy Bird is currently hosted on the…

Skullgirls Returns to PlayStation Network on Tuesday

Skullgirls Encore will arrive on PlayStation Network on Tuesday, returning the indie fighter to consoles a month after original publisher Konami pulled its support and removed the game from Xbox Live and PSN. Anyone who bought the original Skullgirls will get Encore for free, though as a completely new game, none of the downloadable content…

If you didn’t care for the dubstep in the Sonic Boom announcement trailer, these guys remixed it (with dialogue intact) using “Sonic Boom,” the title theme ofSonic CD from 20 years ago. The music choice may be literally more outdated than dubstep—what the hell is this? 2011?—but it’s much more timeless.

This Week in the Business: ‘Too Much Like Pornography?’

QUOTE | “You ever feel like what we’re doing is too much like pornography?”—Trip Hawkins, EA and Digital Chocolate founder, asking an odd question while on the difficulty of monetizing games Elsewhere in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE | “A culture where mistakes are frowned on absolutely crushes creativity.”—Ted Price,…

Someone’s math professor must like Saints Row. (Via Reid B)

So many colors, so many bullets. Here’s a new trailer for Velocity 2X, a promising-looking arcade shooter planned for PS4 and Vita. For more on the progress Futurlab is making on the game, check out this postat the PlayStation Blog.

Threes Is The Addictive iPhone Game You Deserve

There are a lot of terrible, addictive mobile games. It can be a particularly unhealthy market from time to time. Which is why Threes is so fantastic. Sure, Threes (actual name: Threes!) is addictive, but it’s so fun to play from moment to moment that I’ve never minded that I’m hooked. Kirk Hamilton also calls…

​What Games Are You Playing This Month?

Ah, February: The shortest month. We may have a couple fewer days to play games this month, but given that there aren’t a ton of new things coming out, it’s still a good time to catch up on stuff we missed over the last few months. Like last month, I thought it might be fun…

The Only Real Way To Win At Flappy Bird

Wanna improve your Flappy Bird score? You could play until you get better, as you might with any other video game. Or…you can take the expert advice featured in this video. Really, it’s the only way to win. Dumb Stupid Videos knows whats up. (Via Tastefully Offensive) How To Beat Flappy Bird (Best Method)[Dumb Stupid…

​The Hardest iOS Game I Ever Played Is Still Hard But Still a Favorite

Playing Eliss Infinity is like taking care of a toddler. It’s fun, stressful and, if you do it wrong, poop winds up on everything. Ok, maybe not that last part. But, it does communicate the idea that something incredibly valuable in the universe needs the constant attention of your hands to live. No pressure. The…

Tips For Playing Bravely Default

Bravely Default is out in North America today, and if you’ve just picked it up, we’ve got a whole bunch of tips to make your experience better. (Read our review of the new 3DS RPG right here.) Do all of the sidequests—at least in Chapters 1-4. Every time you see a blue exclamation point on…

A Real Adventure Time Card Game. And A Digital One. All The Card Games.

Remember that one episode of Adventure Time where Finn and Jake played “Card Wars” against each other? Soon you’ll be able to do that to. Play “Card Wars”, not remember the episode. Not that you won’t remember. Ahem. Card games, and digital card games are coming, yo. Coming on Wednesday, February 19 to a specialty…

Mighty No. Alpha: here’s Keiji Inafune briefly playing an early Mighty No. 9 build—you might remember it as the spiritual successor to Mega Man. The game is not done, obviously, but its still nice to see progress!

They Drank Too Much Space Coffee. And Now Everyone’s Dead.

Because nothing is scarier than running out of (space) coffee. In Caffeine, a currently heavily in-development indie horror-adventure game, you step into the role of a little boy who wakes up to find himself on an abandoned spacecraft of some description. Of course, deserted corridors, bloodstains, and creepy, fast-moving shadows are soon to follow. Take…

​Popular Zombie Game Rust No Longer Has Zombies In It

Open-world survival games where you need to worry about other people more than the fantastical enemies. Hugely successful creations that are in alpha and are nowhere near finished. Weird shit happening when people mess with each other. Yes, Rust and DayZ are pretty similar. But, as of last night, only one of them will have…