Five Things You Might Not Know About The PS4

You might already have your hands on a PS4, but that doesn’t mean you know everything there is to know about the hardware. Thankfully, Vsauce3 is here to hit us with somewhat esoteric factoids about the PS4—not to mention a cool stop-motion animation of a PS4 teardown. You’ll be able to see exactly where that…

Nintendo has confirmed that Pokémon X is more popular than Pokémon Y, at least in the U.S. Here are the official U.S. sales figures from Nintendo through the end of December 2013: Pokémon X: 1.63 million, Pokémon Y: 1.54 million.

Nintendo’s Ideas Are Great For Games, Terrible For Life

Sure, Nintendo has some really fun—even family friendly!—ideas…for games. But they’d mostly be incredibly dangerous if ever incorporated into the non-virtually-rendered world. Watch as the always too-carefree Ash unintentionally demonstrates the dangers of a world run by Nintendo ideas in Freddie W/HAWP’s video above. Don’t try this at home is an understatement. Oh, and, here’s…

Battlefield 4 for $25, Splinter Cell Blacklist, Roku 3 [Deals]

If you haven’t picked up Battlefield 4 yet, Best Buy will sell you a PC copy for a record low price of $25, today only. Battlefield 4 [PC/DVD] | $25 In addition to looking cool, this flexible power strip can contort to fit your oversized power supplies and plugs. $18 is its lowest price ever.…

Finally, A Game That Makes You Feel Terrible About Liking Golf

Ah golf — the sport of kings! There’s nothing like a good day out on the golf course. That is, until all the wildlife and native peoples you’ve displaced start reminding you that there’s blood on your hands. That’s where Envirogolf comes into play! Envirogolf takes golf simulators to the next level. Instead of just…

Wild Pokémon, In Their Coolest Form

The Pokémon in digital artist Michelle Zhu’s paintings are so cool and relaxed, that I would just leave them to themselves and wouldn’t try to catch them at all. This one above is a special mixture of Pikachu and Koffing, and he’s having a great time. Note: Mildly to moderately NSFW artwork follows. Here’s more;…

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Mystery Games From The Makers Of Rock Band

PLUS MORE GAMING SECRETS AND RUMORS: Microsoft loving bees again | Plants vs. Zombies meets Skylanders? | A Godzilla gaming return Last week, Harmonix’s corporate domain registrar privately registered a handful of domains including harmonixchroma.com, harmonixchromagame.com, chroma-game.com, chromaalpha.com and chromabeta.com. These domains follow an August 2012 trademark application for “Chroma.” While most of those domains…

​Wait, There Weren’t Angry Birds Comics Already?

It’s easy to tune out just how much Angry Birds-branded merchandise there is floating out there in the world. Everywhere you look, there’s some food/toy/clothing item festooned with the likeness of Rovio’s super-ubiquitous characters on it. So, it’s really surprising that there haven’t been any Angry Birds comic books in print yet. That changes with…

A Final Fantasy X Comparison: HD vs. SD

While the Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster won’t be out in the West until March, it hit Japanese shelves last month. So join me as I dust off my old PS2 and compare just how much better Final Fantasy X looks on the PS3 with its new HD coat of paint. [*Note: The PS2 version…

This is the debut trailer for Etherium, an upcoming real-time strategy game for PC. It comes from the developer behind Stellar Impact, and puts you in control of one of three factions, which you lead on a conquest for control of the seven planets’ etherium reserves—this game’s analogue for Dune’s spice. Looks fun!

Even with the less than stellar Wii U sales, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has said he won’t resign. According to Iwata, “There will be no major management shake-up in the short term.”

PC Gamers Collected Almost $2 Million for Charity in November

Last year, digital retailer GOG.com ran a one-week promotion for charity, offering up a large bundle of games at a discount. As it turns out, a lot of people were interested. It was basically a pay-what-you-want deal where, out of a large pack of 13 indie and retro PC games, you could pick three or…

The Vita TV is the Most Convenient System I Own

Back when the Vita was revealed, I remember dreaming about playing a game on my HDTV, then picking up my Vita and continuing to play the same game on the go. Of course, that’s never really panned out on the PS3—though it has with the Asian-only Vita TV. A bit of backstory: since I wrote…