Transformers ‘Fan Built Bot’ Is One Plane-Looking Lady

Last year Hasbro asked the Transformers fan collective to help create a “Fan Built Bot” by voting on a vehicle mode, color scheme, faction, personality and signature weapon. The end result is Windblade, a female Autobot jet plane samurai. She’s so much fan fiction come-to-life. Hasbro has been slowly revealing Windblade since voting ended last…

Booker with his skyhook from Bioshock Infinite, redrawn by Jenny thorne on DeviantART Looks really cool, just like a cell from a 90s cartoon. Here’s a bonus from the same artist. Fun looking Payday 2 jennyisdrawing [DeviantART] Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related screenshots and…

Flappy Bird Proficiency Required for Game Developer Job in China

Now…I’m not too sure I understand the whole Flappy Bird thing. I haven’t played the game, so while I might be in the dark, for potential employees of one Chinese game company, Flappy Bird knowledge might just be the way into a job. According to China News, an odd online job listing appeared online in…

Cease And Desist! Toei Animation Looks To Tackle Chinese Bootleggers

Toei Animation, the Japanese animation powerhouse behind some of our (and hopefully your) favourite animations, has started to investigate and send out cease and desist notices to Chinese companies for copyright infringement. Reported by Chinese gaming website Gamelook, Toei has reached out to a few Chinese gaming companies asking them to take down games that…

Okay, I Want This Arcade Game for My Living Room

Or my bedroom. Or the den. Or the dining room. Wherever, this huge cabinet can fit. It doesn’t matter. Steel Chronicle: Ganesh is an upcoming arcade game from Konami. The cabinet, which features huge screens inside, is very, very large. It also has feedback and a sound system to help immerse you even more. The…

China’s Communist Mouthpiece Wants Less Sex in Gaming

Sex sells. It’s a cheap and simple ploy that video game marketers have used for years. The Chinese game industry is no different. In recent years, famous Japanese adult film stars have been tapped to represent and market games to consumers, but now, one of the country’s biggest newspapers has come out against sex in…

Official Ghostbusters LEGO Was Worth Waiting 30 Years

From fan project to commercial reality, it’s been a hell of a ride for Brent Waller’s LEGO Ghostbusters, one that’s coming to an end now that the official set has been unveiled. Due in June, and priced at $50, it’ll include an improved Ecto-1 model and four minifigs, of whom Egon is easily the highlight.

Morrowind, You’re Looking Awfully Fresh

Good times alert: this is another new clip for Skywind, the fan project aiming to recreate the third Elder Scrolls game using the engine from the fifth.

So, Folks Are Paying For Titanfall Beta Keys

Never mind the fact it’s a beta, or that it’s being thrown open to anyone with an internet connection, some people wanted to get into the Titanfall beta so bad they were willing to pay for it. At time of posting, there are over 800 listings on eBay for Titanfall beta codes. Most are priced…

The Week in Games: There’s Money in the Banana Stand

Rayman Legends makes its way to Xbox One and PS4 this week, followed by Strider’s long-awaited return to the PlayStation and Xbox consoles, plus PC. But the week’s big gorilla arrives on Friday, with Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze for the Wii U. Tuesday, Feb. 18: Earth Defense Force 2025 (PS3, 360) NASCAR 14 (…

Days In Toyland: Window-Shopping at Toy Fair 2014

The grand rollout of the coming year’s wares—Toy Fair 2014—happened in New York this weekend, already kicking out news of the next Transformers game earlier today. It’s also a showcase for the new collection of figures, both fully posable and less so. Take a peek inside. Evan Narcisse patrolled Toy Fair 2014 for us, bringing…

If there could be a scientific explanation for why fanboyism is a destructive force within video gaming, trust PBS (and Kill Screen‘s Jamin Warren) to find it. “A 2011 study found that … people have biases against creativity.” That’s one reason why you’re getting sequel after sequel every year.

The dulcet, Brokaw-esque baritone of Peter Cullen (Optimus Prime) introduces you to Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark, due to arrive sometime this year. In science fiction—whether video game or film—nothing says “mailed-in sequel” like a title with a colon followed by “Rise of the Something–Something.” [IGN] The game will launch on everything: PS4 and…