This Developer Wants To Jump-Start Africa’s Game Industry

Ghana is not known for its game industry, but that could change. In the BBC interview above, Ghanaian game developer Eryam Tawia of Leti Games talks about his desire for Africa to be a strong presence in the game industry, one that reflects African heroes and history. Honestly, I hope he’s successful. If the rise…

Sounds Like Zelda: Wind Waker HD Comes With A Lot Of Changes

The Wii U remake of The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker has a bunch of new tweaks and features, if previews out of Germany are to believed. Reporters and attendees at GamesCom this week got to play the first-ever HD Zelda, which comes out for Wii U in October. They say it’s different. Much different.…

How ‘Limited’ Will Smash Bros. On 3DS Actually Be?

Kotaku super-user Giant Boy Detective pauses from his weekly efforts to nominate characters for the next Smash Bros. to calm concerns that the 3DS version of the next Smash is going to have problematic limitations. He has no inside knowledge. Just some math.

Maybe Pacific Rim Should Have Ended Like This

Sure, there wasn’t anything wrong with Pacific Rim’s ending (don’t worry, I’m not about to spoil it)—but really, the whole thing could have been much simpler. Heck, why not throw in some absurd cameos while we’re at it? That’s what HISHEdotcom would do, anyway. If I could change the ending, I’d probably kill genericbro Raleigh,…

You Must Know About This Wild PC Game

Not many games have you helping a frog obtain a Wi-Fi password. But this seems all very normal in the world of Jazzpunk, a bizarre first person adventure game unlike anything I’ve ever played. Imagine if Gravity Bone, the freeware first person spy adventure were expanded into a full game, but along the way was…

I Need This Haunting Game About a Runaway Slave to Get Finished

I told myself I wouldn’t let this unfinished game make me cry. But it did, because it made me put a crying baby on cold, wet ground and run away from it. All in the name of freedom. The game in the video is called Thralled. It’s still in very early stages of development—I played…

A Retro Borderlands 2 Would Look Rad. Here’s Proof.

I don’t know about you, but if I had the chance to play a Borderlands game that looked like this conceptual piece by Olsonmabob I’d do it in a heartbeat. The art style is fantastic. Sure, it wouldn’t be an FPS anymore, but that may just make it more interesting! Like a Metal Slug or…

Speaking of hot mobile racing games, the first developer diary for2K Drive gives us a pretty good idea of the ambitious scope of the celebration of driving Lucid Games is putting together. This is pretty sexy right here.

Moneysaver: Buy One Get One 40% Off GTAV, Titanfall, Destiny, More

“Excludes pre-sells“… or at least it’s supposed to. Toys R Us is running a buy one get one 40% off promotion for a huge selection of PS3, 360, and 3DS games. The promotion is clearly supposed to exclude pre-sells, but as of now it’s not excluding. You can get games like GTAV and Destiny for…

Microsoft Says They Won’t Sell Xbox One Without Kinect

It’s time to rule out those hopes of a cheap, Kinect-free Xbox One bundle, at least for now: Microsoft says it’s not happening. Following news that you don’t actually need the Kinect plugged in for your next-gen Xbox to work, many gamers started wondering if maybe Microsoft would strip out the Kinect and sell a…

If You Like Disappointment, You’ll Love Disney Infinity 3DS

Released alongside its console cousins at the exact same $74.99 price point, Disney Infinity for the 3DS is a collection of sad mini-games featuring characters that are much more interesting on the Wii, Wii U, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. There are absolutely no Metacritic reviews for the 3DS version of Disney Infinity, subtitled Toy…

Moneysaver: Guardians Of Middle Earth, Defiance $5, Blacklist, BenQ

One does not simply always get the best deals (unless they read the Moneysaver). 20,000 votes later, the Razer DeathAdder is your choice for best gaming mouse Update: Defiance deal is expired. Follow Moneysaver and Dealzmodo on Facebook Deal Leaderboard Toys R Us Buy One Get One 40% off a huge selection of games 4k-Ready…

Video Game Asks Players To Bake Real Cakes For Virtual Girlfriends

You know how in-game romances go: you say whatever it takes to get your love interest. Usually, all you have to do is be nice to another character and willing to listen to their life story for like 30 minutes and boom, they’re in the bag forever. It’s not quite like that in Hate Plus,…

Sony Exec Falls Asleep Listening To David Cage Talk

Shuhei Yoshida is a busy man. Between running Sony’s Worldwide Studios and sharing his hilarious, lovable thoughts on Twitter, the guy’s got a lot on his plate. So it’s okay for him to be tired every once in a while. And it’s okay that he dozed off a bit during this panel with Heavy Rain…

Bungie Aiming Absurdly High With Destiny In New Trailer

Possibly the best-looking game of E3, the next-gen epic from the makers of Halo now also has a new trailer/developer-diary thing. In it, Bungie boasts: “This game has an activity for every mood.” Raise that bar, Bungie! Destiny is slated for release on PS4, Xbox One, PS3, and Xbox 360 next year. Note: An earlier…

The Most Technologically-Advanced Six-Sided Die Ever

It’s USB powered. Each face is capable of displaying numbers in 256 million colors. It’s got a proximity sensor, a magnetic field sensor, an accelerometer and an ARM microcontroller with temperature sensor. It’s a six-sided die for tablet board gaming, and it’s beautiful. On sale nowfor $39.99, the Dice+ Universal Board Game Controller has the…

This Nicolas Cage Flashlight Will Keep You Safe In Left 4 Dead 2

Now that’s something that would chase zombies (and everyone else) away, Nic Cage, modded by Dr. Rinoncitos into Left 4 Dead 2, as a flashlight. I’m not sure I was ready for this. All those crazy mods from Grand Theft Auto IV and Skyrim can go home now. And here’s a video for the most…

The Best Gaming Mouse

You have spoken, the best gaming mouse is the Razer DeathAdder Almost 20,000 votes later, the Razer DeathAdder emerged from our first Moneysaver Co-Op as your clear choice for best gaming mouse, taking nearly 50% of the popular vote. The DeathAdder actually has one of the lower MSRP’s on the list of nominees, and also…

All I Want In A Racing Game For 99 Cents

Takedowns, wild jumps, drifting, branching shortcuts, car damage, online multiplayer and music from The Crystal Method — that’s all I really wanted, and that’s what Asphalt 8: Airborne delivers for under a buck. Mobile racers are getting prettier every day, and while Asphalt 8: Airborne isn’t as gorgeous as EA’s Real Racing 3, it’s also…

Mass Effect Fashion for the Special Shepard in Your Life, or Yourself

‘Fess up, Mass Effect players: it was a big deal figuring out what your Shepard’s casual outfit was going to be, wasn’t it? Do you go with the fatigues/cargo pants look or the tunic-looking top? Yeah, that tunic always looked… weird. Honestly, a new limited-edition wave of Mass Effect outfits from Black Milkis a lot…