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What Happened To The Last Guardian 

The Last Guardian, announced in 2009 for PS3 and shown again to shocked PlayStation fans at E3 yesterday, became a PS4 game in 2012. So explained Sony’s head of game development, Shuhei Yoshida, as we finally chatted about what has been happening with Sony’s game about a boy and his giant animal friend. The game…

Sony Is Helping Make Shenmue III

There’s something curious about Shenmue III on Kickstarter: it’s only asking for $2 million. It took $47 million to build the original game. What’s the deal? As it turns out, Sony’s partnering with its development. When the Shenmue III bombshell was dropped during Sony’s press conference last night, it wasn’t clear if Sony was simply…

20th Anniversary Accessories To Go With The PS4 You Didn’t Get

If you were lucky enough to acquire one of the 12,300 limited edition 20th Anniversary PlayStation 4 consoles, then has Sony got the accessories for you! Otherwise, here’s some gray stuff. Tweeted last night after Sony’s exciting 2015 E3 press conference, the $64.99 20th Anniversary DualShock 4 and the $99.99 20th Anniversary Gold Wireless Headset…

E3 2015: Sony Press Conference Liveblog 

Sony’s E3 press conference is about to begin. Does greatness await, or are we in for 90-odd minutes of corporate mediocrity? Follow along, and we’ll find out together. “`

Two Hours With Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

You know how Konami tried to pull Hideo Kojima’s name off the box art on their website? With Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Kojima more than gets his due. Every mission in the newest Metal Gear game—which will almost certainly be Kojima’s last—both begins and ends with a brief credit sequence that runs…

Super Meat Boy is coming to PS4 and Vita later this year. It’ll be a free PS+ game at launch, too. Why yes, I will gladly play that game again on Vita.

The Uncharted Collection Is Coming To PS4 on October 9

Update 10:05 am: Here’s the official trailer and blog post confirming the PS4 release of Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection. The anthology of remastered PS3 games will feature versions of the single-player campaigns optimized for 1080p resolution and 60 FPS framerate and will include access to the Uncharted 4 multiplayer beta. [Original story follows.] It…

Far Cry 4 Is My Favorite 2014 Game Of 2015

I nearly gave up on Far Cry 4. I recently recovered from that mistake. Late last fall, faced with a stack of games to play, I gave Far Cry 4 just a couple of hours to impress me. My quick 2014 take: it’s too similar to the wonderful Far Cry 3, the tropical game about…

Modern Warfare 2 Deserves More Credit

Call of Duty is not supposed to be good, so the idea goes, especially not Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. The sixth Call of Duty has been described as a jingoistic mess, a Michael Bay-esque cacophony of nonsensical story bits, a mere shooter that couldn’t—shouldn’t—try to be anything more. “It’s Call of Duty” has…

Final Fantasy VII’s Cosmo Canyon, the home of Red XIII and his tribe, has been redrawn beautifully by Tumblr user hot-fish. Here’s the full pic below, with Bugenhagen’s observatory on top of the staircase labyrinth looking at the moon in the distance. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the…

Cows Invade Diablo III On Its Third Anniversary

Happy Birthday Diablo III! The game came out three years ago and an anniversary like this means a special event. This time it’s a Cowpocalypse, and it’ll be a nostalgic one for all Diablo fans. Effective immediately, we encourage all residents of Sanctuary to steer clear of the wilds. From dawn on May 15 to…

Assassin’s Creed Syndicate Has Pre-Order Incentives, Of Course

You need a cheat-sheet to figure out how to get what you want out of any new game these days. Assassin’s Creed Syndicate is no different. Here’s what we’ve figured out so far about navigating your way to buying the game. Syndicate will be the next major Assassin’s Creed game, moving the series to Victorian…

In an apparent delay, Ubisoft is now describing its third-person shooterThe Division as a “fourth quarter” release. Given that their company’s financial year ends in March, that would peg the game for sometime between January 1 and March 31, 2016.

Artist Lap Pun Cheung created a speed painting series featuring Final Fantasy VII’s most memorable moments. It was a 6-month-long project and he only finished it recently with Cloud & Co. finally facing Sepiroth. You can check all 130 paintings here. It’s quite the ride. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing…

The Witcher 3 Lets You Have Sex On A Unicorn

Yes, you read that right. A unicorn. Not one that’s alive, mind. A stuffed unicorn! But still: a unicorn. NSFW warning. The GIF above comes from the latest “Clueless Gamer” segment on Conan. I won’t bullshit you: Conan mostly spends his time making childish bad jokes about boning all the women he comes across in…

The Trailer for Star Ocean V with English Subtitles

Star Ocean V is a thing and it’s coming. Sadly, Square Enix hasn’t seen it fit to offer the announcement trailer in English for Western fans of the series. Fear not; that’s why I’m here. Star Ocean V: Integrity and Faithlessness, the fifth installment of the main Star Ocean series will take place between Star…

Old PlayStations Make Great Clocks

The original PlayStation isn’t only a fantastic console. It also makes a wonderful clock. Twitter user Rurue0111 created this do-it-yourself time keeper. It lights up when you press the power button. And when it’s bright, the console clock looks like this: [Photo: Rurue0111] Here, you can see it in action. How cool is that? It’s…

Deus Ex: Human Revolution Isn’t As Great As I Remembered It

Everyone has that one game they still remember playing for the first time. For me, it was Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Looking back, it seems weird—other games occupy my personal best-of list, but something about Human Revolution struck a distinct chord with me. It is a game I love. With the recent announcement of a…

Diablo III Player Reaches Level 70 In One Minute

Here’s an insanely skilled Diablo III player Dat Modz proving that it’s possible to get to max level in no time. Sixty-five seconds to be exact. That’s bloody impressive. And how is this possible? Dat Modz is on the game’s very rare (not THAT rare since patch 2.2, but still rare) Cow Level, and its…

Three Bloodborne Players Race Neck-And-Neck For The Fastest Kills

Care for a reminder of how good people can be at Bloodborne? I’ve got just the thing. The challenge, part of a PlayStation-sponsored competition hosted by VaatiVidya, was simple: You’ve got 15 minutes. Start a new game of Bloodborne, and kill as many human Hunter characters as you can. It pains me to watch people…