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First Look at the New Tales Game

The next Tales game marks the franchise’s 20th anniversary. It’s a PS3 exclusive. And it’s titled Tales of Zestiria. As Namco Bandai explains, the word “zest” in the title refers to “passion” or “zeal.” Or, well, zest! The game features four character designers: Mutsumi Inomata, Kosuke Fujishima, Daigo Okumura, and Minoru Iwamoto, and it will…

Battlefield 4 isn’t justflawed. It looks like it’s Lost, too. This video uploaded by YouTuber mormonrage shows an anomaly that looks a whole hell of a lot like the smoke monster from the popular ABC mystery series. Man, watching the trees fold away like that is super weird.

Rayman Legends On PS4/Xbox One Will Be 10x More Awesome For One Reason

That reason is the Far Cry 3 “best villain ever” Vaas-skinned Globox that’s exclusive to the PS4 and Xbox One release on February 25th. And, yeah, an Assassin’s Ray costume is pretty neat, too. Along with the announcement of an official release date and two exclusive new costumes, Ubisoft promises improved graphics, fixed loading times,…

Battlefield 4 Problems Have Shareholder Law Firm Thinking Lawsuit

A law firm that appears to specialize in suing publicly traded companies suffering publicly embarassing problems has turned its attention to Electronic Arts, specifically over Battlefield 4 The “investigation” that Atlanta firm Holzer Holzer & Fistel has begun concerns whether EA “complied with federal securities laws” when the company was making statements about Battlefield 4…

Microtransactions don’t work exactly like this in NBA 2K14, but this parody video by GoodGameBro clearly communicates how ridiculous some find the practice when it intrudes on their favorite sports game. Actually, you can purchase dunks, they’re just signature animations for your created MyPlayer.

Elder Scrolls Online Arrives April 4 for PC, June for PS4, Xbox One

The Elder Scrolls Online will release on April 4 for the PC and Mac, Bethesda Softworks revealed this morning in a new trailer for the MMO set in the Elder Scrolls continuity. PS4 and Xbox One gamers will have to wait until June. “War in Cyrodiil,” is the title of the gameplay trailer, which is…

Lightning Returns‘ Collector’s Edition Is So Fancy It Gets A Trailer

Not only is the collector’s edition trailer-fancy, the $90 box set is also exclusive to theSquare Enix store, so if you want a silver-embossed pocket watch, and art book and an Aerith costume, it’s your only hope.

Why John Carmack Isn’t Eager for Next Gen

You might be thrilled with next gen—er, current gen. But John Carmack, ex-id Software star programmer and Oculus Rift guru, isn’t yet. He thinks we can still do more with last gen. “The 360 and PS3 are far from tapped out in terms of what a developer could do with them,” he said, speaking to…

The Witch and the Hundred Knight lands in the West next March. Per the company’s announcement, Nippon Ichi Software’s quirky monster-devouring hack n’ slash game is hitting European PS3s on March 21, and North American ones four days later, on the 25th. You can read our impressions on the Japanese version here

A Dark Souls Cafe Is Coming to Japan. Yes, an Actual Cafe.

You’ve played Dark Souls the game. And next January in Tokyo, you can patron Dark Souls the cafe! From Software, the game’s creator, says the goal is to recreate the game’s mood in the form of an eatery. And on January 6, Australian themed bar OZ Cafe in Tokyo’s Nishi-Azabu will be reborn as Dark…

We’re So Close To A Wooden PS4, People

The controller looks awful, because it’s half-assed. The rest? Somebody hold me. It’s beautiful. Just when I thought I knew the meaning of excitement after seeingan Atari PS4 skinwith some wood-panelling, along comes this. Dbrand’s wood finish vinyl skin for the PS4. Like I said, the controller gets a pass. But the rest? Very tempting.…

Metal Gear Solid Characters, Fresh Out Of A Cartoon

Digital artist RoboChandler has done an incredible thing. He’s transformed the serious, well-seasoned Metal Gear Solid characters into innocent, joyful cartoon characters. Here’s The End, one of the most memorable bosses of the Metal Gear series, with his parrot: And the others, on their own. Gotta love that wriggling Psycho Mantis: RoboChandler [DeviantART, via The…

A Weird Game You Can Play Across Three Different PlayStations

You can play Doki Doki Universe on PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 or PlayStation Vita and, no matter what, you’re going to have a strange time. You will learn about yourself, fly through the cosmos to understand what it means to be human and you will meet a toilet who dislikes poop. This is my kind…

Glitch Lets You Return To GTA V‘s Otherwise Inaccessible Opening Area

North Yankton—the snowy opening to GTA V—was pretty much gone after the prologue, locking us out from ever returning. But fortunately for us and thanks to a video shared by CVG, there’s a legit (albeit glitchy) way to return there. Since it’s only a prologue area filed with scripted events, the place feels a bit…

50 Years Of Popular Holiday Toys, All At Once

Every year it’s something. Some colorful construction of cloth or fluff or plastic or silicon, the big holiday toy that no actively loved child can do without. Graphic designer Abby Ryan Bennett tracks the trend for 50 years, from the Easy-Bake Oven to the Wii U. It’s like a map of my life, from Star…

A fix that addresses a Battlefield 4 bug “accounting for a quarter of the crashes on PS4,” is now live, reports DICE, which also opened a “Top Issues Tracker” thread for all platforms, describing what in the game has been fixed, what is being fixed, and what is under investigation.

​Xbox One Mod Lets You Use PS4, Xbox 360 and Mouse/Keyboard Controls

Maybe you got an Xbox One and your fingers are mourning the loss of the Xbox 360 controllers. They need not grieve any longer. Modders have made it possible to use Microsoft’s last-gen controller—or the one that comes with the competing PS4—with the brand-spanking-new Xbox One. Via Eurogamer comes word of an update to the…

People Mistakenly Sent A Free Vita, Then Threatened With Legal Action

A retailer in the UK has accidentally sent some customers a free PlayStation Vita. And is now resorting to some heavy methods in an attempt to get them back. According to a report on Eurogamer, “a number” of people who had preordered Vita game Tearaway were instead sent a Tearaway PlayStation Vita bundle, which included…

In Japan, New Metal Gear Bundle Comes with a Puma Jacket

If you plan on buying Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes next spring, there are several bundlesto choose from. One of which comes with a jacket. It was just announced. MGS V: Ground Forces is teaming up with Puma for a limited edition “Diamond Dogs” branded MGS V-themed jacket. The jacket is available for the…

People Might Actually Be Able To Emulate The PS4 And Xbox One

You might think emulators only exist for retro consoles, and for the most part that’s true, but we might some day be seeing PS4 and Xbox One games – regardless of the legality of the move – on a PC near you. For the last decade or so, emulating new console games has been almost…