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The Week in Games: Lightning Strikes

The week’s big new packaged release is Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII, with a couple of bundles and re-releases arriving with it on Tuesday. The MMO World of Tanks fully launches on Xbox 360 on Wednesday, and The Last of Us gets its prequel, Left Behind, on Valentine’s Day. Here’s the week in games: Tuesday,…

Join the KKK and S–t Your Pants: South Park‘s Achievements Are Awesome

Achievement reveals have lost some of their appeal here over the years. But then I see the list for South Park: The Stick of Truth and I feel compelled to share it. Here’s the very first one, for 15 Gamerscore. “New Kid on the Block: Join the KKK.” “Fling a turd that you created at…

Time to go back to the island, Jack. Ubisoft has sent out a release saying that Far Cry Classic—a remastered version of the open-world shooter already announced for Europe—will be heading to the U.S. The publisher says it’ll sport “graphical enhancements, revamped cut-scenes, and a fresh new user interface” and will be a $9.99 digital…

Not only is The LEGO Movie out in theaters today, The LEGO Movie Video Game is out in stores as well. Can the game of the film be as good as the film of the toys? I don’t know, man. My copy just got here. If all else fails, the game comes with a $7.50…

Wow, Elder Scrolls Online Graphics Comparison is Like Night And Day

Sure, the difference between playing the PC version of a game on minimum and maximum settings is a big one. It’s supposed to be. But the gulf between the less-intensive option for The Elder Scrolls Online and the all-of-the-things alternative looks massive. The side-by-side comparison comes courtesy of IGN, who ran the upcoming MMO with…

Boy Admits Raping Sister After He Watched Porn on Xbox

A 13-year-old in the U.K. admitted to raping his 8-year-old sister, telling police he had been watching porn on his Xbox 360 when he “decided to try it out.” The gut-wrenching case adds fuel to the controversy there over whether and how access to online pornography should be controlled. While there are no dedicated applications…

Strider‘s reboot will release in North America on Feb. 18 for PS4 and PS3 (via PSN) and on Feb. 19 for PC (Steam), Xbox One and Xbox 360 (Xbox Live), Capcom said today. You may see our impressions of the game here

The Xbox One’s First 2014 Dashboard Update Adds Some Important Stuff

The Xbox One is about to improve in a couple of small but useful ways. The console’s first dashboard update, zapping into consoles on Tuesday, February 11, will add a controller battery-level indicator and an interface for managing system storage. The battery indicator is self-explanatory. You can see it in the screenshot above (we added…

The second, concluding episode of BioShock Infinite’s Burial at Sea expansion arrives on March 25. That’s one more visit to the underwater city of Rapture on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. New crossbow-tastic screenshot for you above.

World of Tanks: Xbox 360 Edition will release globally on Feb. 12 (a week from tomorrow.) The game is free-to-play for Xbox Live Gold subscribers. World of Tanks had been in an open beta on the console since December.

Murdered: Soul Suspect is headed to next-gen—Airtight just confirmed an Xbox One version of their upcoming detective game. It’ll also be on 360, PS3, and PC. No word on PS4 yet (but that’s likely coming, or else Microsoft would be touting the exclusivity).

South Park RPG Trailers Show off Mr. Hankey, Ginger Zombie Nazi Plague

Overnight, Ubisoft released three new trailers for South Park: The Stick of Truth. And… that’s all you really need to know, actually. Let’s dig in! First, we have a TV spot. Perfect for increasing hype levels. Oh, and before you check, there are actually no new videos on the website. That reminder is just there…

The Week in Games: Back in Business with Bravely Default

We now return to our regularly scheduled The Week in Games, now that we have enough titles to properly justify discussing an upcoming week for them. Key releases are Bravely Default on 3DS, the latest episode of The Wolf Among Us, and The LEGO Movie Video Game doing a Full Ginsburg on all eight (8)…

Cops: Man Cut His Way Into a Pawn Shop to Get His Xbox Back

A 19-year-old Nampan (that’s the demonym for Nampa, Idaho) is in the slammer after police there say they caught him cutting through the roof of a pawn shop and making off with an Xbox he had pawned. More concerning, perhaps, was the AR-15 rifle cops say Olin Vickers had in his possession. That thing is…

Xbox One Trolls Trick People Into Using Bing

When you’re in the middle of an online match against other people, the last thing you want is an interruption—but interruptions are exactly the sort of thing Xbox One trolls will try to induce. The secret? The trolls use gamertags that are actually Xbox One voice commands. Last time, we saw folks use “Xbox Sign…

Soon We’ll Be Able To Buy GoPro Cameras With Our Xboxes

The GoPro line of action cameras generate some amazing footage, but who has time to navigate a search engine to find them? That incredibly inconvenient means of watching first-person bird videos will be a thing of the past later this year, when the GoPro Channel app launches for the Xbox 360 and Xbox One. It’s…

Crimes & Punishments Really, Really Wants To Be A Sherlock Game

The latest installment of the video game adventures of everyone’s favorite public domain detective was announced for the PlayStation 4 today, along with a new trailer desperately evoking the BBC’s modern day buddy detective hit. Maybe it’s just me, longing for more Benedict Cumberbatch after the all-too brief third season of the series came and…

When Is A Console Worth Buying?

Most people probably don’t consider themselves early adopters unless they’re really excited about that newest black box that lets you play games. Dedicated fans, gadget enthusiasts, that kinda thing. But there are other considerations, too. Like, how many games are out for the thing? How much do they cost? How much time can you spend…

Microsoft Wants To Buy Your…PS3s?

Trade-in offers are rather common—many retailers, including stores other than Gamestop, will take in old equipment in exchange for money or credit. This includes Microsoft—which will currently take your old 360s…and your old PS3s, too. In fact, there are reports of Microsoft emailing this ad to people: …which almost makes it sound as if it’s…

Can’t get enough Jack and Bigby? Here’s the trailer for episode two of Telltale Games’ The Wolf Among Us Will Jack get his ass-kicked by the big bad in Smoke & Mirrors? Next week is far too long to wait for an answer. Just imagine it in your head until then. (via IGN)