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Sketchy Promo Plan Pays YouTubers For Positive Xbox One Coverage

A new Machinima promotion offers YouTubers cash in exchange for positive coverage of the Xbox One, opening up a whole host of questions about journalistic ethics in the world of YouTube personalities. It started on Saturday, when word leaked on NeoGAF that the video group Machinima had sent out e-mails to their clients offering cash…

13 GB Dead Rising 3 Patch Raises Questions About Gaming’s Future

There’s a 13-gigabyte update live for Dead Rising 3 today, and if you think that seems kind of big, well, that’s because it’s kind of big. This is one of the biggest patches in video game history—our previous definition of “big patch” usually clocked in at 500mb or a gigabyte—and it’s designed to both fix…

The Newest Assassin’s Creed Can Be Tough To Like, But It’s Important

I play all the Assassin’s Creeds and like them quite a lot, but should you play the newest one, Assassin’s Creed Liberation HD? Maybe. Liberation is, in my book, the weakest or second-weakest Assassin’s Creed that you can play on a PC or console. It depends on how you feel about the very first spartan…

The Inevitable Erotic Metal Gear Solid V Figure

We told you not to be surprised! We told you that game designer Hideo Kojima was making MGSV character Quiet all sexy because, um, it’s good for cosplay, or selling figures, or something According to Kojima‘s Twitter, this is the “Play Arts Kai” version of Quiet The figure is still a work-in-progress This doesn’t exactly…

Fable Trilogy, a bundle comprising the three HD editions of the series (Fable 2, Fable 3, and the upcoming HD re-release of the original) will be available on Feb. 4 from the Xbox Live Marketplace.That’s the same day that Fable Anniversary launches for Xbox 360.

The Week in Games: Olli Olli Oxen Free

Not much cooking this week in terms of new releases, outside of Olli Olli on Tuesday for PS Vita. One more week of this and we’ll be done with the usual deep freeze on the release calendar. Jan. 21 Olli Olli (PS Vita) Also in January: Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z (360, PS3, PS…

This Gentleman is Upset He Was Not Invited to Titanfall‘s Alpha

What happens when you don’t get a beta alpha key for Titanfall? Well, you pack a lipper, grab the camera and go to YouTube to sound your barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world. (Audio definitely NSFW. Use headphones.) In the grand tradition of Mr. Bitch-Eat-That-Ho from Street Fighter comes this customer service complaint…

​Here’s How Modders Are Building GTA V Inside of GTA IV

There’s no PC version of Grand Theft Auto V yet. It’s just a dream to the console-shunning gamers who want their turn to rampage through the streets of Los Santos. A team of modders is making that dream a reality. We got a glimpse in images and a short teaser yesterday but the more detailed…

PC Mod Turns GTA IV Into GTA V, Sort Of

Not content to wait for Rockstar’s inevitable announcement of a PC version of Grand Theft Auto V, a group of ambitious modders are trying to transform GTA IV into Rockstar’s most recent GTA We’ve got a few shots to show you how it’s going. The idea is to convert the map of IV into that…

How To Announce A Sequel In 2014: Level With Fans, Offer Comfort Food

What is the best way to announce a big sequel? Do it through a Game Informer cover? Put it on stage at E3? How about this: publish an open letter to fans in the sleepy month of January. That’s what the Hitman people just did. What we’ve got today is an open letter (read it…

Xbox One Will Suit Japanese Rooms Just Fine (Apparently)

2014 is here. Seriously, when is the Xbox One coming out in Japan? Apparently there are some issues Microsoft needs to address first. Microsoft has previously expressed their commitment to the Japanese market. However, with the complexities involved with different cultures, customs, standards and regulations, they have been hesitant to make any definite statements on…

Titanfall‘s Custom Controller is Ready for Drop in March

A limited edition Titanfall Xbox One controller (that’s it, pictured) will be available at the game’s launch this March, Microsoft said this morning. It will cost $64.99. The design is meant to evoke “a piece of military spec hardware transported from the universe of Titanfall,” said the lead artist for Respawn Entertainment, makers of the…

Lightning Strikes the Xbox 360. The demo for Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII is now available for the Xbox 360, giving North American gamers their first taste of dress-up-powered threequel action.

The Xbox One Can Do A Lot More Than You Might Think

Sure, the Xbox One has a few tricks up its sleeves—some of which we’ve told you about before. But, damn, had I known about some of the more advanced things the Xbox One is capable of, Microsoft would have sold me on the console way quicker. Thankfully, Sean Ong takes the time to walk us…

Call of Duty‘s DLC Will Turn You Into Michael Myers from Halloween

That quick tease Activision gave this morning of Call of Duty‘s new maps “doesn’t look anything like Call of Duty,” I said. Well, there’s a reason you’re lugging around a fire axe. One map, “Fog” will turn you into Michael Myers, the killer from Halloween. Completing a field order in fog turns you into the…

Creepy Xbox One Ad Says It’s So Real You’ll Bleed

As a video game aficionado, I often find myself staring at my consoles and wondering, “Why isn’t this more real? Why isn’t this more immersive? Why am I not bleeding right now?” Fortunately for Real Gamers, Microsoft’s latest Xbox One advertisement promises the features we really want, like sweat, blood, and terrifying hallucinations. Because if…

It’s official. Confirming the earlier rumor, the Onslaught DLC for Call of Duty: Ghosts will release Jan. 28. Activision released the following short trailer detailing the first episode of a four-part Extinction-mode story. It doesn’t look anything like Call of Duty.

What if Rambo Had Been a Hat-Loving Goldfish?

If there’s one thing I love about Greenlight, it’s all the insanely creative people it attracts. Like the creators of this side-scrolling shooter, Shütshimi To quote the website, Shütshimi is “a randomized shoot’em up about a muscle-bound fish with memory problems defending the seven seas.” It’s a fast-paced game for PC and the 360 where…

Xbox Twitter Account Hacked By…Syrians

The Syrian Electronic Army, ostensibly a political activist group, must have had some downtime over the weekend, because instead of going after political opponents of the Syrian leadership they went and hacked one of Xbox’s Twitter accounts. The company’s Xbox Support account – which sounds like a roughplace to work– was taken over for around…

‘Nickname Jerseys’ Do Some Strange Things to NBA Live

Want to see something weird? Boot up NBA Live and make sure to install the latest roster update. Now select either the Miami Heat or Brooklyn Nets. Go out to the court, and LeBron James’ player indicator now says “King James.” This is part of the kit-bashed way NBA Live, to its credit, added the…