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Don’t Miss Free Comic Book Day 2015

One day a year comic book stores across the country and beyond seek to lure readers new and old into their musty lairs with a selection of colorful free reading material. Today is the Day of Free Comic Books. Or Free Comic Book Day. I like my way better, but if I had my way…

You’re Killing Me, Persona Dancing Game

No. You can’t do this, Persona 4: Dancing All Night. You can’t just pull out the ‘every day’s great at your Junes’ jingle and weaponize it like this. Noooooo. Okay, let’s be real, I was going purchase the game no matter what. That’s just how much I love the characters of Persona 4. Still, I’m…

Here Is A Fun Thing To Do In GTA V

You can do a lot of fun things in GTA V. This one’s particularly good. Here’s what you do: 1. Play as Franklin. You know you love playing as Franklin anyway. 2. Get a fast motorcycle. Franklin’s primary bike is too much of a hog, so if you can, get something zippier. Maybe an NRG…

Attack on Titan 3DS Drops on May 12th

Not only is there finally a release date for the upcoming 3DS Attack on Titan game, there’s a spiffy new trailer that looks at all the characters that will make an appearance. Naturally, it’s got heroes like Eren, Mikasa, and Armin all hunting terrifying titans in the quest for survival. The game will retail at…

Free Monster Hunter DLC Has Street Fighter, Metroid, Mega Man

Talk about a cameo blow out. The monthly killer DLC for Monster Hunter continues, and like always, the newest pack has all sorts of gears, missions, and even surprises for your palico buddies. Watch it all in action in the video above. The May DLC pack can be downloaded for free in Monster Hunter, along…

Worth Reading: Why People Love Silent Hill So Damn Much

Worth Reading, our collection of the week’s best writing about games, is back. And with Silent Hills cancelled and Hideo Kojima getting run out of Konami, there’s plenty to think about. Hey, You Should Read These “Why Silent Hill Mattered” by Leigh Alexander Like Leigh Alexander, I have no doubt Konami will publish another Silent…

The Darkest Avengers Series Ever Ended This Week

Today, a big, bright Avengers movie filled with quips and heroics is lighting up screens all over the country. This week, one of the grimmest runs of Avengers comics comes to a close. Earth’s Mightiest Heroes? Not always. Technically, there was a book called Dark Avengers a few years back. It featured villains posing as…

League Of Legends’ ‘For Fun’ Mode Just Got A Lot More Fun

For now, at least. Who knows where things will go from here. League Legends is, generally speaking, a game about winning. You’re supposed to try your hardest at every possible moment—always be climbing up the next impossibly high mountain to hone your skill and, eventually, better your competitive ranking. There’s one main exception to this…

GTA V Secret-Hunters Still At It, Now Believe They Can Go Inside UFOs

The people chasing secrets in Grand Theft Auto think they’ve made a breakthrough. They say they’ve found evidence that suggests that maybe there’s a way to get abducted by aliens in-game…without the help of mods or cheats. So far, players have found four different UFOs inside of GTA V. The UFOs can light up and…

Dragon Age: Inquisition is getting a new multiplayer expansion on May 5th for all available platforms. It’ll be free, and you’ll see some familiar faces…like the one above! You can read more about it here, or watch a livestream about it here.

Banjo Kazooie Spiritual Successor Hits Kickstarter, Immediately Funded

If Rare won’t make a new 3D platformer, the folks at Playtonic Games are happy to. Players seem eager to help out, as Yooka-Laylee has already blown past its original goal of $270,000. Right now, Yooka-Laylee’s sitting at $354,000, but it’s likely to be past that when you read this. Up, up, up…clearly, Yooka-Laylee is…

The Steam Market Just Went Through A Short, Crazy Meltdown

Last night, the Steam Community Market suddenly started valuing items at exactly the same rate in Indonesian rupiahs and U.S. dollars, meaning that an item that cost $1 also cost a single Rupiah. Normally, a dollar is worth 13,000 rupiahs. Ruh roh. The glitch led prices to skyrocket, or plummet, depending on which side of…

See that up there? It’s an anthology of video-game-centric short fiction from a bunch of damn-good writers, with stories where gamers become players in dramas that extend beyond the screen. Out this August, Press Start to Play features work from heavyweights like Cory Doctorow, Chris Kluwe, Rhianna Pratchett, my sometimes drinking buddy Austin Grossman and,…

Beer, Masturbation, And Twin Peaks: A Conversation With Swery65

When you have a chance to chat with eccentric D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die and Deadly Premonition designer Swery65, you could talk about video games. Or not. We were talking over email because D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die, previously an Xbox One exclusive, is coming to the PC…eventually. There’s no release date yet, and the…

Naughty Dog is releasing its acclaimed DLC for The Last of Us, the Ellie-focused Left Behind, as a standalone download on May 12 for $10. Of course, you could also buy the whole package for only $20 on Amazon, too. You can reach the author of this post at [email protected] or on Twitter at @patrickklepek

One Of The Craziest Starcraft II Endings We’ll Ever See

Overnight, we got a whole bunch of tips about one of the closest professional StarCraft II matches people had ever seen, played last night during a tournament in South Korea. And although all we can find online right now is a highlight clip from the end of the match (h/t Dallas), I must say, the…

Square Enix’s Latest Tech Demo Looks Gorgeous

Square Enix teamed up with Microsoft to show what the upcoming DirectX 12 can do. How does 63 million polygons per scene sound? It sounds like a lot! Titled Witch Chapter 0 [cry], the demo was shown off at Microsoft Build and appears to feature Angi, the character who appeared in the previous tech demo…

Famous Game Soundtracks Get The Smooth Saxophone They Deserve

Let’s say you’ve got a tiny kid who won’t sleep. Or you’re a grown human who just enjoys smooth saxophone and video games. Those falling into either camp should check out Prescription for Sleep: Game Music Lullabies They’re a series of covers of famous game themes, from Final Fantasy to Metal Gear, only instead of…

Dragon Age: Inquisition’s “Jaws of Hakkon” DLC is coming to PS4, PS3 and Xbox 360 on May 26, according to a Tweet from the official Dragon Age account. As good a reminder as any that timed DLC exclusivity is bullshit.

What A New X-Wing, Tie Fighter Could Look Like

X-Wing Alliance, the last proper space sim set in the Star Wars universe, was released in 1999. The 20th century. The chances of us getting another one are approximately 3722 to 1. But that’s OK! We can always dream. And hope that this indie game actually gets made. This is STAR FORCE. It’s a space…