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The Wasteland 2 Intro Will Never Beat Fallout’s

Wasteland 2 comes out today, and the question on many an OG CRPG gamer’s mind is: “How does it compare to Fallout?” I’ll have a fuller answer to that soon, but there’s an elephant in the room that must be addressed first. Come on, Brian Fargo: where is my Ron Perlman? If you don’t understand…

​Some of the Coolest Game Merchandise You Can and Cannot Buy

The Tokyo Game Show isn’t only about games. There is also an entire hall filled with goodies for sale. Game companies also are showing off future products that will be out at a later date as well as TGS exclusives. Let’s have a look!

You Really CAN Sleep With Anything In The Sims

It’s like some anti-gay douchebag’s nightmare vision of what same-sex marriage will unleash upon our world. And people ask me why I loveThe Sims 4… via Imgur

This is Shinra Technologies. It’s Square Enix’s new venture into cloud gaming, headed up by former Square Enix honcho Yochi Wada. You can read more about it on the company’s official site.

One Of The First People To Buy An iPhone 6 Dropped It On TV

Australian Jack Cooksey was the first person in Perth to get a new iPhone, making him one of the first people in the world to get a new iPhone. So he was interviewed on TV. And it all went wrong. Struggling with the lid of the box, and no doubt nervous at being the subject…

We first told you about Rakuenlast year, but with the project nearing release there’s now a proper in-game trailer.

Sega, You’re Breaking My Heart

This trailer for the new Yakuza game was actually shown first during Sony’s pre-TGS press conference, but has only today made its way online for general viewing. Enjoy, then, another fantastic trailer for a likely fantasticYakuza game that we’ll probably never get to play in the West because Sega.

Outpost 13 Lets You Play As The Monster From The Thing

Outpost 13 is a point and click adventure where you play as an alien disguised as a dog. Your goal is to covertly menace the crew members so that they’ll abandon the outpost and flee, with the dog/alien, to the nearest spaceport: You can support the game at Kickstarter and Steam Greenlight You are now…

Why Snake Is The Best Climber In Video Game History

Or Big Boss if you want to be pedantic. Point being video games are full of people who climb: Lara Croft, Nathan Drake, Ezio, um… The Ice Climbers. But after watching an early demo of Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain, it has become crystal clear. Snake is the Adam Ondra/Chris Sharma of video…

so good.

Rock Band Is Finally Dying

Long gone from the retail side of things, Harmonix’s Rock Band has nevertheless lived on for the past few years thanks to the studio’s maintenance of the Rock Band Network, the online community where people could buy, create and share music. Sadly, that service is now winding down. In a post on its community forums,…

The Deadpool Movie Is Official, Out In 2016

Not two months after that impressivetest footage “leaked”, we now have word that a standalone Deadpool movie is going to be a thing Tim Miller will direct, and while Ryan Reynolds hasn’t been confirmed to star, come on. Ryan Reynolds will surely be starring. Interestingly, in the same Hollywood Reporter article it says that the…

League Of Legends’ World Champs Commercial Is A Missed Opportunity

The League of Legends World Championship is one of the biggest prizes in esports. Given the field’s strugglesto be taken more seriously – even as it draws in bigger crowds and bigger bucks – this trailer for the event seems a bit out of place. While it’s a slick piece of production, it also plays…

The Sims 4 Mods Are Officially Starting To Become Amazing

Despite being so new, The Sims 4 has relatively robust mod offerings. Some mods are sort of saucy. Some are useful. And some, well, some are just sort of amazing. Enter the Babies For Everyone Mod, an alteration to The Sims 4 which allows nearly everyone to ‘try for baby’ while having sex. This means…

Microsoft Explains Lack Of Halo On PC

Halo: Master Chief Collection would—in theory—be a perfect point of entry for PC gamers who’ve missed out on the series over the years. So why is it, for now, Xbox One-only? And could that change? Halo is Microsoft’s flagship game series on the Xbox, but they’ve also got that whole Windows thing going on. You…

A Cooler Way To Use Your Phone To Play Video Games

Playing video games on your phone is all fine and good, but using your phone to control what happens on another screen? Now that’s really cool. Oh sure, the Wii U and various other devices have tried similar-ish things to the THAW interface, but its always nice to see somebody throw their hat in the…

Neal Stephenson’s Kickstarter Game Is Dead

Two years ago, beloved science-fiction writer Neal Stephenson launched a crowdfunding campaign to start making a realistic swordfighting game. The Clang Kickstarter notched more than $500,000 towards that end. But a game never materialized and, as announced today, people who backed Clang are starting to get their money back. The game, it seems, won’t be…

The Small, Weird Way Nintendo Changed Mario Kart 8’s Online Multiplayer

Mario Kart 8 received its first big update at the end of August. Most of the changes were welcome improvements. But one took some time to sink in: the new online ranking system. Now that it has, some players are left feeling confused and upset. If you’re playing Mario Kart 8 regularly and didn’t notice…

Retro Gaming Parkour On A Moving Train

We all wanna parkour like Super Mario or Ryu Hayabusa, but only a few people ever get to actually do it — like freerunner Jason Paul. The people at Red Bull made a giant retro gaming free running course and had Jason Paul run through the whole damn thing. The logistics of how they pulled…

Some ​Destiny Owners Say Bungie Can’t Address Customer Service Problems

“I’ve Given Up on Destiny and Got My Refund” “ERRORS ERRORS ERRORS” “Server problems. Worse then ever now -.-“ These are some of the top trending posts on Bungie’s official help forums. As you can probably guess, they’re filled with angry people. The users in those threads are mad at the lack of a support…