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EA Shuts Down Longtime Game Studio Mythic Entertainment

EA has shut down Mythic Entertainment, the longtime video game studio most recently responsible for Warhammer Online and the Dungeon Keeper reboot for mobile platforms. When reached by Kotaku, EA sent over the following statement: We are closing the EA Mythic location in Fairfax, Virginia, as we concentrate mobile development in our other studio locations.…

Nintendo Made A GameCube Controller Adapter For Wii U

Sneaky Nintendo—at the end of a video advertising their upcoming Smash Bros. tournament at E3 in two weeks, the house of all things Mario just announced a GameCube controller adapter for the Wii U. It’s unclear how this will be sold, if it’s sold at all. Nintendo says the Wii U version of Smash Bros.…

An Artist Is Faithfully Recreating System Shock 2‘s Greatest Scene

Playing System Shock 2 is a frightening experience, and no moment is quite as shocking as seeing the face of the villain SHODAN for the first time. Now, one modeler is taking the time to render that scene in all its glory (Spoilers ahead). Over at the Polycount forums, user Mr Smo has uploaded his…

DIY Humble, Portable Sega Genesis, Classic Doctor Who, ThinkGeek

Instead of selling you games this week, Humble is selling you the tools you need to make your own. Name your own price for a variety of RPG Maker software to get started crafting your own adventures. [Humble Weekly] Update: Hard to say for sure, but it looks like this might not be the same…

Here’s How PlayStation Plus Is Changing

Now that we’re good and (sort of) settled into the PlayStation 4 generation, Sony is adjusting PlayStation Plus, its premium online gaming service, for all three of its major gaming devices. Sony marketing VP John Koller spelled out the changes in a post on the PlayStation Blog today. By his description, it sounds like the…

The Newest Sonic Character Looks Silly

The new Sonic looks hilarious. The new Knuckles looks hilarious. And, fittingly, the newest addition to the Sonic Friends looks hilarious too. Meet Sticks, “a jungle badger who has spent most of her life living alone in the wilderness” that will join Team Sonic both for the Sonic Boom television series and the upcoming games…

Ambulance Driver In Watch Dogs Really Shouldn’t Be Behind The Wheel

Redditor Trandalfiz found this ambulance driver in Watch Dogs who either really shouldn’t have a license, or just can’t deal with Aiden Pearce anymore. Weird bug via Reddit

Ex-PlayStation Chief Jack Tretton To Analyze All Of E3 2014’s Big Shows

Well, this should be interesting. Jack Tretton, the former boss for all of PlayStation’s business in America and the man who led numerous E3 PlayStation press conferences—including last year’s thunderous one—will be spending E3 2014 press conference day talking about Sony’s, EA’s, Ubisoft’s and even Microsoft’s grand stage shows. That news comes from Geoff Keighley,…

The Most Realistic Military Simulator Now Has… A Go Kart Mode

For April Fool’s Day, the good people at Bohemia Interactive made this video showing off a new go kart feature in ArmA 3. Well you can’t do something that silly without people asking you to make it real, so what choice did they have? The original video is a play on the Jean-Claude Van Damme…

X-Men: Days of Future Past‘s Sentinels Could’ve Looked Very Different

The giant, mutant-killing robots in the latest X-Men movie didn’t look exactly like they do in Marvel Comics’ popular superhero series. They were still recognizable as Sentinels, though. Alternate designs would’ve had them look almost like human beings. A post up at Slashfilm reveals that both the Sentinels from the past and future eras of…

Plants Vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare Is Coming To PlayStation

Good news, PlayStation loyalists! The excellent Plants Vs. Zombies shooter is coming to Sony’s PS3 and PS4 consoles on August 19th, developer PopCap announced today. PopCap’s Brian Lindley said in a post on the PlayStation blog that the new version of the game will run at “a native 1080p resolution and blazing fast 60 frames…

If Sailor Moon Had Been A Western Cartoon

DeviantART artist Ann Marcellino’s take on the Sailor Soldiers is really unique; they rather look like characters from a modern-day western cartoon than from an anime. The long awaited Sailor Moon reboot debuts on July 5th with an all new look, but I’d watch something like this as well to see how it turns out.…

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Firefox Looks Like Space Invaders For Some Reason

Firefox recently released a new version that adds some new features, and now there’s a Google doodle-style animation on the Firefox start page. To see it just open up Firefox and go to the Firefox start page (the one with a google search bar, for me at least). There was at least one other animation…

The Dots Sequel Feels A Lot Like Candy Crush, In A Good Way

Dots, one of the best and most popular mobile games of 2013, is finally getting a sequel of sorts, creator Betaworks announced this morning. It’s called—you guessed it—TwoDots. I’ve only been able to tinker with TwoDots for a few hours, but my first reaction upon opening up the new game was that it feels an…

30 Seconds of Quantum Break Gameplay Is All You Get, For Now

Been waiting to hear more about the Xbox One exclusive action drama Quantum Break? Well, here’s something new. It’s not much but it is something. Sam Lake, creative director at Remedy Entertainment, talks up the next game from the makers of Max Payne and Alan Wake in the clip above. Lake explains how the TV…

Meet The Shadow of Mordor Enemy I Couldn’t Kill

No two players’ experience will be the same in the upcoming Lord of the Rings game, Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor. In a recent preview, I explained how that is and how the Nemesis system fits into that. If you missed it, you can use the Nemesis system to target various warchiefs and have their bodyguards…

Hey buddy, forgot your cup. Grabbed from YouTuber Robbaz‘s compilation, this is one of those Watch Dogs glitches with a happy ending. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related screenshots and art that we can find. Send us suggestions if you’ve got them. To contact the…

Dropping Your Phone Really Messes Things Up In Real Life Watch Dogs

The folks at Machinima, in their latest video, show us what really happens when your biggest in-game weapon is a mobile device. Aiden would be in a lot of trouble in real life. Watch Dogs vs iPhone (Parody) [Machinima, YouTube] To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]

Intricate Sword And Board Combat Meets Castlevania-esque Dungeons

That’s Shadowcrypt in a nutshell. On the surface, there’s not much to this indie side-scroller. You’ve got your undead-filled catacombs, your evil Necromancer, your traps and mazes, and you’ve got random treasure. It’s all very familiar, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s bad. See here: It looks tight. The developer describes the game as “elegantly…