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Ubisoft Has Over 9,000 Employees

PLUS MORE GAMING SECRETS AND RUMORS: Ubisoft’s vitality sensor | The current status of the BioShock movie While many game companies have been contracting in the past several years, Ubisoft exploded in size without many people noticing. In fact, it may soon employ more people than any other gaming company, if it does not already.…

Ghostbusters LEGO, With Giant Marshmallow Man Added

LEGO enthusiast Brent Waller‘s awesome Ghostbusters: 30th Anniversary Project, featuring the firehouse and the officially approved Ecto-mobile just got bigger with probably the most iconic and important character of the movies: the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. Here’s some facts from the builder’s LEGO Cuusoo site: It is over 34cm or 13 inches tall. If I…

If Miyazaki Films Were Other Type of Anime

Would it be a better world if Hayao Miyazaki classics like My Neighbour Totoro or Princess Mononoke were drawn and told in the style of Dragon Ball Z or Sailor Moon? I don’t think so, but it’d be a much funnier alternate reality. Here’s College Humor‘s butchery of some of Miyazaki’s best: If Miyazaki Films…

That’s one hell of a Terraria castle. It took Torikishi, the creator, 3 months to complete this fancy pixelated home, and he really has built everything you need for a villa by the sea. Even an underground cave with a ghost ship inside. Villa by the sea by Torikishi [Steam Community] Dayshot is an image-based…

The 16-Bit Fifth Element Game We Never Had

Too bad that Luc Besson’s shiny sci-fi epic The Fifth Element came out in 1997 and slightly missed the 16-bit era. As the latest 8-bit Cinema short by Cinefix shows, it could have been a pretty cool licensed 2D action game, something similar to Flashback or Blackthorne Here’s the clip with every major scene from…

You Have Been Chosen… To Admire This $210 Skyrim Statue

The subject of Gaming Heads’ next Elder Scrolls shrine replica is Azura, AKA Azurah, AKA The Daedric Prince of Dusk and Dawn, AKA Unlimited Soul Gem Woman. Specifically, the replica takes after her Skyrim rendition, which leaves us with a really good-looking statue. The hand-painted poly-stone statue stands at eighteen inches tall, and is described…

Doom’s Got Some Really Sweet Ragdoll Physics. Wait, What?

One sec, gonna reinstall Doom Quote-unquote ragdoll physics are one of the new features of the upcoming v20 update for Brutal Doom. The mod, which is now in its fourth year of development, will also be getting an updated particle system and better, sharper-looking blood decals in the new version. Here’s what the simulated ragdoll…

Well, that didn’t take long. Action-RPG Heart Forth, Alicia got Kickstarter-funded in less than two days, and it also managed to get Greenlit on Steam like, almost immediately. It is currently steadily heading towards the $110,000 stretch goal, which will net the game a PS4 port. Bright future indeed.

Remember Putt-Putt? Pajama Sam? Freddi Fish? They’re Coming to Steam

Some had the Atari 2600. Others grew up with Mario and the NES. But for a lot of young, budding PC gamers, there were Humongous Entertainment’s quirky and colorful edutainment titles. Now, these classic adventure games are making their way to Steam. Humongous Entertainment’s catalog will be arriving on Steam in several batches, restored and…

Wearable Eyes Are Even Stranger Than Google Glass

If Google Glass seems too normal, there’s always AgencyGlass, which replaces your real eyes with computer-generated ones: The glasses are the creation of Dr. Hirotaka Osawa, from Tsukuba University in Japan. They generate the fake, moving, and expressive eyes with software. As you can see, the inside of the glasses themselves is not transparent: The…

What’s new with Card Hunter? Why, the upcoming Attack of the Artifacts expansion, of course. Check out this video to get a sense of what’ll be added to the excellent tactics/deck-building RPG.

The Beautiful Mobile Game That Never Was

The road to video game greatness is paved with unfinished projects and half baked ideas. Simogo, the tiny studio behind many revered mobile games including Beat Sneak Bandit, Year Walk, and Device 6 reminded us of that today with a short tease of a video about one of their earliest prototypes. It’s a game called…

The Villager and Wii Fit Trainer Are Still Smash Bros’ Best Fighters

I don’t know who your favorite Smash Bros. fighter is, but it’s hard to compete with characters that kick your ass with yoga and tree planting. Sorry! GameXplain breaks down the moves of all the new fighters in the upcoming Smash, and while everyone looks great, The Villager and Wii Fit Trainer are definite stand-outs…

A Cancelled Kickstarter With A Happy Ending

We all hear lots of stories about Kickstarters turning out all wrong and not going according to the promised plan. The Kickstarter for Jet-Getters, a multiplayer jet game, almost sounds like one of those stories when you consider it was recently cancelled—but in twist, the cancellation turned out to be a good thing for everyone…

BMO From Adventure Time, Brought To Life

Oh my god. I need this in my life. I need this BMO. This creation, which was built by Bob H, is probably the closest thing out there to a “real” BMO. It has all the different facial expressions BMO makes, it can play video, it can sing. UGH, it’s so adorable. Now if only…

New Star Wars Rebels and Shanna The She-Devil Statues

Gentle Giant unveiled two new figures today. The first is Ezra and Chopper from the upcoming Star Wars Rebels series, and the second is a borderline NSFW Shanna the She-Devil with dinosaur hidden below the fold: Ezra and Chopper is $120. Shanna the She-Devil is $450. Previously: Adding Mara Jade and teenage Leia to Star…

​Infamous: Second Son‘s New Photo Mode Is A Blast

We’ve already pretty well established that Infamous: Second Son is a really nice-looking game. Wouldn’t it be cool if we had an easy way to freeze the game in action and really drink in all those shiny graphics? Thanks to today’s free update for the game, we have an opportunity to do just that. It’s…

Ten Things You Might Not Know About Sonic The Hedgehog

Trivia time! How much do you know about gaming’s speedy little hedgehog? Perhaps you already know, for example, that his shoes are partially based on Michael Jackson’s boots in the song Bad, and you might even know that Michael Jackson worked on music for Sonic 3. Oh, but these facts by Alltime10s also get a…

Spider-Man Is MIA On Xbox One, And Activision Won’t Say Why

In a couple of weeks, Activision will release The Amazing Spider-Man 2, a game based on the movie. It’ll be out on just about every current-gen platform… except Xbox One. Though Activision originally announced the game for multiple consoles including Xbox One, it’s now gone MIA on the newest Xbox. Activision says it’s delayed indefinitely,…

The Horde And Alliance Battle Over Bikes In Azeroth Choppers

With American Chopper having been off the air since 2012 and nothing pressing happening with the World of Warcraft team other than a major expansion pack, now’s the perfect time for Blizzard to tap world-famous motorized bicycle designer Paul Teutul, Jr. for a web-based reality show. It’s Azeroth Choppers, you guys. Two teams. Two choppers.…