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Watch Us Scavenge Desperately For Food In DayZ

The new standalone version of the infamous mod is now available on Steam’s Early Access program, so I went to have a look at what changed. The answer: better graphics and even less supplies to be found. I played some of the original mod, so I was excited to try the standalone version. It definitely…

Next-Gen RPG Has No Monsters, Magic Or Minotaurs

We first coveredthis as a project over a year ago, but today Czech studio Warhorse is officially unveiling a very different kind of RPG: Kingdom Come: Deliverance. Due on PC and “next-gen consoles” in 2015, it’s been built on Crytek’s CryEngine 3. What’s making it stand out is that it’s an open-world RPG that’s set…

YouTube’s Copyright Crackdown: Everything You Need To Know

We’re in the second week of a YouTube copyright enforcement crackdown whose most visible effects have been on the video gaming community. Each day turns up a new example of a video getting thrown in YouTube jail on a ridiculous technicality. The situation seems to defy common sense, but we’ll try to explain it in…

I Can’t Stop Listening To Japanese Zelda Rap

This is the new Japanese commercial for The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds. It’s amazing and I can’t stop watching it. Diehard Zelda fans will of course know that this is a throwback to the old Japanese commercial for The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, the spiritual predecessor to Link…

​Daredevil Wingsuit Pilot Performs Ground-Skimming Flyby

Ever since playing Far Cry 3, I’ve wondered what it’d be like to fly wearing a wingsuit. How fast could you go? How far could you travel? How close to the ground could you get? This video from wingsuit-er Brian Drake attempts to answer that last question, as Drake flies down the slope of a…

Happy 26th Birthday, Final Fantasy!

Congratulations, Final Fantasy—you made it! The big 2-6. You were born on December 18, 1987, and now you’re here. Good work. Last year I wrote about how you need to get your act together, Final Fantasy, and you seem to have listened. Final Fantasy XIV‘s remake was a resounding success, Lightning Returns is looking promising,…

The Greatest Video Game Guns of 2013

You may have noticed that there were some guns in many of 2013’s most interesting video games. Here are the best of them, in no particular order… The Merica Gun from Saint’s Row IV Our own Tina Amini writes: “I usually can’t see anything that’s in front of my face what with all the bullets…

I’ve Never Seen Such A Filthy Lara Croft Statue

Look, Gaming Heads, I know you’re all excited about introducing the new Tomb Raider line to the public, but who is going to buy a $340 statue that’s all covered in dirt, bruises and blood? Show a little self respect, dammit. I mean, it’s not like you missed the dirt and blood and such. This…

The Halo-on-Atari-2600 Game is Going Into the Smithsonian

The Smithsonian American Art Museum yesterday acquired two games for its permanent collection. One of them seems right at home—Flower, the independent title almost universally praised by critics for its artistic flourishes. The other is, basically, Halo if it was made for the Atari 2600. Halo 2600 by Ed Fries (a former Microsoft games publishing…

Get $10 PSN Credit, Gaming Mice, A Clockwork Orange [Deals]

We like free money, and the rarest of free money, at least in the world our deals, is free digital game store money. Add $50 to your SEN account by December 23rd and you’ll get a bonus $10 credit by January 6. With big releases like Terraria and Minecraft, it’s a great time to fill…

We Tried Nintendo’s Surprise New Wii U Game NES Remix For You

Nintendo just released a new game on the Wii U with basically no warning. NES Remix! We didn’t even know it existed four hours ago. And now we’re all able to play it. $15 on the Wii U. Is it any good? Well, watch the video above. NES Remix takes a dozen or so classic…

I Would Buy The Hell Out Of A 3D Earthbound Like This

Designer Christopher Behr says he spent a year on this project, which might be the most spectacular thing you’ll see today: a three-dimensional recreation of Earthbound‘s opening city, Onett. Just look: Imagine if this were an actual game? (Thanks, William!)

A Game About Collecting LEGO Figures Sounds Better Than The Real Thing

Collecting real life LEGO figures involves tons of money, trips to Walmart, and many, many duplicates. I think I prefer LEGO Minifigures Online‘s take on the hobby. You’re still opening bags in Funcom’s upcoming MMO, slated for a summer 2004, but these bags feature fully-playable characters, each with their own stats and special powers. You…

Sonic Is Getting Zelda-Themed DLC

A press release for today’s surprise Sonic Lost World new Yoshi’s Island level for Wii U includes the following tease, reprinted here with the original emphasis: “And get ready to link to another special DLC for Sonic Lost World in 2014. More info to come on that one shortly.” That sure looks like the tease…

Killer Instinct‘s DRM Check Poses Problem for Its Use in Tournaments

This wasn’t a major event, but it was a tournament streamed yesterday by a pretty big name in the fighting game community, Team Spooky, and it’s not the kind of closeup Killer Instinct was hoping for. The tournament lost its Internet connection and, well, this console couldn’t continue. This occurred in the winners final at…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Amongst Yourselves, our reader-written blog: Cimeas thinks we don’t need pseudo-intellectual BS in games criticism. NotGoodForYou compares Starbound and Terraria, because you kind of have to. Carter Brownlee thinks that 2013 is the best year of the outgoing generation. And Stormborn gets back to drawing Pokémon. This time, it’s Team…

I Might Have Nightmares About Mario and Luigi’s Latest Gaming Cameo

There will be Mario and Luigi costumes in the 3DS’ Monster Hunter 4 according to today’s Japanese version of Nintendo Direct. For those of us who like bizarre, disturbing things in our games, this is great news. Still no news of Monster Hunter 4 being released in North America, as far as we know. Sorry,…

The Avengers Are Assembling in Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition [Update]

Marvel, Mojang and Microsoft are teaming up to deliver an official Avengers Skin Pack to the Xbox 360 version of the popular block builder. The pack, coming soon, will feature 35 character skins, including Captain America, Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Nick Fury, Black Widow, Hawkeye, Loki, Wasp, Falcon, Vision, Maria Hill, Agent Coulson and more.…

Bravely Default Continues To Look Like The Final Fantasy We Want

Man. This game. MAN. This new trailer for the role-playing game Bravely Default—out for 3DS on February 7—shows off some of the game’s features and side-modes, and lord I am excited to play this game. LORD.

Mario Kart 8‘s Got A New Trailer…Featuring An Airport Level

Nintendo is still not being any more specific than “Spring 2014,” but when Mario Kart 8 gets here, Bowser, Mario, Yoshi and all the rest will be tearing-ass around airport and cloudtop courses with a new buggy-type vehicle. See it in the latest trailer here. In addition to the new courses and car, the trailer…