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Sonic The Hedgehog 2‘s Lost Level Is Lost No More

The remastered mobile version of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 arrives on iOS and Android today, bringing with it a zone famously scrapped during the original game’s development — the Hidden Palace Zone is hidden no more. Along with upgraded widescreen graphics and a new Boss Attack Mode, Sega’s remastered Sonic the Hedgehog 2 gives fans…

Fable Anniversary Launches February 4 With Free Day-One DLC

Lionhead Studios’ gorgeous 1080p HD remake of the original Fable is coming to North America on February 4, with an initial print run packed with goodies to insure chicken chasers pick it up on day one. Packed inside each limited-run launch box of Fable Anniversary will be a code for the Launch Day Weapons and…

Grand Theft Auto Online‘s free race and deathmatch creation tools are live. As teased earlier in the week, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 players can now create and share custom vehicle races and kill everybody matches in Grand Theft Auto V‘s online playground. Check out the full content of the update over at Rockstar’s Newswire.

Looks like Wheatley’s space travels took him all the way to the Mun from Kerbal Space Program, with a little help from redditor Technotreese. Kerbals have quite the penchant for testing, so Wheatley should feel right at home. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related screenshots…

“[Going forward with the first Xbox] was my decision, my accountability. We had some bumps on the road. And it was important that I stay accountable, stay patient, and stay behind the decision that we made.” Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO, to CNN on his role in the company’s first forays into the console gaming industry.

Cliff Bleszinski’s Working on a “Proper” PC Shooter

Cliff Bleszinski, of Unreal and Gears of War fame, recently appeared on a podcast to talk about, well, the Oculus Rift, mostly. But he also dropped a few facts about his upcoming project which, as it turns out, will be a bit of a blast from the past. Cliff, along with his wife, Lauren, were…

Changing A Game’s Story With A Flick Of The Finger

FRAMED is a game where you aren’t just playing, you’re directing the story itself. It’s broken up into, well, frames, as though you’re reading a comic or sitting in an editing suite. You can move these frames around, changing the way the story unfolds. Sort of like Lemmings-meets-Choose-Your-Own-Adventure. It’s been playable at various shows, if…

Please Stop Causing Car Accidents, Video Games. Please.

You know, Scott Hoy, maybe video games are to blame for an increase in single-vehicle accidents. Or not. Who cares. I just love that Scott Hoy, lawyer, is channelling Mickey Rooney in the cutest way possible here. Keep it up. [thanks Matt!]

Our Drone-Controlled Future Looks Like A Video Game

Designer Alex Cornell has made this video called Our Drone Future, which gives us a glimpse of a future where fleets of drones monitor our every outdoor activity. It’s as cool as it is a little creepy. There’s a “story” here, which you’ll get to by sticking around to the end, but the really awesome…

There Are Crazy Fans, And Then There Are Awesome Fans

Janice Chu is an artist in the games business. But in her spare time, she’s a fan, just like the rest of us. What makes Janice an awesome fan is that when she finished a couple of Naughty Dog’s finest games, she didn’t just smile and leave some forum posts. She drew these cute posters…

Say Hi To The $1500 Steam Machine

Valve might be aiming for the living room withits idea of the Steam Machine, but that doesn’t mean every “console” released in the family is going to be small and cheap. Digital Storm’s third-party offering, for example, is going to cost a ton. It’ll be showing off a PC at CES next month that it…

NASA Has A Robot, Which Might Die On Mars So We Don’t Have To

Meet Valkyrie. It’s a robot designed for NASA as part of a competition by the organisation’s Johnson Space Center. Don’t get too attached; he’s designed to go to very faraway places we really shouldn’t be going. At least not until we’re ready. Standing nearly two metres tall and weighing in at 125kg, it’s humanoid in…

YouTube Copyright Chaos Continues. Game Publishers To The Rescue?

Many gamers who upload footage of video games to YouTube are still getting troubling “content ID” matches that threaten to upend YouTube’s gaming content as we know it. But on day three of this controversy, some game publishers appear to be taking steps to help these gamers out. This story is unfolding rapidly as so-called…

Battlefield 4 isn’t justflawed. It looks like it’s Lost, too. This video uploaded by YouTuber mormonrage shows an anomaly that looks a whole hell of a lot like the smoke monster from the popular ABC mystery series. Man, watching the trees fold away like that is super weird.

What It’s Like To Play A Fighting Game With A Newbie

The first time you play with someone who doesn’t know what they’re doing in a fighting game, it always goes down a little like this: there is a lot of pausing. Lots of checking movelists. Lots of negotiating returning hits to keep it balanced because they initially got hurt when they weren’t ready. And lots…

The PC Versus Console Debate, Simplified

There are plenty of legitimate reasons to feel that being a PC gamer is more advantageous to your hobby. There are also valid statements made about being a console gamer. It’s been said before, and the deft hands at Dorkly are saying it again: let’s just enjoy bonding over a shared love, no matter how…

How Do The Angry Birds Go! Toys Interact With The Game? Watch.

Angry Birds Go! launched worldwide today, several months after the game’s scannable toy line hit stores. Since no one keeps instructions for that long, here’s how Hasbro’s plastic and Rovio’s mobile go-kart game get along. Like Hasbro’sAngry Birds Star Wars II Telepods, the Angry Birds Go! racers scan in using a clever combination of mobile…

Tom Cruise Blockbuster Looks Like The Best Video Game Movie Of 2014

It’s not actually based on a game, I know. But the face masks, the armour, the aliens, the dropships…this is the visual language of the last decade of video games, turned into a Tom Cruise movie.

Don’t Show Espurr To Kids, Or They’ll Never Play Pokémon

We’ve already established that Espurr is Pokemon X & Y’s most unsettling Pokemon—it’s the eyes, the blank, soulless eyes. Oh, but it gets worse. We’re talking “setting people on fire if you don’t give Espurr what it wants” worse, as you can see in this funny video by Megasteakman And this, folks, is why you…

DC Universe Online‘s next DLC means nothing without playable cats. In The War of the Light Part 1, players meet the hopeful Blue Lanterns and take on the rage-fueled powers of the Red Lanterns, but f they can’t be the greatest of the Red Lanterns, then what’s the point? Read about all the non-lava-vomiting-cat-inclusive changes…