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Terry Crews Hijacks The Xbox One Launch With Unstoppable Force

The PS4 got its own mascot right before its launch last week, thanks to Antonio Banderas and NeoGAF. You just know the Xbox One had to be next. No Banderas or emotional reactions this time, though. NeoGAF forum users picked actor and former NFL player Terry Crews and his raw powers to create the proper…

​What Do You Think Of Your New Next-Gen Console?

The Xbox One is now on store shelves. The PS4 has been out for a week. Maybe you picked one of those consoles up. Maybe you even got both! We’ve already told you what we think of them. What do you think? Weigh in in the comments below with your tales of next-gen gaming. Here…

Being A Sexy Green Alien Babe Can Be Tough

The exotic yet tantalizing alien babe that humanity fetishizes is a well-known sci-fi trope—surely, you’ve come across it before. Typically, games like Mass Effect let us seduce these characters. But in Redshirt, you can play as that sexy blue alien—and you can see first-hand why this fantasy that is sometimes peddled by sci-fi can suck.…

​Goodbye, “Start” Button. We’ll Miss You.

You put in a disc or launch a game from the hard drive. The title screen glows in front of you, beckoning. Time to press the start button, like you’ve done thousands of times before. Not anymore, though. Start’s gone, shown the door by both the PS4 and Xbox One. Next-gen console hardware always brings…

Microsoft Has No Clear Solution For Xbox One Disc Drive Issues

If you got an Xbox One today and your disc drive isn’t working, Microsoft has no answer for you yet—they say to contact their customer service people for help. Microsoft doesn’t have a fix yet for the issue, which has caused Xbox One Blu-ray drives to make a horrible grinding noise when they try to…

The Next Generation Of JRPGs

It’s official: next-gen is now current-gen. We’ve got a whole new generation of video games to complain about, and two brand new consoles with zero JRPGs to play on them. Yeah, that’s a thing. If you’ve followed next-gen mania at all, you’ve probably noticed the serious lack of Japanese role-playing games. I’ve been keeping a…

Doom Co-Creator John Carmack Leaves Id Software

John Carmack, co-creator of iconic first-person-shooter Doom and one of the smartest minds in video games, has resigned from the development studio he helped co-found. As seen as on IGN, Carmack is stepping away from the company where he served as lead programmer on Wolfenstein 3D, Quake and Rage. Id’s official statement, via parent company…

PS4? Xbox One? He’s Getting a Wii U

Our pal Brian Barrett over at Gizmodo has sized up the Xbox One and the PS4. His decision of what new console to get? He’s going for the Wii U. Find out why. (We’ll be providing our own one-year-later take on the Wii U next week.)

Disney’s Computer-Simulated Snow Basically Looks Real

First we had mind-blowing water simulation. Now we can add another delightfully realistic simulation to the mix: snow. The GIF above comes from a Disney animation presentation on new snow simulation techniques used for the upcoming holiday film, Frozen. Some of the concepts might go over your head, but no worries: it’s evident they’re making…

With New Patch, AC IV Now Looks Sharper On PS4

Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag already looked plenty nice on the PlayStation 4, but thanks to a new patch from Ubisoft, the game now looks even better. At launch, AC IV had been running at 900p resolution on PS4. Which looked perfectly nice, but wasn’t the full 1080p resolution that a lot of other next-gen…

All 23 Of The Xbox One’s Launch Games, Reviewed

The Xbox One launches today with 22 games (and some workout titles) you can play right off the bat. So we’re here with some micro-reviews of games we’ve either reviewed officially or spent ample time with. The PS4 got the same treatment last week, now it’s the Xbox One’s turn. Angry Birds Star Wars What,…

YouTuber Says He Was Censored For Criticizing Another YouTuber

This morning, video-maker Matt Lees put up a video criticizing another YouTuber, KSIOlajidebt. A few hours later, it was taken down—removed by YouTube due to a copyright claim by KSIOlajidebt himself. Censorship? Lees, who works for the website Videogamer.com, sure thinks so. KSI, who has four million subscribers on YouTube, is a controversial figure in…

New Humble Weekly, Walmart Early Black Friday, Mad Max [Deals]

In addition to the one-two punch of Walmart’s early Black Friday deals and Amazon Digital’s Black Friday discounts starting up, we’ve also got a new Humble Weekly Bundle bursting at the seams with pinball tables. If you need to stock up on SD cards, flash drives, or even SSDs, Amazon is running a great deal…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: Zarnyx attends the new Zelda and Mario launches at Nintendo in NYC, truthtellah recaps the Xbox One launch for those who weren’t paying attention, Stormborn’s latest entry in redesigning Super Mario, and DocSeuss reviews PayDay 2 DLC and even comes up with his own ideas…

Wreck-It Ralph, Rapunzel and Frozen Disney Infinity Toys Are Out There

The third round of Infinity figures is hitting stores today, bringing Wreck-It Ralph and Vanellope, Tangled‘s Rapunzel, and Anna and Elsa from Frozen to Disney’s cross-property toy box. Now all you have to do is find them — at three different retailers. Dammit, Disney. Not only are you releasing four products (Anna and Elsa come…

Xbox One Disc Drive Issues Reported By Small Number Of Users

Several Xbox One buyers have reported disc drive issues affecting their brand new consoles, and although we don’t know just how big a problem this is, the videos floating around are a little nerve-wracking. In the few videos I’ve seen so far, all posted this morning on YouTube, new Xbox One owners pop in game…

Team Fortress 2‘s Medic Just Got Some Extra Powers

The Medic from Team Fortress 2 recently got some nifty new items as part of Valve’s Two Cities update, shown off in a pretty cool official animated short. Gotta love that exploded Heavy getting reanimated. Here’s the full clip: Mann vs Machine – The Sound of Medicine [YouTube] To contact the author of this post,…

Walmart’s Week Early Black Friday Deals Are Live and Gaming-Centric

We weren’t expecting Walmart’s seven day early Black Friday discounts to be so gaming focused, but here they are, and you can buy them all online. Stick with us for continued coverage of everything Black Friday and Cyber Monday, and check out the start of Amazon’s Black Friday digital game deals if you missed out.…

Ico Creator Fumito Ueda Wants To Do a… Zombie Game?

You might know Fumito Ueda for his two excellent and massively popular adventure games, Ico and Shadow of the Colossus. He is currently busy (and has been busy for a long, long, long time) working on a spiritual successor, The Last Guardian. But what comes after that? Zombies, apparently. Ueda recently described his plans for…

Coloring Books Sure Make for Freaky X-rays

Why color between the lines, when you can draw skeletons? That’s what French illustrator Chris Panda has been doing, churning stomachs in the process. Calling this the “X-ray Series“, the illustrations are sketched on to coloring book type images. They are both amazing and disturbing. More in the links below. X-ray Serie!!! [Facebook via TheMarySue…