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Madden Lawsuit Settlement Mails Out the Checks in Time for Next-Gen

Just in time for the next-gen release of Madden NFL 25, lo and behold, here’s my check from the settlement of the ridiculous Madden ‘monopoly’ lawsuit—for $64.14, which is four cents less than what the game would cost, with tax, at any of the GameStops I frequent. That means, if you filed your claim by…

Call of Duty Makers Explain Why Resolution Is Lower On Xbox One

When word came out last month that upcoming dog simulator Call of Duty: Ghosts runs at a higher resolution on PS4 than it does on Xbox One, the reactions were loud and angry. Was this a launch-day anomaly, or will all multi-platform games perform better on Sony’s console? Today, the people who make Call of…

​Wii Mini Coming to U.S. With Mario Kart Wii for $99.99

Nintendo is easing out the full-fledged version of their super-successful Wii console. But, for folks in the market for a Wii machine without the U in the name, there’s the Wii mini. It’ll come with Mario Kart Wii, which seems slightly counterintuitive for a console without online functionality. The Mini came out last year as…

This Is Valve’s Steam Machine Prototype

Via The Seattle Times, here’s your first look at Valve’s Steam Machine prototype—a super-high-end machine that will be sent out to 300 beta testers later this year. (Those are Valve employees standing with it: from left to right, Eric Hope, Anna Sweet, Greg Coomer and D.J. Powers.) If you’re one of the lucky few beta…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: Quiddity gets all charged up about how Last-Gen Hero Infamous 2 made him feel all empowered. What would Sephiroth do? Marsh Naylor invokes FFVII’s memorable villain in his latest video game advice column. And Rathorial declares the mushy design of contextual actions a Last-Gen Zero.…

‘World’s Thinnest 17-Inch Gaming Laptop’ Comes In Any Color

Those are Maingear gaming laptops right there. That’s ridiculous. Also a beautiful trend that needs to be encouraged until our gaming laptops only exist in one dimension. Maingear’s new Pulse 17 is getting there. Riding on the wave generated by Razer’s 14-inch Blade and 17-inch Blade Pro, as well as its own Pulse 14, Maingear’s…

Civilization V‘s Attack on Titan Mod Adds Giant Walls To Your City

If you think about it, the world of the popular anime Attack on Titan, where people live behind giant walls, would fit into Civilization V really well. So it was only a matter of time that someone added Eren Jaeger of The Walls as a civilization for the game. Steam Workshop user Yuuko, who created…

Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes Comes Out Spring 2014

Your Metal Gear Solid V experience starts next spring with Ground Zeroes, a prequel that will cost $19.99 or $29.99 depending on which console you buy it for and how you’ll be playing. Current-gen systems will have a downloadable version available for $19.99 or a hard copy that will run $29.99. Here’s the official word…

Everyone have a good weekend? Here’s some stuff you might have missed. Valve Fans Rampage After Game Fails To Hold…A Halloween Event Battlefield 4 Has Some Problems (But They’re Being Worked On) Halloween Is The Best Week For Cosplay Reports: Nintendo Game Doesn’t Censor Lyrics, Drops F**k, S**t Bombs

Castle Pyke, the seat of House Greyjoy from Game of Thrones looks stunning in Minecraft. This recent recreation is part of Westeroscraft, one of the most popular Game of Thrones servers in Minecraft. The custom texture pack adds a lot of depth and detail; it almost looks like something made out of LEGO blocks. Dayshot…

FlatOut developer Bugbear Entertainment’s Next Car Game is now on Kickstarter. The group aims to raise $350,000 to create what they call “Destruction Racing Perfection,” with a next-gen console port of the game promised should the campaign manage to gather $1,500,000. You can take a look here

Blasting Through Doom’s Levels as Duke Nukem? There’s a Mod For That

What do Duke Nukem, B.J. Blazkowicz, and Doomguy have in common? They’re all stars of a pretty sweet-looking Doom mod, that’s what. As you can see in the above trailer, the aim of Samsara is to take locales and/or characters from the FPS games of old—Duke3D, Heretic, Hexen, Marathon, Chex Quest, Quake, Wolfenstein 3D, and…

Someone Put A Spaceship On This Beautiful Video Game World, Right Now

Outerra, an engine that has the potential to change the way we play certain genres of video games, just keeps looking better every time we see it. This new video highlights the massive engine’s ability to generate and distribute vegetation as it flies over Mexico. Not a tiny, artificial caricature of Mexico. A 1:1 recreation…

This Is How You Make A Video Game Trailer

This is the latest trailer for Capy’s Super TIME Force, and while their lastone was awesome, this might be even better. Forget expensive cinematics or insomnia-curing developer diaries; this is how you sell a video game. You entertain and inform. Seamlessly. If you thought your Xbox 360 was done for, think again, because this hits…

Gears Of War On 3DS? This Is Very Close.

What you’re seeing here is Ironfall. The footage isn’t strictly a game. It’s a tech demo showcasing the kind of effects you’ll hopefully see in it when it’s done. But for now, let’s just enjoy it and hope they can actually pull this off. The Gears of War influence is being worn on Ironfall’s sleeves…

Reports: Nintendo Publishes A Game Dropping F-Bombs

Wii Karaoke U is a service that’s been available in Japan for a while, a built-in app for Nintendo’s console that lets users play a basic singing game using their Miis. The game – developed by Joysound – went and hit Europe last month, converted to a downloadable title, and the song selection is…interesting. According…

Hyper Light Drifter Still Looks Like The Coolest Game In Town

Hyper Light Drifter was oncea tiny little Kickstarter. It was asking for $27,000. It ended up making $645,000 Now that the dust has settled and the cash has been counted, here’s three minutes of gameplay from a “pre-alpha basic demonstration”. Normally that disclaimer is attached because an in-progress game is looking like crap, but this,…

Battlefield 4 Has Some Problems (But They’re Being Worked On)

Like most online games, Battlefield 4 on PC is having some teething problems. While they’re not as severe as certainother gameshave experienced this year, they’re still a pain in the butt for those affected. Things like server crashes, long queues, loss of player progression and in-game bugs are making some people’s experience with the big…

Another Good Look At The Xbox One’s Dashboard

Videos of the Xbox One’s dashboard and user interface in action have been getting progressively better, the latest being this handy clip put together by The Verge Shot with a half-decent camera/phone, and by a man who can keep his hand steady while filming, this video also benefits from uploader Tom Warren narrating the action…

There’s Keyboard and Mouse, There’s Dual Analogs—and Then There’s This

Freddie Wong is one of our generation’s finest war satirists, showing the idiocy of human conflict if everyone fought the way they did in video games. So when mobile gamepad maker MOGA wanted to commission a film showing how shit-tacular touch-screen controls are, there was really only one guy to go to. “Mobile Squad” is…