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That’s A Neat Party Trick, DualShock 4 [Update]

Designer Cory Schmitz is one of the early adopters of a DualShock 4 controller, and found that it can do…this. Weird trick, though surely getting the balance that right means they did it on purpose. Maybe to make things easier for the guys taking the official product images? Update: Turns out life is a lie…

Think You Can Wait For Assassin’s Creed IV On PC?

Assassin’s Creed IV, like most other big games from Ubisoft, is coming later on PC. You’d think they’d have sorted this out by now. Ungh. So the question is, if you’re impatient, will the fancier visuals of the PC edition make it worth waiting nearly a month for if you already own a 360, PS3…

Screw Champagne iPhones, We Want A Beer iPhone

Warning: this video is very Australian. It is also a glimpse into the future of consumer electronics, if that future was decided by the common man, and not wealthy Silicon Valley types. Aussie Bogan Creates Amazing Beer App! [YouTube, thanks @LukeHopewell]

Deadly Premonition On PC Looks Like Complete S**t (But There’s A Fix)

Weird-ass Japanese horror game Deadly Premonition has made it to the PC! That’s the good news. The bad news is that, like Dark Souls before it, this Japanese game has been ported to the PC in a sorry state indeed. Seems the game’s locked at 720p, acceptable for console gaming on a TV, perhaps, but…

Come On Guys. The DualShock 3 Sucked.

The original PlayStation controller debuted in 1994. The more familiar DualShock was released in 1997. The PlayStation 3 controller you’re using today, well into the 21st century, is almost identical to that 1997 design. Let’s think about that for a second. It’s now 2013, and if you’ve got a PS3, you’re still using a pad…

A Quick Tour of Battlefield 4’s Multiplayer Maps

This isn’t just any quick over view of the many places you’ll attack, defend and possibly even kill other dudes in: it’s a quick tour of most of the Battlefield 4 multiplayer maps on the “Ultra” graphics setting on PC. Which is to say, this is about as pretty as it can it can get.…

A Freakishly Cool Game Where You Invade The Memories Of Dead People

Master Reboot is a psychological horror adventure game where dead people’s memories are uploaded to the cloud…the soul cloud. But as with any social network of the future where dead people’s memories are stored, it all goes wrong. Soon you’re sent in to sort out the mess of digital thoughts and feelings. Side note: I…

Assassin’s Creed IV On PS4 Is Worth The Extra Wait

The big pirate adventure Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag is out today for PlayStation 3, Wii U and Xbox 360. But in a couple of weeks, it’ll be out on next-gen consoles and PC. I played through the entire game on PlayStation 3 (and I liked it), and I also spent a good chunk of…

Don’t Expect Titanfall 2 To Be A Microsoft Exclusive

Titanfall is a Microsoft exclusive. Like, a proper one, in that it won’t ever be coming to the PlayStation. That’s news for gamers, but until recently it was also news to one of the guys…running the company making the game. Respawn boss Vince Zampella has posted on Twitter that while Titanfall was always going to…

Killzone: Shadow Fall Is Out, And All We Can Do Is Sit And Stare

Excited soon-to-be PS4 owners are getting their hands on early copies of Killzone: Shadow Fall. With nothing to play the game on for another two weeks and change, all they can do is sit and stare, discovering all the intricacies, massive hard disk requirements and misspellings the next-generation PlayStation has to offer. They are reading…

Nintendo Wants More Dragon Quests… What Are They Waiting For?

Nintendo of America boss Reggie Fils-Aime says he wants more Dragon Quest. That’s great! Bring’em over! Yesterday afternoon, Fils-Aime took over Nintendo’s Twitter account to answer fan questions in hilarious and ridiculous fashion. The most noteworthy comment: “I’d love to see a new Dragon Quest game, too!” Well, okay. So do some wheeling and dealing…

A Game Where You Torture Someone Because They Want You To

Torture sequences in games are old news—many major franchises have included it in some capacity, from the classics like Metal Gear Solid to some more recent big titles like Grand Theft Auto and Splinter Cell. The context is usually the same—torture is explored as a military practice (or a critique of military stuff), performed on…

Forget About Titanfall Ever Coming to PlayStation [Update]

In a conference call to investors, Electronic Arts’ Blake Jorgensen just said that Titanfall is, “for the life of the title,” exclusive to Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PC. So the game is not a timed exclusive to Microsoft platforms. Titanfall’s Microsoft exclusivity has been well known since the title was announced at E3 but…

That’s One Foul-Mouthed GTA V-Playing Grandma

There’s nothing quite like seeing an adorable old lady lose it. It’s even better when that old lady loses it in a video game. In the video clip above, a delightful old lady appears to use Grand Theft Auto V to take out her rage on British Gas. We don’t have that in these parts,…

Electronic Arts has budgeted $40 million to settle lawsuits brought by college football players against its NCAA Football series, which EA Sports canceled last month. The publisher reported the figure to investors today. Though the settlement has yet to be made public, the figure is consistent with rumors reported in late September.

The Tiniest Gaming Keyboard You Ever Did See

Who says a tablet-sized keyboard has to be rectangular, lifeless, and look like the inside of a leather case? Not Mad Catz. I reckon if they did say that it could potentially mess with the sales of the S.T.R.I.K.E.M mobile keyboard, coming this holiday season to a hand near you. Part of Mad Catz’s GameSmart…

GTA V Hits 29 Million Sales In Six Weeks. TWENTY-NINE MILLION.

Grand Theft Auto V has officially hit “preposterous” levels of financial success: Rockstar has sold-in close to 29 million copies of their latest open-world monstrosity, the corporate overlords at Take-Two announced today. 29 million. Twenty-nine million. I’ll let you stop and pick your jaw up off the floor now. (Note: “sold-in” means they sold the…

How EA Sports Made The Best Golfer In The World Irrelevant

The end of Tiger Woods as the face of video game golf was set in motion years ago, and it had nothing to do with Perkins waitresses or a nine-iron through the rear windshield. It had nothing to do with a two-year winless streak or a drought, now spanning five years, without a major championship.…

‘Mormon Kombat’ And Other Games We’re Glad Don’t Exist

As much as I like strange and unusual games, there are just some games I’m eternally thankful I don’t have to play. In the video above, from last night’s premiere of The Pete Holmes Show, Pete shows off some of his favorite obscure (fictional) games. Just thank your lucky stars none of those exist. [Via…

The Steam Halloween Sale

Now through November 1st, Steam has discounted a fairly large selection of digital games in honor of… whatever they don’t really need an excuse. Most of the games on offer have at least some kind of tenuous tie to themes relevant to Halloween, but you may be scratching your head at a few of the…