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Xbox One’s Free Dedicated Servers Should Improve Multiplayer Gaming

We knew that Microsoft was aggressively promoting its cloud-gaming services for the Xbox One. We knew that meant that games like Titanfall will benefit from everything from more on-screen computer-controlled characters and stabler connections because of it. Now comes news that those dedicated servers will be free to all developers. “One of the benefits of…

Recharge Everything, New Humble Bundle, PS Plus And LIVE Gold Updates

The less and less Humble Bundle is back with six more great games for basically nothing. Needless to say you should buy it unless you own them all already. Don’t forget to jump into the fray and nominate your favorite gaming keyboard Sanyo Eneloop AAA 4pk | Amazon If you frequent sites like Gizmodo and…

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Xbox One Or PS4? Top Comic Artists Chime In.

Sure, they may be able to do render amazing versions of Superman, Batman and Spider-Man but comic-book artists are just like you and me. Some of them even use their talented fingers for video gaming. And, like game enthusiasts everywhere, the visual stylists who contribute DC, Marvel, Image and others are excited for the Xbox…

British Newspaper Mistakes Deus Ex For Real Life

Maybe one day, we’ll all have cybernetic eyeball implants that will grant us perfect 20/20 vision and allow us to be monitored by the government agency of our choice. Sadly, as The Sun‘s editors will probably find out soon, today is not that day. Sarif Industries, the “US firm” mentioned in this recent edition of…

Original Grand Theft Auto Designer is Remaking Liberty City in 3D

One of the creators of the first Grand Theft Auto—whose top-down perspective bears little resemblance to the series since 2001—is revisiting Liberty City to re-render that map in 3D. Michael Dailly is carrying out the project in GameMaker: Studio, which is made by Dailly’s current employer, YoYo Games. USGamer reports that Dailly had to code…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: TAYfolk sure are turning out great Last-Gen Heroes/Zeroes stuff. Arguments for the quality of Alice: Madness Returns, a look at the open-world revolution and a Zelda face-off featuring games from the last wave of consoles. And you can always go join the voices talking about…

Xbox One Won’t Let You Use Your Real Name Online At Launch

Even though Microsoft appears to still be committed to the idea of letting Xbox Live users identify each other by their real names, if they so choose, that feature won’t be available when the Xbox One launches on November 22, a rep for the console confirmed to Kotaku That confirmation came after a demonstration of…

Bad Lip Reading Turns Game of Thrones Into Hilarious Nonsense

Please tell me you guys are aware of Bad Lip Reading? It’s a YouTube channel that dubs over conversations in movies and shows all with the intention of mistranslating what the characters are saying. And it’s almost always to hilariously nonsensical results. It’s been five months—five long months—since we’ve seen this silly humor on YouTube,…

You won’t need to keep a computer by the Xbox One to help you play games. That’s because the console’s Snap feature will let the Machinima app automagically figure out what game you’re playing and get videos to help you win. (via MajorNelson.com)

An Entire Scottish Island Is Now An Ad For Skylanders

Know for its scenic mountain vistas and sheep farms with an economy based on fishing, tourism and whiskey-distilling, Scotland’s Isle of Skye is now the first real-world location officially twinned with a video game setting. One of the prettiest places on the planet, now a Skylanders: Swap Force marketing tool. I suppose pairing The Skylands’…

Here’s what you missed on the overnight shift: After Six Generations Of Pokémon Games, Snorlax Finally Stands Up Total War: Rome II: The Kotaku Review The Creepiest Things People Have Said To Cosplayers A Game About Hunting Monsters, And It’s Not Made In Japan

Kirby! No! What did you eat this time? Fortunately this is not a screenshot of Kirby in the new Smash Bros. game, but a nightmarish painting, made by Lal0-90 on deviantART. Kirby is unleashed, with 100% more teeth and power. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest,funniest game-related…

GTA V Demolition Derbies Are Better On Skyscrapers

What’s needed for a GTA Online skyscraper battle royale, like the one above, is only a few friends (and their cars), a cargo helicopter, and the biggest building in the game. The fun, shared by YouTuber Kyoto-Moto, starts around the 3:00 mark in the video below. And yes, they fight until only one car remains:…

Street Fighter Takes On Wrestling. It Gets Messy.

Street Fighter was real. At least, it was for one night earlier this year, as Oakland’s wrestling crew at Hoodslam took on Capcom’s fighter and put it in the ring. In case the embed above doesn’t start at the right spot for you, you’ll want to begin at 3:12. Because while some of the action…

Reminder: Real Pirates Were Awful

Making a pleasant change from the usual pre-release drivel, Ubisoft has teamed up with VICE to make a series of short documentaries about the golden age of piracy. So that when you’re playing Assassin’s Creed IV, you can…I don’t know, appreciate the piracy some more. Really, though, screw the game. They’re just great little clips…

A Game About Hunting Monsters, And It’s Not Made In Japan

On paper, Monster Hunter should be one of the biggest games on Earth. It’s about nothing but fighting giant monsters, then gutting them for loot. For whatever reason, though, Monster Hunter is only really big in Japan, leaving others free to steal its thunder elsewhere. Enter Canadian studio Tetrahedral Interactive, who are working on Canto,…

Over 15 Minutes Of The PS4 Dashboard. Menus, Menus, Menus! [Update]

Whoever said “shoes are the window to the soul” was full of crap. Because system menus are the window to the soul. They’re the first thing we see every time we boot a system up, and are the tools by which we do pretty much everything to do with a console outside of actually playing…

Man Falls From Space, Takes Nine Minutes To Land

Remember last year, when Felix Baumgartner jumped out of a balloon at the edge of space? Well there’s a new documentary coming out about the feat, and part of it is this amazing video showing his descent in real-time. In first-person view. You might want to blow it up to full-screen to get a better…

The Creepiest Things People Have Said To Cosplayers

Most people enjoy cosplayers for what they are: folks hangin’ out in cool outfits paying tribute to their favourite characters. Sadly, some like to totally miss that, and get all creepy Buzzfeed went to the New York Comic-Con with a ledger and pen, and asked some cosplayers to write down the worst thing someone had…