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All The Reason I Need To Buy An Xbox One

Who spends $500 to play a $20 downloadable game? I do, if the game’s the spiritual successor to the Panzer Dragoon series. Fresh Crimson Dragon screens and a new trailer out of TGS seal the deal. I get a little bit crazy when it comes to shooting things of dragon-back while riding through Roger Dean…

Everyone’s Favorite Unforgiving Heist Game Gets A Bloody Parody

Pulling off the perfect heist in Payday 2 with all its heinous gameplay mechanics is not an easy task—especially with with so much unexpected stuff happening. YouTuber Gonzossm, mostly known for his animations which parody his favorite games, featured all these abnormal moments in a funny but rather NSFW animation. It’s pretty faithful to the…

What’s Going to Be Good (and Bad) About the Next Batman Video Game

The folks making Batman: Arkham Origins know exactly what they’re trying to accomplish with this year’s Dark Knight video game. It’s the story of the night where Gotham City’s supervillain culture spins irrevocably out of control. This is when the Dark Knight becomes a legend, they say. So, it’s really too bad that the new…

The sleaziest thing you can do in GTA V? No, it’s not stealing a Jumbo Jet, but parking like a jackass. Bonus points for Trevor being dressed like a grumpy, bad grandpa. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest,funniest game-related screenshots and art that we can find. Send…

Monster Hunter is coming to the PS Vita! Well, the online game Monster Hunter Frontier G is. Service begins next year in Japan, with no word on a Western release.

A New, Free-To-Play Soulcalibur Is On The Way

It’s called Soulcalibur Lost Swords, and it will be a PlayStation 3 exclusive. The newest entry to the Soulcalibur fighting game series, apart from being free-to-play, will feature a new “item discovery and forging” system for its weapons, along with elemental-based (fire, wind etc.) fighting mechanics. Lost Swords will be a single-player game with a…

I Still Can’t Tell What’s Going on in Capcom’s Next-Gen Online Game

Does the protagonist hear voices, or is that just the trailer being weird? Why are they speaking German and Spanish? And what’s with the boxes at the end? Deep Down, you’re scarily hard to decipher Though you do look ridiculously beautiful. Unfortunately, still no word on when exactly Capcom’s fine-looking PS4 game will arrive. When…

Have A Few Seconds’ Worth Of Final Fantasy XV

Yeah, just a few seconds. But it’s still Final Fantasy XV! The Tokyo Game Show brings us a “new” (there’s lots of re-used footage) three-minute trailer for the upcoming PS4/XBO title Final Fantasy XV, wherein the hero faces Leviathan and smashes an armored soldier into a police car What a rascal!

Longtime Nintendo President Dies Aged 85

Hiroshi Yamauchi, a longtime president of Nintendo (1949-2002) and the predecessor to current boss Satoru Iwata, has passed away today at the age of 85, Nikkei reports Formerly the richest man in Japan, Yamauchi also owned Seattle’s Major League Baseball team, the Mariners (though he famously never attended a game). A champion of the efforts…

A Very Different Take On Dwarf Fortress

The Queen, by former games writer Ste Curran, is something you should probably listen to. Especially if you like Dwarf Fortress and/or good games writing. It runs 16 minutes, so you might want to make a cup of tea and settle in. And if you like it? Buy it for £1, and encourage more of…

Rain Was Enough Of A Tearjerker Already… And Now There’s A Song

Seriously, was the piano not enough? Here it is, in any case: PS3 exclusive touchy-feely platform-adventure Rain’s new story trailer, courtesy of the Tokyo Game Show. Stock up on tissues if you’re planning to get this game (it gets here on the first of October.)

Heavily-Armed Cops Turn Up To GTA V Launch Stunt

A stunt at a game store in France went pear-shaped earlier in the week when staff dressed like gangsters for the GTA V launch, and did such a good job a police armed response team showed up. The staff, from a Micromania store in Montargis, not only dressed the part, but also sported replica handguns.…

Pokemon Deserve A Companion This Pretty

After years of fan-made efforts, Nintendo finally went and released their own Pokedex app for iOS. It works, but it’s kinda gross, and nowhere near as pretty as this gorgeous design by Jake Moore, which brings Pokemon into theiOS7 era One day, Nintendo might put as much effort into stuff like this (and its console…

Real Scottish Town Is In GTA V, Absolutely Hates It

The main Grand Theft Auto games are developed, for the most part, in Scotland. So it shouldn’t surprise you too much to know that a district in GTA V – Hawick – is named after a small Scottish town. It sure surprised Hawick, though. In particular, it surprised Hawick councillor David Paterson, who the BBC…

Ouya Tries To Fix Its “Free Money” Shambles

A few weeks back, Ouya launched a campaign with the very best intentions. They wanted to encourage developers to make games for their platform, by matching the amount of money made in a Kickstarter. Thing is, this is the real world, and it didn’t work out too great. Two games in particular turned the campaign…

Dude At GTA V Launch Gets Suuuuper Awkward

Like, this gets so uncomfortable it’s tough to watch. This footage was captured at a GTA V launch event, where the gentleman in blue & black ran into some difficulties picking up his copy. By the time the video starts, he seems to have had his problem sorted but, but between him leaving in a…

A Camera Strapped To The Back Of A Real Eagle Is Just…Wow

This is what happens when a GoPro camera is strapped to the back of an eagle. You get the world’s greatest third-person (third-bird?) view. The footage was captured in France. I’d love to see the video of how he got his camera back. Flying eagle point of view [YouTube]

Watch People Playing Capcom’s Big PS4 Game, Right Here

Since, well, practically none of you will actually be in attendance at this year’s Tokyo Game Show, Sony have thoughtfully decided to livestream one of their consoles that has a playable build of Deep Down, Capcom’s fancy big PS4 title. You can watch it below. It’s….wow. Live streaming video by Ustream

Breaking Bad‘s Jesse Was Great On The Price is Right, Yo

I can’t… I don’t… I can’t even. Here’s a clip of Breaking Bad‘s breakout star Aaron Paul making a surprise appearance on The Price is Right waaay back in the year 2000. He was psyched to be there. Back in 2000, Paul was going by his actual last name, “Sturtevant.” He’s just so friggin excited…

The latest trend in video games: selfies. Check out this smart Wired piece about the Myspace phenomenon that’s found its way into a couple of video games that are out this week. What’s next—gangnam style? (ATTN: Video game developers. Please do not add gangnam style to your games.)