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Kids Buy GTA V, Help Save Man From Burning House

Two brothers, aged 17 and 16, were out late last night in Toronto picking up Grand Theft Auto V. That should have been the most exciting thing of the night, but nope. They had to go and help save an old man’s life on the way home. Returning from the store with their game, the…

When GTA V Dreams Become All Too Real

If you play enough Grand Theft Auto, you might start to have dreams about it. Dreams that may turn out to be… all too real. This super-slick fan film from GrittyReboots imagines Grand Theft Auto V as a sort of twisted psychological thriller, complete with bloody ultraviolence and some unexpected narrative twists.

Three Guys Pretended To Be Cops To Get GTA V Early

“They posed as cops so they could play as crooks”, opens this piece on silive. There’s really no better way to put it. According to reports from the NYPD, three men from Staten Island have been charged after they were caught impersonating police officers in order to cut in line ahead of hundreds of people…

A New Riddick Game Is Coming To iOS

It’s no secret that Vin Diesel, the gravely-voiced star of Pitch Black and the new film Riddick, likes video games. So it makes sense that there have been two solid Riddick games already—and now we’re getting a new one. The game, which will be on the Apple App store for iOS devices on Friday September…

You Can Play GTA V As Breaking Bad‘s Heisenberg, Basically

When it comes to pop culture, this week people are mostly talking about two things: Breaking Bad and Grand Theft Auto V. So, like clockwork, someone has figured out how to make one of the characters in GTA V look just like Walter White from Breaking Bad. Of course they have. This comes to us…

The Onion kills it with this silly article about GTA V. At press time, Mitchell was remarking on the game’s “stunningly inventive storycraft” while repeatedly kicking a Los Santos resident until blood pooled around their lifeless body.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl Never Looked So Good

When I imagine Sonic and Mario finally duking it out, I come up with something like this. These shots are from an up-res’d PC version of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, as collected by Duncan Harris at Dead End Thrills. They are just lovely, and hopefully the start of a longer run of screenshots. More shots…

Maybe Final Fantasy Type-0 Really Will Come Out In English

One of the only Final Fantasy games to never make it to North America could actually be headed our way. Final Fantasy Type-0, released for PSP in Japan way back in 2011, came at the worst possible time for American RPG fans. Thanks to Square Enix’s financial issues and the PSP’s lifecycle coming to an…

How To Use GTA V‘s Cheats

Cheats are a hallowed part of Grand Theft Auto history. If you have fond memories of the ol’ Infinite Ammo or Full Armor cheats, you’ll be happy about these new ones that show up in GTA V. A handy video from the folks at VideoGamer shows off a handful of codes in action, showing the…

Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs vs. Outlast: The Comparison We Had To Make

When Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs and Outlast launched a week apart from each other, I was not going to play them. I’m a wimp when it comes to getting scared, so the idea of subjecting myself to hours of cowering in the dark while terrifying creatures hunted me down? Please, not going to happen.…

Meet EA’s new CEO: Andrew Wilson, former boss of EA Sports, is now in charge of the whole company.

The Game That You’ve Been Waiting Years For Is Finally Out Today…

And it’s not Grand Theft Auto V. It might be hard to remember on days like these but not everyone who loves to play video games is interested in GTA V. Some people either can’t or won’t play the latest entry in Rockstar’s blockbuster bad-behavior series. (PC gamers, you can put your hands down now.)…

Careful, Don’t Fall In: This amazing chalk drawing of a Monopoly board by Leon Keer may look like it contains a deep, deadly pit, but that’s just perspective screwin’ with ya. More pics of the work—made for the Victoria International Chalk Art Festival in Canada—after the break.

After Mass Shooting, Fox News Host Suggests Gamers Should Be Monitored

Talk show host Elisabeth Hasselbeck, speaking on Fox & Friends following the horrific shooting in Washington, D.C. yesterday, suggested that people who play video games should be monitored. “What about frequency testing?” she asked. (Video above.) “How often has this game been played? I’m not one to get in there and monitor everything, but if…

Angry Birds Gloms Some Of Today’s GTA Hype With One Terrific Drawing

This was tweeted today by the people behind Angry Birds. Their new game comes out on Thursday. The Tweet followed an attempt by the folks behind Saints Row to bottle some of today’s GTA V buzz for themselves. And here’s a new promo for Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs, the new contender in the open-world genre that…

Blizzard Kills Diablo III Auction Houses

Diablo III‘s most despised feature will soon be no more. Blizzard has just announced that they’re stripping the game’s controversial auction houses, effective on March 18, 2014. This is a surprising move for the folks behind the third Diablo, which has dealt with heavy criticism since it first launched last summer. The real-money auction house,…

Moneysaver: GTAV, Infinite + Mafia II For $11, Free Saints Row IV DLC

One man’s troll is another man’s deal, so grab the GAT V DLC for Saints Row IV on Steam, free today only. We’ve got a great tech section today, along with bargain basement bundles that include Bioshock Infinite and Tomb Raider. It’s also a great time to pick up Gunpoint or finally watch Buffy the…

Look On My Works, Ye Mighty: I gather that a lot of you felt rather strongly about Sunday’s incredible episode of Breaking Bad—if so, you might enjoy this terrific, spoiler-laden Vulture interview with the episode’s writer Moira Walley-Beckett and director Rian Johnson.

An Adorable Way To Say Goodbye To This Console Generation

Former video game concept artist Joey Spiotto chose an adorable way to say goodbye to this console generation. He combined his favorite video game characters with the design of the Little Golden Books children’s literature series. Shepard and John Marston never looked so nice and friendly. The images below are the follow-ups to the first…

Phoenix Wright: Dual Destinies is out this October: Capcom just announced that the fifth Ace Attorney game will come to the 3DS eShop on October 24 in both Europe and North America. It’ll cost $30.