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The Funniest GTA V Review You’ll Watch Today

The very funny folks at College Humor have put together what might be the best Grand Theft Auto V review to date. Watch and enjoy. Warning: video may not actually include footage from Grand Theft Auto V

The Best Video Game Radio Stations

Did you guys know Grand Theft Auto V is out today? Oh, you skipped work and you’re playing right now? Well, how’s that radio sound? One of the most enjoyable things to do in an open-world game is to simply drive around, awkwardly-rendered hair in the wind while flipping through radio stations looking for just…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: DocSeuss offers up an examination of the BioShock franchise. Three of the top-rated games ever on one website are Nintendo titles and GiantBoyDetective wonders if GTA V will disrupt that triumvirate. And Stormborm goes a little less cartoony for his latest awesome Pokemon drawing And…

These Are the Guys Who Brought GTA V’s Thug Trio to Life

You’re going to become intimately familiar with these men’s voices over the next few days. So it’s only fitting that we see the faces of the men who gave their vocal cords to the main characters of Grand Theft Auto V, isn’t it? Steven Ogg, Shawn Fonteno and Ned Luke are the actors who performed…

How Titanfall Could Stack Up For Pro Gamers

Titanfall has taken the gaming world by storm. Every time I’ve gotten my hands on Respawn Entertainment’s latest game I experience something new. It’s a game that is fresh, yet familiar to fans of Call Of Duty who might be yearning for more out of their first-person shooters. It’s not easy breathing new life into…

Yup, The Evil Within Is Going Straight Back to Survival Horror’s Roots

A bunch of cops. A sprawling, mysterious mansion. Hints of creepy occult stuff going down. Dead bodies. Loads of gore. Everything that you want from the creator of Resident Evil looks to be in full effect in The Evil Within. Just in time for the Tokyo Game Show, the newest clip for Shinji Mikami’s upcoming…

GTA V Gets Trolled Hard

You can’t get GTA V on Steam today, but you can get GATV, a pack of downloadable content for Saints Row 4 that seems to have been created just to troll Rockstar. The developers at Volition have always had a cheeky sense of humor, and this is pretty much the perfect prank: unbeatable promotion for…

You Really Don’t Want to Take This Guy’s Quarter

The man’s name is Donovan Murdock and he really likes his favorite coin. So much that he’ll kick the ass of everyone in the universe to get it back. And that beatdown is a wonderful thing to see. Made by Exit 73 Studios, this animated clip pays homage to the side-scrolling beat-em-ups of yore, throwing…

An Open-World Military Shooter, Modded To Feel Like Grand Theft Auto

There are a few out there who just couldn’t wait for the PC port of Grand Theft Auto V. So they decided to mod another fresh open-world game, ArmA III, to give it a much more GTA-esque flavor. Not bad for a start. With civilian characters, rally stages and other kinds of mods in the…

Mega Man’s Spiritual Successor Will Be On Home Consoles

Mighty No. 9’s Kickstarter campaign managed to reach its 2.2 million stretch goal, which means the game will receive ports for Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii U in addition to the original PC version. There’s 14 days left of the 30-day campaign. As of yet unreached stretch goals include both offline and on-line (co-op) challenge…

The latest screenshot from Super Smash Bros. Wii U, shared by Masahiro Sakurai, raises a few questions. Compared to the other female characters, shouldn’t Samus be much taller and more robust? And what on earth is Peach doing at the end of the line? Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some…

Getting Close and Personal With The Hard-Working People of Your Town

Upcoming medieval-esque city builder Banished will have a “follow mode.” Here’s a video of what it looks like. Basically, follow mode allows you to get rid of the user interface and zoom in on and follow the day-to-day activities of one of your colonists, whether they’re working, getting something to eat, heading home, or, say,…

2010’s Raunchiest Strategy RPG Is Returning Soon on PC

Three years ago, a rather… naughty Japanese-made console SRPG turned quite a few heads when it arrived in North America. Now, Record of Agarest War is back and headed for the PC. The port, named Agarest: Generations of War after the European version, will be released on the third of October and can be pre-ordered…

Apparently Rabbits Are Ridiculously Good At Spear-Throwing

And spear-stabbing. And martial arts too, of course. Wolfire Games is here with another installment of their calmly-narrated humanoid animal violence-themed videos, showcasing the absolutely phenomenal combat system behind Overgrowth, their upcoming PC third-person brawler. If you’d like to play around with Overgrowth’s alpha yourself, you can do so by pre-ordering the game here. $30…

The Long Dark, an indie game being made by an all-star cast of former big-game developers, is up on Kickstarter. You can back it here. Since its devs have worked on Mass Effect, League of Legends, Saints Row, God of War, LA Noire, Borderlands and Far Cry 3, it might be worth a look.

Rise of the Triad Thanks Players For The Feedback With Five Free Maps

And a kick-ass trailer, too. Of course. Above’s a two-minute video description of the 1.1 patch for retro-styled FPS Rise of the Triad, which contains five free multiplayer maps in addition to “hundreds” of fixes and tweaks, some of which were suggested by the community. If you’ve been holding off on checking the game out…

The Glory Of a 90’s Video Store, Resurrected In A Video Game

Streaming and downloads have practically killed it off, but once was a time Saturday night was spent heading to your local video store, rummaging around the shelves and picking out a bad action/horror VHS because it had a rad cover. Or, if had a local store/guy you could trust, you’d ask for a recommendation. Which…

Rockstar Will (Try To) Rip GTA V Spoilers Clean Off YouTube

One of the perils of not finishing a big game the day it comes out is having plot details spoiled on the internet. Outside of comments section ambushes, YouTube is maybe the worst offender. Which might be why Rockstar has, amongst some standard legalese regarding video uploads, slipped in some surprisingly drastic measures regarding spoilers…

A Rap About Grand Theft Auto V? You Knew This Was Coming.

British rapper Dan Bull was readier for the GTAV launch than you were, having put together this fantastic track in honour of Rockstar’s big game. A warning, though: it’s NSFW, so if you’re at the office, grab some headphones. If you’re home, and your kids are around, send ’em to bed already. GTA V EPIC…

Build Your Own Xbox One (Case) With These Chinese Parts

Why wait for November? Chinese manufacturers are already selling external casings for Microsoft’s Xbox One console. So you could buy some now, build yourself a PC from similar parts and pretend What’s interesting about these is that, aside from the replacement value, it shows how damn fast the grey market on this type of thing…