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Moneysaver: Anodyne, Tomb Raider, Star Trek Films, Last of Us, Storage

Big titles like Tomb Raider, Borderlands 2, Dead Space 3, Crysis 3, Halo 4, Pikmin 3, and the Mass Effect Trilogy are heavily discounted, so catch up on what you’ve missed out on, and don’t forget to pre-order Grand Theft Auto V. We’ve been tweeting a ton of deals, especially in the evenings and over…

Three Theories As To Why Metal Gear Solid V’s Sniper Is So, Um, Sexy

Metal Gear Solid has never been a franchise that’s lacked fan service when it comes to depicting attractive characters, but that doesn’t mean the characters don’t have a reason for looking the way they do. Last week, Hideo Kojima tweeted that he was making some of the characters in Metal Gear Solid V more eroticas…

The free-to-play “StarCraft MMO,” StarCraft Universe, being made with Blizzard’s approval—surpassed its $80,000 funding goal on Kickstarter with a day left in the campaign. A five-player boss raid demo (that’s the video) released in the last week of the drive is credited with pushing the team over the top.

We live in a world where the newest Nintendo 3DS doesn’t have 3D and one of the newest PlayStation Vitas doesn’t have any screen at all (other than your TV). What could possibly be next? Just asking…

When You Go Four Years Without A New Rainbow Six… Make Your Own

It’s been a while since the last Rainbow Six game, so Christian Allen decided to kickstart a spiritual successor to the franchise. A little over a year later, and I finally got to sit down and take a look at the beta version with him. I learned a few things — mostly that pistols don’t…

Activision Hires Big-Time Lobbying Firm as Violent Games Bill Looms

Activision has gone out and hired a lobbyist—one of the biggest lobbying firms in Washington—for representation when Sen. Jay Rockefeller’s violent video games bill, which would order research into any causal links between violent video games and violent behavior, comes to the Senate floor. Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld is no joke. It’s a…

PS4 Developer Talks About The GIF That Made Him Famous

Nate Fox feels kind of weird about seeing his face everywhere on the Internet. Wouldn’t you? Fox, a longtime employee of Sucker Punch and the director of the upcoming PlayStation 4 game Infamous: Second Son, achieved a certain level of Internet fame in February, during the big PS4 reveal conference, when he made a funny…

Every Game Coming Out Between The PS4 And Xbox One

PlayStation 4: November 15. Xbox One: November 22. But when do the games come out? And don’t forget that they’re still making games for the Xbox 360 and PS3, which we will soon have to refer to as the “old consoles” (can you imagine?). In the one-week span that we’ll be getting Sony and Microsoft’s…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: Sylverfyst explains what’s so great about sports-centric anime, JJtheTexan reminisces about a history growing up with Nintendo (and the game that beat him), and Arok Lazarus reviews Cytus Lambda on the PS Vita

Well, What Do You Think of the PS4’s Japan Launch Line-Up?

Today in Tokyo, Sony dated the PlayStation 4 for Japan. It also revealed the console’s launch lineup for the region. Let’s have a look. 　 Barring any last minute additions, gamers in Japan can look forward to titles like Watch Dogs, among others—there are 19 in total. According to 4Gamer, Sony also listed upcoming titles.…

The All-Android Week In Gaming Apps, As Foretold By Prophecy

What took the promised all-Android Week in Gaming apps so long? If you ask me, I blame Android. You see, while other platforms are standardized and uniform, Android covers a wide variety of devices, and not all of them work with all peripherals. For instance, the new Nexus 7 doesn’t use the older MHL HDMI…

It looks like the Pilotwings stage will be a great one in Super Smash Bros. Wii U Mario probably freaked out when he realized he’s on a plane, chased by The Villager, who doesn’t seem to care much about the heights. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest,funniest…

Big-Name Developers Team Up For Episodic Survival Game

Several industry veterans have recently formed a new independent game studio. Now, they’re here to tell you about their first title, The Long Dark Hinterland Studio is comprised of veteran developers coming from various high-profile groups, including Relic (Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War), Bioware (Mass Effect), Riot (League of Legends), and Volition (Saints Row). They’re…

In Japan, the Vita is Getting a Brand New 64GB Memory Card

Today, Sony announced a new 64GB model for their line of PlayStation Vita SD cards. The 64GB model will retail at a price of 10,479 yen—roughly $105. It will be available in Japan starting October 10. The company also revealed that starting tomorrow, they’d be selling their existing Vita memory card models at a reduced…

Goichi Suda’s New Game is Lily Bergamo

Goichi Suda’s Grasshopper Manufacture was acquired by GungHo, and the first title to emerge is Lily Bergamo It’s an online title for the PS4. Details are scant, but it will feature a feature a female heroine. Lily Bergamo [YouTube] To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him on Twitter @Brian_Ashcraft…

BioWare Founder Plays Video Games, In The Jungle, With Amazon Tribe

Ray Muzyka, one of the co-founders of RPG powerhouses BioWare, was recently in a rainforest in Ecuador when he encountered the Shuar tribe. His day ended with…a serious session of air hockey on his iPad against the locals. Who had never seen an iPad until Ray turned up. Writing about the experience on his Flickr…

The PS4 Won’t Be Out in Japan Until Next Year

The PlayStation 4 is launching this November in the West. It won’t be out in Japan until 2014. The console is launching in Japan on February 22, 2014. The console is priced at 41,979 yen (with tax), which is $420. The PlayStation 4 bundled with the PlayStation Camera is 46,179 yen (with tax) or $460.…

Another Awesome Live-Action Clip From…FIFA

They don’t get much attention from gaming sites, probably because lol EA Sports, but every year Electronic Arts goes nuts with their live-action commercials for FIFA. It’s the company’s biggest-selling game pimping the world’s biggest sport, so a certain level of expenditure is to be expected, but the money they spend boggles the mind. Getting…

Your Box Art Is Drawn By Talented Humans

One of the reasons I run Fine Art is so that artists, who play such a major role in shaping our attachment with our favourite series, get some of the recognition they deserve. That goes double for the images on the front of the box. Even today, in the age of digital downloads, the single…

39,000 FPS Explosions Go Way Past “Slow Motion”

This is what it looks like when you shoot stuff at an old TV set (or a line of doomed eggs) at capture speeds up to 39000 frames per second You’ve probably seen videos like this before, but probably at speeds of around 6000 fps. 39000FPS is just…nuts. You can see buckshot in mid-air. Everything…