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Looks Like Pokemon Is Getting A New Type of Evolution

Back when a new Mewtwo “form” was revealed, many people felt confused about what it was, especially since Nintendo was kind of coy about it. Turns out, the Pokemon games are getting a new type of evolution—and this new Mewtwo is one of the new Pokemon you can get from that type of evolution. Serebii…

In SpyParty’s Bloodless Cat-and-Mouse Chase, Your Life Ends Here

Beautiful place for a headshot, no? And players won’t need to worry about staining the handsome furnishings after killing someone in SpyParty because there won’t be any blood. The images above come from lavish environments that will be going into SpyParty’s next graphical update, which will be on display at this year’s PAX Prime. The…

YouTube’s Newest Easter Egg Turns Any Video Into Missile Command

Go to YouTube. Click on any video. Type: 1980. Voila! You’ll be playing Missile Command, protecting the video you’re watching from attack. …unless you’re using Chrome. Then it just doesn’t seem to work. It works in Safari and Firefox. UPDATE: ,,, and it also works in Chrome, after all. (It hadn’t been for some of…

When Can We Play Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn?

We’re just a few short weeks away from the grand re-launch of Final Fantasy XIV on August 27, but some folks are going to get to play even earlier than that. Break out your Lalafell swimsuit calendars as we mark down the final beta, early start, and welcome back campaigns for FFXIV. First up, new…

Moneysaver: Titanfall, Spelunky, Guacamelee!, Mortal Kombat, Blockland

Hey, must be the money(saver). Deal Leaderboard The whole PC section. Childhood’s End (Arthur C. Clarke Collection) [Kindle Edition] ($2) | Amazon | Excellent reviews. Regularly $8. Today Only. D-Link Wireless AC 1200 Mbps Home Cloud App-Enabled Dual-Band Gigabit Router (DIR-850L) ($80) | Amazon | Must choose Amazon as seller | Matches previous Dealzmodo deal…

“Apocalypse” is the final DLC pack for Black Ops II, dropping on August 27th for XBL (other platforms to follow). Four new maps and new Zombies content, which takes players to a Dieselpunk version of WW1 France…and you play as the heroes from the first Zombies map, exploring the origins (and end?) of the Zombie…

The Best-Selling PSN Game In July Was… A PS2 Classic

Bet you’ll never guess what July’s best-selling PSN game was. Spoilers: Shadow of the Colossus Team Ico’s classic adventure edged out The Last of Us for spot #1 on Sony’s official charts, mostly thanks to a summer sale that saw the giant-monster-stomping game sell for $10 digitally. We don’t spend a ton of time talking…

First, there wasn’t going to be a headset included with the Xbox One. But now, Microsoft says that feedback from gamers is the reason that every one of their next-gen consoles will include the communications peripheral

Watch Futurama Make Fun of Adventure Time In Last Night’s Episode

There was much excitement over the Futurama x Adventure Time crossover happening this week—the question was, how would it work? And now that the “Leela and the Genestalk” episode of Futurama aired last night, we know. It’s just a short cameo captured by Superjesterdude102, but still, funny—especially when you consider Bender and Jake are the…

PlayStation All-Stars Lives On As Coke-Sponsored Mobile Mini-Games

Dry those tears, PlayStation All-Stars fans. Your beloved game isn’t quite dead yet. It managed to makes its way to PlayStation All-Stars Island, where Sony and Coke Zero are… oh god, what are they doing to it? Look away, baby. Just look away. Coming soon to iOS and Android, PlayStation All-Stars Island is a free-to-play…

Why We Love Comics

This video celebrating comics is great. It nods at everything from old Sunday newspaper strips to Silver Age superhero epics and underground mini-comics. But, I’m sure that when Stephen Totilo watches it, he will be very disturbed by the lack of Grant Morrison. The BuzzFeed video’s part of YouTube’s Geek Week. I’m sure I’ve been…

Be A Jerk Immigration Inspector In Papers, Please

Have you ever dreamt of being an immigration inspector? Yeah, me too! Well now, thanks to Papers, Please we can enact on that collective dream we’ve all had for so long. Why not learn more about the great country of Arstotzka while getting a big dose of polka music by watching the video I very…

Sharing And Streaming Will Be Free On PS4 (But Not Xbox One)

You’ll need to pay for premium membership to play (non-free-to-play) games online with a PS4, but not to share them: Sony prez Shuhei Yoshida clarified on Twitter today that you can stream and record PS4 gameplay footage without paying any PlayStation Plus fees. In contrast, yesterday Microsoft clarified that you’ll need an Xbox Live Gold…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: Zarnyx pens a beautiful essay about Earthbound, unemployment and mushrooms. DanimalCart wonders if The Last of Us‘ story should’ve been told in something other than a video game. And Odin announces the new anime series that Ani-TAY discussions will be focusing on And you can…

The Best Way To Play Android Games Just Got Better

Last year Google released its first official mid-sized Android tablet, the Nexus 7. I called it “The Best Way to Play Android Games.” We can throw that one out now. The new Nexus 7 is here, and its better in every way possible. Asus has done an outstanding job of refining Google’s flagship Android tablet.…

It’s Spin the Bottle time in the Nintendo Download! The Wii U gets physical with the release of KnapNok Games’ touchy-feely party game today, while the 3DS gets an neat looking platform mining adventure in SteamWorld Dig. Mario and Luigi: Dream Team is out on Sunday, and is DuckTales Remastered really just five days away?…

A Modest PS4 Proposal

We know that the PS4 will have a Share button that will enable PS4 gamers to capture, upload and share clips of their best gaming moments. But what if there wasn’t a Share button? What if there was a “Make GIF” button instead? The best thing ever? The worst? Just brainstorming the future of video…

Here’s Everything That Comes With The $500 ‘Day One’ Xbox One

Some of you already have pre-orders in for the Xbox One and it’s simply a matter of waiting until you can find out when it’s actually going to be in stores. You might think you already know enough about Microsoft’s next-gen console but, this morning, the folks in Redmond are showing off what comes with…

What Comes After Cut The Rope’s Renaissance? The Disco Era. Aw Yeah.

After eating his way through Ancient Greece, Egypt, the Stone Age,the Middle Ages, Pirate times and the Renaissance, there’s only one time period left. It’s Cut the Rope: Time Travel‘s free Disco Era update, y’all. Tell you what, Om Nom there is lucky he’s such a cute little bastard. Otherwise one might be upset about…

This Game’s Forced Stripping Was a Total Turn Off

I initially had some problems with Valhalla Knights 3 with its Sexy Time system. Still, that didn’t keep me from clocking in well over 120 hours of gameplay time. Just a 120 hours! While I was turned off by the Japanese hostess club-ish game system of paying a cover charge to talk to girls and…