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Before Plants Vs. Zombies 2 Comes Plants Vs. Zombies Vs. Facebook

While the promised sequel to the world‘s most popular undead floral combat simulator is still slated for a summer release, Popcap is sowing the seeds of something more social with Plants Vs. Zombies Adventures, a Facebook game that explores the original title’s tower defense roots. Where Plants Vs. Zombies was a corridor-based defense variant with…

A certain man named Cary Walkin has programmed an RPG. It’s called Arena.Xlsm. And it’s a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. If you own Excel, you might wanna give it a try. [via BoingBoing]

Japanese Video Games Where You Can Play As A Badass American

The influence of American action movies in Japan has been huge. Shortly after the success of all the 1980s Hollywood action flicks with dudes like Schwarzenegger, Stallone and Chuck Norris, Japanese gaming created an entire library of different action titles with one common feature: Kill everything on the screen. Oh, and blow up everything, too.…

Ubisoft just submitted something called “Far Cry Classic” to the Korean game rating board. What could it mean?! [GRB Thanks Sang!]

Here’s some new footage from the recently announced Heroes of Might and Magic-like, Age of Wonders III. For a pre-alpha, it looks surprisingly complete — not to mention good. The game is slated for an Autumn 2013 release for PC, with a Mac version planned later on.

In an interview, DICE has confirmed to VideoGamer that Battlefield 4 is not coming to the Wii U.

Tim Schafer: The Game: Part Deux

You’re Tim Schafer. You’re hosting the Game Developers Choice Awards. But, since you’ve shaved your beard, put on a tux instead of a t-shirt, and left all your jokes at home, the bouncer thinks you’re an impostor and refuses to let you in. That’s the premise of Host Master Deux: Quest for Identity Schafer hosting…

Shigeru Miyamoto tells ABC News that a Nintendo theme park is “not an impossibility”, but that the company’s hands are currently full.

Dragon’s Crown Is Looking Just Beautiful

The action-RPG, from Vanillaware, is out on PS3 and Vita later this year. “Later” can’t come soon enough. You can see some video of the game in action here viaTiny Cartridge

Taking Cosplay Into The Wild, Wild West (Quite Literally)

Cosplay photos are normally taken in a studio, or on a set, or from the relative safety of a convention floor. Rarely do we get to see people dressing up as their favourite characters and actually going to the kind of desolate and wild places their favourite characters do battle/hang out. So top-shelf cosplay photographer…

Watch 17 Minutes Of Battlefield 4 Gameplay, Right Here

EA just released this enormous 17-minute gameplay demonstration of Battlefield 4’s singleplayer campaign. Yes, that is Bonnie Tyler you are hearing at the start. Amazing. This is the first piece of media EA has managed to successfully release on its own tonight, after first screenshots and then a low-res version of a trailer slipped out…

Daft Punk Get Fancy Japanese Action Figures

Standing 15cm tall, these Daft Punk action figures are being released by Bandai Japan’s “premium collector’s label”, Tamashii Nations. They’re out in November. Price is TBA. S.H.Figuarts Daft Punk Figures [TNI]

Clive Mantle, who plays Greatjon Umber on Game of Thrones, has had his ear bitten off in an attack outside a hotel in England. Not by a direwolf, but by “two drunken Scotsmen”.

Terrible Star Wars Figures Become Incredible Video Game Figures

Dan from Chicago Toy Collector has taken some crummy old original Star Wars figures – and come on, nostalgia aside, with that range of movement they were crummy – and turned them into something a little more video gamey. Cannibalising parts (I can see some Bespin Cloud Car pilots, Leia and Obi-Wan) and doing some…

Rock, Paper, Shotgun has a first look at the remake of classic Warhammer 40K game Space Hulk. Check it out

Star Citizen’s Starfighter Building Options Are Like A 90’s Childhood Fantasy Come True

Star Citizen, the upcoming space shooter whose development is being led by Wing Commander creator Chris Roberts, lets you customise the look and construction of your starfighter. The game’s site says “It will be your home, your mode of transportation, your line of defense against pirates, Vanduul raiders and the dangers of vacuum itself… and…

Battlefield 4 Trailer Leaks Online

To accompany the screenshots we showed you earlier in the day, it looks like a low-res trailer for Battlefield 4 has turned up live a little early ahead of its official reveal. The clip, carrying UK ratings, was uploaded by YouTube user MrTheoth Given the amount of voice-overs, cinematic first-person “moments” like being helped to…

See How The Wii U’s Menu Load Times Are Getting Faster

A system update due next month will dramatically speed up the time it takes to jump from a Wii U game back to the system menu. You can see just how big a difference it makes in the video above.

The Great Video Game Medley Packs All Your Favourite* Theme Songs Into One Track

Sarah Schachner is a composer and musician who has not only worked in Hollywood on movies like Expendables 2 and the upcoming Iron Man 3, she’s also worked on games like Modern Warfare 3 and Far Cry 3. In this clip, she mashes the themes to Skyrim, Modern Warfare 2 and Halo into one track…

Oh Look, Someone Playing BioShock Infinite On A PlayStation Vita

There’s no Vita version of BioShock Infinite. The game doesn’t officially support remote play, either. But reader John, who has some custom firmware installed on his PS3, hasn’t let that stop him from playing Irrational’s latest on Sony’s handheld. Looks good. So jealous.