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Hackers Are Targeting High-Profile Employees, Says Microsoft

Microsoft has revealed that a “handful” of accounts held by current and former high-profile Microsoft employees have been hacking targets. In a statement issued to The Verge, Microsoft stated that a “group of hackers are using several stringed social engineering techniques to compromise the accounts.” While Xbox Live doesn’t ask for social security numbers for…

1999’s goofy team shooter, Worms Armageddon, previously only available as a pre-order bonus, is now actually on Steam

Rumor: Final Fantasy X HD Comes With Final Fantasy X-2 HD on the PS3

According to what looks like a Jump Magazine leak (below), the HD remaster of Final Fantasy X is coming to the PlayStation with a Final Fantasy X-2 remaster on the same disc. Both the Final Fantasy X and X-2 HD versions are also supposedly packed with the “international version” content. Originally, that consisted of bonus…

This Skyrim Cosplay Will Make You Shout “Fus Ro Dah”!

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim was one of the best games of 2011. 2011? It’s 2013! No matter, Skyrim lives on, thanks in part to its fancy outfits. The game continues to get downloadable content. Last month, the PS3 and PC versions of Dragonborn were released. It had been released on Xbox 360 last December…

A Game of Thrones Prequel On HBO? Maybe.

There are some things we can rule out with when musing over what George R.R. Martin might develop for HBO now that he has a two year contract with them. Certainly not something comedic, he’s not that type of guy. A Game of Thrones prequel of sorts though? Maybe, according to this interview with IGN…

Apparently, Virtual Reality In Team Fortress 2 Can Be Very Intense

Ready for the future? Those with an Oculus Rift developer kit will be able to tinker with virtual reality in Team Fortress 2: to access the VR mode, all you have to do is add “-vr” to your command line options in Steam. From there on out, things sound a little intense according to the…

A New Music Track From The Planescape Torment Successor

Mark Morgan’s soundtrack was among the more distinctive aspects of the classic PC role-playing game Planescape: Torment. An odd, dirge-like collection of tones that was as much about atmosphere as it was about melody, it captured the game’s dark vibe perfectly. The Kickstarter campaign for the game’s “spiritual successor,” Torment: Tides of Numenera, has been…

EA, winners of last year’s Consumerist “Worst Company In America” contest, make another appearance this year

The official Game of Thrones app, “A World of Ice and Fire,” is now available on Android for free. (It’s also on iOS.)

Strings Attached: What We’re Not Allowed to Talk About When Reviewing Games

When professional reviewers prepare to review books, movies, or video games, there’s a basic understanding that the reviewer won’t spoil everything. The reviewer will hold back some details, for the pleasure of their readers or audience. But something you might not know is that game reviewers—ourselves included—don’t always pick what we hold back. We often…

A Slenderman Easter Egg That Is Cute Yet Unsettling

Slenderman: scary, yes? Possibly the last thing I’d expect while playing something other than a Slenderman game. Oh, but he’s out there, waiting, in Runner2 according to this video by Epsilonic Kind of the last place I’d expect him (it?) to appear, to be honest—then again, I’m not too far into the game myself. Slender…

Google’s New GIF Search Filter Will Help You Find All the _______ You’ll Ever Need

You spend a lot of time looking at GIFs. Sports. Cats. NES games. NSFW stuff. Sometimes you have to dig and dig looking for what you want. But, according to The Week, now Google has added new search filters that will make finding those silent, bite-sized animations even easier. The details are in this Google+…

BattleBlock Theater, the new game from the makers of Castle Crashers, comes to XBLA April 3. Here’s a cheeky trailer.

Look How Far This One Promising Indie Game Has Come

Back in 2009, The Swapper looked promising but rough. The core concept was there and you could see how the instant cloning mechanic would make for a fun twist on the typical platformer experience. Four years later, Facepalm Games is showing off a great new trailer and letting folks know that their sci-fi sidescroller will…

Hey, What’s He Doing In the Madden Cover Contest? Here’s Your Answer.

For football enthusiasts picking a Madden cover boy from a a field of 64 candidates, graced by some of the game’s greatest players of all time, one name stands out from all the rest. Ron Rivera. Ron Rivera? you’re wondering. Wait, the backup Chicago linebacker? Boy, whoever picked this bracket, he wasn’t a Bears fan.…

The Most Comfortable Inns, Bars And Taverns In Video Games

Earlier this month we visited taverns and bars that are noisy and dangerous Now it is time to look for their exact opposite: The coziest, most calm, most peaceful places to hang out. Places that focus more on the relaxed atmosphere, the music, and advancing the game’s story, rather than getting our characters in trouble.…

Want more of the awesome stealth game Mark of the Ninja? They’re releasing a DLC-packed special edition this summer

The latest trailer for Metro: Last Light is grim, even for a grim video game trailer. It’s a grimsplosion.

The Coolest, Weirdest Gabe Newell Fan Art We Could Find

How much does the internet love Valve’s Gabe Newell? Enough to regularly draw fan art of the man, apparently. I’ve never seen anything like it. Here’s a collection of some of the coolest, weirdest, most WTF Gabe Newell fanart on the web (that we could find). The leading image up there? It’s by DarrenGeers on…

Sociopaths and electronic-music fans rejoice: Hotline Miami is now available for Mac