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Forget About Humanity. Robots Rule The Land In This Steampunk Game.

Where are the pesky humans? Funny story, that. They blew themselves up. Now steam-powered robots have taken over the world in Steamworld Dig, while what’s left of the “degenerate race of drunken, dynamite-wielding troglodytes” hide in caves beneath the surface. Steamworld Dig is a 3DS hardcore platform mining adventure game. You play as a “steambot”…

Look At How *Advanced* These SimCity Citizens Are

Oh, so this is what they meant when they said you could follow a Sim throughout their entire day. Either this is some awful AI, or the Sims are really just that effing boring. I lean toward the former. Thanks, manlytearsv, for the tip and the upload.

StarCraft II‘s North American servers are currently not working. Blizzard says they’re working on a fix. [Now fixed.]

Finally, A HarmoKnight demo drops into the eShop! Check out the week’s other upcoming Nintendo downloadables here.

Skyrim’s Composer is Kickstarting His New Album

Jeremy Soule, the composer of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, is a genius. Kotaku named his work in Skyrim one of the best game soundtracks of 2011, and with good reason; his ability to bring game worlds to life through his music and deeply immerse players into the adventure is truly remarkable. And now, he’s…

How To Turn Your Dirt Bike Into A Moving Bomb In Battlefield 3‘s New DLC

Cutting to the chase, you throw a bunch of C4 on it, obviously. Battlefield 3 recently got some new DLC, called End Game. One of the more interesting new features in the 1.8GB download (the file size for the 360) is the dirt bike. You can have some fun experimenting with it, and that’s just…

American McGee is gauging interest in a possible Alice sequel. He plans to discuss the matter with EA at the next GDC

Here’s a better teaser video of that new playable character coming to Borderlands 2

Gamer Comedian Kumail Nanjiani Finds Ways to Make Gears Of War: Judgment Funny

We’ve already seen Kumail Nanjiani making jokes about video games, that’s what a comedian who loves his hobby (and lots and lots of video games) does. In conjunction with Funny or Die and IGN, he put together three shorts. They’re not his best work, though, as he clearly shines most during his stand-up. The focus…

Disney Infinity Gets Delayed by Two Months, But Not for The Reasons You Think

Usually, when a big video game gets delayed, you can easily call out the reasons: development wasn’t proceeding as planned, more time to make it even better or porting it to other platforms. But, in the case of toy/video game hybrid Disney Infinity, the release month is shifting from June to August because retailers asked.…

Remember that adorable Pikachu 3DS XL? It’s coming to the US on March 24, bundled with a 4GB SD card, priced at $199.99.

Omikron: The Nomad Soul, 1999’s futuristic and highly complex action-adventure title, is now on GOG

Jumping Into A Dark Cave Is Terrifying, Even In A Minecraft Animation

Thinking about bungee jumping into an open air pit cave-like the Cave of Swallows—is already horrific. But this really well-made slow-motion Minecraft animation, recently shared on Animationcraft’s YouTube channel, makes the idea a lot scarier. Cavediving – Minecraft Bungee Jumping Animation [YouTube]

This Gory BioShock Infinite Trailer Shows Off Booker’s Big Guns

Irrational Games, the folks behind BioShock, have just released this spectacular combat trailer for the series’ newest installment, BioShock Infinite. Many of the weapons protagonist Booker DeWitt will get to use are put on full display. Look at that imagery. That statue. Those huge guns. Man, I think I’m in love with that minigun. Along…

Rumor: A New Video Shows SimCity’s Debug Mode, Which Allegedly Has Almost Unlimited Offline Play

Well, that didn’t take long. A video recently uploaded by Redditor AzzerUK shows what appears to be SimCity’s unlocked debug mode. Here’s AzzerUK (emphasis mine): So with a little bit of package editing within SimCity, and a little playing about in the code, it’s possible to enable debug mode. I linked the activation to the…

This BlazBlue Cosplay Will Knock Your Teeth Out

BlazBlue is a great fighting game. It’s not only fun to play, but it’s also filled with cool characters. Know what that means? Yep! It means there’s an active BlazBlue fandom, which manifests itself in cool cosplay. Let’s have a look at some—certainly, not all—of the best BlazBlue cosplay the internet has to offer. If…

Now You Can Own An Incredibly Expensive Neo Geo Made Of Exotic Wood

Are you serious about the Neo Geo? Like, really serious? Then you should check out Analogue Interactive, a company that makes console-sized Neo Geo MVS arcade systems that will run on your home entertainment center. And if you’re really serious, check out their just-launched “Black Label” line, which incorporate exotic wood from all over the…

Leigh Alexander writes about the games we play to feel in control while our messy, ugly lives buzz in the background.

The Veronica Mars Kickstarter has hit its $2 million goal in less than 12 hours. Jason will be so thrilled

This Real-Life GoldenEye Reenactment Is Slappers-Only

Maybe it’s Skyfall, maybe something else, but it seems there’s some Bond in the air these days. A couple weeks ago we had this cool real-life version of GoldenEye, and today, The Warp Zone gives us another, albeit a significantly more tongue-in-cheek one. In particular, this one features some game-appropriate, yet humorous hand-to-hand combat. I…