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Psyched for StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm? Check out this large Q&A with some of Blizzard’s developers.

The SimCity Disaster Continues: EA Disables Features To Try To Get The Servers Working

Hey, remember when video games came out and then you could actually play them? As we enter day 3 of the SimCity launch debacle, EA has decided to turn off “a few non-critical gameplay features” in order to let people play on the servers, which have been broken since the game launched on Monday night.…

Dead Space 3‘s Awakened DLC Brings Back Those Horrific Hallucinations

Dead Space 3 presented a pretty radical departure from the first two games in the sci-fi horror series. Too many fetch quests and co-operative play made Isaac Clarke’s third outing against the Necromorphs feel less scary and atmospheric than DS1 & DS2. But, most of all, longtime Dead Space fans missed the freaky hallucinations that…

Indie Gem To the Moon Gets A Sequel… Sort Of

To the Moon, a lovely and emotionally evocative indie adventure game released in 2011, is getting a sequel… sorta. The game’s called A Bird Story, and it’s a short adventure that will be out this summer. Creator Kan Gao likes to think of it as a bridge between the first and second To the Moons.…

The Nintendo Download this week has a demo for Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity. Check out the full list.

No Matter How Big The Witcher Universe Is, It Can Be Summed Up In A Minute

A giant cataclysm. Hordes of monsters roaming around. Mutated monster hunters addicted to potions and mushrooms…That’s all you need to know to feel like home when playing The Witcher. You can forget the novels and all those journal entries. It’s always nice to see these animated quickies popping up on The Lore channel. Now can…

EA Says ‘Performance Will Fluctuate’ As SimCity‘s Creators Attempt to Fix Game’s Problems

With SimCity‘s launch debacle entering its third day and the game remaining inoperable for many people, EA is shifting its tone and promising a resolution, but with no time or date for the fix. “We are aggressively undergoing maintenance on the servers and adding capacity to meet demand,” read a statement posted to the game’s…

I’m pretty sure I’ve never seen a revolver this big. Even in a video game.

You Can Now Dress Just Like Isaac Clarke

It’s been over two years since we saw the design for the first one, but Indonesian artist machine56’s amazing line of Dead Space hoodies and shirts are now finally ready to order, direct from the artist. You’ll find ordering info below, as well as a full catalogue containing other pieces, some Dead Space-related, others less…

A funny review of SimCity that captures the current frustrating experience perfectly.

Hey look, the folks behind To The Moon are working on something. We don’t know much yet, but the first game was amazing

I’d Like Fewer Addictive Games, Thanks

Describing something as “addictive” is often innocuous, even if the word can have wildly different meanings. Saying that nutella is addictive is not the same thing as saying that a drug is addictive, for example. One of those is meant as a compliment, the other…not so much. When we’re talking about games, describing them as…

Konami commissioned muralists EndOfTheLine to create this building-sized portrait of Mr. Cyberninja himself, Raiden.

Last spring, a SimCity producer told us EA was taking steps to “prevent” a Diablo III-style always-online launch debacle

This Big Lebowski Chiptune Tribute Is Better Than The F***ing Eagles

“I had a rough night, and I hate the fuckin’ Eagles, man.” That line from The Big Lebowski is one of my favorites from a movie chock-full of amazing lines. It was the first time Hollywood told me that as it turns out, it’s okay that I find The Eagles super annoying. Hey, The Dude…

Far Cry 3‘s latest patch, which takes a cue from modders and adds a bunch of requested features, is now live.

You May Have Already Played A Game Featuring A Beefy, Oiled Up Turkish Wrestler

Yesterday, Buzzfeed published an article featuring Turkish oil wrestling. People took note, because the sport involves men oiling themselves up heavily before wrestling. Winning involves putting your hands down your opponents pants, as you can see in the video above. Probably not something we’d get to do in a game, right? Actually… Fighting games, bless…

Full motion video-powered ambassadors of the CD-ROM era The 7th Guest and The 11th Hour are getting a sequel. Weird.

This Week’s iPhone Charts: We’re Off to See the Wizard

Imangi Studios’ Temple Run: Oz launched on iTunes yesterday morning. Today it’s at the number one position on the paid charts, and Mila Kunis isn’t even in it. The mind boggles. I suppose the blockbuster film coming out in two days has something to do with the success of the $.99 app. I mean, Temple…

Season Two Of The Walking Dead Might Not Be Out Until Next Fall [UPDATE: Nope, It’ll Be This Fall]

When season one of The Walking Dead hit last year, a lot of people assumed that the episodic adventure series would turn into an annual thing. Many of us thought season two would be out in 2013. But alas. Season two of the critically-acclaimed series might not hit til fall of 2014, according to Telltale…