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Square Enix Just Turned Hideo Kojima into a Raiden Toy

Besides making video games, Square Enix also has a line of collectible “Play Arts” figurines. Upcoming Metal Gear Rising is getting a Play Arts version of protagonist Raiden in his black armour. And to mark the game’s release, Square Enix sent Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima a custom version. With his face on it. After…

Capture the Flag While Riding Dirt Bikes In Battlefield 3’s End Game

Straight from DICE’s workshop, here’s Battlefield 3’s freshest DLC, End Game. BF3’s fifth expansion sees the return of two classic game modes—Capture the Flag and Air Superiority—and also introduces the dirt bike for some high-speed bazooka-wielding truck-shooting action. Check out the trailer above for a glimpse into some of the new Capture the Flag gameplay.…

Madden NFL 14 will release Aug. 27, and it sounds like more details are coming on Super Bowl weekend.

THQ Was Its Own Worst Enemy, Former Chief Says

On one hand Jason Rubin, the final president of now-defunct THQ, isn’t making excuses for the publisher’s failure. Asked by MCV if the industry pains squeezing out mid-tier publishers are what sank the company, Rubin said no, THQ created a lot of its own problems. “THQ had every chance to survive had it not made…

Once fastest-growing mobile game Angry Birds Space saw 50 million downloads in 35 days. It took Temple Run 2 two weeks.

Grand Theft Auto V Delayed, Out September 17

Grand Theft Auto V is coming this fall, developer Rockstar Games announced today. The fifth installment in the popular open-world action series has been delayed from its initial spring release and will now be out on September 17 for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Here’s Rockstar: Dear all Today, we have an official release date…

You’ll Never Guess What I Drew in Doodle Roulette

Baby Gaga’s Doodle Roulette is a Facebook drawing game that features a nifty way to let all of your friends play without even having to load the app. Your drawings are posted directly to your Facebook wall, inviting friends to guess what you drew in the comments. So far my Facebook friends could not give…

New PS3 Bundle Has Red Console, Every God Of War Game

A red version of the new slimline PS3, first revealed in Japan earlier this month, will be coming to the US as part of a God of War: Ascension bundle. Due out on march 12, it’s got a 500GB HDD and every God of War game, from Ascension all the way back to the HD…

A Hot JRPG Sets the 3DS on Fire In This Week’s Nintendo Download

Fire Emblem: Awakening seems like one of those games that’s been on the horizon and out of reach forever. But it’s finally out for the 3DS next week, promising a funny take on fantasy & strategy tropes. Aside from that bit of portable JRPG goodness, this week’s downloadable offerings include fluid physics puzzler Puddle, RPG/platformer…

Suggestion: Play Leap Day Today When You Should Be Working or Studying

Right now, instead of reading this, you could be playing Leap Day. If you have the Unity plug-in in your browser and your teacher/professor/boss isn’t looking, go do it. Or at least load this up (and then scroll to the amazingness lurking in the upper right of your screen. What you’ll see there is a…

The Most Obvious Thing Anyone Can Say About EA Needs To Be Said Anyway.

“[EA]’s ‘Fewer, Bigger, Better’ strategy for its key packaged goods releases will not work if the games are, in fact, not ‘Better.'” -Analyst Michael Pachter lamenting the oddly low quality and poor sales of Medal of Honor: Warfighter and praising the delay of Fuse. (“Packaged goods” are games sold in stores, not the ever-growing number…

This Week’s Windows Phone Charts: Begone, Where’s My Water?

Last week Disney’s duo of dirt-digging water puzzle games, Where’s My Water? and Where’s My Perry? stormed the Windows Phone charts, taking the two top spots and displacing Rovio’s ever-present Angry Birds. This week? They’ve been disappeared. Not disappeared so much as shunted so far down the charts they’re no longer a threat. Where’s My…

Here’s a new trailer for BioShock Infinite. The game’s release is 54 days away.

Five More Japanese Games Are Coming To America, Thanks To Xseed

In a monster press release this morning, publisher Xseed Games announced that it’s bringing five new Japanese games to the U.S. this year: Killer Is Dead (pictured above), Rune Factory 4, Valhalla Knights 3, Ys Celceta, and Ys I & II Chronicles (for Steam). That’s one multi-platform game, one 3DS game, two Vita games, and…

A League of Legendary Cosplayers

League of Legends is huge. Gamers love it! And when gamers love something, they love dressing up as it. Here is a look at some, but not all, of the best League of Legends cosplay the internet has to offer. These outfits and photos are wonderful—nice work all around! Have a look at the above…

The First Nintendo Console That You Can Drive (On A Table)

The Famicom was once a magnificent beast, but its time in the sun has long gone. Unless you’re a collector, you probably don’t have much need for one. These guys didn’t. So they turned it into an RC car, which is driven by the console’s control pad. ファミコンラジコン疾走 [友樹 小堀]

I Took A Month Off Work And I Didn’t Play Any Video Games

Plenty of my friends have had babies, so I knew what to expect. The woman goes into labour. There is the physical pain. You rub the back and say ‘there there’. You watch the little lump of flesh flop out like a wriggling trout. You shed the tears, you kiss the baby on the forehead.…

This Game Was Made The Old-Fashioned Way. By Hand.

This is Lumino City. It’s the sequel to a 2012 game, Lume. It’s “hand made” in the sense that rather than being built from digital 3D assets, it was mostly filmed on a set, that was made in the real world. Even the effects are done, for the most part, for real; the windmill spinning…

Don’t Tell Ubisoft Their Games Suck

Not unless you want them to actually fire back. This refreshingly honest exchange—which was still on the site at time of writing—took place overnight on Ubisoft’s Australian Facebook page. Call it unprofessional if you want, but hey, it’s nice to see someone slinging remote digital mud get a little back from a publisher for once.…

After Years Of Playing A Game, These Guys Turned Their Exploits Into A Giant Story

Dwarf Fortress is, even with mods helping it out, one of the ugliest video games on the planet. It’s also one of the most rewarding for those who crack its tough exterior, leading to the kind of heroic exploits and emergent gameplay most titles can only dream about. One tale in particular, though, stands out.…