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The Sad, Final Days Of THQ

This afternoon, THQ CEO Brian Farrell and president Jason Rubin met with about a hundred of their staff at corporate headquarters in southern California. Tomorrow, most of them will lose their jobs. Within the next few weeks, the video game publisher will disappear entirely. This was their last meeting. “There were plenty of people crying,”…

Stop, Ni No Kuni, You’re Charming My Trousers Off

Anyone within earshot of me in the last week and a half will attest that I’m absolutely loving the PS3 RPG Ni No Kuni. It is, without a doubt, one of the most charming games I’ve ever played. It simply exudes character from every single pore. With that in mind, here are handful of whimsical…

Looks Like The Kingdom Hearts ‘Remix’ Could Be Coming To North America

Jesse McCartney, the voice actor behind Kingdom Hearts‘s Roxas, is working on a new game in the series, if you believe his Instagram account. McCartney posted a teaser today saying he was recording “the next chapter” in the action-RPG series, which could very well be Kingdom Hearts 1.5, the HD remix announced in Japan last…

Sony has joined the modern age: Everyone can (finally) access the PlayStation store right from their browsers.

Tecmo Bowl Simulation Says Take the 49ers in Super Bowl XLVII

Vegas says San Francisco is a 3.5-point favorite in the Super Bowl, and Tecmo Super Bowl, the 1991 classic for the NES, says the 49ers are a 31-17 winner over the Baltimore Ravens, thanks to this CPU vs. CPU simulation of the game using a modified roster file from the TecmoBowl.org community. In this super-scientific…

Conan O’Brien Shows Us The Atari Games We’ll Never Get To See

Atari—or, well, Infogrames—has filed for bankruptcy, and Conan O’Brien is commemorating the 40-year-old company in spectacular fashion. From Atari Lord of the Rings to Atari Harry Potter, here are the games we’ll be missing out on when the company goes bankrupt.

Report: J.J. Abrams Will Direct The Next Star Wars [UPDATE]

Remember when J.J. Abrams said he wasn’t going to direct the next Star Wars? Apparently, that’s not true. According to a report by The Wrap, the Star Trek director will also be our new Star Wars director. Michael Arndy, behind the film Little Miss Sunshine, is said to be writing the script. Remember though: last…

This Cat Should Be The Final Boss In Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

Previously, we took a look at the bosses in Revengeance and deemed them awesome. None of the real bosses, however, match the power, flexibility, and feline dexterity of this here cat—which manages to deftly evade Raiden’s best attempts to destroy it. And then it has the audacity to taunt Raiden with its “meows.” I’m onto…

Here Are the 2012 Games That Developers Want to Give Awards to

Of all the video game events that happen every year, the Game Developers Choice Awards might be the ones that resonate most with game-makers. That’s because they’re determined by the masses of folks who make video games vote to nominate the best examples of the form from the preceding months. For this year’s GDC Awards,…

This Beautiful Blocky Building Toy is Going Global

I’ve been lusting after Boldai’s Blocksworld for months, eagerly seeking a sign that the colorfully creative Scandinavian toybox for the iPad would be making its way stateside. Now those coveters of all things creative at Linden Lab have acquired Blocksworld, with the intention of spreading its joy to all the good little boys and girls…

NVidia’s automatic PC setting-optimizing GeForce Experience is now in open beta. You can get it here

The Real Question is How Many Points Was Obama’s Inauguration Speech Worth in Scrabble?

In a desperate attempt at tying its products in with current events, EA Mobile grabbed some key words from President Obama’s Inauguration speech on Monday, randomly placed them on a Scrabble board and tallied up the total. It’s not a complete reach; it’s just a bit silly. The President did admit to Barbara Walters last…

Joe Biden On Video Game Violence: ‘We Shouldn’t Be Afraid of the Facts’

As part of an initiative to address gun violence in America after the Newtown school shootings, the Vice President of the United States answered questions today in a Google Hangout. The subject of video games—and the medium’s possible correlation to violent behavior—came up and the video above capture Biden’s comments on why more research is…

Watch This Guy Laugh In The Face Of DmC‘s Highest Difficulty

Insert obligatory opening sentence about how some people are upset about how DmC is easier than its predecessors. And, sure, that may well be the case—I’m no Devil May Cry expert, and I also haven’t tried DmC on anything beyond its third-hardest “Nephilim” setting. That means I haven’t tried the by-all-accounts very tough “Son of…

It’s Nice To See A Game Company Actually Treat Fans Like Human Beings

NeoGAF poster TunaLover says he wrote a letter to Xseed, the small game company that brings Japanese games to North America He wanted to know if Xseed would release the Wii remake of Fatal Frame 2 in the United States: Dear XSEED, With the recent news about Pandora’s Tower localization is really hard not asking…

Folks who get God of War: Ascension will get first crack at an as-yet-undated demo for The Last of Us

Raiden’s Suit In Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance Is Effin Amazing

And here is proof—a trailer that goes over the things your suit allows you to do in Metal Gear Rising. There’s slicing and dicing in blade mode (which involves electrolytes??), you can ninja run, there’s enhanced AR mode… basically, you have an arsenal of tools to be a total badass.

ChefVille ‘Get Comfortable’ Quests: Everything You Need to Know

The Burger Station event has wrapped up in ChefVille, and the Valentine’s Day event is at its halfway point, So, Zynga has released another set of quests to give us something to do while earning Mastery Stars and Love Letters. The Southern Comfort Food Station is now available, and brings with it some Southern favorites…

Assassin’s Creed III’s Evil George Washington DLC Comes Out on Feb. 19

Priced at $10 for the first episode, the long-teased “Tyranny of George Washington” DLC comes to Assassin’s Creed III next month. The alternate reality add-on comes out a day after the U.S.’ President’s Day holiday and shows a Ratonhnhaké:ton who never joined the Assassin’s Order. Titled “The Infamy,” the first episode will be followed by…

My Weekend At A Furry Convention

There is a story my friend Daphny likes to tell. She calls it one of the worst experiences of her life. It involves shrooms, furries and intense paranoia. The first time she told it to me was last summer, while laying on the grass in downtown Berkeley. For some reason, years ago, she thought it…