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How GameStop’s 500,000-Strong Wii U Wait List Number Became 320,000 Sales

Back in mid-November, just before the Wii U was released, mega gaming chain GameStop said they had some 500,000 people on a waiting list to get the Wii U. That sounded great. Last week, GameStop told investors that, through November and December, the mega chain sold 320,000 Wii U’s. Readers don’t need us to inform…

Report: 300 Director Is Working On A New Star Wars Film Based On Seven Samurai [UPDATE: Report Debunked]

Zack Snyder, the director of blockbusters like Watchmen and 300, is currently working on a new Star Wars film set outside of the upcoming trilogy, Vulture reports Update: Hollywood Reporter says Snyder’s agent has denied the Vulture report. Original story follows: Back in November, the Los Angeles Times reported that Man of Steel and 300…

The Makers of Total Annihilation and Dungeon Siege Want $1.1 Million From You For Wildman, An RTS RPG

The latest big-name-developer Kickstarter comes from Chris Taylor’s Gas Powered Games. They want to make Wildman and they need your money to do it. The video above explains the pitch For those who prefer to read, this is from their press release: Imagine a game where you control a single hero unit—the “Wildman”—in the middle…

Fight (Like A Cow) Through All Of Monkey Island‘s Swordfights Right In Your Browser

“My name is Guybrush Treepwood. Prepare to die!” Long have those words been immortalized in the minds of those who love video games. Anyone who played The Secret of Monkey Island heard them time and again as hapless wannabe pirate Guybrush Threepwood fought his way through the Melee Island nights. Fought, and lost, because he…

SimCity Social ‘Rock Royalty Part 1’ Quests: Everything You Need to Know

Aside from Motley Crue songs, we don’t normally associate doctors with rock and roll. SimCity Social has done just that this week with the launch of the Rock Royalty event. This event is split into three pieces, each of which contains quests to complete over the next two weeks. We’re here with a complete guide…

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My Experience With The Walking Dead Was Ruined By A Bug

Zombie adventure and critically-acclaimed GOTY candidate The Walking Dead has made waves all year for its top-notch writing and ability to make people feel feelings. One of the game’s feelingest feelings, by all reports, comes during the last few minutes of Episode Five (out of five—the game is structured episodically). Psyched to feel those feelings,…

Demons, Baby Eating And Black Magic: The Insane Conspiracy Theory Email Sent To Game Developers

On January 8th, a group of game developers got a strange email in their inbox. The email was titled “Conspiracy Theory (GAMES DESIGN COMPANIES.)” It was a strange letter that informing the devs that DEMONS have been CODING to each other via games. Demons that do black magic and eat babies, to be exact. This…

The Miiverse: A Place For Weird Questions, Weirder Answers.

The Miiverse is a place for amazing art and devoted fandom. It’s also an outlet for off-topic questions nobody has thought to ask, and bizarre topics nobody had thought to bring up elsewhere. Today’s Miiverse Moment is a look at some of the weirder off-topic and random statements that get thrown around on Nintendo’s social…

End of an Era: Jay Mohr Won’t Host the DICE Gaming Awards This Year

Comedian Jay Mohr won’t be hosting the annual video game awards show at the D.I.C.E. Summit in Las Vegas this year. He’s hosted the awards every year since 2006, merrily insulting part of his audience full of gaming industry professionals and snarking about video games for over half a decade. The new host will be…

The 480th Argument Against Locking Content in Video Games

Many years ago, someone decided that games would be more fun if you couldn’t play all of them right away. Want to race on all the tracks of a racing game? Beat the easy ones to unlock the cooler ones. Want to fight as every fighter in a fighting game? Play a while and unlock…

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You Can Ride On The Back of An Enemy Mongoose In Halo 4 And Other Myths Confirmed

Defend the House keeps it coming with new Halo 4 myths confirmed and/or busted. My particular favorite in this latest episode is that you can ride on the back on an enemy mongoose vehicle. Sort of. If you try to jump on the back when an enemy is at the wheel, it will shock you…

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Somebody, Stop Me From Cuddling This Chocobo, Please

Artist Jenna Antonelli built this Chocobo, from the Final Fantasy series, as a commission piece. Whoever you are that paid for it, you are a lucky man/lady. The whole thing was sculpted by hand. Blow one of these images up to see the detail on the feathers and you’ll appreciate just how much work that…

Chinese Copycat Shooters May Have Met Their Match; Call of Duty Online Goes Into Testing in China. [UPDATE]

Chinese online games have been able to get away with imitations for a long time because there was no other option. Poor intellectual property rights and stringent barriers to entry have long kept popular international titles at bay, but now it seems the grace period for poor Chinese imitations may be gone and it starts…

Battle Royale Won’t Be Getting an American TV Show Anytime Soon

Battle Royale, the manga and the film, follows a high school class put in a deadly game of kill or be killed. Due to its violent subject matter, no American distributor would initially touch the 2000 film, especially with the school shootings happening at the time. But in the wake of The Hunger Games, there’s…

Nintendo Power Is Gone, But Nintendo Magazines Live On

Nintendo Power magazine may have released its final issue late last year, but the spirit of the publication lives on with Nintendo Force, a very shiny, very new magazine that’s hoping to take its place. Featuring writers from sites like 1UP, IGN and Destructoid, it’s got a very nice cover (note the subtle NES cartridge…

Watch This Amazing Sci-Fi Short. You Won’t Believe It Was Made By One Man.

And a young one at that. This short is called Rha, and it’s extraordinary for two reasons. 1) It’s, well, extraordinary. 2) It was written, directed and animated by one man That man is digital film design student Kaleb Lechowski, who is only 22 years old. He got help with the sound and voice acting…

Far Cry 3’s Vaas Makes For One Sexy Pin-Up

One thing just about everyone says after finishing Far Cry 3 is, jeez, I wish there’d been more Vaas. Here’s more Vaas. A lot more Vaas than you were probably bargaining for. This fantastic image was done by the supremely-talented Doubleleaf, whose work you may have seen before Vaas Montenegro [Doubleleaf @ DeviantArt]