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There’s a Zelda Game On The Windows 8 Store! (Don’t Buy It)

For a store that’s meant to be all about control, it sure didn’t take long for someone to sneak a fairly blatant clone onto Microsoft’s Windows 8 Marketplace. Spotted by NeoGAF user PsychoRaven, the game pictured above is still there at time of posting. Perhaps out of bravery, or at least stupidity, the “creator”, Joeri…

Something Fun Happens When a Developer Who Hates Sports Games Makes a Sports Game

It makes a weird sort of sense that Paolo Pedercini would hate on the modern era of sports games. The man behind the Molleeindustria catalog makes cutting anti-establishment games like Phone Story and Unmanned, experiences that put players in deeply exploitative and uncomfortable realities. But for his latest creative effort, Pedercini took on something else…

We Can Thank Skrillex For Far Cry 3‘s Best Musical Moment

There’s a mission in Far Cry 3 that… well, it’s kind of “That Mission.” Every time someone new plays the game, I see them on Twitter or wherever, raving about the pot-burning mission. It’s great for a number of reasons—we’ve enjoyed lighting drug fields on fire since San Andreas. But the thing that really puts…

Crack That Chip! An 8-Bit Tribute Worthy Of Devo

With their stripped-down tunes and looping, incessant beats, Devo seems like a band that fits the 8-bit makeover mold more than most. And so, the music collective 8-bit Operators has pooled their talent to create “Crack That Chip!,” a video game-ized tribute to Mothersbaugh’s mighty ensemble, and from what I’ve heard of it, it’s exceeded…

Racist Morons Have Serious Issues With BioShock Infinite

The BioShock games have always had a weightier tone to them than just shooting things in the face. The first game was lightly basted in an Ayn Rand marinade, while the upcoming BioShock Infinite deals with some tricky issues like racism. The developers are to be applauded for this, but at the same time, it…

The Best Video Game Music of 2012

You press a button, and the beat drops. Forward you fly, straight into the perilous unknown, beats pushing against your eardrums as you push back against the controller. Tempo and harmony swim together, and you lose yourself in the rhythm of play. 2012 has been a fine year for video game music. The finest in…

Beginner Mode: A Tutorial for MLB The Show’s Non-Tutorial

So, it’s not exactly a tutorial. I got that impression about the new “Beginner Mode” of MLB 13 The Show in a talk with one of the game’s producers last week. But having gone four innings with it myself already, I can see that label no longer applies. Honestly, I’m not sure what label applies…

Steam Wants To Take On GameFAQs, Testing “Game Guides”

Valve began rolling out a new Steam beta feature today: game guides. The aim is exactly what you’re thinking it is. Anyone can make a guide, and they’ll be accessible on a game’s “hub” page, as you can see above. You can upload images, embed YouTube vidos and rope in friends on your friends list…

The Smartest & Dumbest Things Square Enix Did in 2012

Square Enix. It’s a name that evokes some powerful memories: what gamer hasn’t formed some sort of emotional connection with games like Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest over the years? If you play video games, you’ve probably played something developed or published by Square Enix. They’ve got tentacles everywhere. 2012 was an interesting year for…

The Most Popular Video Games Of 2012, According To Google’s Search Results

One of the most interesting ways of determining the popularity of something is to see how many people are looking for information on it via Google. So let’s see what the search engine has to tell us about what people were looking for in 2012. Google has released its “Zeitgeist” report for 2012, showing the…

Weapons of Mass Disruption #1: It’s The Best Time To Be A Gamer, And Here’s How That Happened

As a gamer, you’ve probably noticed a bunch of really interesting stuff happening in the games industry over the last few years. It seems like only a while back, we were stuck in a situation where, as gamers, our options were limited and frankly, boring. Pretty much the only games of note were big-budget console-based…

New Dead Space 3 Trailer Feels Like It Was Made For A Movie

The action sequences, the background music, the dramatic sliced-up dialogue… it all feels like something I should be watching with sour patch kids in hand while waiting for my movie to start. It’s not necessarily a good or bad thing. Just my feeling. But the video above is not a movie trailer. It’s the latest…

Showcasing the best apps of 2012, iTunes names Rayman Jungle Run and The Room iPhone and iPad games of the year.

See If You Can Beat The Walking Dead Creator’s Video Game Challenges

Telltale’s The Walking Dead game might be getting the lion’s share of press lately, but there’s actually another very good Walking Dead game out there: The Walking Dead: Assault for iOS. No, really: it’s good! Walking Dead author Robert Kirkman has been having fun promoting the game, and has launched a new Twitter campaign called…

These Might Be Microsoft’s Upcoming Xbox 360 Holiday Sales

Xbox Live has been known to inadvertently leak stuff before it’s supposed to, most recently with Halo 4 and the Karateka re-make. This time, it looks like most, if not all, of the holiday sales for games on Microsoft’s game console. Now, these may not be the discounts coming to bunch of Xbox 360 but…

Celebrate the Release of Modern Combat 4 on Android with a Free MOGA Controller

Gameloft’s Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour works well enough with touch controls, but it should absolutely sing with a physical gamepad like the MOGA controller, so Power A is giving them away for free. For one day only (ending at 11:59PM Pacific time or while supplies last) Power A is giving Android gamers free MOGA…

Gorgeous Games of 2012: The Unfinished Swan

As much as we all love visual eye-candy, there are times when less is more. If done right, you can leave more of a visual impact using simple splashes of black on white than all the technical tricks in heaven and earth. The Unfinished Swan is a testament to this. Continuing in our series of…

The Hobbit Feels Like A Video Game. That’s Not A Good Thing.

“That movie sure felt like watching a video game.” As I walked out of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey earlier this week, that statement was bouncing around in my head. Bloated, histrionic, pandering and derivative, I found the film to be a resounding disappointment. And it really did feel like a video game. As we…

ChefVille ‘The Winter Feast Begins’ Quests: Everything You Need to Know

ChefVille has donned a Christmas-themed icon and loading screen for a while, but the actual holiday content has just started to roll out with new quests called “The Winter Feast Begins.” These quests come from Bello, and they introduce a variety of new ingredient stalls and cooking appliances to your restaurant. We’re here with a…

At Least 10,000 People Want Dark Souls II On Wii U

Dark Souls II! Announced at the Spike VGAs last week, the sequel to From Software’s torturous role-playing game is coming to PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 next year. No Wii U. Some fans—at least 10,000, for starters—are a little peeved that there are no announced plans to bring Dark Souls II to Nintendo’s new console.…