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YouTuber: I Was Banned From Making Money Because Of An Over-Zealous Fan [UPDATE]

Like a lot of people on YouTube, Nick Reineke makes videos about games. And like a lot of people on YouTube, he wants to make money off those videos. But he can’t. Last month, YouTube banned him from AdSense, the advertising service that most YouTubers use to make money. It’s not clear exactly why he…

Sony Sold 525,000 PS3s Last Week

The week of Thanksgiving marks one of the most important retail milestones for sellers of things. We’ve got a ballpark figure for how many people brought the new Wii U. (Around 400,000.) And Microsoft bragged about all the Xbox 360 units they shifted into people homes, too. (750,000 for those guys.) So, what about Sony?…

Halo 4’s Crimson Map Pack Drops on Dec. 10th, Bringing New ‘Extraction Mode’ With It

Looks like the info from that German dashboard image was right, as Microsoft has announced that the first of three planned Halo 4 map packs will be hitting on December 10th. Along with the new multiplayer environments, online players will be getting a new match type in Halo 4, too. Descriptions follow: • Wreckage: Wreckage…

Guy Puts More Than 1,000 Video Game Timelines In Chronological Order

We’ve seen plenty of timelines that put video game release dates in order. And recently, we’ve begun making timelines that put video game news in chronological order. But what about the timelines inside the games? The years over which the game’s story takes place? Has anyone ever chronicled those? Now, someone has. Alex Jaffe, specifically,…

ChefVille Catering FAQs: Get Prepared for Catering with These Tips

If you ask many former Cafe World players, they’ll likely tell you that the constant stream of new catering orders was one of the reasons they stopped playing Zynga‘s first cooking game. If that’s the case, those same players are likely to be very disappointed with the new launch of a catering system in ChefVille,…

Company of Heroes 2‘s first gameplay trailer lets it snow, lets it snow, lets it snow… and rain death, too.

EA Mobile is giving away one million free download codes for Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12 for the iPhone. Get yours here

THQ Is So Broke, They’ve Made A Humble Bundle

Ahh, Humble Bundle, the best site in the world for great packages of indie games and- wait, what’s this? Saints Row? Darksiders? I see you, THQ! Just peeking in the bushes there, waiting to ensnare us with your new humble bundle. You’re not an indie developer at all, THQ! What are you even doing. At…

Meet a Man Who Made It Through ZombiU Without Dying. He Has Some Tips For You.

ZombiU is the Wii U’s extremely difficult survival horror first-person shooter. You’re not supposed to be able to make it through it in one life, though the game’s Survival mode challenges you to do that. A few brave souls have cleared Survival mode. About 13 of them so far, it seems. Most of them have…

There’s a New Mobile Final Fantasy Game on the Horizon, and We Hold the Key to Sephiroth

The airships are coming! Following a highly successful launch in Japan, DeNA Co. and Square Enix are preparing to bring Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade to North American Apple and Android devices. Airborne Brigade, the first free-to-play Final Fantasy social game to be released in English, casts players as airship pilots exploring an FF-inspired land, banding…

Vice City‘s Mobile Makeover Will Take Your Self Control

The neon-soaked streets of Vice City have never looked as good as they do in next week’s 10th Anniversary Edition for iOS and Android. The fingers are still fused together, but the bodies attached to them are better than ever. When I first watched this trailer I was a little shocked. This is not how…

The New Lego Lord of the Rings Game Apes Peter Jackson’s Movies Brilliantly

The new Lego Lord of the Rings game for consoles and PC is terrific in many ways. One amazing aspect: how closely it matches up with Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings movies. The game uses the voices of the actors from the films. You’re hearing Cate Blanchett as Galadriel, Hugo Weaving as Elrond, Andy…

The Timeless Charm of a Game Built Entirely From Clay

All video games contain the fingerprints of their developers, the oft subtle maker’s mark that set the work apart in the eyes of devoted fans. Clay Jam‘s prints are anything but subtle, covering every inch of this whimsical hand-crafted game for iOS and Android. Clay Jam, which we briefly featured late last year, is the…

New Vita Bundle Gets You A 3G System, Unit 13, And One Year Of PlayStation Plus For $300

Starting next week you’ll be able to get your hands on this new Vita bundle, which includes the 3G system, the game Unit 13, and one year of Sony’s excellent PlayStation Plus service (which comes with a lot of free games). That’s $300. The catch? This bundle comes with a 4 GB memory card, the…

Pac-Man, Wii U YouTube and a Romantic Airport Management Game from the Makers of Professor Layton Arrive in The Nintendo Download The Week

You get an all-time classic game, a Wii U app for the video service that changed the face of media and an unexpected entry from Level-5 with the downloadable bits coming to Nintendo platforms this week. Games Aero Porter Platform: 3DS/3DS XL Price: $4.99 LEVEL-5 and Yoot Saito, from VIVARIUM Inc., team up to bring…

The Cute and Cuddly Canimals Make Their U.S. Debut in One Adorably Sparse Facebook Game

The stars of the number one animated broadcast program in Taiwan, the cylindrical Canimals are far too important to worry about silly things like releasing a complete game. Cantasia officially launches on Facebook today, boasting one mini-game and a whole bunch of “coming soon” notices. The stars of a host of mobile and social apps…

Report: Empire Strikes Back Writer Could Be Working On New Star Wars Spinoff

Let the Star Wars rumor mill continue to churn. A couple of weeks ago, rumors suggested that Disney had tapped Empire Strikes Back writer Lawrence Kasdan and X-Men writer Simon Kinberg to write new Star Wars movies. Disney has said they plan to release a new Star Wars every two to three years. But wait!…

This Week’s Windows Phone Charts: Oh How I’ve Missed You, Ilomilo

One of the warmest, most wonderful games I’ve played shows up on this week’s Windows Phone charts, granting me a comforting nostalgic rush and hopefully distracting all of you from noticing I didn’t do the Windows Phone charts last week. Look at how cute those two little guys are. Just look at them. I had…

Go read games writer Jenn Frank’s beautiful, sad tribute to her mother.

9 out of 10 Game Creators Who Praised The Wii U Made a Wii U Launch Game

E3 is a time for a lot of huffery and puffery about video games, much of which turns out to be true—just not all of it The bluster is biggest when a new console is being launched. Promises are made or at least implied. Then the system comes out. So. The Wii U. It just…