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You Might Get Grand Theft Auto V On PC (And Wii U)

Grand Theft Auto IV was released on PC, but when Grand Theft Auto V was announced, a personal computer version was nowhere to be seen. It’s still nowhere to be seen, but Rockstar is at least talking about it, Dan Houser telling IGN that “Everything else is up for consideration. That’s all I can give…

Nintendo Says Yesterday’s Miiverse “Hack” Was a “Mock Up”

Yesterday, a user on NeoGAF had a weird experience when he was able to access what looked like a debug menu for Nintendo’s new Miiverse service. Completely by accident. As he poked around and found he couldn’t do much of anything, theories arose that he’d simply accessed a dummy or shell menu, which have been…

Microsoft’s New Xbox Game Charges By The Hour

Microsoft very quietly announced a new Xbox Live Arcade game today called Karaoke. On the surface, it sounds rather harmless; partnering with The Karaoke Channel, it lets users stream around 8000 songs from a central library, and you can use SmartGlass to queue up tracks and save a favourites list. The weirdness comes in when…

The Wii U Isn’t Sold Out. Here Are Some Retailers Still Selling Them.

The pre-release hype from outlets like GameStop led most people to believe that the Wii U was a launch-day sellout. And hey, for some retailers, it probably was. But that doesn’t mean the new console is sold out At time of posting, late on Monday night, there are nationwide retailers in the United States with…

Crazy Man Plays Call of Duty For 122 Hours Straight*

Okan Kaya, an Australian sales manager from Sydney, has set a new world record for the longest consecutive gaming session, racking up 122 hours playing the recently-released Black Ops II It’s a feat with a disclaimer, though: as Wired reports, he didn’t really play for 122 hours in a row. Because the human body would,…

What Skyrim Looks Like When You’re Running 100 Mods At Once

My copy of Skyrim would usually fall over once I started running more than, say, 8-10 mods at once. So I’ve got no idea how modder Unreal has managed to get around 100 mods running at once. I’m just going to assume sorcery His site catalogues the adventures his rig is taking running that much…

Holiday Gift Guide: What Awesome Gift Can You Get For $0-$25?

Just because the holidays are coming up doesn’t necessarily mean you have to get crazy gifts for everyone. What if you want a quality gift for a non-terrorizing price? Downloadable games, accessories, art prints? We’re open to ideas. Throw them down below, where our editors will be suggesting gift items in this price range as…

560 People Are Playing Black Ops II Online on the Wii U Right Now

Call of Duty: Black Ops II is now out on the Wii U. It’s just not being played online that much. Too many people still at work or in school? Console too new? People drawn to other Wii U games? Everyone distracted by the surprisingly terrific Miiverse? It’s early days, so these stats will be…

Nintendo’s Miiverse Isn’t Xbox Live. It Might Be Something Better.

Nintendo’s brand new online social network Miiverse has had its ups and downs since it went live on Saturday night. And by that I mean it’s actually been up and down, online and offline, since then. When Miiverse is down it’s still just about as good as Nintendo’s previous online efforts for its consoles. When…

If you have Xbox Live Gold and a cable provider that offers WatchESPN, you can now watch Monday Night Football on Xbox.

Final Fantasy XIV Will Get Marriage, But Not Gay Marriage (At Least For Now)

When Final Fantasy XIV relaunches as Final Fantasy XIV: Let’s Pretend This Game Didn’t Happen A Realm Reborn in the near future, the people behind it plan to add a whole bunch of new features. One of those features, to be added in a future patch, is marriage. The traditional version, with men and women…

Return To New Vegas: Social Experiments Bring Out The Worst In People

One of the most fascinating things about the Fallout franchise is the history of the vaults. Before United States was destroyed via atomic bombs, the government ordered the Vault-Tec corporation to build a number of underground safehouses. To the public, these vaults were supposed to help ensure the survival of the American populace after nuclear…

Don’t unplug your Wii U while downloading system updates, Nintendo says

Activision Suddenly Pulls Nuketown 2025 Map from Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Multiplayer

Earlier this month, Activision announced that it would let people who pre-ordered the publisher’s latest FPS mega-hit play on a re-imagined version of the popular Nuketown multiplayer map. That part of the promotion turned out to be true. But that access to the special battleground appears to have been suddenly revoked. The sudden bad news…

Allow Me To Convince You How Much Of A Dog You Are

At least when you play as a video game character, that is. View the full Dorkly comic below, but the ones above are highlights of how being a dog is just like being a video game character. For more sick and twisted video game comedy, follow the link to Dorkly.com

If The Dark Knight Were A Teen Comedy

It would probably look like Gotham High, created by these brilliant YouTubers at movieclipsTRAILERS Can you spot all the movie references? Post your favorites below.

CNBC reports via Twitter that Hostess and the Baker’s Union have agreed to mediation, delaying closure of the company

You Can Help Decide What Games Tim Schafer And Double Fine Make Next (If You Pay)

This year, as Tim Schafer and his Kickstarter-loaded team at Double Fine do their regular game jam Amnesia Fortnight—during which they throw everything out the window and experiment with crazy game ideas (like the ones that would eventually become Costume Quest and Stacking)—they’re making the whole thing public. And you get to vote which games…

Heroes & Castles Wades Into Castle Defense, Sword Swinging

Coming next month from the makers of N.Y. Zombies, Heroes & Castles is a strategy action role-playing game that drops the player into the meatier portions of a raging war. The strategy portion of Heroes & Castles sees players building fortifications, recruiting units and managing castle finances. Once the fighting starts, however, it’s into the…

Yes, the Wii’s Going Away But It Did Pretty Good Things For Mickey Mouse and Warren Spector

Epic Mickey was supposed to be one of the games that pumped new life into the Wii. The 2010 creation carried big expectations with it, namely that the Wii exclusive would be the third-party creation that showed how outside parties could make games as compelling as releases from Nintendo’s internal studios. Things didn’t work out…