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GameStop Is Now Selling Online-Only Strategy Guides For Some Reason

GameStop employees now have something new to harass you about: online-only guide packages. As part of a new program announced today, GameStop will sell digital strategy guides for games like Madden 13 and the upcoming Halo 4. Here’s the press release: Starting today, GameStop customers can purchase digital, web-access Prima eGuides at GameStop retail locations.…

Here’s a Piece of Adventure Time Dialogue Pen Ward Wrote Two Nights Ago

Last night I got to chat with Adventure Time creator Pen Ward about the upcoming 3DS game he’s co-writing. It’s called Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why’d You Steal Our Garbage?! As a huge fan of Pen Ward’s beloved animated series, I know this game could be awesome. Think about it: You can lead the…

A Team Of Seven Is Making A Game That ‘Shouldn’t Be Possible’

“We choose to go to the moon,” Hugh Jeremy says, “not because it’s easy but because it’s hard.” This oft-quoted John F. Kennedy line may very well be the mantra for the whole team at Unknown Worlds, the tiny studio behind the not-so-tiny game Natural Selection 2. They have only seven full-time staff. And they’re…

Colt Pokémon Keldeo is available now at GameStop. Get him in Black and White, transform him in Black and White 2

Scottie Pippen Changes His Mind and Will Appear on The Dream Team in NBA 2K13

Scottie Pippen will appear in NBA 2K13 as a member of the “Dream Team,” 2K Sports said moments ago. “Feedback on forums, social media, and community interactions were the driving force in influencing Pippen to sign a deal, as fans had shared widespread disappointment over his absence from the 1992 roster,” 2K Sports said in…

Clementine Holding a Gun Spells More Trouble for The Walking Dead

The third episode of Telltale’s episodic The Walking Dead series continues as of today on PSN (everyone else in North America will have to wait until tomorrow). Long Road Ahead, the third entry of the five-part season, will assuredly lead us all spiraling down to a gulf of bad decisions and unhappy situations. And I…

Listen to Assassin’s Creed 3‘s creative director explain the game’s naval combat in this new trailer.

Black Ops II Hardened and Care Package Editions Offer Compelling Arguments for Spending More Money [Update]

As it does every year, Activision is stepping up to the plate to represent Call of Duty fans so dedicated that spending merely $60 on a video game does not properly express their love and devotion. A pair of images appearing on NeoGAF in advance of an official announcement demonstrate two ways to pay significantly…

Here’s How To Play The PS1 Games That Sony Doesn’t Want You To Play On Your Vita

So the official list of Vita-supported PS1 Classics is pretty barren. Shame on Sony. Fortunately, some savvy gamers have found a workaround: just use your PlayStation 3. The above video shows you how to get games like Final Fantasy IX and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night running on your Vita by transferring them from your…

Xbox Indie Darling Shoot 1UP Finally Makes it to Mobile

Back in 2010 when we were first getting to know Windows Phone 7, indie developer Mommy’s Best Games demonstrated the platform’s power with a mobile version of its unique Xbox Live Indie bullet-hell shooter, Shoot 1UP. Two years later… I’m not entirely certain why Shoot 1UP took so long to make the transition from Xbox…

Reasons You May Be Suspended From Guild Wars 2: Holocaust ‘Jokes’, Racist Insults, Etc.

Guild Wars 2 has only just officially launched today, but ever since the head start began on Saturday, ArenaNet has been busily suspending users whose names or behavior violate policy. Many users who have been suspended have taken exception to their punishment. So ArenaNet has taken to Reddit, to answer users’ innocent and not-so-innocent questions.…

Incredibly Stylish Flight Game Luftrausers Coming to PC & Mac, May Cost $5000

Here’s a new trailer for the upcoming Luftrausers, a game based on the very addictive flash game of the same name. The game is developed in conjunction with indie game duo Vlambeer (creators of Super Crate Box & Radical Fishing) and Devolver Digital. More details here where the publisher guesses the game might cost $5000.…

Build the Dragonborn’s Dream House and Raise a Family in Skyrim‘s Hearthfire

Coming September 4 to the Xbox 360, the latest downloadable content for Skyrim has players purchasing land, planning and building their dream house, moving in their spouse and adopting neighborhood children. This is Hearthfire! Hearthfire is a name that really could have gone either way. It’s could have been an action-packed adventure in which the…

They’ve Narrowed Gamers Down to Eight Fundamental Types. Which Are You?

Over the years countless researchers and marketeers have sought to split the ever-growing gaming population of the world into easy-to-understand categories. This latest attempt, crafted by predicative gaming analytics company Playnomics, makes more sense than many of those, narrowing us all down to eight gamer archetypes. Which are you? Playnomics is teaming up with global…

Gears of War: Judgment Finally Lets Human Soldiers Settle Some Grudges in Its New Free-for-All Mode

Sure, the gross, gruff Locust in the Gears of War games have always been squishy and fun to kill. Multiplayer matches in Epic’s successful shooter series have generally pit the subterranean enemies against humanity’s COG soldiers. But sometimes you just get the urge to give Cole Train an lethal Lancer massage, if only to shut…

How To Start the Mass Effect 3 Leviathan DLC

There’s a new $10 single-player expansion for Mass Effect 3 called Leviathan out today, but it’s not readily apparent how to start it. Here’s a tip: after you buy it and download it, check your in-game message terminal. You’re looking for the message in the screenshot above. This may seem obvious, but let’s just say…

GameStop Exclusive Borderlands 2 Content Leads Players to the Slaughter Dome

We don’t need another four heroes. We don’t need to know the way home. All we need is a way to get Borderlands 2‘s Creature Slaughter Dome without having to preorder the game through GameStop. Not that I have anything personal against GameStop. I’m just not fond of the whole content limited to a single…

Rumor: Japan Wonders if the Mass Effect Anime Was Canned [Update]

Earlier this summer, a trailer for Mass Effect: Paragon Lost, an animated Mass Effect 3 prequel, was released. As previously posted, Paragon Lost is a collaboration between BioWare and Production I.G., the famed Japanese anime house behind Ghost in the Shell and the animated scenes in Kill Bill. *Is* a collaboration? Speculation out of Japan…

Hawken With a Virtual Reality Headset Sounds Like a Mech-Lovers Fantasy

Hawken looks good enough as it is. But the prospect of playing the game using a virtual reality headset seems too bananas to be true. The Oculus Rift VR headset will be compatible with the upcoming multiplayer shooter, to the extent that not only will it work with the system, but Rift owners will get…

An Indie Platformer For Those Who Love Metroid

Ah, this is good to see. Instead of an indie releasing an actual Metroid tribute game, using the same characters, Finnish developer Arvi “Hempuli” Teikari has seemingly used Nintendo’s series as inspiration for his own game about space exploration, monsters and jumping. Environmental Station Alpha, and with its lo-fi visuals and wonderful soundtrack, is still…