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One Of Those People Who Brings Japanese Games To America Is Answering Your Questions Right Now [Interview Over]

Ever wonder how a Japanese game makes its way to the U.S.? What exactly does video game localization consist of? How many millions and millions of video game letters get translated from Japanese to English every year? Here today we have Jessica Chavez from XSEED Games, a small game publisher you might recognize as the…

Can’t Wait to Play Team Fortress 2‘s Mann Vs. Machine Multiplayer? Tough.

I’ve been seeing this screen a lot since downloading the Team Fortress 2 update yesterday, and I am not alone. With hour wait times, server connection issues and various other problems, Mann Vs. Machine co-op play is nearly unplayable. I say nearly because you can still grab a group of friends and start your own…

How Skyrim‘s Difficulty Works, And Why That First Giant Killed You Outside Whiterun

All games are difficult. (Well, almost all games.) One of the most important aspects of difficulty is punishment—if a player fails in a game, the game must let them know it somehow. Bad player! No bonus XP for you! Do it five more times! In Mario, if you die, you restart a level. In Dark…

Nintendo Criticized For Not Doing Enough To Keep ‘Conflict Minerals’ Out Of Their Products

Many of the materials used to make electronic devices are helping fuel ongoing bloody wars in the Congo—and a new report accuses Nintendo of not doing enough to ensure that their game machines aren’t part of that deadly conflict. The Enough Project, a watchdog group that monitors “genocide and crimes against humanity,” published a report…

Every Game Has a Hero. Video Games’ Expendables Has Them All.

A while back, I mused about what iconic characters would best make for a video game version of The Expendables.. Artist Vernon Villaneuva riffs on that idea over on Deviant Art and came up with the gorgeous results above. I also love how the all-star-ness of the idea isn’t contained to the cast; it’s in…

Select Gamers Can Try Out Steam’s New Community Features Right Now

A few thousand (well, more like 100,000) lucky gamers can now use the new Steam community features announced this week by Valve. The new features, which include organized hubs for each game, new group organization, updates about your uploaded content, and a new friend interface, are now operating in a beta, according to an update…

Wait, the Kwik-E-Mart Doesn’t Actually Belong Next to the Flanders’ House? D’oh!

I don’t tend to enjoy city-building social games. I try them, and then I end up disappointed in my inability to advance quickly and I end up walking away rather than giving them my money. Clearly, the problem with every previous game I played was that it did not star The Simpsons On the one…

Game maker David Jaffe praises an unsung hero who may be responsible for a renaissance at PlayStation’s Japan studios.

Catwoman Looks More Modest in Batman: Arkham City for Wii U

Notice anything different about Catwoman in the image above? Sure seems like she’s covering up for her debut on Nintendo’s upcoming console, no? In the Armored Edition of Batman: Arkham City for Wii U, The Dark Knight and Catwoman get a new power-up that covers the nocturnal adventurers in additional protection. Selina Kyle’s armored look…

Along with Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, Konami’s Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 is also making the trip to PC next year.

Don’t Expect A Vita Price Cut This Year

The PlayStation Vita is struggling. Some have predicted that Sony, looking for an easy band-aid, might slash the system’s retail price for this holiday season, much like Nintendo did last year to pump up sales of its then-floundering 3DS. That’s not gonna happen. Speaking to Eurogamer at Gamescom this week, Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei…

Medal of Honor Website Ends Tomahawk Promo and Pulls Links to Weapons & Gear Manufacturers

Earlier this week, Electronic Arts came under fire for hosting links to the websites of companies that sell and make assault weapons and tactical gear on the Medal of Honor Warfighter website. Those links—connected to items that players will be able to use in the game—were accompanied by blog posts written by Warfighter producer Greg…

Let’s See How Windows 8 Performs Against Windows 7

Unless you have been living under a rock, there is a good chance you have caught wind of Microsoft’s latest operating system. Those eager to see what the new OS is all about had their first chance to take a peek back in February when Microsoft released the Windows 8 Consumer Preview. More than a…

Square Would Like You To Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Final Fantasy

The 25th anniversary celebration for Final Fantasy will kick off in a couple of weeks, a few months short of the series’ 24th anniversary, but, hey, no one ever said the numbering of anything Final Fantasy-related was logical. The series that debuted in Japan in December 1987, will be celebrated in grand style in Tokyo…

The Age of True Platform-Free Gaming Begins with Goko

The screenshot you’re looking at is for the video game adaptation of Donald X. Vaccarino’s wildly popular card game Dominion running on iOS. And Android. And Facebook, Google+, Chrome, Safari — anywhere HTML 5 can be used, this game can be played, online and off. Using HTML 5 as a universal gaming platform is not…

NVIDIA’s Most Powerful Graphics Technology Just Got Much More Affordable

When NVIDIA debuted video cards featuring its powerful Kepler architecture earlier this year, PC gamers around the world stood up and cheered. Then they got quiet when they realized their only options were the $500+ GTX 680 card or the GTX 690, packing dual-Kepler graphics processing units for around $1,000. PC players drooled over these…

The New York Post reports that Electronic Arts is looking for a buyer

Here’s the Opening Cinematic for World of Warcraft‘s Mists of Pandaria Expansion

This video preview of the newest add-on to Blizzard’s mega-successful MMO premiered today at Gamescom. Enjoy the pandas! And the mists!

Why The World of Warcraft Has Such Bright, Cartoony Graphics

The Warcraft franchise looks like its entire world was made from children’s balloons. It’s nothing but big shapes and bright, bright colours. Love it or hate it, it’s become an iconic style, something that’s helped World of Warcraft not only run on anybody’s computer, but look unique in doing it. But have you ever wondered…

I Know What Hulk Looks Like with His Shirt Off

Here’s the latest entry in The Avengers line of collectibles from Hong Kong figure maker Hot Toys. As with other Hot Toys figures, the amount of detail and craftsmanship to marvel at is simply staggering. Staggering ain’t cheap! As with other Hot Toys figs, you’re need to open your wallets for this Hulk (the Japanese…