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Game About A Road Trip Is Perfect On The Switch

Wheels of Aurelia, now out on Switch, is a smart, charming game that takes you on a road trip through Italy in the 70s. Wheels of Aurelia is a visual novel that originally came out for PC in 2016 and iOS last month. It’s about two young women driving from Italy to France in 1978.…

Quiz: Which Mario Odyssey Outfit Are You?

Mario Odyssey is full of wardrobe changes. With so many ways for the hopping hero to express himself, it’s time we all asked ourselves a very important question. It’s a question that goes back to the first time a mushroom made you bigger and that Goomba went “SPLAT!” beneath your feet. Take our very official…

Gaming Files Found In Osama Bin Laden’s Compound May Not Have Been His

Yesterday, after the CIA generously released 470,000 filesfound on a computer in Osama Bin Laden’s Pakistan hideout complex, it came out that among them was a trove of video games ranging from Counter-Strike to a smutty anime game. News spread that the most famous terrorist of all time may have also been a huge video…

Call of Duty WWII Players Can Watch Each Other Open Loot Boxes

In a time when the existence of loot boxes containing random prizes is a sore subject among gamers, Activision makes it rain, baby. Call of Duty: World War II turns unboxing random items into a spectator sport. Call of Duty’s communal multiplayer hub is where players can form parties, practice shooting, watch videos, accept missions…

Taro Yoko’s producer at Square Enix says he wants the Nier director to make a Final Fantasy He let this brilliant idea fly during a recent interview with Wow Japan, saying he would want the game to feature a “similar strangeness” to Yoko’s other games. “I’m hoping for a big budget if I do work…

Modder Adds Portal Gun To Super Mario 64

Ever wondered what it would look like to mash up Portal and Super Mario 64? Well, your wish has been granted. Prolific modder Kaze Emanuar uploaded a video showing off a new creation, Portal Mario 64, which you can download here. It basically combines the portal mechanic from Valve’s Portal with Super Mario 64. The…

20 Years Of Pokémon Villains Join Forces In Ultra Sun And Moon

The biggest, baddest Team Rocket ever is blasting off into the Alola region in Pokémon Ultra Sun and Moon later this month, with an all-star cast of series villains headed up by the original baddie himself, Giovanni. It’s unclear what exactly Pokémon Red and Blue boss Giovanni and his team of ne’er do wells are…

New Mod Brings Dragon Ball Powers To GTA V

At long last, you can play as the brutal Saiyan Goku was always meant to be. Remember when Earth’s mightiest hero first learned that he was actually sent to the planet to destroy it? Well a new GTA V mod plans to let you reenact that exact mission. The residents of Los Santos don’t stand…

Mod Makes Street Fighter V Look Like Pencil Animation 

Over the years, there have been loads of fighting game mods, but I’m not sure I’ve ever seen one like this, which turns Street Fighter V into playable pencil drawings. Pointed out by Event Hubs, modder Nded created cool sketch-mod that is reminiscent of that A-ha “Take On Me” video.  Here are some more clips…

Arc System Works is establishing a North American branch. Located in Torrance, California, Arc System Works America, Inc. looks to expand the company’s reach and facilitate interactions between developers and fans. 

Faces at Bayon Temple. Siem Reap, Cambodia. By Quinn Levandoski. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line! 

Detective: City of Angels Is Basically LA Noire: The Board Game

Taking its inspiration from LA Noire, The Big Sleep and LA Confidential, Detective: City of Angels is a board game about a team of detectives working to solve crimes and bust mobsters. The catch being that one of the detectives is crooked, and is trying to stall and mislead the investigations along the way without…

Watch This Warframe Space Dog Go 

Before there was Destiny there was Warframe. The two games share a lot of the same elements—lots of loot, ornate costumes, and sci-fi stories that make no sense—but Warframe has something Destiny doesn’t: amazing pets. Kubrows are like dogs except they come in eggs. You have to hatch them, a grindy endeavor just like everything…

We’re starting up a playthrough of Visceral Games’ horror classic Dead Space right now on Twitch Cut off their limbs!

Third-Party Nintendo Switch Games Are So Damn Big

Just before the Nintendo Switch launched, we wrote about a game that required more space than the system’s 24GB of usable onboard memory . In March it was an exception, but by the end of the year it’s already becoming the norm for third-party releases on the platform. Nintendo’s own releases on the Switch keep…

The UFC’s Best Fighter Tries To Keep MMA Out Of His Twitch Streams

Many Twitch streamers enjoy sharing details about their personal lives as they game. But even though his username is mightymouseufc125, Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson would rather not chat on stream about his career as the flyweight champion of the UFC. “I think a lot of the fans get mad at me [for not talking about…

Gwent Has Spent The Whole Last Year Getting Good

The studio behind The Witcher series announced its spin-off card game Gwent back at E3 2016. Over a year later the game still isn’t officially out yet, though CD Projekt Red clams it will launch before the end of 2017. During that time it’s grown into something special, so I’m here to say, if you…

How Dare They Bring Bubsy Back

I have never liked Bubsy the Bobcat. I still don’t. They made a new game starring Bubsy here in 2017. The whole enterprise feels like a precision-engineered insult sponge. I don’t know why I played it. Oh, I know why I played it: to make a video about it. You can watch me assess the…

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus has a fully playable reskinned version of 1993’s Wolfenstein 3D. “Wolfstone” can be found on the resistance U-boat and it’s a ton of fun. You can watch me play some in the video above.

Razer’s Making Gaming Phones Now

Now that it’s done Razer-ing the hell out of PC and console gaming, Razer is turning its attention to mobile. Launching on November 17, the $700 Razer Phone features a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 chip, 8 gigabytes of RAM and the world’s first 120 Hz “UltraMotion” display. Candy Crush is going to run so well on…