Spooky’s House of Jump Scares Is Cute Yet Terrifying

A game called Spooky’s House of Jump Scares seems self-explanatory, but it’s really not. I didn’t know much about the game before booting it up, but recommendations from friends and the cutesy aesthetic had me scratching my head: how could this be scary? Here’s the premise, per the Steam page: Can you survive 1000 rooms…

Ask Dr. Nerdlove: Help, I’m Hopeless With Women And I Hate Myself

Hello, Internet! Welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only dating column to graduate top of its class from Transylvania Polygnostic University. This week, we have a question that comes up a lot: How do you keep your lack of dating success from curdling into resentment in your soul? What does it take to break out…

Never Alone’s New DLC Is About Preserving  Iñupiaq History

I never expected the world’s first Alaskan Native video game to come out with DLC. But Never Alone’s new add-on means more than just than just extra gameplay. In terms of how it got made and the narrative told inside the game itself, Never Alone stood apart from most video games that came out last…

Five Things You Should Know About The Five Nights at Freddy’s Movie

Yesterday, Deadline reported that Gil Kenan (Monster House, Poltergeist remake) was set to direct the Five Nights at Freddy’s movie. Since then, Kenan has been answering all sorts of questions on Twitter and Instagram—and these juicy details give us a better sense of what we can expect from the movie. The Animatronics 1) Here’s a…

The Witcher 3 vs. Dragon Age: Inquisition: The Comparison We Had To Make

In the last half a year or so, we’ve gotten not one but two epic western fantasy RPGs in the form of Dragon Age: Inquisition and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. It’s only natural that we’d want to compare them. Last fall, I reviewed Inquisition. I liked it! Then in May, I reviewed The Witcher…

The Red Ash Kickstarter Is A Disaster

In 2013, game producer Keiji Inafune earned gamers’ hearts worldwide by promising to bring back Mega Man in the form of Mighty No. 9. Two years later, he’s launched a sloppy, misleading new Kickstarter that threatens to squander all that goodwill. Red Ash, which took to crowdfunding earlier this month with promises of launching a…

Years Later, ZombiU Is Hitting PS4, Xbox One, And PC

There have been rumors of Ubisoft porting the excellent Wii U launch title ZombiU to other platforms for a while, but now it’s official: Zombi (no more u!) arrives digitally on August 18. Ubisoft dropped a trailer online this morning: It looks like…ZombiU. That’s not a bad thing, mind you, since ZombiU was not only…

GTA V Mod Is Trying To Turn PC Version Into An RPG

All the things you love about GTA V. All the things you love about role-playing video games. Together in one place. It’s slowly happening, all thanks to a person who doesn’t work at Rockstar. GTA: RPG is the work of LogicSpawn, a modder out of the UK who’s doing the hard work of adding skill…

League Of Legends Just Killed Off A Champion

Something weird happened last night in League of Legends, something that’s never happened before in the ludicrously popular game’s 6-year history: a character died. Like, actually died. In the story. And at least for now, in the game too. Lore is OP. League of Legends development studio Riot Games has been putting on a calamitous…

You’ve been wondering what Total War: Warhammer would look and play like, right? A new walkthrough video gives a look at the units, leaders and gameplay of the mash-up strategy title.

Dragon Ball Fan-Movie’s Real Hero Isn’t Goku

To celebrate the North American release of Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection F, Sydney-based Deerstalker Pictures made a short Dragon Ball Z movie. Goku is fighting Frieza near the Kame House and although Krillin’s trying to help him, it’s not him or Goku who’s putting an end to the battle. The Kame House’s resident, Master Roshi…

Seven Times Game Creators Cameoed As Themselves

Whether it’s a classic adventure game, or a shooter that came out a few months, ago it doesn’t matter. Some developers and publishers just can’t resist putting themselves in their games, usually as a hidden easter egg, but sometimes they’re just right in front of us. YouTubers at OutsideXbox collected seven of these cameos. All…

Redditor Badwxlf made a BioShock cake for a friend, even doing some research before baking it—by grabbing the three games during the Steam Summer sale and taking screenshots while playing. It has a Big Daddy and a Gatherer’s Garden vendor made out of Rice Krispies, so it’s probably delicious. More photos below. Dayshot is an…