Every Video Game Buzzword, In One New Game Announcement

EuroRPG developer Piranha Bytes announced its new game, to be published by Nordic Games, in utterly unremarkable fashion: via press release, with no meaningful details or a trailer or even actual game art. Just the image above, posted on Facebook, and a parade of buzzwords that would make any E3 press conference presenter blush. The…

Batman: Arkham Knight’s first post-release DLC, which will see you play as Batgirl, will drop on July 14 for season pass holders and July 21 if you would rather buy it separately. The announcement via European press release listing a price of £5.79, so it’ll probably be around $7-8 stateside.

Happy Philipendence Day From Guest Editor Phil Owen

No, today is not actually Independence Day (that’s tomorrow), but it is the US federal holiday marking the occasion. So I’m filling in for the folks who get to take the day off. What can you expect from me today? As always, I have some beeves to hash out, this time with Star Wars and…

Latest Steam Hit Is NotGTAV, Which Is Not GTA V

For the past day or so, the top-selling “popular new release title” on Steam has been a simple 74-cent game called NotGTAV, from which all proceeds go to charity. The PC is a strange and wonderful place. Having been out on phones for a little while, the game was released on Steam on July 2,…

The team behind Skullgirls, Lab Zero Games, just announced Indivisible, a game “inspired by classics like Valkyrie Profile and Super Metroid”. Looks cool, and in a nice touch, the soundtrack is being handled by Secret of Mana composer Hiroki Kikuta.

The Rarest Amiibo Of All

Quick, get him before he’s sold out. If anyone knows who this is, let us know! (via @Decktronic)

Venus de Milo, Now With Arms

Yeah yeah, she’s a classic work of art, but since Venus de Milo was found buried in the dirt already missing her arms, we don’t know what they were up to! Would we be revering her if she’d been flipping the bird,or making, you know? Maybe not! This new action figure looks to put the…

N64 Controller Hacked To Work On Xbox One

Chris Gallizzi and Jesse Aragon from Hyperkin gave themselves a day to get an N64 controller working on the Xbox One. Mission accomplished. It’s not perfect—the rushed wiring means the inputs occasionally get a little crazy—but for the most part, it works just fine! Why would you do such a thing? Well, with the Rare…