Shadow of Mordor Is Way Less Fun On Old Consoles

When Shadow of Mordor first arrived in September, it was met with heaps of well-deserved praise. The last-gen versions of the game arrived today to considerably more muted fanfare. After playing a few hours on my PlayStation 3, I can see why. This is not the Mordor I remember falling in love with. I’ve only…

Witness The True Horror of Far Cry 4’s Badgers

You may not know this, but badgers are the worst. Combine that fundamental truth, with the randomness of Far Cry 4, and what you get is pure chaos. Watch as a scene in Far Cry 4 starts breaking down completely, complete with rhinos, characters fusing into trucks, and an endless supply of rocks. This is…

Far Cry 4 Without All The Shooting

There is a lot of stuff to shoot in Far Cry 4. A lot. Dudes, cars, merciless soul-eating badgers, rhinos, flying whirly copters—the list goes on. But sometimes it’s nice to just sit back and admire the landscape too. Which is all to say, “them graphics, tho.” Harry101UK put together this video showing off the…

The Honest Trailers For Smash Bros. Nails How Silly The Game Is

Okay, look. As much as I love Smash, even I can admit the entire premise of the game is ridiculous. Nevermind all the tensions about how one should “actually” play such a silly (but amazing) game. Smosh Games hilarious breaks down Smash Bros., and then does the time-honored tradition of renaming all the Smash characters…

Jet Set Radio‘s Anti-Establishment Hero Looks Perfect In Polystone

Straight off the streets of Tokyo-to, the latest statue in First 4 Figures’ Sega All-Stars line cannot be Beat, and yet it is. There were two characters I was really hoping would make an appearance in First 4 Figures’ Sega All-Stars line. The first was Vyse from Skies of Arcadia, and the second was Beat…

Are you an active World of Warcraft subscriber? You get five free days—it’s Blizzard’s way of saying “sorry” for all the lag and other technical issues that went down when Warlords of Draenor launched last week.

The Creator Of Monkey Island Is Making A New Adventure Game

Oh my goodness. OH MY GOODNESS. Ron Gilbert, best known as the creator of Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion, just launched a Kickstarter for a brand new old-school point-and-click adventure game that looks just about incredible. Yes, yes, we’re all suffering from Kickstarter malaise, and these days crowdfunded projects seem ripe for disappointment, but this…

Secret Drugs Do Surprising Things In The New GTA V [Update]

The new versions of GTA V on the PS4 and Xbox One hide some things you haven’t seen before, even if you’ve played the last-gen versions of the game. And some of this stuff can be a little…wacky. If you don’t want to be spoiled on this secret, I suggest you stop reading now! OK.…

In response to player complaints about not being able to bring over last-gen GTA Online characters to new-gen GTA V, Rockstar is deploying a patch for to address a GTA Online character transfer problem. PlayStation platforms will be getting the patch today, with an Xbox version to follow tomorrow.

Nvidia’s Shield Gets Its Own Little Slice Of Cloud Gaming

Nvidia’s GRID game streaming service goes live across Shield portables and tablets today, with 20 games available for free remote play. When conditions are perfect, it’s one of the best remote gaming services I’ve tried. Free for Shield owners through June 30, 2015, the GRID gaming service launches today alongside the Shield Tablet rollout of…

$10 off GTAV on PS4/Xbox One, Humble Hunger Games, Big Hero 6, More

The now optionally first-person Grand Theft Auto V current gen port gets a day one $10 discount. [GTAV] Two more good 2DS deals today, including one on the new crystal version. Crystal Red or Crystal Blue Nintendo 2DS Console ($100) | Target Red or Blue Nintendo 2DS Console w/ Mario Kart 7 ($100) | Target…

50GB Console Games, Here We Go!

My new “biggest game on my PS4 hard drive” is still Wolfenstein: New Order, but GTA V comes close. Over on my Xbox One? Here are the biggest:

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iPhone 6 Showcase MOBA Vainglory Now Available In The States

Super Evil Megacorp’s lovely MOBA, Vainglory, was the only game on stage at Apple’s iPhone 6 presser earlier this year, and now it’s available as a free download from iTunes. It’s so great. I’ve been playing with the game for a few weeks, thanks to iTunes accounts in other countries, and it’s been a blast.…