Nintendo: Wii U’s Weird European Store Restrictions Due To German Law

Last week, it was revealed that European Wii U owners can only purchase 18+ rated games from the Wii U eShop during certain hours of the night. It seemed like a curious decision by Nintendo of Europe. As it turns out, the policy exists in order to comply with German law, which requires that any…

Maybe The Phantom Pain Is the Sequel to Something Else

The leading hypothesis as of this weekend is that mystery game The Phantom Pain is really a smokescreen for Metal Gear Solid V But, over on NeoGAF, a new theory has emerged. Looks kinda like GIRP, doesn’t it? It would be great to see a AAA game try to incorporate the fumbly body movement mechanics…

You Don’t Know Jack Hops from Facebook to Mobile, and It’s So Much Better For It

One of the greatest reasons to play a game on Facebook, the irreverent video game quiz show You Don’t Know Jack expands to iOS and Android on Thursday, and once you’ve gone mobile Jack there’s no going back. I first played You Don’t Know Jack in 1995, back when games came on CD-ROM discs. Twelve…

Every Video Game Would Benefit From A Cat Protagonist

Everyone knows that cats are the kings of the Internet. Put a cat on top of anything and BAM. Instant view-count increase. So here’s a friendly suggestion from the Cat Brothers to game developers: let them put cats in all your things. It will raise their popularity exponentially. Plus, look at that amazing production quality.…

Where Did Devil May Cry‘s Old Look Go? Right into This Fan Film Trailer.

This isn’t the Son of Sparda at his wise-cracking, sword-swinging best. Instead, Steve Darling’s teaser clip for his fan movie about the hero of Capcom’s Devil May Cry franchise looks in what the original Dante is doing in his downtime. The old version of the DMC protagonist mainly just walks around and hangs out in…

SimCity Social ‘Snow Time’ Quests: Everything you need to know

The Winter and Christmas season has come to SimCity Social via the launch of a lengthy “Snow Time” quest series, which will see players being rewarded with a Giant Holiday Tree if they can complete the entire event before it expires. We’re here with a complete guide to finishing all three portions of this Snow…

The Imperfect Art of Judging a Game Before It’s Out

Last Friday morning, my words on this site told you that BioShock Infinite, the long-in-the-works first-person shooter from one of the most respected game development studios in the world, was coming along very well. On Friday evening, if you were watching Spike’s Video Game Awards, your eyes might have told you otherwise. What can you…

You Can Assassinate Those Flying Prometheans In Halo 4 And Other Myths Confirmed

If you need an extra competitive edge in Halo 4 look no further than defendthehouse’s series of myths confirmed and busted. The beauty of multiplayer games is in discovering how items work together and just how far they’ll go. Hopefully some of these in the video above are new to you. And here’s the second…

A Spoilerific Montage In Memory of The Video Game Characters That Died This Year

It’s been a long year, riddled with many deaths. In memory of all the friends and even foes we’ve watched die in video games, here’s a montage (of some, not all) of them put into one video. It should come as no surprise that there are many, many spoilers in this video. So proceed with…

These Belles Are Shooting Up the Sky and Dropping Bombs

When an air combat game seems based on females painted on World War II bombers, you should know what you are getting into. Ditto for a game named Bombshells: Hell’s Belles that stars female pilots. Bombshells, geddit? But Bombshells is more than it first appears to be. In the game, you are facing off against…

Why I’m Glad We’ll Be Able to Play Sportsfriends‘ Wacky Sports Games

I’ve never forgotten Epyx Summer Games on the Commodore 64. A significant chunk of my teenage years were spent in a neighbor’s basement with crossed fingers, hoping that the collection of digital sports competitions would load and then that it wouldn’t crash. I didn’t know what the hell hackeysack was but I knew I had…

Gamevil’s Baseball Superstars 2013 has launched free on Google Play. So much anime baseball goodness.

Gorgeous Games of 2012: Halo 4

To say that Halo 4 was a pretty game would not be doing it justice. Walking through that world was like walking through amazing concept art, complete with stunning sunsets and floating monoliths. It truly was a sight to behold. We already took a look at Journey’s placid beauty. We continue in our series of…

Valve Wants To Get Dota 2 Running On Tablets

Dota 2 on your iPad? It could happen. At the VGAs on Friday night, I asked Valve boss Gabe Newell if they were working on any interesting software projects. He said they were indeed. “We were working on getting Dota 2 running on some tablets,” he said. “That ended up being kind of a disappointment.…

$26 Transforms Your iPhone or iPad Into the Ultimate Official Pokédex

Released last month in Japan, the official iOS Pokédex application is now available in North America and beyond, giving Pokémon fans around the globe access to the ultimate pocket monster compendium. Just don’t expect a kindly tree-named professor to hand it over for free. The official Pokédex app starts fans out with the critters from…

Assassin’s Creed III DLC Gives Both Connor and George Washington Alternate Histories

Unveiled at Friday night’s VGAs, the trailer for Assassin’s Creed III‘s next big DLC throws players into a world where George Washington became a malevolent despot instead of America’s first president. Considering how Connor was a close ally of the iconic general in Assassin’s Creed III, the potential for drama is high in this expansion.…

The Good And Bad of Battlefield 3, One Year (Or So) Later

Last year, Swedish-based developers Digital Illusions CE set out to launch not just a game, but an experience—an ever-changing and evolving experiment, if you will—which would serve as a platform from which future Battlefield titles would stem. More than a year after the release, after more than a year of patches, updates, rule-changes and several…

This Week’s Facebook Winners and Losers: Ruby Blast Adventures Wins at Losing

Despite recent efforts to revitalize the game with an element of progression, Ruby Blast Adventures digs itself a 2 million player hole in this week’s Facebook winners and losers. Maybe the thrill of adventure is wearing thin, or perhaps the recently released mobile version of Ruby Blast is sucking players away from the browser-based version…

Flying Around Far Cry 3 With Wings Strapped To Your Arms

Since you can’t charter a joyflight to give you a leisurely look at Far Cry 3 in its entirety, you’ll just have to do the next best thing: watch someone jump off a roof wearing a wingsuit and film it. There are points where it borders on being the intro to some epic fantasy movie,…

10-Year-Old Girl Steals Over $1,600 to Play Video Games

No one ever suspected a child when about $1600 went missing from a cellphone shop until after security cameras caught the little scamp crawling on the floor behind the counter. Now in Quangang, Fujian province, a 10 year-old girl is in hot water after being caught stealing money, quite a lot of money at that,…