• Skullgirls Steam Key is 20% Off, Beta Starts Tomorrow

    The PC download preorder of Skullgirls became available today at GameFly’s PC download department. If you preorder the upcoming August 22nd release you’ll not only get access to the Beta (which begins August 1st) but you can also use the GameFly coupon code GFDAUG20 and knock the price down from $14.99 $11.99. All this One-Day-Early….

  • Another Xbox One U-turn – Microsoft Confirms Indie Developers Will Be Able to Self-Publish

    Another day, another policy Xbox One U-turn. It’s become a familiar story. Back in June, after the phenomenal backlash against their used-game and online authentication policies, Microsoft  execs performed a remarkable turn-around in announcing that they would be scrapping these policies. Whether you agree with the u-turn or not (and it’s become clear in recent…

  • New BioShock Infinite DLC Revealed

    Irrational Games, the developers behind the hugely popular BioShock and BioShock Infinite have just announced 2 of the 3 DLC packs they are putting out for BioShock Infinite, as well as a general idea regarding the third. Just let me say, these look freaking awesome!   New BioShock Infinite DLC Revealed!   The first BioShock…

  • Review – Dust: An Elysian Tail

    Alright furries, strap your large animal suits on. Dust: an Elysian Tail (Get it?) is out on Steam, and I’ve been spending the last week getting my hands on the sword wielding furball known as Dust. This game was brought to my attention thanks to the Steam summer sale that Valve holds annually to decimate…

  • Gaming: When It’s Good To Be Bad

    “Thanks for saving me, mister,” the little girl says, turning away to wriggle home through a tube in the wall, “oh by the way, here’s loads of Adam. See ya.” But hang on, I think, that’s not what was supposed to happen. I sacrificed my rewards in order to save you! vGet back here and…

  • The Last of Us – Game Review

    The Last of Us is the brain-child of Naughty Dog studios. It’s hard to believe that this is the same company that began with the Crash Bandicoot franchise (a game I still love to play). Clearly they continue to thrive with their latest creation. The Last Of Us – Characterization In a post-viral-outbreak world, you are Joel;…

  • Pokémon X and Y: Have They Revealed Too Much?

    Pokémon is quite the legendary series. The franchise dates back all the way to when I was but a wee lad blasting ships away in Space Invaders on the Game Boy Color. Ah, it was such a magical moment getting to choose between those first three starter Pokemon in Blue Version. Every new encounter I…

  • Xbox One Demand Is “Through The Roof” Says Xbox Chief

    According to a Microsoft Executive, GameStop had to stop taking pre-orders for the XBox One due to very high demand and not because of low supply.  Aaron Greenberg, Xbox Chief of staff, recently tweeted that the demand for the next gen Xbox One at GameStop is “Through the roof”. XBox One Demand “Through The Roof”…

  • Everyone Pre-Order The Bureau: XCOM Declassified So I’ll Get My Group Rewards

    Attention squad based tactical PC gamers, I need you to preordered The Bureau: XCOM Declasified. Why take a shot in the dark on this upcoming August 20th release, you ask? Well here’s why – Group Rewards. That’s right, 2K Games can’t come up with a simple price break incentive to preorder for the latest XCOM…

  • League of Legends Getting Two New Items

    Alright LoLerskaters, I’ve got some bad news for fans of Runic Bulwark. If you haven’t heard, it will be removed in the upcoming Lucian patch for League of Legends. I know, it is an awesome item and it will be sorely missed. Fear not though, we are getting two new items to help with the…

  • Why We Need More Local Co-Op Games

    Some of my favorite video game memories were made with a group of friends huddled around a TV. The good old days of SNES multitaps and local co-operative games. I remember getting a group of friends and my brother together to play The Lord of the Rings for the SNES. Sure, you had to have…

  • The New Smash Bros: Who Will Get the Axe?

    It’s no breaking news that Masahiro Sakurai has mentioned that some characters from Brawl are going to be cut from Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS. There’s simply not enough time to add them all. The man’s a bit of a perfectionist. We saw Brawl delayed for quite…

  • Star Wars Coming to Club Penguin

    Get your little Padawan geared up for Club Penguin’s Star Wars Takeover! If you’re unfamiliar with Club Penguin, it’s a MMO world where you can take control of a penguin to play all sorts of mini games, and go on adventures. It’s the number one online world for children, and now it’s getting a makeover…

  • Wildstar’s Last Two Character Races Unveiled

    San Diego Comic Con certainly brought the heat this year with tons upon tons of excitement and entertainment. I believe what made me the most excited though, was the announcement of the final two playable races in the upcoming MMORPG Wildstar. Yes, Wildstar! You know, that super exciting game on the way with capabilities to…

  • Riot Approves Fan-made League of Legends Fighting Game

    Have you ever heard of a game called League of Legends? Haha, just kidding, I know you’ve heard of it, this is the internet after all. If you haven’t heard of it, then you should climb out of whatever cave you’ve been living in. LoL not only brought the multiplayer online battle arena to the…