“Pokkén Tournament” Announced
Pokémon/Tekken Crossover to Hit Japanese Arcades in 2015
When the trademarks for “Pokkén Fighters” and “Pokkén Tournament” were registered in both the U.S. and Europe, speculation abounded that it would only be a matter of time until we received confirmation of a "Pokémon" fighting game. Just one year later, and the wait is over. Read more »
“Super Smash Brothers” Roster Leaked
A Few Surprises We Didn't Know About
With the new "Super Smash Brothers" game around the corner, some interesting images of a possible full roster have leaked. The image reveals a massive roster with a few surprises we hadn't heard about yet. Read more »
Amazon Acquires Twitch
Google Gets Nothing!
A month ago, it was reported that Google was set to purchase the popular video game streaming website Twitch for a billion dollars. However, it appears that those reports were a bit premature. Read more »
Girl Gaming on the Rise
Women are No Longer in the Minority Among Gamers
In a recent study conducted by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), findings conclude that women represent a greater portion of the gaming population (36 percent) than teenage boys (17 percent). Read more »
Firaxis Releases their Second Video Showcasing Sid Meier’s “Beyond Earth”
Pete Murray and David McDonough Discuss Seeded Starts, Non-Historical Civilization, and Space Adventures
"Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth” has clear skies projected in its forecast in anticipation for an Oct. 24 release date. Read more »
Breaking the Stereotype With “Never Alone”
A Traditional Story Finds a New Medium
It's common to see in a lot of video games and movies these days: The native people of a setting are never really the centerpiece; they always need to be saved or are there just as merchants or faceless enemies. They are never really alive. There aren't a lot of games that actually try to tell a story from the perspective of the natives. Now, that is happening in a game called "Never Alone." Read more »
DDoS Attacks Drop Blizzard and PSN Servers
Here We Go Again
Users of the PlayStation Network might experience difficulties logging in today. Most users will also notice that routine maintenance is scheduled for tomorrow, not today. This is due to yet another DDoS attack on the seevers, this time by a group called "The Lizard Squad." The group has also claimed to be the ones taking down Blizzard servers as well. Read more »
“Woolfe: The Red Hood Diaries” Closing the Gap on Kickstarter
Cinematic Fairytale Platformer in Final Weeks Of Campaign
We all know the story of “Little Red Riding Hood,” right? Maybe not. Like many fairytales, there are various elements of the story that change from region to region as the story is passed from one generation to another. With that thought in mind, the staff over at GRIN Gamestudio found inspiration for their game “Woolfe: The Red Hood Diaries.” Read more »
Naughty Dog Releases Two Free Maps for “Last of Us”
Thankful to Fans Who Are Dealing with Multiplayer Match-Matching Issues
In an attempt to soothe things over with a player-base that is frustrated with "The Last of Us: Remastered"'s multiplayer match-making issues, Naughty Dog has decided to release two new multiplayer maps, completely free, to the public. Arne Meyer, the community strategist at Naughty Dog, made this statement through an official blog post: Read more »
“Sentinels of the Multiverse: Wrath of the Cosmos” Pre-Order Going Strong
With Promos Galore!
Greater Than Games announced the newest expansion for the game "Wrath of the Cosmos." With "Wrath of the Cosmos," Greater Than Games brings the heroes of their game forth to defend the world against threats from beyond the galaxy. The initial box contains two heroes, four new villains, and two new environments. Read more »
“GTA V” Online Gets New Planes
"GTA V" Online Continues to Update
While you may have already beaten "GTA V" multiple times, the Online community continues to thrive. Today, we saw yet another update to the online mode of "GTA V" that added new planes and flying based missions. These major changes were in addition to eight new races and three new multiplayer modes. Read more »
Why Is “Assassin’s Creed Rogue” Not Coming to Current Generation Consoles?
Ubisoft Wants to Split Gamers on Their Platform Preference This Year
"Assassin's Creed Rogue" will be one of two Assassin's Creed titles coming this year alongside "Assassin's Creed Unity." Ubisoft has decided to split the franchise into two games per year, "Rogue" on the last generation consoles and "Unity" on the current generation platforms. Read more »
“Star Citizen” Blasts through $50 Million Mark
....and Beyond!
It seems like just yesterday that I was perusing Kickstarter, looking for projects that I might be interested in funding."Star Citizen" seemed neat. And at the time, they were only asking for $500,000. Yeah, I thought. I'll give them $30. Read more »
Third Faction Is Announced for the X-Wing Miniatures Game: Scum and Villainy
Still No Disintegration....
This year, at GenCon, Fantasy Flight Games made a big announcement regarding their "X-Wing Miniatures Games:" they were introducing an entire new faction - Scum and Villainy. The faction will be based off of the worst of the worst of the Star Wars universe. The bounty hunters, smugglers and mercenaries that only fight for themselves (and their wallets) and couldn't care less what the Imperials or the Rebels were doing. Read more »
Ca$h ‘n Guns 2nd Edition, Hits the Streets!
STICK'EM UP!
You and your team just walked away from the biggest and most risky heist of your lives. The pile of loot is on the table and its time to split it up. You glance around the room. You aren't friends with any of these people. You'd probably get a lot more of the money if a few of these goons were...how do you say...shot in the head multiple times. The same greedy glint that's in your eyes is suddenly reflected in everyone else's eyes. Itchy hands subtly drop to their guns.... Read more »
“Munchkin Adventure Time!” and “Munchkin Gloom” Announced
Oh My Glob!
It seems like the world can never have too many "Munchkin" sets. Last year at GenCon, it was announced that Steve Jackson Games would be teaming up with USAopoly and Cartoon Network to create a brand new set of cards around the mega-popular cartoon, "Adventure Time!" Read more »
“Star Wars: Armada” Launched by Fantasy Flight Games
*Cue Imperial March Theme*
Fantasy Flight Games really isn't messing around with its "Star Wars" games this year. In 2012, Fantasy Flight first came out with their "X-Wing Miniatures" game, which allowed players to build fleets of fighters and dogfight it out right on the kitchen table. Since then, they've released dozens of expansions, giving players access to more ships and more abilities and more ways to bring "Star Wars" to life. The game is fun, simple, and elegantly designed; you can pick it up and start playing in less than 15 minutes. Each game has the potential to be completely different from the last, but still, after playing a few rounds, you start to think about the other ships of the "Star Wars" universe, about how small an "X-Wing" is. And about how big some of the other ships are. Read more »
Fantasy Flight Games Announces “Imperial Assault”
Is the the "Star Wars Game" We're Looking For?
Earlier today, Fantasy Flight Games revealed the newest addition to their ever-growing "Star Wars" game catalog: "Imperial Assault." Read more »
“World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor” Release Date Announced
This Expansion Isn’t Going to Be During Finals Week, Kids
Blizzard revealed the release date for the next expansion, “Warlords of Draenor” for Thursday, Nov. 13, four days after the end of BlizzCon. “Warlords of Draenor” throws players back in time 35 years prior to the opening of the Dark Portal and offers an alternative perspective to the Outland players were originally introduced to in “The Burning Crusade.” Read more »
GenCon Demo: “XCOM: The Board Game”
We Are Humanity's Last Hope....
On one of the first days of GenCon 2014, the world got its first look at Fantasy Flight Games' latest: "XCOM: The Board Game." Read more »
