Playing protagonist musical chairs It’s a real feat for a game to actually surprise you. We’ve entered an age where every character reveal, every playable mode, multiplayer feature, or gameplay quirk is carefully calculated and announced at the most opportune moment to build hype to an absolute fever pitch. By …

It was quite the surprise when Nintendo secured exclusive rights to Bayonetta 2 (opens in new tab) – a violent action game starring a beautiful witch with long legs and a love of lollipops seen as a bit more … adult than the usual company faire. Well, prepare to feel …

343’s getting pretty good at giving away free stuff. Between two major updates (the latest of which arrives this week (opens in new tab)), the developer’s already added (or announced it’s adding) a new Forge mode, an updated Blood Gulch, Big Team Battle mode, more than a few dozen bits …

To celebrate the limited-time Sparrow Racing League (opens in new tab) event in Destiny (opens in new tab), Bungie has commissioned you to make a video or three – and if you’re lucky, the studio will pay you with a Taken King PS4 console. As part of the Sparrow Racing …

Yakuza 5 is a story about the inner workings of the Japanese underworld, a tale of scheming villains and morally righteous heroes. It’s also a taxicab simulator, video game emulator, two wildly different rhythm games, a hunting and fishing game, and so much more. And while no one part of …

There are but a few scant months between now and the February 16 release date for Street Fighter 5 (opens in new tab), so if you want to enter the ring with Capcom’s upcoming fighter, I’d suggest using that time to prepare. But where do you start, especially if Street …

Until now, every VR demo I’d ever tried felt like a ride at a theme park; a fleeting burst of excitement built to run the same exact way every time. None of them lasted more than a few minutes, because anything longer would’ve threatened to ruin the magic when the …

Need for Speed the series is about car racing, but Need for Speed (opens in new tab) the new game is mostly about screening phone calls. The borderline-harassing call system, which compelled your crew of urban-ish virtual friends to ring you up with the frequency of a worried parent checking …

The blocky world builder has taken its time coming to Nintendo but Minecraft (opens in new tab) will finally be available on Wii U from December 12th. Announced on Mojang’s Blog (opens in new tab), the game will be available on the Nintendo eShop and come with multiple content packs. …

We’ve already seen some impressive music creation in Fallout 4, like these pressure plates that play the Mario theme (opens in new tab) when you walk over them. This, however, is a new level of crazy building achievement from Daniel Cullinane who’s programmed 185 speakers to play Carol of the …