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Mod of the Year Awards Will Pick Winners from 10,000 Nominees
The 14th Annual Mod of the Year Awards are kicking off today. Mods are alterations to computer games made by regular people—usually fans of the original games. Mods can range...Read More
Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash Review
Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash (E for Everyone) came out for the Nintendo Wii U on November 20. It’s very straightforward in a lot of ways (especially if you’ve played a Mario...Read More
Designing the Game of Life…for Real
It was spring of 2015, and I was in the final stretch of writing my doctoral dissertation in 19th century literature. I had procrastinated until I could procrastinate no more,...Read More
Disney XD Wields Teams of Teens in Mario Kart 8 Tournament
Disney XD will be airing a Mario Kart 8 tournament for YouTube gamers later this week. The program is called “A Clash of Karts: Mario Kart 8,” and the tournament...Read More
Yo-Kai Watch Review: Competing with Pokémon
A worthy contender has finally entered Pokémon’s monster-collecting genre. Yo-Kai Watch has exploded in Japan in the last few years, and American audiences finally get a taste of the action...Read More
Disarm All Nukes In Metal Gear Solid 5 to Trigger a Secret Event
If you and everyone in your regional server disarms all nuclear weapons, a secret event will be triggered in Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain. Nuclear disarmament is a major theme...Read More
The Hearthstone World Championship Starts With a Controversial Crash
The game crashed at the Hearthstone World Championship—at least that’s the official story. Some fans who were watching say a player cheated in order to throw the match.Read More
Information Stolen on Over 200,000 Kids in VTech Hack
VTech, a maker of kids’ toys like the Kidizoom Smartwatch and InnoTab tablets, was hacked on November 14. It’s been revealed that the hacker was able to access chat logs and...Read More
PlayStation Network Was Down on Black Friday. Uh-Oh.
The PlayStation Store experienced some problems on Black Friday, but they appear to be mostly resolved now. It wasn’t a good day for problems, since PlayStation Network was having a...Read More
New Data Pack for Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 Coming December 3
Konami announced that Data Pack 2 for Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 will be released on December 3. The update will correct errors in team rosters, taking into account summer player transfers...Read More
InfoScout Names a Winner for Black Friday Console Sales
PlayStation beat out Xbox and Nintendo in console purchases on Black Friday, according to marketing research firm InfoScout, particularly among millennials.Read More
PlayStation 4 Remote Play Coming to PC and Mac
President of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios Shuhei Yoshida recently tweeted confirmation that Remote Play is coming to PC and Mac, complete with a smiley face emoji.Read More
Portal Companion Cubes in Rocket League? Oh, yeah!
Free Portal-themed customizations are coming to Rocket League, the soccer game with rocket-powered cars.Read More
10 Easy Video Games With Great Stories
Sometimes it can be hard to sit down and commit yourself to a game—especially when the game is hard to play. There are tons of great stories in series like Mass...Read More
