The Weekend Hotness: Kermit is tired of your sh*t

I saw this shared on Twitter last week. I had a big hearty laugh when I first watched it… then watched it a second time… then a tenth. It’s pretty amazing how Kermit the Frog can go from “passive” to “Christian Bale” in no time flat. This weekend, Jonathan Holmes gives a sneak peek of his new video seriesSup Holmes, BioWare makes a funny, the Flixist crew reviewsIndie Game: The Movie, and I post not one but two Archie Comics stories....

May 27, 2025 · 2 min · 218 words · Kent Edwards

There was almost ice skating in The Witcher 3

The concept was prototyped Let’s take a moment to imagine Geralt ice skating inThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Ahh, sweet bliss. Over the weekend, senior game designer Damien Monnier told a crowd at PAX East about CD Projekt RED’s canceled feature. “It was more than an idea — it was actually a prototype. You were going to ice skate and fight, and you could slice heads and the blood goes on the ice and it’s beautiful....

May 27, 2025 · 1 min · 177 words · Chelsea Thompson

Too Human screens get too leaked too soon and that’s too bad

This is hilarious. Will Microsoft haveanythingleft to show today? The ‘Soft’s Gamers Day hassprung more leaksthan the Titanic, and far be it from us to help stem the flow. Up next,Too Humanscreenshots. Xbox 360 exclusiveToo Humanhas been a long time coming and has been plagued with controversy, but it’s nearly the moment for developer Silicon Knights to put its money where its mouth is. Our news contributor and framerate expert Joe Burling has analyzed these images and come to the conclusion that there is a lot of “pew pew” in the game....

May 27, 2025 · 1 min · 150 words · Jenny Guzman

Undertale’s creator is teasing something big

SANS information, though Undertale’screator Toby Fox is teasing something big for tomorrow. In a very vague Tweet, the indie dev has told users that have finished the game to return to theofficialUndertaleTwitteraccount after 24 hours. It seems he is working on a new game and is looking for feedback from all fans. If you’d like to participate in whatever he is planning, you’ll need a PC or Mac computer. My guess is it will be a survey linked to a video, but it could even be a playable demo for Steam owners ofUndertale....

May 27, 2025 · 1 min · 133 words · Jennifer Chapman

UTV’s crazy-looking FPS Reich still in development

Remember a few weeks back when we ran some footage of a “canceled” game, Reich?Click hereto refresh your memory. Okay, new story: it’s not canceled. In fact, according to the game’s publisher, UTV Ignition Entertainment, it’s still in development. Word comes with the announcement that the company has consolidated its West and East Coast operations to an office in Austin, Texas. “The company’s highly-anticipated first-person shooter,Reich, remains in development and is now being developed in Austin, where key personnel along with additional new hires will create a new internal development team,” are the exact words in the press today....

May 27, 2025 · 1 min · 140 words · Mario Stewart

Viva Pinata Dance Party . . .Bow-chicka-bow-wow?

While Summa is busy playing with his Wii, I’m here to bring you the serious news, oh yes. Microsoft just mass emailed us 360 gamers to make sure we don’t miss out on the awesomeness seen above. You can join Rare in the Metro-news-sexualDance Partywith 3 of your favorite Viva Pinata characters, each with their own 3 songs to choose from. Here’s how the awesomeness is handled: every 5 seconds you can press a button....

May 27, 2025 · 1 min · 192 words · Michelle Combs

What is Bandai Namco teasing?

‘Can you feel the hunger?’ Bandai Namco has just releaseda countdown site, teasing the announcement of uh…something. Can you feel the hunger?#MysteriousGamehttps://t.co/brPperxjbbpic.twitter.com/OtEuVaUlWN — BANDAI NAMCO Europe (@BandaiNamcoEU)August 01, 2025 Right now it’s anyone’s guess as to what it could be, as “hunger” doesn’t give us a lot to go on. Is itArmored Core?Ridge Racer?God Eater?Digimon? Hell, evenPac-Manfits the “hunger” prerequisite. Considering just how many IPs Bandai Namco is currently sitting on, it could be just about anything....

May 27, 2025 · 1 min · 99 words · Stephanie Taylor

Where are the gnomes in Fortnite – All gnome locations

The gnomes inFortniteare all over the map. They’re tricky to spot as they’re not indicated by the game until you’re near them; here’s where to spot these gnomes and earn your extra XP. Gnomes in Fortnite locations The gnomes inFortniteare spread far apart. You’ll need to explore all manner of hills, streets, and lodges to get all of them. You also may needaim assistto take out other players who will inevitably block your way....

May 27, 2025 · 1 min · 116 words · Alexis Webster

Whispers of the Old Gods expansion now out for Hearthstone sans ‘sorry’ emote

I guess Blizzard heard me Well met!Whispers of the Old Gods, the new 134-card expansion forHearthstone, is now available for you to purchase or spend in-game gold on. Upon your next login, you’ll be rewarded with three free packs with the first pack you open containing two copies of Beckoner of Evil and the legendary C’Thun. Players can earn 10 more free packs by winning 9 total games in the new Standard mode that launched today, which is the mode that will be used for officialHearthstonetournaments from here on that limits certain cards from being used....

May 27, 2025 · 2 min · 241 words · Kimberly Wells PhD

Wii U getting acclaimed, spooky Year Walk

Jesus Walks 2013’s peculiar hit about a man wandering the Swedish woods and encountering some kind of lake horse in a suit (and so on) made its way to PC in 2014, but if you’ve still not given it a go, the Wii U is a perfect landing spot for the new dual screen proceedings ofYear Walk. Developer Simogo calls it the, “definite and best version of the game” and it’s coming fall 2015....

May 27, 2025 · 1 min · 109 words · Robert Brown

WWE’s Zelina Vega enters the Royal Rumble as Street Fighter 6 Juri

Cosplay Queen will feature as a guest commentator in SF6 Last night saw a who’s who of WWE Superstars spill into (and out of) the squared circle, as the promotion held its annual Royal Rumble event, emanating live from San Antonio’s legendary Alamodome — As always it was a chaotic night of memorable moments, (no spoilz) one of which saw WWE Queen Zelina Vega rock up to the Rumble itself asStreet Fighter 6skull-kickerJuri Han!...

May 27, 2025 · 2 min · 383 words · Mark Perry

Zynga does NOT top Facebook’s list of top ten games

With all this talk about Zynga and their bazillions of dollars, you’d expectFacebook’s list of top games in 2011to be dominated by their titles. While half the titles on the list are Zynga games, the two most popular aren’t. I have no idea whatGardens of Timeis, but I know it’s made by Playdom, and that it’s the most popular game on Facebook for 2011. EA takes second place withThe Sims Social....

May 27, 2025 · 1 min · 137 words · Amanda Jones

120GB PS3 modding begins

Pretend it’s one of those old black and white silent films, except it’s not black and white: Act Two: The Prestige: I wanna see it actually play a game, but a modded PS3 before the PS3 is even technically out it still sounds pretty sweetoid to me. You can see more pics of the processhereif watching three act movies isn’t your thing. [ThanksJakanden!]

May 26, 2025 · 1 min · 63 words · Carol Flynn