Cloud City is finally out for the PC version of Angry Birds Star Wars, nearly 3 months after all other platforms. The update includes the first 20 levels of Cloud City, 10 Boba Fett missions (unlocked after finding jetpacks) and 2 bonus missions. PC gamers consistently get updates last, despite charging 5x as much! That's unlikely to change any time soon. Rovio Entertainment simultaneously ... [Read More]

Not only did Microsoft's press conference fail to alleviate fears about the new Xbox One but followup interviews seem to confirm them. (Almost) Always Online Microsoft corporate vice president Phil Harrison tells Wired an internet connection for won't be required for "certain" single player games, which implies it will for some or even most games. Furthermore, he suggested it will ... [Read More]

A new Google Easter egg celebrates the 37th anniversary of the classic arcade game Atari Breakout. Performing an image search for the game loads a Google version called Image Breakout. Destroy the bricks with the pong paddle using keyboard left and right arrows instead of a mouse, which frequently lags. This also frees up the mouse for the pause button, which has no shortcut. And you can share ... [Read More]

Z Pictures specializes in Live Action Video Game Trailer (LAVGT), a triple A commercial invitation to a video game. "I'm a fan of Science Fiction, Filmmaking, and Video games, so I clashed them all together in one video, DEAD SPACE: Chase to Death," explains creator Eric Z Zaragoza. "I hope that I will be able to continue making live action video game trailers." DEAD SPACE: Chase to Death ... [Read More]

Xbox 720 will require an internet connection in order to play games, according to Kotaku. "If there isn't a connection, no games or apps can be started," explained an unnamed source. "If the connection is interrupted then after a period of time—currently three minutes, if I remember correctly—the game/app is suspended and the network troubleshooter started." Gamers have been vocal in ... [Read More]

Capcom will 'rewrite history' this summer with DuckTales Remastered, a 2.5D update of the classic NES game for PlayStation Network, Xbox Live Arcade and Wii U eShop. The 8-bit sprites have been replaced with hand-drawn animation so characters will have the proper color scheme and details like mummy bandages unwrapping are done frame by frame rather than in an indiscernible flash of light. ... [Read More]

Some pubs are actually encouraging bar fights, the virtual variety at least. The McKinney ad agency has created a beer-themed arcade game to promote Big Boss Brewing. RUGBY - BEER VENDING MACHINE The Last Barfighter is flash game styled after Street Fighter. Players choose one of five characters representing the five year-round Big Boss brews: Hell's Belle, Bad Penny, Angry Angel, Blanco ... [Read More]

PlayStation 4 will be released just in time for holidays, according to a Sony press conference held this week (video below). The console, which did not make an appearance, will have an 8-core X86-64 AMD Jaguar CPU and 8GB GDDR5 RAM Radeon GPU. The PlayStation Eye has two improved cameras that are capable of facial recognition. The DualShock 4 controller has been updated with a built-in ... [Read More]

Black Friday may be over but there are still some good deal on video game console bundles this Cyber Monday. Most notably on the Wii U, which is pretty big deal since it's in such high demand anyway. CURRENT DEALS (ongoing updates): Wii U Wii U White 8GB w/ Batman Arkham City and Scribblenauts Unlimited - $419 (Toys "R" Us - SAVE ADDITIONAL $25 using ANY MasterCard) Wii U Black ... [Read More]

Black Friday deals on PS3 and Xbox 360 bundles. Current Deals (continually updated): PS3 PS3 250GB Bundle w/Uncharted 1&2 and Infamous 1&2 - $199 (Target) PS3 250GB Bundle w/Uncharted 1&2 and Infamous 1&2 PLUS: your choice of free game - $219 (Walmart) PS3 250GB Bundle w/Uncharted 1&2 and Infamous 1&2 - $199 (Amazon Lightning deal starts 5:15 PM 11/22 PST - Sold out in 5 ... [Read More]

Robot Chicken reveals why those Angry Birds are so angry with a storybook nursery rhyme compete with narration by Keith David. "There once was a bird with a very happy life, he had a nice nest, a nice car, hot wife," David divulges. "But one day he gave his bedroom door a push, to see a bird in her hand and two in ... [Read More]

In the latest episode of the Travel Channel's Making Monsters "Demon Dogs and Hell Hounds," Distortions Unlimited builds interactive animatronic Halloween props powered by Kinect. "This technology is smart," says Ed Edmunds, President of Distortions Unlimited. "It can tell where you're standing. It can answer questions. It does voice recognition. That's a little creepy because I talk to the ... [Read More]

The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is expanding its campaign to virtual animals. PETA has released Pokemon: Black and Blue, a parody video game that inverts the tagline "gotta catch 'em all" to "gotta free 'em all!" The player controls abused Pokemon and attack their trainers with moves like group hug and protest, which lower defense and attack respectively, while trainers ... [Read More]

The OUYA (rhymes with booyah) is a new open-source Android-based console being funded independently on Kickstarter. At just $99 it's not meant to compete with the Xbox 360 or PS3 but it can play many of the same games thanks to a Tegra3 quad-core processor. "We've had a lot of questions about this, people asking whether or not Tegra 3 could handle the types of games that they want to play ... [Read More]

%CODE1%NetherRealm Studios previously announced that Injustice: Gods Among Us will introduce a new class-based system of gadget and power characters that uniquely interact with the environment. They demonstrated this at Comic-Con with a new trailer and gameplay featuring two new characters: Cyborg and Nightwing. Nightwing, a gadget type, can propel himself off cars or throw his opponents ... [Read More]

Wreck-It Ralph is like Toy Story except with video game characters in an arcade. When the game's over, they come to life but Wreck-It Ralph doesn't want to go back to his game. This bad guy is tired of wrecking things only to have them repaired by his counterpart, Fix-It Felix, so he sets off on a game-hopping journey to become a hero. Unfortunately, Ralph can't escape his destructive nature. ... [Read More]