The popularity of postapocalyptic survival games has been explosive, and it has become increasingly critical to offer a fresh take or risk being lost in the bedlam. Nether, however, is a first-person online survival shooter that doesn’t strive to reinvent the wheel. It approaches the challenge by introducing tried-and-true ideas, mashing them together in hopes […]

Recently, developer Square Enix announced Final Fantasy Explorers for the 3DS for Japan. Now, it appears that the game is coming overseas. In a filing first reported by Nintendo Everything, Square Enix trademarked Final Fantasy Explorers in Europe and the United States. The game was previously only known to be in development for Japanese audiences. […]

American metal band Avenged Sevenfold’s mobile game, an action adventure title called Hail to the King: Deathbat, will launch for mobile devices this summer, once testing is complete, the group has announced. “We’re trying to do something that hasn’t really been done before,” Avenged Sevenfold singer M. Shadows told TechRadar. “We’re trying to compact basically […]

UPDATE: As it turns out, the Far Cry 4 footage on Twitch today was recorded at E3 and is not in fact live. The next stream kicks off at 4 p.m. PDT, and you can watch it above. The original story is below. Ubisoft’s Far Cry 4 doesn’t launch until November, but a pair of […]

Several design documents from CD Projekt Red’s upcoming open-world game The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt have allegedly been leaked online. Posted on Reddit by user Kromgar in a series of screenshots, the images show concept art from the game, as well as some of the game’s bestiary. The various game endings are also reportedly revealed […]

As our review of Tomodachi Life pointed out, a big part of the game’s appeal is to populate your virtual island with Miis inspired by your real-life friends and family. But what if you want to add some star power to your game? Rather than create your own or importing them from other players, Nintendo […]

Sony has put a lot of effort into making the PlayStation Vita an indie-friendly platform, but there’s one indie darling that won’t be making an appearance on the handheld device. Responding to a question from a fan on Twitter about whether the spacefaring indie hit FTL: Faster Than Light will ever get ported to the […]

As of March 31, Nintendo has sold 6.17 million Wii U consoles worldwide, well short of the 9 million it had hoped to sell in the preceding 12 months (2.72 million consoles were sold during that span). But Nintendo isn’t ready to cut the price of the console, currently starting at $299, just to spur […]

Electronic Arts is currently looking into the possibility that it incorrectly banned Battlefield 3 players for cheating when they didn’t, the company has announced. “We are investigating an issue of PunkBuster bans that were incorrectly applied to some of our players,” EA said. “Please understand that our game advisors are not able to access or […]

According to the last official worldwide numbers, PlayStation 4 sold 7 million units to date, putting it well ahead of Xbox One’s 3 million units, but for some reason Microsoft’s console is winning the popularity contest on Facebook. According to a tally of “likes” among Facebook users in the United States conducted by the Movoto […]