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Is Cloud's Buster Sword from Final Fantasy VII really practical? How much work and steel would go into building one? Find out here. Nothing easy is worth doing; somebody famous once said that or something like it. They were talking about Cloud's Buster Sword. Every week the blacksmiths at AweMeChannel... More

Splinter Cell's Spies vs. Mercs mode was always a refreshing take on multiplayer shooters. The mode is returning for Splinter Cell: Blacklist, but see how the game is played in real life. Man is the most dangerous game. CorridorDigital put together this video of some real dudes playing Splinter Cell... More

It's an extended holiday weekend, and we plan to use that extra time to better ourselves and the world...by playing games. Jeff Cork: I downloaded Call of Juarez: Gunslinger last night, and I’ll probably blow through it over the weekend. After that, I’m going to play some more Resident... More

Update: Microsoft has offered a statement about the reported but unconfirmed features of the Xbox One. A representative from Microsoft e-mailed us the following statement: "In the days since we announced Xbox One there has been a lot of random speculation about various features and potential future... More

Microsoft just released an ambiguous statement about the future of used games sales on the Xbox One. Indirect unofficial Microsoft sources are now saying that while the system will require regular checks for online connectivity, there won't be a fee for used games. Unidentified sources have told... More

Xbox Live's Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb has offered a statement on the used game issue that has been plaguing the Xbox One since its announcement. Microsoft has offered a number of conflicting statements on how the Xbox One will handle used games. Hryb's statement is still pretty ambiguous... More

The XCOM series has seen a recent resurgence, with Firaxis' popular Enemy Unknown delighting series faithful and wooing new fans. But what about the other XCOM game? As we mentioned in a recent preview , The Bureau: XCOM Declassified is shaping up quite nicely, retaining much of what makes the series... More

We’re entering an incredibly busy and exciting time to be covering video games. New console announcements assure that publishers will be taking the lid off of all sorts of new game reveals at E3 in a few weeks, and after that it will be a quick countdown to the competitive holiday buying season... More

Today is a good day for console puzzle/platformer fans. Focus Home Interactive has announced that it will be publishing Contrast for PC, Xbox Live Arcade, and Playstation Network. Contrast, which we've recently previewed , is set in the 1920s and is inspired by vaudeville performances. Players will... More

The collector's edition of Grid 2, the Mono Edition, will be $190,000 and will include a real car. There's only going to be one and it's going to be for PlayStation 3. If you have an Xbox 360 and want this edition, don't worry – the Mono Edition comes with a PlayStation 3. Along... More

Capcom's Arcade Cabinet is a virtual platform that Capcom has used to release classic arcade titles pack by pack over the past few months on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. All of the titles have released now, so Capcom has gathered all the games in one bundle. You can grab all 17 games on either Xbox... More

Publisher 505 Games is launching a Payday 2 web series next week, and you can get an early look at it right now. The clip shows four antiheroes – Dallas, Hoxton, Wolf, and Chains – as they get ready to unleash a large-scale series of heists. The series is being directed by Demian Lichtenstein... More

Hello Games has announced that its high-flying hero, Joe Danger, will be making the leap over to PC in 2013. Until now, the only way that players could enjoy his death-defying antics was by playing his games on PS3, Xbox 360, or mobile devices. "For the PC version of JD, we’ve had a lot of... More

Chillingo has announced that it will be publishing a new mobile title from DmC Devil May Cry studio Ninja Theory. Fightback will be coming to iOS and Android this summer. We reported earlier this morning that Ninja Theory had trademarked the name "Fightback" earlier this month and that a related... More

Yesterday, Ninja Theory cryptically teased an announcement for today. Alone, it didn't seem particularly newsworthy, but new information has caught our attention. The studio most recently responsible for this years DmC Devil May Cry has a new trademark that might be the title of its next project... More

Microsoft's official Xbox blogger has released a picture of how Xbox One game boxes will look - using Forza 5 as an example. The picture is above. It's a slightly sleeker look than the 360 game box. It's interesting that the trademark Xbox green - which is largely absent from the Xbox One... More

Today, video game peripheral company Turtle Beach that it will be releasing a line of gaming headsets for Microsoft’s Xbox One console. “In Turtle Beach we have a partner that can help Microsoft deliver world class gaming audio experiences to our customers,” said Turtle Beach’s... More

In the last couple of months, we've wrapped up our Super Replays of both Ninja Gaiden and Luigi's Mansion . As is tradition around these parts, we threw out the call for t-shirt designs for a contest for each of them. We've picked our winners, and you can check them out below: Ninja Gaiden... More

EA Sports has just announced the current-gen pre-order bonus for FIFA 14, and it will give you more than a leg up on your Ultimate Team in the game. Pre-ordering a current-gen version of the game (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC) will get you 24 Ultimate Team gold packs doled out once a week for 24 weeks... More

A new version of Kinect is included with every Xbox One . Microsoft's other version of Kinect – the one focused on computing and business applications – is also in development. Kinect for Windows uses the same technological foundation as the Xbox One's Kinect, and is slated to release... More