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'Angry Birds' Movie Set for July 2016, Picked Up by Sony

Luke Brown — Wed, 15 May 2013 20:45:57 +0000

Sony has announced it will be the distributor for Rovio’s ‘Angry Birds’ 3D film. The movie will be developed and produced by Rovio, with Sony releasing the silver screen adaptation on July 1, 2016. Though the Angry Birds brand has already expanded into an animated series, this is the first time the mobile game will [...]

Play Geoguessr — The Game That Lets You Travel The World

Jackie Mancini — Wed, 15 May 2013 20:00:22 +0000

Created by Anton Wallén, Geoguessr.com is a game for geography nerds, people who think technology is really awesome, and anyone else who happens to love fun. Do you love fun? Of course you do, dummy. Completely integrated into Google Street View, Geoguessr has two sentences of instructions: Look at the area and figure out where you [...]

The Most Beautiful Video Game Cosplay Girls

GuySpeed Editors — Wed, 15 May 2013 16:00:51 +0000

Cosplay girls are a video game nerd's dream come true. Have trouble talking to women because you spend twelve hours a day trying to beat Fire Emblem: Awakening on lunatic difficulty? Fear no more! You'll surely have a few things in common with these beautiful cosplay girls who dress up as some of video games' most legendary and tantalizing characters.

What most people don't know is cosplayers spend weeks creating costumes from

Call of Duty: Ghosts Teaser Trailer [VIDEO]

Critter — Thu, 02 May 2013 02:15:53 +0000

The new Call of Duty: Ghosts will be released on Tuesday, November 5th 2013 (11-05-13) Once again Infinity Ward and Activision have teamed up to bring gamers another title in the best selling franchise. We've been hearing a lot about the new game and wondered for a time if Infinity Ward would continue with the Modern Warfare theme, or change it up.

$8 Goodwill Video Game Fetches $17K at Auction, Pants Still Only Worth a Nickel

Wes Glinsmann — Wed, 01 May 2013 18:00:12 +0000

If you’re like us, your old Nintendo game cartridges are probably collecting dust in your parent’s attic, or stuffed into a closet somewhere. You might want to go dig them out after you hear about the North Carolina woman who recently sold a rare game for more than $17,000. ‘Stadium Events’ is known to enthusiasts [...]

The All New Xbox 720 Microsoft's 'Next Generation' of Entertainment [VIDEO]

Critter — Wed, 01 May 2013 12:55:27 +0000

Xbox 720 the 'Next Generation' of Microsoft's Xbox consoles will be officially unveiled on Tuesday, May 21st (05-21-13) at 12:00pm CST on Xbox Live, Xbox.com and Spike T.V. The gaming world continues to wait impatiently, luckily for us we do have a few sneak peaks and rumors to help us make it to May 21st

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 'Mob of the Dead' Trailer [VIDEO]

Critter — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 21:59:57 +0000

The new Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 D.L.C (downloadable content) / map pack called 'Uprising' will be released tomorrow (04-16-13) for Xbox 360 with Ps3, Wii, P.C and other formats to follow.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 'The Replacer' Returns! [VIDEO]

Critter — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 19:18:40 +0000

This Tuesday (04-16-13) the new Call of Duty: Black ops 2 D.L.C (downloadable content) 'Uprising' will be released for Xbox 360 The new map pack includes four all new multi-player maps: Magma, Encore, Vertigo and Studio. PLUS an all new zombie mode called ‘Mob of the Dead’. Tuesday can't get here fast enough!

Gamer Proposes to Girlfriend Via Custom Role Playing Game

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:46:01 +0000

If you're a gamer and you find yourself a girlfriend who also loves spending marathon sessions in front of a screen you should probably seriously consider locking her down for life.

That's what Redditor Marchaka was thinking with his special lady Michelle, who shares his passion for video games. So, despite his limited coding experience, Marchaka decided to craft an elaborate role playing game for Michelle that would end with a marriage proposal.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 'Uprising' DLC Preview [VIDEO]

Critter — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:44:07 +0000

'Uprising' the new map pack / D.L.C (downloadable content) for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 will be released on (04-16-13) for Xbox 360 with Ps3, Wii, P.C and other formats to follow.

Meet Jose Muñoz: The Man Who Used Xbox to Keep From Being Deported

Wes Glinsmann — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:00:36 +0000
You don’t need a law degree from a fancy college to craft a good legal defense. If you’re Jose Muñoz, all you need is an Xbox. Muñoz was brought to America from Mexico by his parents as a 1-year-old, but his parents never went home when their work visas expired. This means that the Muñoz [...]

World's Biggest Time-Waster Spends Six Years Playing Video Games in Internet Cafe

Drew Weisholtz — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 20:00:20 +0000
Life is all fun and games for one man in China. Li Meng, 30, has spent the last 6 years spending all day everyday playing video games in an Internet café in the Jilin province. Li only gets up from his seat to grab a bite to eat or use the bathroom. He takes a [...]

Urine-Powered Video Games Coming to Minor League Park

Joe Student — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:42:48 +0000
Interested in pissing away your summer? Head to a Lehigh Valley IronPigs game. The Phillies’ Class AAA minor league franchise is helping fans go from Wii to wee by debuting urine-controlled video games in the bathrooms of Coca-Cola Park near Allentown, Pa. this season. See a computer-generated example in the video above to go. It [...]

Minecraft Plus Beetlejuice Equals Our New Favorite Video

Emerald Catron — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 18:33:19 +0000

If you aren't playing Minecraft already, you'll want to be by the time this video's over. Two people hunkered down for two months (we imagine they didn't have time for anything else), and made this amazing Minecraft roller coaster in creative mode in the Xbox 360 version of the game.

Call of Duty – Black Ops 2 'Personalization' Packs [PHOTO]

Critter — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 20:20:59 +0000

Last Friday (03-15-13) Treyarch, the game developers behind Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 along with Activison released a series of micro items or multiplayer content called: 'Personalization Packs' The new micro D.L.C. (downloadable content) will allow C.O.D gamers to further personalize and customize their gaming experience!

Sinful Robot Creates Virtual Whack-Shack for Gamers and Other Sex Fiends

Mike Adams — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:00:34 +0000
I think sex on TV is fine as long as you don’t fall off – Woody Allen There was a time not so long ago when the most advanced conception of no-latex virtual sex involved spending hours sitting in front of a tv spanking the ol’ joystick to ‘Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of [...]

Clever Dad Hacks Donkey Kong Game So Daughter Can Play As a Girl

Drew Weisholtz — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:02:30 +0000
Equal rights has finally come to video games. In a bit of ingenuity, a game developer named Mike Mika managed to hack the classic video game Donkey Kong so that instead of playing as Mario, his three-year-old daughter could play as Pauline, one of the female characters who usually needs to be rescued. Mika’s quest [...]

The Internet Responds to the 'SimCity 5′ Disaster

Emerald Catron — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 20:06:50 +0000

Boy oh boy, are people mad about the new SimCity game! That's a rhetorical question, because the answer is clearly YES, people are quite angry about SimCity 5. Most people are just upset and complaining about long wait times and server failures. Some have taken to writing harsh reviews on Amazon, while others are making image macros to express their frustration. We know for sure at least one person has made good use of their copy of the game. Keep reading for our favorite reactions from the web.

Slash Gets Animated for 'Angry Birds Space' Game

Chad Childers — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 22:09:02 +0000

Slash has been seen in animated form before, whether it be in his 'Bad Rain' video or appearing in a 'Phineas & Ferb' film and music video, but he's never quite looked as he does in the 'Angry Birds Space' game.

'Tomb Raider' Reboot: How Closely Will It Follow the New Game?

Eric Walkuski — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:35:21 +0000

Today sees the release of the new and improved Lara Croft. Crystal Dynamics' Tomb Raider is a reboot of the enduring character, introducing a 17-year-old Croft to a new generation of gamers. And so it's only natural that an upcoming film reboot is being mapped out and will closely follow the game's lead; it has been revealed that the producers of the game and the film will collaborate on the upcoming project.