This is an insane story that comes to us from Nintendo Life. They ran an article today that sheds some light on what game development was like in Japan some 20 years ago. Apparently, some of the big Japanese developers had big underground ties to gangsters and corrupt cops. Who knew!
Sure, there have always been hushed whispers of shady dealings but nothing ever really concrete. That is until now thanks to a new book by John Szczepaniak called The Untold History of Japanese...
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Rumor: Japanese Development Studio Allegedly Kidnapped a Developer's Sister to Stop Them from Working with Nintendo
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Veterans Day 2015: Help Veterans While Eating at Carl's Jr. and Hardee's
If you go to pick up some dinner tonight, maybe think about picking something up from Carl's Jr. or Hardee's. Today, they're offering a special where you can purchase a meal and help veterans find high quality jobs after returning home.
Here are the details on the Call of Duty Endowment non-profit and the efforts by Stars for Heroes.
Veterans Day 2015 Philanthropic Support In an effort to further support this partnership, Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s philanthropic progr... -
Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 Sales Surpass Half a Billion Dollars
You know what game is selling well? Call of Duty: Black Ops 3. Activision has once again proclaimed it to be the "biggest entertainment launch of the year." In its first three days, the game sold over $550 million in "sell-through" around the world.
Who wants some more facts and celebratory quotes?
In its first three days, the blockbuster title exceeded $550 million in sell-through worldwide, according to Activision estimates. The opening weekend haul is the biggest... -
Latest Patch Provides a Really Stupid Way to Bring a Certain Metal Gear Solid V Character Back
At some point during the second act for Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, you end up losing a partner. Once they're gone, they're gone for good. That is unless of course you were playing on the PC and added them back by slightly modifying a file or two. If you were consoles, well that's just too damn bad. Konami released a new patch for The Phantom Pain recently that now provides an official, albeit really stupid, way to get aforementioned character back. I'll say it right now t... -
First Raid Content, Spirit Vale, Coming to Guild Wars 2 on November 17
ArenaNet announced that the first ever raid content for Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns is coming on November 17. This is the first of three planned raid wings that will compose the first raid for the game. Get those gear checks ready because this won't be a casual stroll through the park.
Spirit Vale represents the first of three raid wings that will ultimately form the first full raid in Guild Wars 2, introducing a new style of challenging content. Raids in Heart of Thorns will be unlike... -
Steam Hardware Now Available - Link, Controller, and Machines
Valve officially released their lineup of Steam branded hardware today. This includes the Steam Controller (review incoming), the Steam Link (review incoming), and a lineup of Steam Machines from various manufacturers.
Valve today announces the official launch of its line of Steam Hardware devices in the US, Canada, UK, and Europe. A leading platform for PC, Mac, and Linux games, Steam offers more than 6,000 titles to millions of gamers around the... -
Half-Life 2: Deathmatch Updated November 9, 2015
An update for Half-Life 2: Deathmatch was just released by Valve.
Changelog for HL2: DM for November 9, 2015• Fixed "You do not have this 3rd party mod installed" error when joining game servers via the Steam server browser • Fixed ent_teleport causing a crash when issued by the server • Fixed buildcubemaps command not working for maps that already have cubemaps embedded • Fixed -buildcubemaps command line option generating black non-HDR cubemaps • Fixed a poten... -
Here is Target's 2015 Black Friday Ad
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Here is Target's 2015 Black Friday Ad
The Black Friday ad for Target "leaked" today all over the Internet. You can see what you'll be making a mad dash to grab come that fateful Friday morning.
You can find the full ad here.
Looks like some pretty good deals there on games with plastic instruments. The $15 gift card when you get something like the just released Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 or Halo 5 is also a pretty good deal. $250 for a Wii U is also a pretty good deal if you've been sitting... -
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Bob Ross to Paint Happy Little Trees Every Monday Night on Twitch
Sure, this isn't explicitly gaming related but the Bob Ross craze knows no bounds. Twitch just announced that starting tonight, there will be a weekly airing of every season of The Joy of Painting with one season shown each week. Once all 31 seasons have aired, they'll start all over again. A full run of the series is expected to take about seven months before it loops back again. The Joy of Painting with Bob Ross will kick off tonight at 3PM (PT) and run to about 9:30PM (PT). Twitch also... -
Is Your Name in Fallout 4?
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Is Your Name in Fallout 4?
UPDATE: A more complete list of confirmed names can be found at the Fallout Wikia page. It's still not 100% complete at the time of this posting, but it's a more comprehensive list than what you see below.
Original: Some of the names that can be spoken by Codsworth, your little robot buddy in Fallout 4, were revealed today. There are allegedly about 1,000 recorded names so the following list of some 133 names is far from complete. It was compiled by the fine folks on the FO4... -
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The List of the First 100 Backwards Compatible Xbox 360 Games for Xbox One
Microsoft released their list of the first 100 (technically 104) backwards compatible games that you can play on the Xbox One. More will be coming in the future, but for now here are the ones you can play come November 12.
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Life is Strange Season 2 Confirmed
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Life is Strange Season 2 Confirmed
If you liked Dontnod's Life is Strange, you will be happy to hear that a second season will be coming. Dontnod previously said that if a second season was made, they would create a new cast of characters while keeping with the themes of the first game.
Fortunately, publisher Square Enix gave the go-ahead for more. In an interview with Alchimy, co-founder of Dontnod Alian Damasio issued the following remarks.
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Man Kicked Out of Store After Caught Jerking Off to PlayStation 4 Consoles
Sony's marketing sure has gotten weird.
An unidentified man was kicked out of an electronics store after he was caught pleasuring himself in front of some PlayStation 4 consoles sitting on a shelf. The man was caught on closed-circuit TV cameras stopping in front of the consoles, dropping his pants, and going to town. This was within just a few feet of two customers.
At first the two other men do not notice the Playstation pervert, but soon back away after realising... -
Capcom Edits Butt Slap Move in Street Fighter V; Fans Complain of Censorship
R. Mika returns to the Street Fighter franchise after being absent since Street Fighter Alpha 3. Her original reveal for Street Fighter V featured a move where she slaps her butt alongside a finisher where she and her partner, Nadeshiko, split open the legs of the enemy while squishing them with their butts.
Capcom decided instead to change some of the camera work and alter her move set a bit so that the butt slap is out of frame and the split move is apparently no longer... -
Mass Effect: Andromeda N7 Day Trailer
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Mass Effect: Andromeda N7 Day Trailer
I will not get giddy over a new Mass Effect game. I will not get giddy during this new N7 day trailer for Mass Effect: Andromeda. I will not get giddy over the fact that this trailer is narrated by Commander Shepard. I will not get giddy...
Oh God, I'm super giddy! To those wondering, the dog tag on the left side of the ship as it zooms away from Earth says "Ryder" on it. Many already believe this is the name of the new main character.... -
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