That’s right, miners! It’s time to break out the 8-bit cake because Minecraft is 3 years old today! We made it through the terrible twos and it looks like smooth sailing for happy papa bear, Notch. Let us take a walk down memory lane and look the first glimpse of the first stages of Minecraft. [...]

Inspired by the ancient folk tales of Nathan Jurevicius‘ Lithuanian roots, the Misko Mini Series figures are the first Kidrobot toys fabricated from wood. These gorgeously crafted owls have interchangeable heads and neck pieces, allowing you to customize your collection. Available in grey, yellow, teal, white, red, pink, black, and blue, these pieces will be [...]

Arkane Studios has announced that Dishonored will be released on the 9th October in the USA, in Australia on the 11th of October, and in the UK on the 12th of October. It will be released on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. You play as a supernatural assassin driven by revenge, you were framed for [...]

Award-winning composer Sam Hulick has signed on to create the score for Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition. “The music of Baldur’s Gate and Baldur’s Gate II was a huge inspiration for me as a composer who was just venturing forth into the world of writing music for games,” he said. “So to be able to travel back [...]

Vans has released their Kenzo X Summer 2012 Collection, and these kicks look sick! Vans has done a great job at keeping their shoes unique and fresh while maintaining their old-school vibe. Kenzo’s distinct fish-net design is vivid on the top of the sneakers and draws attention straight to your feet. With bright reds, greens, [...]

EA’s flagship shooter Battlefield 3 is getting its first double experience event since its October 2011 release.  Starting Saturday, May 12th at 12:01 AM PST, all Battlefield 3 players will earn double experience across all ranked servers and matches until Sunday, May 13th at 11:59 PM PST.  The double experience will be added at the [...]

Assassin’s Creed fans everywhere are drooling over the newly released Assassin’s Creed III gameplay trailer. After all the Twitter and Facebook feed bombardment via Ubisoft’s gorilla marketing strategy, our wait is over. After seeing an enhanced gaemplay mechanics trailer at this year’s PAX East, I knew the world would start a revolution in excitement over [...]

That’s correct, gamers, it’s bummer central today. While we all were expecting to see our beloved Bioshock Infinite in October of this year, Irrational’s Ken Levine confirmed a delayed release date of February 26, 2013. “I won’t kid you: BioShock Infinite is a very big game, and we’re doing things that no one has ever [...]

You know Insomniac Games, right?  They created the Spyro the Dragon, Ratchet and Clank, and Resistance franchises.  Would you believe me if I told you they were working on a game for Facebook?  What if I told you that they were working alongside EA on it? It’s all true.  Outernauts is the latest from Insomniac, [...]

After Alan Wake found moderate success on PC, it seemed like it was only a matter of time before its XBLA spin-off found its way to PC as well.  Joystiq has confirmed that Remedy is bringing Alan Wake’s American Nightmare to Steam on May 22nd.  Pre-purchasing it now nets you the Steam standard of 10% [...]

Last Saturday evening, The Japan Foundation played host to a full house of manga fans eagerly awaiting the first-ever North American appearance of Kanata Konami, mangaka of the critically acclaimed Chi’s Sweet Home. In conjunction with the Toronto Comics Art Festival, the evening’s proceedings began shortly after 7 p.m. and included an on-stage interview by [...]

If there’s one thing that Mass Effect 3 has taught us, it’s “don’t fear the reapers.” That and blue people can be really hot…but mainly don’t fear the reapers. It seemed appropriate to send Commander Shepard and his crew on their final journey with a bit of Blue Oyster Cult and a little more cow [...]

Rumors abound that The Xbox 360 is going to drop to $99 but but to take advantage of this deal you’ll have to agree to a two year contract to pay $15 dollars a month. Is the world ready for subscription based gaming consoles? Recently The Verge and other reputable websites have leaked Microsoft’s plan [...]