Tweet Anyone who has seen or played Fallout 3 knows that the slo-mo VATS system can provide some pretty gruesome scenes — this is no exception. Possibly the goriest headshot I have ever seen in my life, complete with distinctive flying eyeballs and a lower jaw, is contained herein. Mature content warning!

Tweet The final Xbox Live Arcade game of 2008 is available today, and all you crossword puzzle and game show fanatics are gonna love it. Today you can pick up Merv Griffin’s Crosswords for only 800 Microsoft Points ($10).

Tweet Warning: The Watercooler is the best thing you will see on the Internet today, mainly because it is the best thing I saw on the Internet yesterday. Be advised that these Watercooler stories are not necessarily videogame related (they usually won’t be), and are often silly, controversial, and/or not safe for work (NSFW). If [...]

Tweet 2008 was a big year. There were so many great games released that it’s incredibly hard to decide which one deserves to be the Game of the Year… so that’s why we’re going to make you do it. Have a gander at our nominees and let us know which game you think deserves top [...]

Tweet … and then you woke up. Yes, it’s true. Someone out there is about to get paid $250,000 over the course of three years to look “rad” and play videogames while pimping Dr Pepper … but that someone is not you. The individual is 21-year-old Halo 3 gamer Tom Taylor (aka: Tsquared) and his [...]

Tweet If you’ve ever played Gears multiplayer with me, you probably heard me scream “he’s freaking glitching!” on more than one occasion. Well the Gears of War sequel was in attendance at Glitch Fest 2000. Check out the full list of glitches features in the video above. I can’t decide if the maker(s) of this [...]

Tweet Ironically enough, Left 4 Dead isn’t showing any signs of dying- Shacknews reports that Valve are planning a big announcement for their (awesome) zombie shooter. In true Valve style, the announcement has been postponed, as it was set for a pre-Christmas reveal. Still, Valve writer Chet Faliszek certainly didn’t skimp on the details. The [...]

Tweet High Voltage is the game developer behind The Conduit, the first person shooter many are hailing as the Wii’s salvation for hardcore gamers.  But before they shock Wii users out of low graphical standards and poor first person shooter controls, they’re going to revolutionize they way people look at WiiWare with Evasive Space, releasing [...]

Tweet Another Monday, another week of new downloadable games for your Wii’s Virtual Console and WiiWare Channels. The Virtual Console gets an NES oldie in Zoda’s Revenge: Star Tropics II and the WiiWare gives you the option of hitting the arcade in Maboshi’s Arcade or taking a shot in a game of billiards in Cue [...]

Tweet Another dull week in game releases, so that means we won’t have to spend any money on video games unless you want a copy of Hurry Up Hedgehog! or Pirates: Duel on the HIgh Seas, but I highly doubt it. Hopefully all of you had a great Christmas and got the game you really [...]

Tweet Ripten’s Jon Zungre talks videogame news and reviews each Tuesday morning on Columbus Ohio’s CD101 FM radio. If you don’t live in the listening area, you can check out Jon’s segments on the web each week as well. Here’s the link from December 16th and most recently December 23rd for your ear holes. On [...]

Tweet Famitsu is reporting that on January 29th there will be a special edition DSi to go along with the release of the new game titled Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time.

Tweet So there have been a few releases of Square Enix’s “potion” drink to celebrate the release of games or movies, etc. The most current is for the release of the PSP title Dissida. These drinks have new flavors compared to previous releases, which is good because most people really disliked the former flavors. With [...]

Tweet This week marks the end of Microsoft’s Holiday Deal of the Week promotion and with that Microsoft is cutting the price of the original Halo: Combat Evolved by 50%! If you still don’t have a copy of this game (and shame on you for not), Xbox Live Gold members can get it for for [...]

Tweet For Christmas Nintendo gives us a Genesis classic in Phantasy Star IV for the Virtual Console and a few stocking stuffers in Tiki Towers and Fun! Fun! Minigolf for the WiiWare. With three downloadable releases this week, the Wii almost gets more new releases in digital downloads than actual retail releases on any other [...]