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New puzzle game Puyo Puyo Tetris doesn't only turn Tetris blocks into anime characters. It also turns them into gummies.Read more...

Shozo Kato, a master kendo sensei, discusses Japanese concepts of beauty (such as wabi-sabi or わびさび) and the "immovable mind" (fudoushin or 不動心) as well as demonstrates kendo and laido. The result is both poetic and fascinating.Read more...

It's pronounced "may-jus," apparently. Magus, the first game developed by mainly Japanese-RPG publisher Aksys, launched on PSN on February 25. It's co-developed by Japanese company Black Tower Studios, and President Richie Casper says it's fantasy with a focus on humans, not orcs or trolls. [Image: Aksys]

You know how some apartment come with furniture or kitchen appliances? These Tokyo apartments come with cats. Yes, cats!Read more...

Netflix and The Pokemon Company have announced a range of the franchise's anime offerings will be available to stream... starting tomorrow!

I don’t really know what to make of Fearless Fantasy. It seems extremely goofy and weird, and I like both those things, but oh goodness what even is it? Let’s try breaking it down: the role-player is being published by No Time To Explain creator tinyBuild, and it’s turn-based in a very JRPG way. Except not at all, because you don’t just choose an option and watch your party play patty cake with swords until the next round. Each attack involves copious mouse gestures, which I initially took to mean you had to pretend to be a rodent in front of a camera but now realize we’re talking about computers because we’re always talking about computers. Silly me. Trailer below.

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Irrational has (mostly) sunk beneath the gaming industry’s ever-turbulent waves, but its spirit lives on. And by that, I mean the rather tumultuous work environment gave birth to one last piece of DLC before massive (and by many accounts, inevitable) layoffs struck. BioShock Infinite: Burial At Sea Episode One was a mixed bag, but Episode Two has a shot at going out on a high note. There are plenty of solid ingredients in place: we’re back in Rapture, we get to play as Elizabeth, and apparently we can entirely avoid killing anyone if we want to. 1998 mode is a bonus option with a heavy emphasis on stealth, and if some referential fake box art is to be believed, it’s rather heavily influenced by the original Thief.

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Sleepwalking puzzler Back to Bed is back on track thanks to assistance from Danish investment firm Capnova. The investment prompted the team of students from the Danish National Academy of Digital Interactive Entertainment (DADIU) to form an official studio now known as Bedtime Digital Games.

Capnova's history of video game investments include Playdead's Limbo, PressPlay's Max and the Magic Marker and Full Control's digital adaptation of Space Hulk for iPad. Bedtime Digital Games Project Manager Klaus Pederson told Polygon that the funding from Capnova will make a second game from the developer possible.

Back to Bed was scheduled to arrive in late December 2013 before being pushed back during the developer's restructuring. Players guide a sleepwalker through dreamlike, 3D puzzle-platforming environments in the game, which will come to PC, Mac, Linux , iOS, Android and Ouya. The developer earned $13,312 on Kickstarter in March 2013 to initially fund the game. [Image: Bedtime Digital Games]

TOO MANY TWOS IN THAT HEADLINE. 2 Episode 2 Furious. Live Free (Walking) Die Epi2odic. I don’t know anymore. I’m having a strange day. But anyway, The Walking Dead Season Two Episode Two has been trailerfied, and it’s looking as brooding and dramatic as ever. I see potential for plot twists, revelations, and the very real possibility that the walkingest dead of all… is man. I am interested to see where this one goes, especially given that it seems to be addressing some of my concerns after season two’s slightly lukewarm first episode. Watch below, but beware of minor spoilers.

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- Hulu Plus app being sent out via SpotPass
- offering a free one month trial of Hulu Plus
- offer is valid on the 3DS and Wii U

As you now know, Nintendo is shutting down Wii/DS online game servers in the not-too-distant future. Seems that a few people are bugged by this, as a petition to keep the servers online has started. You can join in on the petition right here if you feel compelled to do so.

This talk brings up an interesting idea as to why these games are being taken online. Some people are finding that the service ending might have something to do with GameSpy being purchased by GLU Mobile back in Aug. 2012. GameSpy provided middleware for Wii/DS games when it came to online. Multiple games have seen their online services yanked due to the GameSpy issue, and while it's taken awhile for Wii/DS games to see this service ending, that might have something to do with Nintendo's own contracts. Whatever the reasoning, we know for sure that service is ending.

Thanks to krzysio87 and Peenbbb2 for the heads up!

The WWE Network launched this week, and tonight they had one their first live program exclusive to the network. That show, NXT Arrival, kicked off with some WWE legends. In the image below, you see Bret 'The Hitman' Hart and Kevin Nash, but the real star is inbetween them!

DANKY KANG!!! #NXTArrival pic.twitter.com/ZtXyCAHdV5

— Throatruiner (@_Ivol) February 28, 2014

Resident Evil 4 / Biohazard 4 is Now Available on Steam!

In Resident Evil 4, special agent Leon S. Kennedy is sent on a mission to rescue the U.S. Presidents daughter who has been kidnapped. Finding his way to a rural village in Europe, he faces new threats that are a departure from the traditional lumbering zombie enemies of the earlier instalments in the series. Leon battles horrific new creatures infested by a new threat called Las Plagas and faces off against an aggressive group of enemies including mind-controlled villagers that are tied to Los Illuminados, the mysterious cult which is behind the abduction.

• Stunning HD running at a smooth 60 frames per second for the first time.
• A complete visual overhaul has been performed to bring this revered title to the highest graphical quality ever.
• Fully optimized for the wide screen, texts have been sharpened and textures have been upgraded on characters, backgrounds and in-game objects.
• Steam platform support with Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Steam Trading Cards, global leaderboards, and full game controller support.
• Native keyboard and mouse support with customizable key binding, mouse sensitivity, and mouse acceleration settings.
• This new PC version will include everything from the prior iterations including subtitle support in English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish as well as previously released bonus content such as the Separate Ways epilogue.

Payday 2, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons drive historic, record profit for Starbreeze.

Reader Robert Lane is a woodworker, and a Call of Duty fan. He's combined the two to create this range of amazing replica Perk-a-Cola machines.Read more...

Tyson Murphy is a character artist at Blizzard, where he's worked on the Diablo and World of Warcraft series.Read more...

We're back, and these jackets still don't understand wind physics.

sonder is a sci-fi third-person action adventure game. So far so expected, but it has a neat twist: you're not playing as a single character.Read more...

Brad witnesses the dignity, majesty, and pageantry of the king of the sky creatures.

Last year, BioShock Infinite boss Ken Levine pleaded with the world to stop making Elizabeth porn. It didn't work.Read more...

Every day, in addition to The Daily Fix, we list off the day's biggest stories in this simple and easy to read format.

Publisher Deep Silver has begun beta testing the free-to-play Dead Island: Epidemic, and it needs your help putting the zombies through their shambling paces.

As its name would suggest, Dead Island: Epidemic is a spin-off of Techland's Dead Island franchise. Instead of a first-person action game, Epidemic drops players into a multiplayer online battle arena (think: League of Legends) populated by the same walking corpses that make up the supporting cast of the core Dead Island series. Cooperative teamwork is key to surviving the undying hordes, but when your teammates fail you, you can also rely on over-the-top DIY weaponry, another hallmark of the Dead Island games.

Gaining access to the closed beta is as simple as visiting the game's website and filling out a quick registration form. Those who participate in the beta test will be able to earn "exclusive in-game items and rewards" that will carry over into the eventual retail incarnation of Dead Island: Epidemic. [Image: Deep Silver]

Yeah, we posted some images from this same Metal Gear cosplay shoot only recently . But screw it, because these news ones that just landed on my desk are way better.Read more...

Gaming peripheral maker Razer has added a new feature to its GameBooster software suite that allows users to store their PC game saves in the cloud, according to IGN.

While still in beta, Razer's Save Game Manager supports "over 2,000 existing PC titles," while also allowing players to manually add other games to the cloud storage queue. Currently, saves are stored to a user's Dropbox folder, though Razer hopes to expand the service to include other cloud-based storage solutions in the near future. In addition, Save Game Manager can upload PC settings to the cloud for easy access in the future.

Those interested in putting Save Game Manager through its paces can download the GameBooster software suite, free of charge, from Razer's website. Keep in mind, this is beta software, so if something goes wrong and you lose a save, you'll have no recourse. As with all important data, multiple backups are your only safe bet. [Image: Razer]

An End, Once and For All: Here's violinist Taylor Davis and pianist Lara de Wit performing one of Mass Effect 3's most memorable musical compositions .Read more...