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Yup. You can wail “SAY IT AIN’T SO”, but Nintendo can easily wail back – if they ever decided to begin wailing directly to consumers – “THE TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGIN’”. More »      

Tokyoflash is known for its unusual watches and odd displays that make you feel like you’re drunk trying to decipher them, but the Tokyoflash Intoxicated is the first that actually aims to tell you how inebriated you actually are. The culmination of one of the Japanese firm’s design concept rounds back in 2011, the new Read The Full Story

Meta-RPG Knights of Pen & Paper has been PC bound forever. Forever, I say! Ignore any evidence which might suggest that it has in fact only been PC-bound for three months, for you are being deceived by space-time gremlins. Fortunately their cosmic trickery has now been arrested, and the real world/D&D mash-up roleplayer has now completed its transition from portable telephonic devices to IBM-personal computer. Er, by which I mean ‘it’s out now.’ (more…)

Upcoming PS4-exclusive family-oriented action game Knack was the focus of the PS4's (and Mark Cerny's) appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon earlier tonight. There was much rejoicing. A good experience, overall: Fallon and the audience had a great time, and we also got to know that Knack is actually an homage to the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man from Ghostbusters. That may or may not have been a joke. Cerny, you crafty person, you. Late Night is currently hosting the Video Games Week, featuring guest appearances from game companies and video-game oriented skits. You can take a look at some of our highlights below.

Of the announcements Nintendo made at E3, none were as meme-ready as the inclusion of The Villager from Animal Crossing in Smash Bros. With his terrifying, lifeless eyes, the internet got to work saying exactly what we were all thinking. More »      

HTC has taken the wraps off of the Butterfly S, the follow-up to its first 1080p Butterfly smartphone, and now pumped up with features like UltraPixel from the HTC One. The new Butterfly S has a 5-inch, 1080p Super LCD 3 display, using optical lamination and scratch-resistant glass to best present its 440ppi resolution, and Read The Full Story

Experienced Flash developer Zac Zidik has been transitioning to HTML5 and written an open-source engine, complete with tutorials posted here on Gamasutra, that you can give a spin. ... More...

Platform holder aware of reports of disappearing XMB menus. Sony Computer Entertainment says it's investigating reports that the latest PS3 firmware update is causing errors in a "small number" of consoles.Click here to read the full articleRelated StoriesKen Levine reportedly working on Logan's Run screenplayReport: Jason West left Respawn due to internal feudPlayStation 3 firmware update allows trophy notification togglingSuda 51 is using Unreal Engine 4 for next-gen gamesNintendo CEO accepts blame for disappointing Wii U sales

Handheld was always developed as a companion to new console; and no PS3 price-cut yet, says Sony exec

Sony and Microsoft can at least agree on one thing: next-gen game pricing.First Microsoft said it wouldn't put the price of Microsoft Studios-published games up next generation beyond the $59.99 marker they're already at. Now Sony has echoed that sentiment."Correct," a Sony spokesperson told ShackNews, "we have announced the pricing for our first party line-up of PS4 launch and launch-window games. All four titles - Killzone: Shadow Fall, Driveclub, Knack, and inFamous Second Son - are all $59.99."Read more…