Recent content by Michael Epstein

Assassin's Creed IV: Freedom Cry DLC Goes Standalone This Month Soon you won't need Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag to play the game's DLC. Assassin's Creed IV: Freedom Cry, the serialized story-based DLC for Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, will be released as a standalone downloadable game...

Strider Will Return to Consoles in Two Weeks Strider's big return is coming sooner than we thought. Strider, after years of "that guy" status in Marvel vs Capcom, will return to consoles in his own adventure in two short weeks, Capcom announced today. The downloadable Metroid-Vania style...

House of Cards Season 3 Picked Up Ahead of Second Season Debut Congressman Underwood just sewed up re-election way ahead of the midterms. Fans haven't even seen a second of House of Cards' second season, but there's already more political drama in the pipeline: Netflix has already renewed...

X-Files Creator Chris Carter's The After Shows The Moment Civilization Dies Ever wonder what it's like to realize the world is coming to an end? This might give you a pretty good idea. Where will you be when you realize that the world, as we know it, has completely fallen apart? Based, on...

Gunpoint Creator Tom Francis' Next is Stealth Game Heat Signature Tom Francis is making a game you didn't you know you wanted: A procedurally-generated stealth game about stealing spaceships. Tom Francis, the man behind last year's indie darling Gunpoint, has revealed one of his next...

UPDATE: Murdered: Soul Suspect Will Come to Xbox One, PS4 in June Because Xbox One owners like ghost-detective stories too, you know. UPDATE: Publisher Square Enix sent out a release confirming that Murdered: Soul Suspect will be coming to both Xbox One and PS4. All five versions of the game...

Thief Trailer Says Stealing and Saving the City are Kind of The Same Thing How and why aren't exactly clear, though. A nice, long trailer for the upcoming Thief reboot, not to take, but to (theoretically) explain what players will do when step back into Garrett's shoes. If you're new to the...

Kinect Cameras are Watching The South Korean Border Right Now That camera you yell at in your living room is now guarding one of the most dangerous places on the planet. Kinect is being called up to the big leagues, folks. The South Korean military has announced they are using a Kinect-based...

Madden 25 Predicts The Denver Broncos Will Win Super Bowl XLVIII If the Super Bowl plays out like Madden says it will, it's going to be a pretty close game. It has been decided! The Denver Broncos have been declared the presumed winners of Super Bowl XLVIII the most important name in (video...

Emulator Site Brings Achievements to SNES and Genesis Games Because achievements make every game better, right? It's hard to go back to old games sometimes, even the ones we used to love, because after years of evolution they can feel really dated. In most cases those issues are irreversible...

Nintendo Denies Reports of Smartphone "Minigame" Development Plans Stand down, fanboys and girls. Nintendo is not getting into the smartphone game business. Contrary to what you may have read...

UPDATE: "Nintendo Was Dead to Us" After Wii U Launch, Says EA Source It sounds like the relationship between EA and Nintendo may be completely broken. It's no secret that third-party publishers have completely lost interest in making games for the Wii U. With near-stagnant growth in the...

Sony Patents Modular Next-Gen Move Controller Would a contextually adaptable Move get you interested in motion controls again? Just when you thought game developers had moved on from throwing motion-based game devices at your feet, hoping you'll pick them up and get off the couch, Sony may...

Study Suggests Dance Games Prevent Urinary Incontinence It turns out that dance games are a great form of "virtual reality rehabilitation." Dancing games are a great way to stay fit and healthy and keep you from peeing your pants, according to a new study published in Neurology and...

Rumor: Harmonix Cancelled an Unannounced Xbox One Kinect Game Harmonix may have dropped one of their "many" upcoming projects. The question is: What game drew the short straw? Rock Band and Dance Central creators Harmonix may have shut down production on an unannounced Xbox One game, based...