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Dragon Quest Heroes comes to PS4 on Oct. 13 in North America

Square Enix will release <i>Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below</i> for PlayStation 4 on Oct. 13 in North America, the publisher confirmed today.<p>The action role-playing game from developer Omega Force brings together heroes from nearly 30 years of Dragon Quest games for an …

Theory of Everything actor takes lead role in new Harry Potter franchise

Oscar Award-winning veteran of <i>The Theory of Everything</i>, <i>Les Misérables</i> and <i>Jupiter Ascending</i> Eddie Redmayne will play the lead in the new film trilogy based in the setting of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter books, Warner Bros. has announced.<p><i>Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them</i>, which marks Rowling's …

DC Comics MOBA Infinite Crisis shutting down in August

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has pulled the plug on <i>Infinite Crisis</i>, the DC Comics-themed, free-to-play multiplayer online battle arena, just two months after the game's full launch.<p>Development on the game will stop immediately and the whole thing is shutting down Aug. 14, according to …

Valve: You can now ‘request a refund for nearly any purchase on Steam’

I don’t know what I was thinking when I purchased The Witcher 3 on Steam for my stinky old PC. The crusty piece of garbage started whirring and begging for its life when I booted the game up. Guess that’s $60 wasted.<p>And scene!<p>If the above situation is painfully familiar, then Valve — the company …

The Original LEGO Family Could Have Been the Villains in LEGO Dimensions

Warner Bros. will enter the toys-to-life category later this year with LEGO Dimensions, which will compete against established franchises like Skylanders, Disney Infinity, and Amiibo. With its lineup of characters from many major media franchises, including <i>Lord of the Rings</i>, <i>Batman</i>, Portal, <i>Jurassic</i> …

Here is the ridiculous 2,590-horsepower SRT Tomahawk hypercar, coming in 2035

Fiat Chrysler and Sony first teased the SRT Tomahawk last week, but now, the over-the-top hypercar is official — all 2,590 horsepower of it.<p>The automaker envisions the Tomahawk as a 2035 model year vehicle, which means you've got another 20 years to wait. The one loophole, of course, is that it's …

What Does the League Community Think of the Newest Champion Ekko

At MSI, Riot released a preview of their upcoming League of Legends champion Ekko. The preview was aptly titled “Ekko: Seconds," and the teaser gave audiences a glimpse of champion's theme. And yes, you probably guessed it: his powers and abilities have something to do with time.<p>You can watch it …

Fan edit shrinks The Hobbit trilogy to just Middle-earth’s Avengers vs. Sauron

Right smack in the middle of <i>The Hobbit</i>, Gandalf leaves the story entirely for unspecified reasons, and doesn't return until the climax of the book. J.R.R. Tolkien wouldn't reveal exactly what Gandalf had gone off to do until the appendices of <i>The Return of the King</i>, and those events wouldn't get a …

A new Mega Man animated series will debut in 2017

Just in time for the character's 30th anniversary, a <i>Mega Man</i> animated series is set to land on TV screens in 2017. Capcom today announced that a new series is being co-developed by animation companies Dentsu Entertainment USA and Man of Action Entertainment, the outfit behind Cartoon Network's <i>Ben …

Heroes of the Storm review: into the breach

<i>Heroes of the Storm</i> might be a new MOBA on the block, but in some ways it feels just a bit like coming home.<p>The multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) saw its main genesis with mods for Blizzard's 2002 release <i>Warcraft 3</i> and its expansion <i>The Frozen Throne</i>. The result, called <i>Defense of the Ancients</i> …

Blizzard's 'Heroes of the Storm' officially launches today

You're entirely forgiven if you thought that Blizzard's take on the MOBA genre (or multiplayer online battle arena if you aren't into the whole brevity thing), <i>Heroes of the Storm</i> was already released. What, with the massive beta and equally sizable ad campaign that's taken over late-night TV …

Activision swings back at toy-game rivals with Skylanders vehicles

The “toys to life” market for video games is teeming with competition. But Activision, which created the hybrid category in 2011, is battling back at that competition this year with a new game that focuses on innovation: Skylanders SuperChargers.<p>Parents are going to hate it, because it means …

Skylanders Reaches 250 Million Toys Sold, New Game Announced

Activision's toys-to-life franchise, Skylanders, has now sold through more than 250 million toys since the franchise debuted four years ago, the publisher revealed today as part of the announcement of the next game in the series. As stated previously, Skylanders has generated $3 billion for …

The history of Kirby gets an animated GIF tribute

Only Kirby could make devouring someone look cute.<p>Nintendo’s pink puffball has starred in some fantastic games, and artist Abba Jackson (check out her site here) has celebrated many of them with fanciful animations. Each one captures the spirit of the game it’s representing in just a few …

Meet the Marvel fan energizing Black Panther fans with his fake magazine covers

I first stumbled on Darian Robbins' Black Panther magazine covers and other bits of worldbuilding on Twitter, where they had gone viral. I had assumed it was a publicity stunt on the part of Marvel, but when I found out they were fan art, I wanted to track down the man responsible.<p>This cover of …

Disney's Tangled is coming to television, with original cast and new music by Alan Menken

Disney is on a bit of a hot streak right now with <i>Avengers</i> and Marvel films doing huge at the box office, a new Star Wars film on the horizon and an animation division that just saw a huge hit with Frozen. One of the studio's next projects will be a television series based on the 2010 animated film</i> …

Mighty No. 9 - Beat Them At Their Own Game Trailer

Check out this trailer for Mighty No. 9 and watch the hero Beck take on the challenge of his eight mighty opponents as he fights his way through ever-changing stages and epic boss fights.<p>by on

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