Microsoft had its first major console victory with the Xbox 360. The original Xbox was successful enough to justify a second generation, yes, but it wasn’t until that second generation when Microsoft touched the top of the...

If there’s any month of the year in free game deals that exemplifies the stark contrast between PlayStation and Xbox’s current market appeal, this August is it. Following up yesterday’s AAA-filled Games with Gold announcement from Microsoft is today’s...

Microsoft is playing a little catch up with Sony in August. Its Games with Gold promotion, originally conceived as a match for Sony’s Playstation Plus free games, maintains a struggling position in the final month of summer with...

Video game genres are ridiculous. They’re amorphous to the point of nondescript. Some genres are actually just groupings of mechanics found in video games that belong to larger genres. Some genres are just different kinds of movies,...

Funko revealed a quartet of POP! Vinyl figures today drawn from the recently released Batman: Arkham Knight. Though the existence of such figures isn’t surprising – the series has inspired more than a few figures in the past –...

Coinciding with the re-release of the PS3-exclusive Journey this week on the PS4 is this magnificent and sentimental limited-edition statue. What makes it special isn’t the fact that they’re only making 1,000 of them (you should go here, right now,...

Bethesda’s reveal of Fallout 4 at this year’s E3 has resulted in its own inevitable pop-culture fallout, the culmination of which naturally lies on the shoulders of toy-maker Funko and it’s indelible POP! Vinyl line-up. Seven new figures ripped...

When EA touts the latest features of Madden or FIFA as marketing for the impending annual release, you won’t find a single one that isn’t presented as a furthering of the game’s realism. The players defend as...

If the phrase (word?) AAA raises your eyebrow in curiousity, July is the month you wish you have Xbox Live Gold over PS Plus. If you’re too hip to care about labels, Sony is making a fairly...

Behold, the tyranny of Pool Nation FX has ended. Microsoft is offering four games across its two consoles free to Xbox Live Gold members in July, and none of those games are repeats from the previous month, nor do...

Every press conference and online event held for E3 2015 serves the same purpose: sell stuff. That’s not a cynical response to the event. It’s just a fact. EA, Ubisoft, Square Enix and Bethesda each held their...

It’s been up for a little while now, but the currently running Nintendo Humble Bundle is still adding up the goods. Donate more than $10 and you’ll get codes for two more indie titles on Nintendo consoles...