Nintendo has again stressed that the NX is not to be thought of as a system that will simply replace the Wii U, even if its release will negatively impact sales of that system. Nintendo CEO Tatsumi Kimishima said in a new interview with Asahi Shimbun that the NX is “neither a successor to the…

The Kickstarter campaign for a Dark Souls board game has just wrapped up, and it ended up receiving more than $5 million in pledges. The final tally was 3,771,474 GBP (or about $5.4 million) from 31,178 backers–that’s well in excess of the original goal of 50,000 GBP (about $70,000). The campaign began in April and…

Ubisoft has released a video that explains how to use the new operators’ gadgets and tactics. The two new operators are Valkyrie and Blackbeard and come with sticky cameras and a weapon shield respectively. You can see them for yourself in the video below. Valkyrie is selectable when you’re on defense, and she can utilize…

Tired of your current Xbox Live gamertag? You’re in luck, as Microsoft today announced that it will “release” almost one million gamertags later this week, and you may be able to pick one up. On Wednesday, May 18, any Xbox Live Gold member who has accrued a year’s worth of Gold status since 2002 can…

AMC has already turned one cult comic book into a massive ratings smash with The Walking Dead, and it hopes to do the same with Preacher. The supernatural thriller premieres this weekend, and a new trailer has been released. Check it out below: The show stars Captain America‘s Dominic Cooper as a smalltown preacher who…

Disney has released the second official trailer for Steven Spielberg’s upcoming The BFG. The first trailer revealed the Big Friendly Giant, but this one goes further, showcasing more action and setting up some of the story. Take a look: The BFG is based on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory author Roald Dahl’s 1982 book. It…

Halo 5: Guardians, one of the biggest new releases in the first-person shooter space of 2015, is marked down substantially right now at a number of US retailers. Amazon, GameStop, Best Buy, and Target are offering it for just $30. This is one of the lowest prices we’ve ever seen for the shooter. It remains…

The bulk of the Assassin’s Creed movie takes place in modern day, the film’s executive producer has confirmed. Pat Crowley told IGN that the film is set 65 percent in the present and 35 percent in 15th century Spain, a ratio that doesn’t quite match up with the games. In the Assassin’s Creed game series,…

A Dark Souls 3 patch intended to address rampant hacking in the PC version of the game has been removed after it was discovered it was causing the game to freeze. “This patch has been removed temporarily to fix the freeze issues,” reads an update on the game’s Steam page. “We hope to reinstate the…

Naughty Dog’s Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End debuts at No.1 on the UK sales chart for the week ending May 16 and, according to UK Sales monitor Chart-Track, has had “by far the most successful launch in the series.” Uncharted 4’s debut week sales beat Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception‘s by 66 percent. Bethesda’s Doom, the…