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Satoru Iwata, Nintendo president and CEO and creator or the Wii, passed away over the weekend due to a bile duct growth at the age of 55 years old. Iwata was clearly considered one of the top pioneers of the video gaming community, introducing a new console and leading the company in many ventures including new games, so it's only fitting to report on the reactions of mourning fans and colleagues. Check out more on this sad news below. Read More »
"Crazy Jewish Mom" and daughter Kate go viral on Instagram and now appear together in an ABC News interview. Read More »
Ellen Pao irked a lot of people on the Reddit message boards. Many of the redditor faithful felt the interim CEO had a censorship problem. On top of that she faced an even bigger backlash when she let go of the Ask Me Anything's founder. With all the trouble that has come about, the CEO stepped down from her position. Taking her place is Reddit's original CEO and site co-founder Steve Huffman. The change will be happening effective immediately. Read More »
You would think that teenage boys enjoy everything that involves Sports Illustrated model Kate Upton, but a new study surveying this demographic of males suggests we keep her away from the video game industry. According to this report, which coincides with the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con, teenage boys are looking for gameplay with more female heroes and characters, but don't want to objectify them. In other words, Kate Upton's cleavage isn't helping gamers get into the free-to-play mobile game Game of War. Read more on this news below! Read More »
This week, market researchers Ipsos, with help from Google, released a brand new most watched move trailers list of available videos on YouTube. Fans of the film industry would probably guess the leader of this list: Star Wars: The Force Awakens. It comes as no surprise that the second teaser trailer of the highly anticipated 2015 Disney film came out on top, but let's take a look at the other movie trailer that made the top five list below! Read More »
GoldenEye 007 came out in 1997 for the Nintendo 64 and is still considered one of the best video games of all time. Playing as Pierce Brosnan's James Bond from the 1995 film of the same name was monumental in the gaming community, but there is still one downfall to the title: the soundtrack! The music in the game sounds pretty terrible because the score was compressed so much for the N64. Luckily for us, the YouTube channel "Video Game Tracks" has shared the uncompressed version of the music featured in the RARE video game, created by composer Grant Kirkhope. Listen to the soundtrack to GoldenEye how it should be heard below! Read More »
We saw some incredible Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain gameplay footage last month thanks to a great E3 2015 demo of the highly anticipated title, but this week we have over 30 minutes of in-game footage to share with you! In this new video, you can check out some great sniper action, sexy characters and plenty of action from the upcoming Konami video game, which has a September release date for PlayStation 3, PS4, Xbox 360, PC and Xbox One. Read more on this news below. Read More »
We found out about the new game Star Wars: Uprising coming to Android and iOS devices with a fall 2015 release date, but this week we have even better news for you mobile gamers. Publisher Kabam released the first Alpha gameplay footage of the highly anticipated title, with hopes of a Beta announcement coming soon. This new trailer gives us a glimpse into the video game version of the story set right before the 2015 blockbuster movie The Force Awakens, so make sure to watch this video below! Read More »
Robery Downey Jr. makes a ton of money for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which translates to his own fortunes, as you can imagine. He's made the Forbes top paid celebrities lists for year now, but in 2015, he's making much more than he ever has! Thanks to the success of Avengers: Age of Ultron and Downey signing on for Captain America: Civil War, the actor's net worth has skyrocketed in 2015, landing him at the $80 million mark this year! Read more on this news below! Read More »
The main event coming up this week at San Diego Comic-Con could very well be the "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" panel. Other popular events include the last Jennifer Lawrence appearance for the final installment of the Hunger Games film adaptation, "Mockingjay: Part 2." Read More »
As much as Jay-Z would like to think Tidal is revolutionizing music's streaming landscape, Spotify is its king. If you can think of a song, you can probably find it on Spotify with one simple search. From there you can listen to the entire album that song is featured on. Now Spotify has some more competition and this time it's with Apple Read More »
It's being reported that an unmanned rocket, a NASA SpaceX rocket, has exploded shortly after liftoff. A video, which can be seen below, shows the rocket carrying various supplies set for the International Space Station located in, um, space. Unfortunately, the rocket never made it because, like we said, it blew up. Read More »
