video games

This has been a good week for video games. The worlds of punk-rock and Nintendo have finally come together. Noisey recently found out about Punktendo, a video game emulator that is free to play and lets you play punk-rock versions of classic Nintendo games. Some of the titles include  “Fat Mike’s Golf,” “Masked Intruder’s Alley,” “Milo […]

If you were planning having a productive week at work/school, you may want to reconsider: The Internet Archive has created a massive online arcade—“the Internet Arcade”— that lets you play around 900 classic arcade games right in your browser. There are so many bizarre, awesome-sounding titles worth giving a shot: Bio Attack, Atomic Boy, Alpha […]

Rockstar Games have premiered a trailer for its new PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions of Grand Theft Auto V titled A Picket Fence And A Dog Named Skip. The console street date is November 18, 2014, with the PC version to follow on January 27, 2015. Rockstar says the latest edition “will feature a range of major […]

New York's JimmyTheLoch has served time in the slam poetry scene and Grind Time's hip hop battle league, but his solo work remains his true calling. On the rapper's latest album (self-produced with Izzy Man), a garage-sale-goldmine of vintage video games inspire its thirteen tracks, hence it's pun-in-cheek title: the Cartridge Family. You can download the […]

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and NetherRealm Studios have announced the next installment of the critically-acclaimed fighting game franchise, Mortal Kombat X. Scheduled for retail release in 2015, it will be available on the following formats: PlayStation®4, PlayStation®3, Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PC. Wiz Khalifa wrote a song specifically for the trailer, “Can't Be Stopped,” inspired by Scorpion and […]

Fall Out Boy have announced that their recent foray into mobile gaming, Fall Out Bird, will soon receive a 2.0 update, which is set to include “new gameplay, new hazards, and much more!” An homage to the game Flappy Bird, which was pulled last month by its creator after becoming a runaway success, Fall Out Bird debuted in February, and […]

We have teamed up with our friends Video Game Voters Network (VGVN) for another SXSW Interactive Bonus Round Party, featuring performers Anamanaguchi and Itch. The Bonus Round is a free, all-ages party open to the public (No SXSW badge required!) which will take place March 9 from 7 to 10 p.m. at the West Canopy of the Palmer Events Center in […]

Despite a recent Flappy Bird clone crackdown on Apple's part, Fall Out Boy's Fall Out Bird game has finally been approved for iOS, and will be live in the App Store shortly. Additionally, the game, which Android users have been enjoying for a week, has also gone live on Windows Phone. In the wake of sudden massive hit mobile game Flappy […]

If you own a smartphone, chances are you've heard of Flappy Bird, a simple mobile game which spiked to unexpected success in recent weeks. Unhappy with the amount of attention and pressure the game's success incurred, Vietnamese creator Dong Nguyen abruptly pulled Flappy Bird from the App Store and Google Play over the weekend. Among those upset about the game's […]

We asked Andrew W.K. to face off against a few lucky ticketholders at B-Side Liquor Lounge & Arcade before his show at Cleveland's Grog Shop.  There were battles and pizza and good party vibes!

Minus The Bear, Rise Against, AWOLNATION, The Faint and more will contribute to the soundtrack companion to DC Entertainment video game Injustice: Gods Among US. Stream clips of the new songs and see the full tracklisting below.  1. Rise Against – “Sight Unseen” 2. AWOLNATION – “THISKIDSNOTALRIGHT” 3. Portugal. The Man – “Evil Friends” 4. Minus […]

Harmonix has revealed that the latest version of the play-along video game “Rock Band” will feature “SING” by My Chemical Romance, “So Far Away” by Avenged Sevenfold and “We Are Young” by fun., featuring Janelle Monae. Previously announced tracks for “Rock Band Blitz” include Fall Out Boy's “A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More […]

No Doubt's case against Activision Publishing Inc. over the use of its likeness in the Band Hero video game–which dates back to 2009–will be heard by a jury. Via Associated Press: “The ruling by Superior Court Judge Ramona See rejected a motion by Activision's lawyers to dismiss several claims from the case, including fraud, violation […]

We The Kings has released a new two player video game based on their interactive music video for “Say You Like Me.” You can check out the game here and watch the original video below. The interactive, non-embeddable video is here.