Gotta move ’em out before September 7 And thus begins the PlayStation 4 deals bonanza as retailers and secondary distributors work to clear out inventory. Earlier today a new eBay dealcropped upon the standard PS4 500GB console. For the price of three sheets of Benjamin, you too can be the proud owner of a soon-to-be outdated gaming machine. Huh. That sounded better in our head. Thrown in as an incentive beyond the price drop is an extra DualShock 4 controller, which looks to also be refreshed in the near future too....

February 12-19 Bungie, who is now going atDestiny 2alone, has announced their annual “Crimson Days” Valentine’s event. It’ll run from February 12 through February 19, and will once again focus on “Crimson Doubles,” a 2v2 PVP playlist in the Crucible. If you’re close to your partner your abilities will recharge faster: you probably know the drill. Rewards include a slightly-skinned bow called “The Vow,” that will come in at power level 650 if you own theForsakenexpansion....

Wait… what IS Indivisible…? Role-playing games are one of the most flexible genres because unlike shooters or platformers or sports games, they are less identified bywhatthe player does and more byhowthe player does it. RPG elements have become commonplace in dozens of non-RPG franchises, but to classify the genre we use pretty much one rule: “You play as a character (or a party of characters) who gains ‘experience’ that raises their level and stats by doing normal gameplay, and these stats affect most of that gameplay....

It looks as if LG isn’t the only electronics providergetting chummy with Gaikaias Samsung announced today that some of their TVs will also incorporate cloud gaming.The Samsung LED 7000 series and up will all allow owners to stream games directly to their televisions. Not much about the game selection was mentioned other than to say that AAA and family-friendly titles would be available, though if Samsung owners have access to the Gaikai cloud, it would stand to reasonall games open to Gaikai userswould also be open to people with Smart TVs....

But to what end? Fallout 76increasingly feels like the year’s big question-mark game. People know it’s coming. TheFalloutseries is prevalent even among folks who buy a few games a year and don’t typically follow industry news or trends.Call of Duty: Black Ops 4is a known entity — you’re either into it or you aren’t. The same goes forRed Dead Redemption 2. ButFallout 76? Who knows. Bethesda is shifting from solitary post-apocalyptic adventuring to online co-op and player-on-player skirmishes, and while this approach will lend itself to creating spontaneous moments and memorable player-led stories, there’s a very real fear thatFallout 76will feel hollow....

Thinking of a way to ‘sustain interest’ between chapter releases Famitsu had a chance to check up with Square Enix and theFinal Fantasy VII Remaketeam on the sunset of the game’s 20th anniversary, and naturally, asked how the project is going. Producer Yoshinori Kitase didn’t have a whole lot to say, but noted that they’re “brushing up on scenes shown in the trailer…but there is still some way to go.” Reading between the lines, it seems as if they’re still developing Midgar....

Funcom sure does have a lot to be happy about with their new MMORPG,Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures. Having already shippedover a million copiesand enjoyinggenerally favorablereactions from reviewers, the game certainly is off to a good start. Heck, it’s already gotten its ownclothing line. All is not sunny in the virtual world that Robert E. Howard built, however. Players that are much better at power leveling than I could ever hope to be were quick to point out that there was a huge lack of mid-to-high-level content....

I was going to feature the brilliant new music video for Hot Chip’s “I Feel Better” for our Games of the Week post, but finding a vid without embedding disabled is impossible, so there shall be no promotion. Shame, because it really is quite brilliant. You ought to go and check it out yourselves if you can be arsed. In other news, we played videogames! Read on to find out which ones!...

European gamers often have a deep feeling of bitterness towards American gamers as we stand envious of the many amazing gaming events that we are forced to watch from afar. Yet around this time every year Germany look to give us hope by bringing us gamescom (more formally know as Leipzig Games Con due to its previous location), Europe’s very own answer to E3. Taking place August 18 to 23, Germany plays hosts to all the latest, greatest and most promising from the gaming industry....

The ESRB has rated bothGrand Theft Auto IIIandGrand Theft Auto: Vice Cityfor PS3 releases. Sony Computer Entertainment America is noted as the publisher, since these games are slated to arrive on the PSN as “PS2 Classics.” We had recently learned that the originalKillzonewascoming to the PlayStation Network, and this new information indicates that Sony’s stepped up its efforts in getting PS2 games in a digital format. Hopefully we’ll get some real classics, like the Altered Beast remake, or Shadow the Hedgehog....

Mod coming for the HTC Vive A mad genius known only as Downsider on reddit has moddedGrand Theft Auto Vto work on the HTC Vive. Asyou can see in this video, the game renders in first-person with your gun mapped to your Vive controller and tracking in real time. Also added is the ability to teleport around by aiming your gun, a solution many games on the Vive use instead of having players use traditional controllers....

Ghost cats for all! Are you still playingThe Secret World? Now would be a good time to log back in, as Funcom has pushed out some Halloween-centric content by way of the new update,Issue #3: The Cat God. It wouldn’t be an MMO without nods to real-world holidays; at least this one fits, thematically. In the video, game director Joel Bylos talks us through the new storyline, which involves a creepy new foe and, yes, more puzzles to solve....

Investors say the darndest things This week, Oasis Management founder Seth Fischer sent a letter to Nintendo president Satoru Iwata explaining why the company should dive right into mobile game development and microtransactions and all of the things we don’t want to happen. Granted, we already knowIwata’s stance— the proliferation of mobile devices “doesn’t mean that we should put Mario on smartphones” — but I think you’ll get a kick out of this....