The PlayStation Vita TV (aka PlayStation TV) launched in Japan back in November 2013. Today, via AV Watch, Sony announced that it will cease shipping the hardware (in Japan, at least) at the end of February. That’s today.
A Ukrainian man who arrested in Pennsylvania after impersonating a teenager admits he's guilty, but insists the plot wasn't his idea and says he has no regrets.
A truce negotiated between Syrian rebels and the government has caused a dramatic decrease in airstrikes around rebel-held territory, but there were few celebrations, with many residents suspecting a trick.
This year marks the 20th anniversary of Pokémon, the portable game that captured our hearts. Pun very much intended. But what of Mew? The legendary Pokémon had players trying to push a truck for years. Turns out you can catch Mew after all, be it in your new 3DS version or your old GameBoy cartridge.
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are poised to lead the nation's two major parties in this fall's presidential election, with a new nationwide CNN/ORC poll finding each well ahead of their closest competitors just as the race expands to a national stage.
On the frozen Ishim River that runs through Astana, Kazakhstan, fishermen wait patiently for a bite. They cover themselves with plastic bags, forming an almost dome-like structure to shield themselves from the wind and Astana's freezing temperatures.
Iraq's Mosul Dam is facing a "serious and unprecedented risk of catastrophic failure with little warning," the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad warned on Sunday.
There is no shortage of fan-built Lego BB-8s across the internet, but Mark Smiley and James Garrett have managed to build a tiny one that actually rolls, while keeping its head floating on top, using nothing but Lego components available in standard sets.
You might know Kumamon as the official mascot character for Kumamoto Prefecture. Or you might know Kumamon as the bear from the “For the Glory of Satan” meme. Whichever, there are now a ton of them dotted throughout Osaka Station.
Happy leap day everyone! That's right, 2016 is a leap year, which means we get to enjoy a whole extra day of February, and people born on February 29 finally get some presents.
In case there were any lingering doubts that this year's 88th annual Academy Awards ceremony was a tad more subversive than its predecessors, those doubts could be shut down by the closing-credits musical train.
What started out as an underwhelming tournament for North American Counter-Strike ended on a more hopeful note as Team Liquid, Counter Logic Gaming, and Cloud9 eked out victories on Sunday to qualify for the MLG Columbus Counter-Strike tournament next month, where they will compete for a $500,000 grand prize.
Minecraft’s 1.9 patch—known as the Combat Update—has been in development at Mojang for well over year, and it’s arriving on PC today. So what exactly does it bring to the table? Let’s take a look.
Defending against a surprise Zerg rush usually ends with a GG. Defending against a surprise Zerg rush that’s already in our base, has to end with GG. But not for EJK, who managed to came back from a quite impossible situation.
The U.S. Army's elite Delta Force operations to target, capture or kill top ISIS operatives are on the verge of beginning in Iraq, after several weeks of covert preparation, an administration official with direct knowledge of the force's activities told CNN.
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Navy SEAL Edward Byers will receive the Medal of Honor on Monday morning for his role in rescuing an American civilian being held hostage by Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan.
Security officials at Kenya's major airports are on high alert this week after Kenya's Airports Authority issued a warning to all airport managers about possible terror threats against the facilities.
Big-hearted radio listeners are in a flap over the suspected shooting of a local goose, offering a £275,000 ($380,000) reward to help find its killers.
By most accounts, Oscars host Chris Rock was off to a good start Sunday as he took on Hollywood's race issue in his monologue, declaring "you're damn right Hollywood is racist" and appealing to the industry to give black actors the same opportunities as their white counterparts.
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Scores of migrants broke through a barbed-wire security fence on the Greece-Macedonia border Monday, as tensions over new restrictions along the key land route into Europe boiled over in violent scenes.
The simple act of jumping can make or break a 2D platformer. In the first episode of Mechanically Speaking, Game Array explores how developers balance responsiveness and fairness to the player to make these movements magical.
Ret. Sgt. Tom Block is sitting in the classroom, looking restless. He and 23 other highly specialized, highly coveted candidates are all vying for a job where they will be exposed to horrifying images of child sex abuse and the worst humanity has to offer..
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Fantastic illustrations. Hilarious screenshots. Nostalgia. Pokémon’s Miiverse has it all—including, surprisingly enough, players who are experiencing Red/Blue/Yellow for the very first time.
What will the Internet look like in 3016? Well, the Huffington Post will have a new name, the Galactic Security Administration will be the focus of conspiracy theorists, MindTube will tap videos right into your grey matter...and Reddit will look pretty much exactly the same.
Bethesda announced that they’ll be releasing at least $60 worth of Fallout 4 DLC, which means that starting tomorrow, the Season Pass will increase from $30 to $50. You don’t need the Cap Collector perk to understand that this means you should buy it today. [Fallout 4 Season Pass, $30]
You can judge a first person shooter almost entirely on the strengths of its shotguns. A good video game shotgun is a bold and challenging weapon; a bad shotgun is a feather duster at a distance of more than a few feet. A good shotgun makes you feel like a champion, capable of taking on the world. A bad shotgun makes you wonder why you aren’t using another gun.
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Over the decades, DC Comics has given the Man of Steel several different dates of birth. But the weirdest one is February 29, because it’s supposed to explain why a 78-year-old character only looks like he’s in his late twenties.
