Because Microsoft needs it to sell Xbox Ones. Tons of them.
They can PR speak around this all day long but they're not fooling anybody.

It actually exists? And playable! Vita in the West is saved! (Only half-kidding... it IS the perfect platform for the game and last I knew a Wii U version had been indefinitely iced)

As the industry's biggest troll I can't even tell Kojima is serious anymore. Not after even more stunts like today's "Metal Gear clothing line" and ironic photo at the empty Xbox booth. Plus this game already has one expanded demo as a retail disc. The catch will be that the ACTUAL actual game has been re-named! No. I…

I'm not disagreeing with your overall view, but I put this in a different category since we never got the original in the West and it's a 2-gen-jump.

Only made it into one home version, if I recall! You're thinking of "Twilight Zone" which is, indeed, about as classic as it gets.

Actually, I hadn't though about this as much. It's the same reason the Vita sells like crazy there. People like having ONE thing to put their gaming focus into. When the PS2 and PS3 came out they both (originally) had BC so other than the price it was easier to justify a purchase.
I would have agreed with you MORE…

CivV reskinned to look like Alpha Centauri? Yup, that's pretty much perfect. It even has the abso-freaking-lutely goofy mech walkers and hovercraft battleships that made no sense! Full retail on this does seem a bit harsh, though.

And, uh, the hell is with that Kraken?

Because Square Enix is concerned about Final Fantasy XV. They want to make sure Final Fantasy fans own current-gen consoles, and Type-0 is their way of helping get people to segue into the modern generation.

Yes! It was meant to be completely ridiculous and unforgiving. I spent months perfecting a lap on that track for no other reason than the fact that it was fun. Getting your timing right to hop over the empty space at each corner apex was divine.

Awesome! Now someone make what's a blatant ripoff HD port of SimCity 4 so we can play the game we actually wanted SC2013 to be.

The full, lengthy tale of how this has evolved over the course of the day ranks pretty high for me for "weirdest shit I've ever seen happen on the internet". We started with a PSN DDoS where someone claiming to be from ISIS took credit and gave motive as Sony not spending their PS+ revenue on network security. Someone…

Already do via total weight. The minimum car weight has gone up several time in the past several years; Both for KERS and in an attempt to not discriminate against larger drivers. I unofficially call it the "Kubica-Hulkenburg Rule". The teams will always, always do whatever is humanly possible to save every single…

That, however, brings us to the one million Simoleon question: would EA charge money for pools and/or toddlers if they decided to add them back in as part of a post-release update or expansion? On that point, Nardone was somewhat evasive:

And in case it wasn't clear: these incidents are made possible because people are tampering with the game. Under normal circumstances, incidents such as the ones described in this post are not possible in GTA Online.

Article title needs to be "The Sims 4 Without Any Content Whatsoever Looks... Weird"

Share and Options, see? Why not? You use the Share button to capture and share screenshots and videos (in theory... but using it can be a bit confusing). You get lists of options with the Options button as if it was, you know, a right mouse click.

"For a long time, there has been one game missing from the market", reads the introduction to my new favourite Steam Greenlight project. "A genuine rock simulator."

And yes, I know, those are all cinematic traits, and would shelve gameplay at the expense of something less interactive. For some this would be heresy.

Kids, remember to leave your goddamn car in park (or first, if a manual) when you stop for sex. Or anything, actually. That e-brake isn't gonna cut it under, um, "extreme duress". No human motion is going to get a transmission out of a hard lock though. Hell, you can generally leave it in gear and then NOT use the…

Battle Princess of Arcadias (PS3 – PSN)