Ten of the guys who work on EVE Online, along with some "special guests", are going to fight Iceland's Gunnar "Gunni" Nelson next month. Gunnar is a UFC fighter with twelve wins (and two blackbelts) to his name. They are all going to die.
OK, so he doesn't have a heavy cloak and half-a-dozen weapons weighing him down, and he's not being chased by the local constabulary, but this guy still does a damn good impression of Assassin's Creed's trademark climbing.
Micah Coles gave all NBA teams (plus the Sonics) Pokemon-themed redesigns:
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Pikachu and ten other Pokemon are Japan's official mascots the 2014 World Cup in Rio. I bet Domo and Hello Kitty are kicking themselves right now.
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Man versus machine. It's always the ultimate showdown, and in this case—where one of the world's best table tennis players, Timo Boll, goes against one of the fastest ping pong machines out there—it makes for an intense match.
The revival of R.B.I. Baseball will hit Xbox 360, PS3 and mobile on April 10, says Darren Rovell,despite MLB having not yet revealed any information about the game—no videos, no screenshots, nothing— aside from its title. PC, Xbox One and PS4 versions are also expected.
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Jon Bois of SB Nation, famed for his "Breaking Madden" series, tried to create a basketball game with Garry's Mod. You can see the ... results here.
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The PES and FIFA games may be capable simulations of men running around a field kicking things. But there's a new, more ridiculous football (soccer) simulation in town. Goofball Goals.
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While this might look like a rehearsal for an upcoming superhero movie, it's actually a working concept for a suit of armour built by Sydney company Chiron Global. Armour that's been designed not for show, but for sport.
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Silver Surfer snowboarding on a Galactus-shaped ramp sure would make things more exciting at any Winter Olympics event. The real games might be over, but here's concept artist Francesco Francavilla pairing superheroes with the winter sports that suit them the best.
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Reddit noticed this today, as did EA Sports' official forums in December. And now it's confirmed: EA Sports based its Football Ultimate Team card for Pelé, the greatest footballer in history, off a 44-year-old picture of him relaxing in the tub.
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Madden NFL 25 brought back franchise relocation, allowing you to keep a club's name and look in its new city or pick from two or three new nickname and uniform options. And yeah, some of those designs weren't so great. The game's fake Twitter feed would even say so.
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Barely a week after the Super Bowl ended, fans of the Cleveland Browns got confirmation they were functionally eliminated from contention next year, too. The team's president and general manager resigned after hiring a new head coach, a comical sequence that is so bass-ackwards you can't even repeat it in Madden.
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MLB 14 The Show will release April 1 on PlayStation 3 and PS Vita and will arrive in May on PS4, Sony said today, ending an anxious stretch for baseball fans wondering if they would be playing a new version of the game on Opening Day.
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As promised, NBA Live 14 pumped out a very large patch today to address the many shortcomings, omissions or problems the title showed at launch. Straight away it includes something that should make the game a lot more understandable: A simple practice mode.
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New trailer: EA Sports UFC. Still no release date yet for the game (last word was Spring, sometime after March) but here's a detailed look at the fighters' distinct features and animations. The game is for Xbox One and PS4.
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For the last few years, most major sporting games have had a mode that pits you as a single player progressing through their career. These can be fun, but damn it, they're not enough.
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The Ludosport Lightsaber Combat Academy is a chain (yes, there are multiple schools!) in Italy that teach willing students in the art of lightsaber combat. Or, for those who've never dreamed of being a Jedi, in dancing around swinging a glowing toy stick.
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If the Super Bowl was kicking off on the Death Star and not in New York, it'd be the Tauntauns versus the Wattos today. That's according to this set of helmets reimagining the NFL inside the Star Wars canon. Every choice is outstanding (St. Louis Twi'leks, for sure) but the most apt has to be the Washington Gungans.
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