Yesterday, the developers of Battlegrounds announced plans to start charging for in-game clothing through a crate that can only be unlocked by a key that costs real money. The move has led to controversy, with some players declaring it “anti-consumer,” among other labels, in angry threads across the internet. Since Battlegrounds’ early access release in…
Blizzard announced increased penalties for toxic Overwatch players yesterday, effective immediately. Kotaku has reported that Overwatch’s previous reporting system was toothless, which may have inspired the game’s recent toxicity epidemic. We’re monitoring to see whether Blizzard will take real action
In the Super Smash Bros. Melee community, how you play can matter far more than who you are. Recently, a top Melee player made his grand re-entry into the game’s competitive scene a little over a year after assaulting a Florida gas station clerk, causing a rift among fans and pros over whether it’s proficiency…
Cyberpunk bartending game Va-11 Hall-a had one of the best soundtracks of 2016. Now, its glammy techno tracks are getting a vinyl release on September 15th.
Today in “anime was a mistake,” fans of the anime Keijo, in which women in swimsuits fight with their boobs and asses, are making the anime sport a reality. Yesterday, anime site Goboiano reported that Portuguese fans of the Fall, 2016 anime are merrily registering participants for Keijo training sessions. Women are testing out its…
A big update to Pokémon Go is plugging some leaky holes in the game’s gym mechanics. The mobile app’s current gym system forces players to swing by the gyms where they leave their Pokémon if they want to feed those Pokémon berries. Berries increase monsters’ “Motivation” stat, which keeps them from leaving the gym. Feeding…
When everything in the physical world is getting uploaded onto some great supercomputer in space, you will find me hiding somewhere dark, clinging to my Dungeons & Dragons character sheets. Yes, that’s how much I love playing D&D the traditional way: real dice, real paper and real damn pencils. But Dungeons & Dragons’ new companion…
Overwatch’s newest hero Doomfist will be on PC and console July 27th.
Twitch darling Dr. Disrespect, perhaps Battlegrounds’ most recognizable streaming personality, got suspended from the game last night after pulling the trigger on a squadmate, VICE Waypoint reports. And when Dr. Disrespect threatened to roundhouse kick developer PlayerUnknown in the neck, PlayerUnknown spoke out about the unnecessary use of violence in his game and in real…
So you want to get into anime. Buckle in. From outside, it looks like a big, scary and potentially fatal undertaking. And that’s because it is. Anime is a medium that contains all the dazzling peaks and deep, deep troughs of human imagination. When it’s good, it’s brain-bending sci-fi plots, mirthful belly laughs, involuntary squees…
“I think we’d do better with a healer,” I suggested to my Overwatch team earlier this week. We were in the spawn room defending the Temple of Anubis and, without a healer, we would quickly forfeit the objective. Not even the slightest pause passed before a teammate told me that, instead, “What we need is…
This deeply unintimidating GameCube controller is precious to me (and one of the last functional ones I own). It brings me luck and joy and brilliant Super Smash Bros. air dodges. And it has damned many challengers in its long and hard life. No, I’m not proud of how it looks—the duct-taped cord, the gunk-covered…
Today thousands of websites are protesting the government’s recent threats against net neutrality, a harbinger of the internet apocalypse. Internet behemoths like Google, Amazon (which owns Twitch) and Reddit as well as smaller sites like Ifixit and Plays.TV are participating in today’s day of action against internet service providers’ push for, among other things, the…
Arms’ first big update addeda few much-requested features to the slinky-limb fighting game—and took away some unpopular ones. Most of those features improve upon Arms’ strong Ranked Mode, the game’s bread and butter. Max Brass, Arms’ single-player final boss, is now a playable fighter. He’s the “reigning champion” of Arms’ Grand Prix, a tournament in…
Enter the tavern. Bite the plot hook. Go on your righteous journey. Kill the monsters. Fight the boss. Free the town. Rinse, repeat, and rejoice in those experience points. There you have it: the life of a lawful good Dungeons & Dragons character. Let’s face it. “Lawful good” in D&D is shorthand for “obedient and…
I am very sure that the Arms AI is cheating, and I am not the only person who thinks so. I’m not saying this because losing to a game’s AI is a little embarrassing. Actually, Arms’ AI is remarkably robust. At higher levels, it is always one step ahead of me at every moment, much…
A gloom has descended on Overwatch’s competitive mode. For over a month, players have reportedjoylessly grinding through Season 5 to redeem their former competitive rankings, a result of publisher Blizzard artificially depleting them. The community’s reaction, which ranges from sorrow to toxicity, has been depressing to watch, but more depressing to participate in. There’s a…
Yesterday, Overwatch’s roster finally welcomedthe gauntlet-wearing supervillain Doomfist. And the question on everybody’s minds is, Was he worth the wait? After a few hours experimenting with him on Overwatch’s public test region, it’s hard to tell how Doomfist will fit into the larger cast. Doomfist is a offense hero whose cybernetic gauntlet deals targeted, up-close…
Frustration over Final Fantasy XIV’s housing shortage has come to a head after two players angered a lot of others by buying up 28 homes in the land-strapped massively multiplayer online game. Now, players are questioning whether virtual housing is an equal right or a privilege meant for the rich and over-dedicated. The two players…
At long last, Overwatch’s gauntlet-wearing villain Doomfist is seeing the light of day. The new character has been teased since before publisher Blizzard even released Overwatch, and now, players can finally try him out on Overwatch’s public test region. Doomfist, whose real name is Akande Ogundimu, is a cybernetic offense character whose hand cannon gauntlet…
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