Ethan Gach

Nintendo fan and Lego builder Squid50s is back with another cool design, this time for a miniature GameCube you can store your Switch games in. You can find instructions for how to piece together your own here

A Bullet Hell Set In Hell That’s Heaven To Play

The first time I saw Hell Is Other Demons was through a lovely gameplay GIF circulating on Twitter. It looked squishy and lo-fi, oozing with thick colors. I hoped the rest of the game would live up to its bold aesthetic. Now Hell Is Other Demons is out, and I can’t stop playing it. Out…

Mario Tennis Aces’ 3.0 update is out today. It adds a new mode called Ring Shot and a limited-time event called Yoshi’s Ring Shot challenge where players hit the ball through different color rings to win different color Yoshis. The update also adds a new cinematic staring Wario and Waluigi.

One Of North America’s Best League Of Legends Teams Is Itching For A Comeback

Team SoloMid once again finds itself in the North America League of Legends finals, but its path to victory pits the team against the seemingly unstoppable Team Liquid, helmed by former Team SoloMid star Yiliang “Doublelift” Peng. TSM was a league favorite for several seasons durings Doublelift’s tenure, but recently, the team has struggled. Team…

Designer Re-Imagines Google’s Stadia Controller In Whimsical Mockup

I can imagine what the responses would have been if Google had unveiled this as the controller for its new video game streaming platform back when it was announced at GDC. No d-pad? No way! I can’t help but appreciate designer Daniel Cheung’s experimental take on the future of gaming peripherals. Prior to GDC, there…

The Pinkertons have dropped their lawsuit against Take-Two over its depiction in Red Dead Redemption 2. Pinkerton Consulting & Investigation wanted royalties for every time the word “Pinkerton” appeared in the game. Take-Two said no and counter-sued. In a new statement, Take-Two said all claims have been “withdrawn.”

The Vita is still getting new physical releases. Nicalis today confirmed that it’s publishing a physical version of the puzzle platformer VVVVVV for Vita alongside 1001 Spikes for PS4. Cases for both games had previously surfaced on Ebay, which Nicalis said were promotional copies intended for Sony employees and not for resale.

Anthem Players Are Playing Dress Up While Waiting For The Next Update

With Anthem currently in a holding pattern as players wait for BioWare to add more content, its community has taken to dressing up like characters from other video games, comic books, and movies to help pass the time. For several days now, players on the game’s subreddit have taken a break from the usual topics—how…

PlayStation Is Really Bad At Suggesting New PSN Names

Yesterday, Sony announced PlayStation Network name changes were officially ready for primetime. While a lot of people might have crappy user names they want to get rid of, they might not be sure what to replace them with. Fortunately, PlayStation provides suggestions. Most are terrible. Some are secretly amazing. For some people, a new PSN…

Overwhelm Is A Tough Game That Still Feels Like It’s Rooting For Me

I am not a glutton for punishment in games. I don’t usually enjoy dying over and over again until some mercurial mix of skill, experience, and luck finally combines to see me through to the next level. But I revel in the moments just before failure occurs, when I’m fighting for my life and the…

Pathway Is An Indiana Jones-Inspired Tactics Game That’s Hard To Put Down

The year is 1936. Nazis are sweeping through North Africa and the Middle East excavating tombs and pillaging archaeological dig sites for mysterious artifacts. The only way to stop them is through a choose-your-own-adventure-style strategy game where death comes swiftly and often. While upcoming game Pathway doesn’t nail things perfectly, its juicy pixel animations and…

Trine 4‘s Developers Want To Take The Series Back To What Worked

The first time I played Trine, which came out in 2009, I found its combination of high-fantasy, 2D side-scrolling, and co-op puzzle solving to be such a perfect blend that I was surprised I hadn’t already played a dozen other games like it. Even since the release of Trine, there haven’t been many games like…

Monster Hunter: World will be on Xbox Game Pass starting April 18. It’s one of six new games coming to the paid subscription service this month, the rest of which are Prey, The Golf Club 2, The Walking Dead: A New Frontier, Life Is Strange: Episode 2, and Resident Evil 5.

Bungie Blocks Xbox And PC Destiny Players From Equipping PS4-Exclusive Weapon After Accidentally Allowing Them To Buy It

Bungie announced today it will soon be rolling out a fix to prevent players on Xbox One and PC from using the PS4-exclusive exotic trace rifle Wavesplitter after Destiny 2’s traveling alien salesman, Xur, accidentally sold the weapon to some players last weekend. “We’re investigating an issue where the Sony exclusive weapon Wavesplitter was made…

Player Discovers Brutal Combo For One Of Smash Ultimate’s Worst Fighters

Charizard may be the final evolution of one of the strongest Pokemon starters of all time, but in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate he’s kind of shit. Fortunately, that doesn’t mean you can’t have fun playing as him, especially by trying to pull of this deadly two hit combo that few of your friends will see…

YouTuber Takes Beautiful Walks Across Huge Video Games

Open world games keep getting bigger and bigger, but the time we have to thoroughly explore them is limited. Most players will never see all the beautiful things a game has to offer, but a time-lapse walkabout across the entire map can offer a slightly blurry glimpse. As spotted by Eurogamer, Gaming YouTuber Enigma recently…

Fallout 76‘s PVP mode is about to get a lot less brutal In the patch notes for today’s update, Bethesda announced significant nerfs to the game’s survival mode, including greatly reducing the number of caps players drop when killed as well as how many aid items they leave behind.

Anthem’s latest update is live and corrects some of the smaller problems players have been having with loot. Players will no longer get loot for Javelins different from the one they’re using and Elysian Cache items now immediately appear in players’ inventories. The newsfeed, which had been blank, is also fixed.

Bethesda Plans To Sell Fallout 76 Repair Kits For Real Money

Late last week Bethesda announced a new item would be coming to the game soon: repair kits. Rather than waste resources repairing weapons and armor, players will be able to use these kits instead. There’s a hitch. Players will only be able to buy them through Fallout 76’s microtransaction store. “Repair Kits are new utility…

Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night Doesn’t Feel Quite Right In Its Latest Demo

While at PAX East I finally had the opportunity to try Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. What I played left me intrigued but ultimately underwhelmed. Of all the Castlevania-inspired games due out this year, like Cyber Shadow and upcoming DLC for The Messenger, I’m now less excited about the one actually coming from one of…