Ethan Gach

Epic Games Asks Court To Dismiss 2 Milly Lawsuit, Claims Fortnite Dance Is Different

Almost two months after Terrance Ferguson, better known as the rapper 2 Milly, sued the makers of Fortnite for including his “Milly Rock” dance in the game, Epic Games has asked the judge in the case to dismiss the lawsuit, arguing that the Milly Rock is too short to be copyrighted and that it’s not…

PewDiePie Clashes With Roblox, Which Appears To Have Banned His Name [Update]

The makers of the online social multiplayer game Roblox appear to have blocked controversial Swedish YouTuber Felix “PewDiePie” Kjellberg from playing their game while using a variation of his famous online name. His name, it seems, is a problem for them. In a new video weighing on on the matter, PewDiePie shared a notice from…

Sony Says It’s ‘Open For Business’ On PS4 Cross-Play, But Developers Disagree

In a recent interview with Game Informer, the chairman of Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios said that the company was “open for business” when it comes to cross-play between PlayStation 4 and other consoles. The makers of games like Smite and Wargroove say that’s not the case. “People keep saying, ‘Why doesn’t Sony allow more…

Cross-play friends lists will go live in Rocket League on February 19 The game went cross-play on Switch, PS4, Xbox One, and PC in January, but only for matchmaking. This new update will add a friends list that populates across every platform and the ability to create parties.

Capcom has uploaded a bunch of its video game soundtracks to Spotify under the artist name Capcom Sound Team. The albums include music for Street Fighter, Mega Man, Monster Hunter, Okami, as well as some games not released outside of Japan. Finally no more fiddling around with fan-curated YouTube playlists.

Goofy Dad Returns To Recreate Smash Bros. Ultimate Taunts

With a new Smash Bros. game out, the biggest Smash Bros. game of all time, it should come as no surprise that Nick Luciano’s now 67-year-old dad is back to perform each of its over 200 fighter taunts. Nick Luciano’s dad previously performed all the taunts from Smash Bros. Wii U, followed by all of…

Valve Updates Steam VR Because Beat Saber Players Are Too Fast

Real-world data collected from Beat Saber players has changed what Valve developers had previously thought to be “humanly possible.” In a recent post announcing the latest update to Steam VR, one of the changes listed reads: “Increase limits of what we thought was humanly possible for controller motion based on tracking data from Beat Saber…

Fallout 76 Players Accidentally Glitch Into An Unopened Vault

Over the weekend, a group of Fallout 76 players encountered a glitch that transported them inside the otherwise inaccessible Vault 63, one of the three locked vaults scattered throughout the game’s world. They didn’t find much inside, but took pictures anyway before reaching out to Bethesda Support to explain what happened, for fear the game’s…

This Farming Sim Is Like Stardew Valley Except Really Sad

Picture a stripped down, hollowed out, watercolor version of Stardew Valley, and you’ll have something very close to The Stillness Of The Wind, which released on February 7 for Switch and PC. It feels like a trip to Grandma’s house filtered through the existential loneliness of a Samuel Beckett play. It can be relaxing but…

PCs Would Make FIFA Tournaments A Lot Simpler

There are still 13 weeks of matches left in the English Premier League’s 2018-2019 season, but EPL teams’ glory in the world of esports will be on the line this weekend in the FIFA eClub World Cup taking place in London. I hope it hurt you to see that lower case “e” as much as…

How Apex Legends’ Microtransactions Work

Respawn’s new battle royal game Apex Legends has tons of cosmetic unlockables, ranging from new character outfits to special animations for when you execute a downed player. All of them can be earned either by progressing in the game or by spending real money on loot boxes. Here’s a breakdown of how Apex Legends’ microtransactions…

Listen To Banjo Read Magic: The Gathering Cards

Banjo, the titular bear from N64’s Banjo-Kazooie, can speak, but not in words. When he moves his mouth only gibberish comes out. It’s a cursed virtual life he leads, especially when he’s forced to read the words on Magic: The Gathering cards. Reddit user haochies created a program called Banjo MTG. It’s pretty straightforward: type…

Team Fortress 2 YouTuber Returns Three Years After Faking Terminal Illness

The popular Team Fortress 2 YouTuber known as Sketchek has returned to the platform after a three-year hiatus with a new video in which he admits to having lied about being terminally ill. In a now-deleted video originally uploaded to YouTube in November 2015, Sketchek told his fans in the Team Fortress 2 community that…

Club Penguin Speedrunner Sets New Record In Fan Remake

In May 2016 a player who goes by supermanover00 decided to speedrun the children’s online browser game Club Penguin by seeing how fast they could complete all 11 missions in the game, which they did at 45:43. Club Penguin is no more, but nearly three years later, supermanover00 has returned and beat their previous record…

Microsoft’s Inside Xbox Show Isn’t Working

Yesterday afternoon, Microsoft aired its latest episode of Inside Xbox, a monthly livestream in which the company updates players on new stuff in the world of Xbox. Like most episodes of Inside Xbox, it was long, precisely staged, and light on interesting news. If new Nintendo Directs have become exciting, mini-E3 press conferences, new episodes…

God Eater 3 Is Like Monster Hunter But Simpler

The God Eater series is Bandai Namco’s take on Monster Hunter, and while not nearly as big or deep as the best games in that series, God Eater 3 does a good job of making up for those shortcomings with flashy combat and an apocalyptic backdrop that helps raise the stakes. God Eater 3, which…

The 3DS Is Even Dying Better Than The Vita

People have been calling PlayStation Vita a dead console for years. Now, Nintendo’s 3DS seems poised to join it, with hardly any new games on the horizon for the rest of 2019. Yet even in death, Nintendo’s clam-shelled handheld still feels more alive and vibrant than Vita. The 3DS’s annual lineup has grown thinner with…

Last fall’s Shadow of the Tomb Raider will join Xbox Game Pass starting February 7. Pumped BMX Pro and the first season of The Walking Dead will also get added that day. Crackdown 3, de Blob, and the Batman: Return to Arkham collection will follow later in the month.

The Voice Chat Software In Fortnite Switch Is Now Available For All Developers

All Switch developers can now license the voice-chat software that powers the Switch version of Fortnite, the company behind the tech said today. That means an easy solution for developers who want to let you chat in Switch games using a headset plugged into the console, and not Nintendo’s bizarro-world phone app. Vivox, a tech…

Review Site OpenCritic Says It’ll Start Keeping Track Of Games With Loot Boxes

The review aggregation website OpenCritic announced today that games with loot box mechanics will now include a warning at the top of their OpenCritic page pointing that out. On Overwatch’s OpenCritic page, for example, there’s now a bolded section highlighted in orange right below the aggregated scores that reads: “Please note: This game has monetized…