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Pokémon Players Branded Cheaters Over Paperwork Mistake

Several competitors at a European Pokémon tournament earlier this month say they were penalized by show organizers for making innocent mistakes that were flagged during an effort to round up cheaters. The players say that tournament organizers used team sheets, documents normally used as a reference for commentators, to assess the legitimacy of players’ teams…

The Internet Reacts To Tracer And Her Girlfriend

Yesterday, Blizzard released an Overwatch comic for the winter holidays that revealed something important about the character Tracer: she doesn’t need to wear her chronal accelerator at all times! Oh, also she has a girlfriend. If you haven’t read the comic, here’s a brief recap: If you’re still not getting it, Tumblr user greatlordfluffernutter has…

What We Didn’t Like–And Really Didn’t Like–About The Assassin’s Creed Movie

Two of us saw Ubisoft’s attempt at transmedia franchising, and we did not care for it. Not one bit. Gita Jackson: Here’s a good place to start, I think: was there anything you liked about this movie? Mike Fahey: I’d heard you were a tough interviewer, but I didn’t think you’d hit me with such…

Prison Architect‘s Surprise Update Makes Guards More Human

Introversion updated their somewhat controversial resource management sim, Prison Architect, last night, after saying the August 2016 2.0 update would be final. The new update adds a gameplay option for the prison staff to have their own set of needs, requiring them to eat, take breaks, and have time for recreation. While the 2.0 update…

Huge Skyrim Mod Enderal Gets A 20-Hour Expansion Pack

The massive total conversion mod for Skyrim, Enderal, is getting DLC that will add 10 to 20 hours of quest content. It’s scheduled to arrive sometime in 2017. Enderal is less a Skyrim mod and more a completely new game built upon the bones of Skyrim, taking place in its own world with its own…

Visual novel Rose of Winter is now available on iOS Time to fall in love with Crow all over again.

New Watch Dogs 2 Patch Adds More Fog, Multiplayer Tweaks

Ubisoft released a patch for Watch Dogs 2 yesterday in preparation of the first DLC, which will fix some known bugs and balance the multiplayer game modes. While it’s not exactly The Sims level hilarious, there are still some funny changes alongside the more necessary ones. The PC version of this patch has one more…

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Stardew Valley developer, Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone says patches for known issues with the PS4 and Xbox One releases will be rolling out, “in the next few weeks.” Among the issues to be addressed are the problems with controller support and a bug that causes a crash between day 3 and day 4 of the game.…

Pro Wrestler Tweet Gets People Talking About ‘Black Excellence’ 

Last night, the pro wrestler Big E tweeted a picture of himself, Xavier Woods, Kofi Kingston, Sasha Banks and Rich Swann holding their respective WWE championship belts with the caption, “#BlackExcellence.” While wrestling is staged, having this many black champions at once is still an accomplishment, and marking the occasion with a photo is appropriate.…

The Overwatch Fandom Is Horny For Widowmaker’s New Highlight Animation

Overwatch’s holiday event, Winter Wonderland, started yesterday, and with it came new character skins and emotes. Widowmaker’s addition is a highlight intro in which she holds mistletoe over her head, then punches the viewer in the throat and steps on them. The fandom is having a moment with this. Widowmaker is a character based around…

Even On Console, Stardew Valley Controller Support Isn’t Great

When Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone announced the console ports for Stardew Valley in June 2016, he called the game’s controller support, “less than ideal,” and said it would be updated for Playstation 4 and Xbox One releases. As of launch on Playstation 4 today, the controller support is still, well… less than ideal. It isn’t an…

Stardew Valley‘s New Fishing Map Lets You Get Rich Quick

New to Stardew Valley and want to make money fast? Experimenting with the new farm maps can help you get that fishing rod you had your eye on. At launch, Stardew Valley only had one map for every farm, and it was, you know, fine. It had a little pond, a bunch of trees and…

In This Dating Sim, Your Boyfriend Is A Horse

My Horse Prince is an dating sim with a simple concept: what activities would be funniest when done by a horse? The basic conceit of My Horse Prince is that the object of your affections is a horse. A horse with a man’s face, to be precise. The idea is disturbing, and the game knows…

A Career Waiter’s Journey To Twitch Cooking Star

In 2014, it seemed like chef Justin Warner’s star couldn’t rise any higher. He was on Zagat’s 30 under 30, he had won season 8 of Food Network Star, which would net him at least a pilot of his own cooking show, and he ran a successful restaurant, Do or Dine. By 2015, he’d lose…

Super Mario Run Won’t Be Playable Offline

Super Mario Run, a mobile game many would love to play while in the subway, will require an always-on internet connection. Bummer. Shigeru Miyamoto, Mario creator and the producer of Super Mario Run, told Mashable that the endless runner mobile game will require an internet connection to play on all of its modes. He said…

Team Skull Are The Best Villains In Any Pokémon Game

Team Skull are rapscallions who wear all black and adorn themselves with skulls. When I started Sun and Moon, I looked forward to kicking their asses repeatedly. But as the game goes on I realized that actually, Team Skull are the best characters in the entire game. The goals of Team Skull are kinda vague.…

Nicki Minaj Has A New Game Where People Actually Rap For Her

While anything with Nicki Minaj in it oozes personality, her app, Nicki Minaj: The Empire, really doesn’t differ too much from Glu’s other games, except in one major way. This one allows you to write lyrics, share them, and also record your own raps. The result is just as fun as it sounds. Whenever you…

You Can Get Assassin’s Creed III For Free On PC This Month

Ubisoft has been giving away games this year as part of a celebration of their 30th anniversary, and for the month of December,Assassin’s Creed III is free on PC. Assassin’s Creed III is, as reported on Kotaku, “the best tree-climbing simulator in history.” If that sounds up your alley, you can follow this link and…

Mads Mikkelsen, After Kojima Explained Death Stranding: ‘I Only Understood Some Of It’

Don’t know what’s going on in the new trailer for Death Stranding? No worries: neither does Mads Mikkelsen, and he’s starring in it. In an interview with Birth.Movies.Death, Mikkelsen told the outlet that he only joined the project after checking out the first trailer with Norman Reedus. “I thought that was spectacular just from the…