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Monster Hunter World’s Mega Man Quest Is Terrific

While Monster Hunter: World’s Spring Blossom Festival brings back old event quests, the game keeps adding new and absurd rewards as well. The latest event quest offers one of the most exciting arena battles yet and transforms your palico cat companion into Mega Man. “A Rush of Blood” is a new hunter rank 13 quest…

After Donkey Kong Controversy, Guinness Removes All Of Billy Mitchell’s Records

Guinness World Records will remove Billy Mitchell’s Donkey Kong scores, as well as his records for Pac-Man, from their database following Mitchell’s disqualification from the Twin Galaxies leaderboards yesterday. Mitchell is one of the world’s most famous arcade game players, at one time holding world records in Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr, and Pac-Man. Yesterday,…

Star Wars: Battlefront 2 will bring back micro-transactions on April 18th as part of a large game update. Crystals will be purchasable and used for cosmetics only. The update also adds an Ewok hunting mode. Yub-nub?

Twin Galaxies Removes Former Donkey Kong Champ Billy Mitchell’s High Scores

Controversial arcade game player Billy Mitchell’s record scores have been removed from the Twin Galaxies leaderboards following a dispute earlier this year that many were performed using an arcade emulator. The ruling, which comes after a lengthy arbitration process, also bans Mitchell from further participation on the leaderboards, bringing an end to the King of…

Free Game Is WarioWare With Ducks  

Duck Jam mixes WarioWare style mini-games with a touch of absurdist comedy to tell the story of a bunch of ducks trying to make money. Bills, you could say. The fast-paced change from one game mode to another means you need to always be on your toes if you want to avoid begging for bread…

My Favorite Moment In Nier: Automata Is A Musical Cue

Nier: Automata’s existential story about an endless war between androids and machines has a ton of great moments. My favorite moment of all doesn’t come from an epic sword duel on top of a tower or a difficult, fourth wall-breaking decision, but instead from a perfect musical cue. Early in the game, protagonists 2B and…

The Newest Battle Royale Contender Is In Very Early Access

Lawbreakers developer Boss Key Productions released Radical Heights today as a free-to-play early access game on Steam. The “x-treme early access” battle royale game comes too late to cash in on the genre’s popularity. While it might have a few good ideas, it is one messy game. Battle royale games drop players onto a map,…

We’re playing Boss Key Productions’ Radical Heights on YouTube Live! Lawbreakers crashed and burned, but Boss Key is trying to bounce back with their own battle royale game. It’s super early access, but that won’t stop us from winning first place and claiming an off-brand chicken dinner.

Do you think games are silly little things? We’re starting up a playthrough of Nier: Automata right now on Twitch

The Western Version Of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds Has Less Body-Shaming

Clyde Mandelin is best known for his fan translation of Mother 3 and maintains the website Legends of Localization, where he looks at games’ original scripts and how they changed in the localization process. He applied his expertise to examine how localizers got rid of some body shaming in The Legend of Zelda: A Link…

What To Expect From Monster Hunter: World‘s Spring Blossom Festival

Monster Hunter: World offers a rotation of temporary quests with some pretty great rewards but they tend to come and go quickly. The game’s newest event, the Spring Blossom Festival, not only brings back old quests so players can get awesome loot but transforms the hub world into a bright garden full of special meals…

Sea Of Thieves: The Kotaku Review

Playing Sea of Thieves feels a bit like working in a theater before the set has been completely built. There’s plenty of space to goof around and a few swords in the wings to have mock fights with, but none of its quite ready for show time. A lack of features and polish has frustrated…

What a thrill… Metal Gear Survive starts up a new co-op event on April 10th with rewards based on Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. Beat up some nano-zombies and you could dress up like characters from a much better game.

Fortnite‘s Map Is Annoying

After playing PUBG’s genuinely awesome new map earlier this week, I decided to embrace my battle royale fever and play some Fortnite as well. Relearning that game’s particular rhythm and playstyle has been fun but there’s one problem: I hate the in-game map. I consider myself a cautious battle royale player, at least in solos.…

Sea Of Thieves Players Can’t Stop “Insta-Brigging” Each Other

Sometimes, you need to get a little rowdy when playing Sea of Thieves. But if you cause too much trouble, your crewmates might end up locking you in the brig. Or they might just lock you up for the hell of it. Many solo players joining crews are finding themselves instantly locked up without any…

New Switch Port Is One Of The Best Bullet Hell Games I’ve Played

Danmaku Unlimited 3 is a bullet hell arcade game that came out for PC last year but was recently released for the Nintendo Switch. The laser-filled shoot ‘em up is exciting, with tight dodges and massive beam blasts that make for a good time. Danmaku Unlimited 3 chases after other bullet hell games like Ikaruga…

PUBG’s new map is great and I’m playing even more of it right now on Twitch. The pace is really fast but if we all clap our hands, I might get a chicken dinner.

PUBG‘s New Map Is The Most Fun I’ve Had Since Launch

This week, a limited amount of players can test the latest map in PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, codenamed “Savage.” This map is significantly smaller than the game’s other two maps. The resulting action provides a breath of fresh air, kicking Battlegrounds’ usually deliberate pacing into something much more frantic. Savage is a tropical island that gives the…

Another Sea of Thieves player has become a pirate legend. Streamer SniperNamedG achieved the feat this weekend after another streamer controversially first gained the title with help from viewers. There’s plenty of room for two Pirate Kings, right?

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, One Year Later

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds released on Steam early access on March 23, 2017. Since then, it has erupted into one of the largest games in the world and expanded with new features and maps. The road has been bumpy, with raucous highs and dire lows. Created by Brendan “PlayerUnknown” Greene, Battlegrounds is a standalone battle royale game that…