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An Intense 1v4 And Other Amazing Plays From Last Night’s Counter-Strike Tournament

The final rounds of the ESL One New York Counterstrike: Global Offensive tournament were held last night. You’ve already seen someone toss their gun at another player in the semi finals. Here are some other amazing plays from the final match between Natus Vincere and Virtus.pro. NaVi defeated Virtus in a three round contest, taking…

Resident Evil, Transformers Headline Playstation Plus Lineup For October

Playstation Plus users are looking at a powerhouse month for games in October. If you’ve never played Resident Evil, there’s officially no excuse for missing out on its wonderful remaster. Remember, these games might be “free” but still require an active Playstation Plus membership to download and play. Here’s the lineup for October: Playstation 4…

Doom Bot Learns To Play Better Than Humans

Two Carnegie Mellon University students have programmed the ultimate killing machine. If you face off against their AI in Doom’s deathmatch, that is. As originally reported by NextBigFuture, this new bot (affectionately named Arnold) uses a host of complex mechanisms to play Doom better than any human possibly can. Created by Guillaume Lample and Devendra…

New Hitman Level Snarks About Donald Trump

Hitman released its fifth episode today, dropping Agent 47 in Colorado to infiltrate a farm compound turned militia training facility. This game has some amazing NPC dialog. But what do these NPCs think about the US presidential election? Hidden in the compound, one militia man talks about a presidential candidate with a “famous hairdo.” The…

Super Mario 64 Fan Is So Hardcore, He Made A Nine Minute Video On Blinking

You might be familiar with Scott “pannenkoek2012″ Buchanan from his work on the A Button challenge and the meme-tastic “Watch For Rolling Rocks” video. He’s a master of Super Mario 64 minutiae. His latest project? Figuring out how characters blink their eyes in the game. Buchanan’s latest video is an incredibly intense look into how…

20 Years Later, The N64 Still Amazes Me

Today marks the 20th anniversary of the Nintendo 64 in North America. A chiefly innovative console as games made the jump between 2-D and 3-D, the Nintendo 64’s release was one of the most important gaming moments of all time. The Nintendo 64 was originally released on June 23, 1996 in Japan before seeing a…

Indie Game Devs Move Studio To Tropical Island For Three Months

Broforce developer Free Lives Games have stolen away to a tropical island refuge along with other developers for three months. The entire experience is being documented in a series called Game Jam Island The team has moved out to a house on Mauritius, splitting their time between hunching over at their work stations and spreading…

Mystery Game Inspired By The X-Files Does A Lot Without Words

Virginia is a narrative game developed by Variable State out now for the Playstation 4, Xbox One, and PC. It lasts about two hours and has no dialog but it might just be one of the best stories I’ve encountered in games this year. Taking the role of a rookie FBI agent Anne Tarvers, you…

Fans Restore Abandoned Half-Life Project

A long forgotten Valve project is now playable after 13 years in limbo. Based on an old school Quake mod, Half Life: Threewave is a multiplayer capture the flag game that was initially discovered in 2003 during the infamous leak of Half Life 2‘s beta. It was unplayable. Not anymore. The folks over at Valve…

AM2R (Another Metroid 2 Remake) has a speedrunning community of its own! The fan made remake is going strong in spite ofNintendo’s attempts to shut it down. DruidVorse just set a new world record with an Any% time of 54:04.

New PS4 Game Slain: Back From Hell Leaves A Bad First Impression

Slain: Back from Hell is a side scrolling hack and slash title out now for the Playstation 4 and PC. It looks and sounds like it could be a Castlevania spin off. But that’s not enough to save it from vapid combat and tedious gameplay. When I first saw Slain, I really wanted to like…

A Look At Steam’s Current Top Seller, Battlerite

Battlerite is an absurd name for a game but never fear because it’s a really good game! It’s a team based action MOBA by Stunlock Studios in early access for the PC right now. And it’s managed to tickle an itch for mayhem I never knew I had. On face value, there was nothing to…

Resident Evil 4 Changed Action Games Forever

Resident Evil 4 was released in HD on the Playstation 4 and Xbox One recently. It’s been years since I played and I was eager to give it another look. I found a game that lives up to the reputation, marrying strong action with a new perspective that altered games forever. I have friends who…

Stunning New GTA V Mod Beset With Claim That Some Of Its Code Was Stolen

A few days ago, we covered GTA 5 Redux. It is an intense overhaul mod that rebuilds Los Santos with new textures and effects. It is the work of modder Josh Romito but now the makers of another mod are claiming it uses stolen files and code. The issue in question rests around the files…

Mobius Final Fantasy Saved My Day

Last night sucked. The real world was a confusing pile of rotten politics and horrible tragedy. I needed to find some strength. As it turns out, it was right at my finger tips. Mobius Final Fantasy’s multiplayer let me stare down a monster and, with others by my side, fight back and win. Mobius Final…

Battlefield 1 Gets Critical Horse Nerf

Battlefield 1 will see some changes now that its extended beta period is over. The most important? Horses will no longer be galloping death machines. In a post on the official Battlefield 1 website, lead world designer Daniel Berlin outlined some of the alterations being made to the game as a result of player feedback.…

Devil Daggers has released a new update The insanely difficult shooter now boasts new enemies, Linux support, and amazing top down replays.

Platforming Shooter Rive Blends Explosive Combat With Quiet Exploration

Rive is a mixed platforming and shoot ‘em up title out now on PC and the Playstation 4. Frantic and full of robots to blast, it’s a fun title. It’s also the last game that developer Two Tribes will ever make. We jump in and blast all the robots! The game has an “anything goes”…

How An Elaborate Glitch Lets You Finish The Legend of Zelda In Under Four Minutes

Many games offer ways to program new code that allows players to skip to the credits. It’s a complicated process that’s allowed people to leap to the end of Super Mario World and skip over most of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. So why not jump right to the end of The Legend of Zelda?…

A Closer Look At The Best Mission In Deus Ex: Mankind Divided

Adam Jensen has a lot of work to do in Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. Side quests and smaller stories are where the game really shines. “The Harvester” questline has all the things required for a great experience. We take a closer look in this video. On a whole, I have very mixed feelings about Mankind…