One of the best video game series to speedrun is Mega Man, a set of platformers about a blue robot who must fight against the evil entity who created him, Capcom. The Mega Man games are full of interesting (but not totally gamebreaking) glitches and jumps that require pixel-perfect timing to execute correctly, which makes…
Did you know that you can beat the original Legend of Zelda without using a sword? No, you did not know that, because it’s not true. But you can beat almost all of it—up until the very last battle. During this week’s Summer Games Done Quick speedrunning marathon, runner jkoper showed off how a careful…
Did you know that if you press the right buttons in the right order, you can manipulate Earthbound’s random enemies into doing whatever you’d like? No? Now you know. Last night, as part of the annual Summer Games Done Quick marathon, speedrunner Aurilliuxshowed off some of the incredible things he can do in the classic…
Once upon a time, there was a company called Konami that would release all sorts of delightful video games in all kinds of genres under big, beloved franchises with names like Suikoden, Contra, Gradius, Silent Hill, Castlevania, Metal Gear, and Zone of the Enders. Today, there is a company called Konami that makes pachinko machines—Japanese…
In 2013, game producer Keiji Inafune earned gamers’ hearts worldwide by promising to bring back Mega Man in the form of Mighty No. 9. Two years later, he’s launched a sloppy, misleading new Kickstarter that threatens to squander all that goodwill. Red Ash, which took to crowdfunding earlier this month with promises of launching a…
For the past couple of weeks, the video game world has obsessed over Rocket League, a game that became popular because A) it’s about cars playing soccer; and B) it’s totally free for a whole lot of PlayStation owners. See, every month for the past couple of years, both Sony and Microsoft have offered a…
Final Fantasy Type-0 HD will be out for PC on August 18, Square Enix announced this morning. It’s a messy, clunky game thatI loved way more than I should have. The PC version will have graphical improvements as well as “improved in-game battle camera, full Steam achievements and trading cards, scalable motion blur settings and…
PC hardware company Razer has purchased Ouya, for some reason. Maybe they’ll meld it with their other Android box? Is anyone actually interested in any of these microconsoles? The world may never know.
Today at an event in San Francisco, Blizzard announced a new expansion pack for Hearthstone — The Grand Tournament. It’ll be out next month. You can watch the trailer above. Like Goblins vs. Gnomes before it, The Grand Tournament will add a whole bunch of new cards to the world of Blizzard’s collectible card game,…
Here is a cool thing that just happened in Destiny, a video game about learning how to somehow salvage your IRL relationships after you just spent 48 straight hours playing Trials of Osiris. Using some ingenuity and 10 months worth of research, a group of players has figured out how to destroy every Gorgon in…
Hearthstone is a video game about strategy, patience, and smart decision-making. It’s also a game about casting infinite fireballs at your opponent until they get sad and give up. Watch the above video (by YouTuber televisionfodder) to see one of the greatest Hearthstone comebacks I’ve seen in a while, thanks to the power of A)…
The Minecraft movie has a director: Rob McElhenney (Mac from Always Sunny) will helm the film, Mojang announced today. Time to start cultivating mass!
“He was the creator of Kirby, he also helped out with many games like Balloon Tower Defense.” Read this great Paste article about fifth-graders reacting to the recent death of Nintendo president Satoru Iwata. “I know the two most famous games in the world right now… Minecraft, which is boring, and League of Legends, which…
It’s the final day of the world’s biggest fighting game tournament. Here’s your source for all things EVO 2015. Here’s the main stage stream, where you’ll be able to catch the finals for Guilty Gear Xrd Sign, Mortal Kombat X, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 and Ultra Street Fighter IV today.…
There’s a shady new move floating around certain circles in Hearthstone, Blizzard’s addictive—and excellent—digital card game. Thanks to a legendary dragon card called Nozdormu, which cuts player turns from 45 seconds to 15, crafty Hearthstone sneaks have figured out how to manipulate the game so that their opponents can’t actually do anything. The trick: use…
Thousands attended a two-day funeral service for the late Nintendo president Satoru Iwata in Kyoto, Japan this week, carrying umbrellas and even bringing Nintendo 3DSes to pay their respects. Over 2,600 people showed up during the first day and some 1,500 came on the second, Nintendo said in a statement to the Wall Street Journal.…
Tonight, Bungie announced some crazy news in the world of Destiny, a video game where players fight against vile, disgusting enemies like the Cabal, the Vex, and Red Bull. You know all those weapons that everyone uses? Gjallarhorn? Thorn? The Last Word? Hawkmoon? They’re all getting nerfed. Every damn one Thanks toa massive weapon overhaul…
You might be wondering if the new StarCraft II prologue, Whispers of Oblivion, is any good. I am here to tell you that yes, sure. It’s good! Short and sweet. The bigger question—and one I’m still not sure about—is whether you should pre-order Legacy of the Void to get it. Let me explain. Yesterday, Blizzard…
You’ve probably seen people glitch the hell out of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, and you may have seen people beat it with blindfolds on. But have you ever seen anyone beat it with a dancepad? Video-maker ATwerkinYoshi—who also has one of the greatest handles on the internet—has spent the past few months recording video of…
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