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NBA Players Are Having An Official NBA 2K Tournament Featuring Stars Like Kevin Durant

If NBA players can’t get onto an actual court for the next few months for the televised enjoyment of millions, they may as well do the next best thing. Yahoo Sports reports that the NBA and ESPN have put together an official esports tournament, which will feature 16 NBA players going head-to-head in an NBA 2K20…

Master Bison, I Presume?

Hogni J. Mohr is an artist and illustrator from the Faroe Islands, making this the first time the archipelago has been featured on Fine Art after almost 2000 posts. You can see more of Mohr’s stuff at his ArtStation page

Keep Kids Busy By Having Them Design Warhammer 40K Space Marines

Anyone with kids (or younger siblings) is probably already feeling the strain of having them locked up for most of the day. It’s hard finding constructive things to keep them busy, but of all companies, Games Workshop might have one of the more left-field solutions. The company behind the very adult Warhammer 40K has a…

Star Wars: Jedi Academy Has Secret Crossplay, And PC Players Are Killing Switch Users

Star Wars: Jedi Academy, released back in 2003 on the PC and Xbox, has only just been ported to the Nintendo Switch. And, uh, somehow PC players have been able to connect to console multiplayer servers. As PC Gamer report, PC players have been able to connect directly to the IP of the servers being…

TK427, At His Post

Vaik Nay is a freelance artist based in Switzerland. You can see more of Vaik’s stuff at his ArtStation page

Uno, You’re Looking Different

This minimal and very striking Uno redesign has been done by Brazilian designer Warleson Oliveira, and while it looks like the kind of thing that’ll be sold for $100 at a select few stores around the world, Mattel is actually going to be giving this thing a widespread and affordable release. With an all-black card…

HQ Trivia Is Back

HQ Trivia, the once-massive online quiz game that last year kinda stopped paying winners their cash then shut down in February, is back thanks to an “anonymous investor”. As the Wall Street Journal report, a push notification went out earlier tonight alerting users HQ Trivia would be resuming at 9pm. There are no details on…

Now Some NFL Players Are Playing Madden On TV

If real sports are going to be successful in the online (and televised) space over the next few months, the one thing they need above all others is participation from actual athletes. That’s why the La Liga and NASCARtournaments have been so fun, and is why it’s a bit worrying that Fox and the NFL’s…

GameStop Will Close Over 300 Stores This Year

Last year, GameStop closed 320 stores across America as part of an effort “to de-densify [their] store base”. This year, the company will close at least that many, and potentially more. As Gamasutra report, the closures were announced during an earnings call held last week, when executive vice president and chief financial officer Jim Bell…

Terrible Witcher Cosplay, Incredible Witcher Fight Scenes

Just goes to show, sometimes it’s not the outfit that makes the cosplay. It’s the…choreography and fight scenes? The same team behind that Mandalorian video from a few weeks back have decided to get together again and do the same thing, but for The Witcher. The terrible costumes are the point: these guys are here…

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Old Soldiers Never Die

Borislav Mitkov is a freelance artist based in Germany who has worked on stuff like Asssassin’s Creed You can see more of Borislav’s stuff at his ArtStation page

Dwarf Fortress Premium Shows Off Its, Uh, New Visuals

It is true that while Dwarf Fortress is an incredibly complex and rewarding game, it is also true that it has forever looked like ass. The upcoming Steam release, Dwarf Fortress Premium, is going to look a little better Co-creator Tarn Adams has shared some of the improvements they’ve made to the game’s visuals (earlier…

If The Witcher Was An Anime

Last year, artist Carolina Silva imagined what Game of Thrones would look like if someone went and made an anime series out of it. This year, she returns with the same deal, only for Netflix’s take on The Witcher We’ve seen some stuff like this before, like Lap Pun Cheung’s amazing piece from a few…

Another WW1 FPS Wants To Get Into The Trenches

Most WW1 games end up having very little to do with WW1, because to portray the conflict accurately would be both nightmarish and incredibly boring. Beyond The Wire, a new multiplayer FPS, looks like it’s trying to get right into the trenches that so many other games want to avoid. Developed by Offworld Industries, the…

Sega’s New Mascot Is The Son Of Sega’s Old Mascot

Back in the ’90s, around the time of the Saturn, Sega had the greatest console mascot of all time: Segata Sanshiro, a man who wanted you to buy Sega and would absolutely make you eat shit if you didn’t. Now, in 2020, his son is taking his place. First, some background. Here’s Segata Sanshiro in…

Australians Are Already Playing Persona 5 Royal

Persona 5 Royal isn’t supposed to be out for another week, but as chaos unfolds in the Australian retail sector following confusing government messaging about covid-19 precautions, national chain EB Games has just decided to say fuck it, and get the game out the door while their stores are still open. EB Games—the local subsidiary…

Nintendo Donates 9,500 Facemasks To Local Responders

With a global shortage of protective facemasks endangering those on the front line in the fight against covid-19, Nintendo has looked in its back room and found 9,500 N95 particulate respirator masks, which are being donated to responders near the company’s American operations. In a “thank you” post on the city site for North Bend,…

Wake Up Mr. Freeman

Andrey Gritsuk is a 3D artist from Russia working in the games and movie industries. You can see more of Andrey’s stuff at his ArtStation page

NASCAR Drivers Are Racing Each Other Online, And It’s Going To Be On TV

All sports are esports now. After a successful first virtual NASCAR race over the weekend, where a mix of current and former drivers raced each other online and a lot of people watched, Fox and NASCAR have decided that they’re going to broadcast a whole season of it on TV. The first eNASCAR iRacing Pro…