Luke Plunkett

Gears Of Wars’ Boss Leaving, Will Now Oversee Diablo

Rod Fergusson, who has been working on Gears of War since the series’ inception and who most recently has been in charge of the entire franchise, has announced he’s leaving Microsoft’s shooter behind. His next role will be overseeing Diablo at Blizzard instead. He announced the news via a couple of tweets: Fergusson began his…

Spartan Roll Call

Rio Skywalker is a Korean comics and storyboard artist. You can see more of Rio’s stuff at his ArtStationand Instagrampages.

And now for a different type of gaming video: here’s legendary Japanese developer Swery taking us all on a tour of some of his favourite drinking spots in Osaka.

New Lawsuits Say EA’s FIFA Is Basically Gambling

EA’s long-running conflict with European governments over its loot box mechanicslook set to continue, with two separate lawsuits filed in France accusing the company’s flagship FIFA series of containing a game mode that’s essentially unregulated gambling. As L’Équipe report (via GFFN), two lawyers from Paris are filing on behalf of players who claim that the…

Rockstar Co-Founder Dan Houser Is Leaving The Company

Dan Houser, who along with his brother Sam founded Rockstar and has been one of the most important figures in video games over the last 20 years, will be leaving the company next month. Having been on a break since 2019, news of his departure (his last day will be March 11) was made official…

Our Favorite Cosplay From PAX South 2020

After the briefest of layoffs for the holiday period, 2020’s cosplay calendar is already up and running with PAX South, which was held in San Antonio a couple weeks back. Our photographer Mineralblu was there taking shots and video of the show, the best of which you can see below. And as usual, you’ll find…

Found It

Kevin Gnutzmans is a freelance artist based in Brazil who works in both indie games and card games. You can see more of Kevin’s stuff at his ArtStation page

GTA V Mod Lets You Play The Whole Game In Virtual Reality

Modders have been messing with VR and Grand Theft Auto V for as long as the two things have co-existed, but the results have often been mixed, compromised or are no longer supported. Unlike this one by LukeRoss00, which does pretty much everything you’d want. It works with both Oculus Rift and SteamVR, and its…

WarCraft 3’s Remaster Is So Unpopular Blizzard Is Offering Instant Refunds [Update: Blizzard Responds]

So loud has uproar among fans been, and so damning the shortfalls of the project, that Blizzard has begun offering instant refunds to anyone who bought WarCraft 3: Reforged Normally refunds have to go through a process of actually finding out what was wrong with your purchase, and won’t apply if you’ve had the game…

Mandalorian Cosplay Is A Complicated Profession

Or not, really, it just involves a lot of hard work and some very nice photos. That’s Jessica Nigri under the suit, while photos are by Martin Wong

Track: Last Sniff | Artist: Wilma Archer feat. MF Doom | Album: A Western Circular

Lil’ Treasure Walker

Jing Zhang is a freelance artist from China. You can see more of Zhang’s stuff at his ArtStation page

Nintendo Switch Hacker Busted, Also Pleads Guilty To Child Pornography Charges

21 year-old Ryan Hernandez pleaded guilty last week to charges related to the 2016 theft of “confidential Nintendo files related to its consoles and games.” When his home was raided by the FBI last year, though, they also found “more than one thousand videos and images of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.” Hernandez was…

Steamforged Games, the team behind those cute dogs and cats you can use in D&D campaigns, are releasing their own complete box set called Animal Adventures: Secrets of Gullet Cove, which includes a bunch of animal miniatures as well as its own rules, story and map so that it can run as its own campaign…

Nintendo Says No New Switch Models Planned For 2020

Despite already announcing and releasing a new Switch model in 2019, rumors that Nintendo would release another variant of its latest console—a beefier, fancier “Pro” version—have refused to go away. So Nintendo has come out and just flat out said it: There are no new Switch models coming. At least in 2020. No doubt keen…

Maybe Just Run, Guys

Luis Carrasco is an artist who has worked on stuff like Solo, Jurassic World and The Revenant You can see more of Luis’ stuff at his personal site

Sega Europe Ditches Plastic Game Boxes On PC, Everyone Else Should Follow

After what I guess wasa trial run with Football Manager last year, Sega Europe has made the decision to make all the boxes for its PC releases cardboard. They’ll be made from 100% recycled materials, and will in turn be 100% recyclable themselves. Here’s the announcement, with the first game being a compendium re-release of…

Nintendo Is Releasing An Animal Crossing Switch, And It Is Beautiful

To tie in with the release of New Horizons, Nintendo is releasing this new Animal Crossing-themed Switch console in March that has very strong animal vacation vibes. From the Nooks on the dock to the ocean-colored Joy-Cons, this is a beautiful console. There’s also an Animal Crossing motif on the back of the Switch itself.…

$350 Baby Yoda Figure Is An Exercise In Abject Terror

Yeah, he’s cute on the screen, but in the flesh? With those enormous dead eyes and wistful stare? Anyone who buys this “life-size” recreation of Baby Yoda is in for nothing but nightmares. Proving that the uncanny valley exists for toys as well as 3D visuals, perhaps the most unsettling part of Sideshow’s 16.5″ tall…

The Pedestrian Is A Good Platformer, But Great Puzzle Game

Three years after it first caught our attention, platforming puzzler The Pedestrian is now out. And it’s everything I was hoping it would be. The Pedestrian puts you in control of a tiny little guy/girl from a street sign, warning sign, door sign, whatever sign. From humble beginnings you soon set off an adventure, leaving…