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Sugar, Spice And Everything Nice

Alfred Achiampong is a character artist from Ghana. You can see more of Alfred’s stuff at his ArtStation page

Esports Team Gets Its Own Adidas Sneaker, And It’s Not Terrible

In the interests of fairness, after panning the last sportswear giant x esports deal I came across, it is now time to compliment one. Adidas have released a sneaker based on a French esports team, and I like it. This is the AM4 VIT.01, and it’s based on Team Vitality, a French esports organisation that…

EA Staff Twitter Accounts Hacked After YouTuber Gets Banned For ‘Vulgar’ Comments

A number of Electronic Arts employees have had their personal Twitter accounts hacked after a prominent FIFA player received a lifetime ban from official events for his “abusive, harassing, and vulgar” behavior. The player, Kurt “Kurt0411” Fenech, has been the subject of several disciplinary moves by EA over the last few years, which are outlined…

Super Mario 64 Land, An Enormous Fan-Made Mario Game, Is Out Now

Superstar Mario modder Kaze Emanuar, whose work we’ve featured here a ton, has a huge new project out today: Super Mario 64 Land, an all-new Mario game based on Super Mario 64 that adds new levels, new bosses, new powerups and new music. There’s a catch—it’s technically a mod for Super Mario 64, not a…

The Star Warrior

Jude Smith is an artist at Kabam, developers of mobile games like Marvel Contest of Champions You can see more of Smith’s stuff at his personal site and ArtStation page

Massive Scandal Hits FIFA Community As Cowardly Pros Avoid Playing Each Other

A huge scandal has hit the online FIFA community recently, as several of the world’s top players were caught in a secret Discord colluding to avoid playing each other, thus making their games easier, and their winnings more secure. There’s a lot to take in here if you don’t play FIFA—and if you want the…

Hideo Kojima Presents Death Stranding Starring Hideo Kojima As Hideo Kojima

Here, for your enjoyment this Thursday evening, is a Death Stranding trailer in which every single character is just Hideo Kojima. Made using Deepfakes, it’s basically the animated version of: It’s worth remembering that this tweet read differently in Japanese. It’s also worth remembering that this video is a joke, and a good one at…

Hippety Hoppety

Julian Holm is a freelance artist from Norway. You can see more of Julian’s work at his ArtStation page

Valkyria Chronicles 4 Gives Away All Its DLC For Free

The Steam version of Valkyria Chronicles 4 has just been updated to give everyone who owns the game all of its DLC for nothing. Previously there had been six different updates you could buy, ranging from extra story missions to…a way to unlock swimsuit costumes. The update simply transforms everybody’s copy of the game to…

Epic Accidentally Tells Fortnite Players They’re Cheating Just For Watching Games

Earlier this week, Epic had a little problem with its a spectator mode in Fortnite, accidentally issuing formal warnings to some players who were just hangin’ out on a server watching other people play. Turns out the “spectate game in progress” mode was at fault, with the game mistakenly believing that players simply watching a…

China Bans Kids From Playing Games After 10 p.m., Caps Microtransaction Spending

A new Chinese law that went into place on Tuesday has placed extreme limits on the screen times of the nation’s youth, with everyone under the age of 18 now restricted from playing video games for longer than 90 minutes a day, or between the hours of 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. As the New…

Kinda Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them Or Whatever

Aohan Chen is an artist from China. You can see more of Chen’s work at their ArtStation page

26 Years Later, Here’s Another Deleted Scene From The Super Mario Bros. Movie

It didn’t make the cut back in 1993, but if for some reason you felt like seeing even more footage from the disastrous Super Mario Bros. live action movie, here’s your chance. The team at SMBmovie.com, who have spent years cataloguing and uploading everything you’d ever want to know—and a lot of stuff you wouldn’t—about…

Dark Souls Modders Can Now Create And Import Custom Maps

It’s taken eight years, but a group of modders have worked out a way to create custom levels for Dark Souls, and to prove it they’ve imported…a classic Half-Life map. As explained in this Reddit thread, the hold-up has long been down to not just Dark Souls’ use of Havok physics, but the fact that…

Planet Zoo Has Cute Animals, But The Management Sucks

Ever wonder what would happen if someone made a traditional theme park management game, but with animals? Planet Zoo is here to help us find out. I’d love to tell you that pitch is more nuanced, and that I was just being sassy for a lede, but really, it’s not. If you’ve played Rollercoaster Tycoon,…

Our Favorite Cosplay From Fandemic Houston 2019

The Houston leg of the Fandemic Tour was held at the NRG Center between October 18-20, and local cosplayers were out in force. Below you’ll find video and photos of the event’s cosplay scene, courtesy of a collaboration between Jorge & Jordan and Mineralblu

Ye Olde Batman & Catwoman

Mohanad Hossam is a 3D artist from Egypt. You can see more of Hossam’s stuff at his ArtStation page

Fans of historical city-builders like Pharaoh and Caesar might want to keep an eye on Nebuchadnezzar, which is coming to Steam next year 

Mods Bring LEGO To Star Wars Battlefront II

Finally, a way to combine LEGO Star Wars and Star Wars Battlefront in the one game. Here’s a mod by Dulana57 that swaps out DICE’s Yoda for a LEGO one instead: Love it. Sadly it looks like a lot of work for purely cosmetic results, work few are willing to put in, as I could…

RIP Singstar, One Of The Most Important Games In PlayStation History

This may come as a bit of a shock to Americans, since it never really took hold in the US, but Singstar was one of the most important series ever released on a Sony console. And in January 2020, after 15 years of PlayStation karaoke, it’s finally going to be shuffled off the stage. The…