Last year, photographer (and games blogger) Stéphane You was kind enough to show us some of the cosplay that went down at one of Europe’s biggest nerd shows, France’s Japan Expo. He’s now done the same for this year’s show, so thanks Stéphane! Below you’ll see some of the best cosplay photographs he captured during…
This is what WWE 2K19’s collector’s edition looks like. Hang it in the Louvre. There’s a bunch of shit that comes inside that box, but since that junk includes a Funko Pop Vinyl, I am going to pretend none of it exists, and we live in a world where I can judge a game by…
In 2014, League of Legends trashed its own lore so it could start over and make it better. That process continues to this day, with League’s world of Runeterra finally getting its own full and official map. Previously just a fragmented collection of stories and sketches, Runeterra is now a place, and to help people…
Julen Urrutia is a character artist at Axis Animation, a studio that has made trailers for games like Destiny 2 and League of Legends You can see more of Julen’s work at his Behanceand ArtStationpages. Fine Art is a celebration of the work of video game artists, showcasing the best of both their professional and…
Dungeons and Doggies is a miniature release from Animal Adventures that lets anyone who plays D&D—and wants to go on quests with very good boys—have some cute dogs join their party. The set includes 13 adventuring dog miniatures, as well as a “bespoke set of fifth edition compatible rules for using your Animal Adventure miniatures…
Pandemic has been one of the biggest board games on the planet since its release in 2008, so to celebrate its 10th birthday its getting re-released in a big metal box that’s full of new cards and miniatures. Pandemic 10th Anniversary will be $100. For that money you get a very good game, plus a…
In November, NECA will be releasing this action figure two-pack that includes both Kratos and Boy. Advertised as a “7” scale action figure 2-pack”, obviously only Kratos is actually clocking in at that height. The pack also includes a bunch of weapons, fire and frost effects and Mimir’s head. They’ve captured Kratos’ joyful and optimistic…
Fortnite’s newly improved Slurp Juice—basically a healing potion—has been temporarily removed from the game after players discovered an animation bug that let them run around with full health and boosts. As this video from Fortnite Insider shows, players found that by cancelling the drinking animation before it was finished they’d be able to both attain the…
Lucasarts made two Tentacle games and will never make a third, so a group of fans have done some heroic work and made one for us. The team, based mostly in Germany (though with some outside help), have released Return of the Tentacle, a full standalone fan game that has almost everything you could ask…
I’ve somehow only recently got the chance to play The Resistance. Now that I have, I’m upset I’ve missed so many years of good times A game for 5+ players, The Resistance was first released in 2010. It’s a deduction game (think Bang!, or even Battlestar) where everybody plays as a member of a cyberpunk…
This Bahamut from Final Fantasy X, built by Marius Herrmann, is an enormous one metre (3.2 feet) wide. Via Brothers Brick, it’s got some interesting composition, having been built from pieces as varied as shields, plant stems, a rip cord and even a grill in a colour that hasn’t been available for a decade. Herrmann…
Heritage Auctions recently sold the original art used for Shahrazad, a card released in 1993 for Magic: The Gathering’s Arabian Nights expansion. It sold for a ton Illustrated by writer and artist Kaja Foglio, the $72,000 final offer is the second big Magic sale in the last few months, with the original Arcbound Ravager art…
On July 19, Nintendo filed suit in an Arizona Federal Court against the operator of two popular retro gaming sites, which had been hosting ROMS of some of the company’s most famous games. The suit alleges that the two sites, LoveROMS.com and LoveRETRO.co—both owned and operated by Jacob Mathias—are “built almost entirely on the brazen…
Joseph Feinsilver is an artist based in LA who has worked on stuff like Sunset Overdrive and the Guardians of the Galaxy cartoon You can see more of Feinsilver’s stuff at his personal site and ArtStation page Fine Art is a celebration of the work of video game artists, showcasing the best of both their…
The two Games Done Quick events are an annual highlight of the speedrunning scene, but a new event in Australia is looking to take the opposite approach. Great Games Done Slow will be held in September, and rather than the chaos and stress of trying to play games quickly, players will instead be “encouraged to…
Shigenori Soejima is one of the great artists working in video games, and classics like Persona and Catherine just wouldn’t have been the same without his vision. This short documentary by Archipel is a must for fans of his stuff, going into his history with Atlus, his primary inspirations and how he approaches his art.…
The Quest For Glory series, a giant in the history of PC role-playing (and adventure!) games, has been gone for decades. But this month, their creators have returned with what’s basically a new entry. It doesn’t carry the official branding, but Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption is a Quest for Glory game through and through. Co-creators…
A 2K18 player has made this little mixtape vid of his game, which has created LeBron James’ son (LeBron James Jr.) and put him on the same Lakers team as his dad. It’s pretty good! Both as a video and as a vision of a possible future, where James sticks around in the leaguelong enough…
Nintendo just announced a couple of new updates to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, adding some Breath of the Wild-related items to the game. First up is a Breath of the Wild-skinned version of the Master Cycle: You’ll also be able to dress Link up in his tunic from the Switch game. Ancient customisation parts will…
Earlier this year,there was a big fuss from Dragon Ball fans over a line of sneakers that Adidas was releasing based on the franchise, mostly because a bunch of leaked designs looked terrible. Now that one of the shoes is actually coming out, though, things might not be so bad. The first sneaker in the…
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