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Telltale’s The Walking Dead is back for a third season this Fall. Here’s the first (short) trailer.
By Luke Plunkett Published June 12, 2016 -
Fallout 4 Accidentally Goes Free On Xbox Store (Update)
A likely pricing error on the Xbox Store today meant that both Fallout 4 and its season pass were selling for the princely sum of $0.00 [Update: the free copies are being revoked]. UPDATE: Microsoft has revoked the license of every copy of the game/DLC that took advantage of the exploit. However, the company will…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 10, 2016 -
Culture
Dear Batman…
Andy Timm is a concept artist working at Hi-Rez studios, the developers behind Smite and the newer Tribes games. You can see more of Andy’s work at his ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), click on the “expand”…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 10, 2016 -
FAR Lets You Explore An Ocean Without Water
This is FAR. Or, as I’m going to call it, The Little Snowpiercer That Could Due for Xbox and PC, it looks like a beautiful little mix of exploration and survival, as you both look after your ship…train…thing, as well as react to situations in the world around you. It’s still early days in terms…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 10, 2016 -
Esports
Report: Manchester United Want To Sign An Overwatch Esports Team
There’s a rumour going around that Manchester United, a name even our dear American readers will recognise, are interested in signing an Overwatch esports team. Do not let this news surprise you. Esports News UK report that United are among the bidders (along with Fnatic and another third party, rumoured to be German football club…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 10, 2016 -
CultureCosplay
Geralt Isn’t The Only Witcher In Town
Sure, Geralt’s the star of the series, but it’s always nice to see a male cosplayer tackling someone who’s in the same trade, but not quite as smooth with the ladies. So hats off to Krishna Dammert for giving Eskil some love. Photos by Andreas Krupa
By Luke Plunkett Published June 9, 2016 -
Culture
You Blew It Up, You Maniacs
Dongjun Lu is a concept artist from Singapore who has worked on series like Ninja Gaiden, Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Nobunaga’s Ambition You can see more of Dongjun’s work at his personal site, as well as his ArtStationand Patreonpages. To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough,…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 9, 2016 -
Uncharted 4: The Very Short Text Adventure
If the actual Uncharted 4’s a little too white-knuckled for your gaming tastes, but you still want to get a feel for what everyone’s been talking about, you could always try this brief little text adventure version Know that, if you haven’t worked it out by now by the genre itself, it’s not an official…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 9, 2016 -
Destiny DLC Trailer Leaks. Gjallarhorn Is Back.
A trailer for the new Destiny DLC Rise of Iron has leaked out a little early, and it contains something that’ll twist the knickers of everyone who played the game back in its launch year: the rocket launcher Gjallarhorn is back. It’s sporting the same design, only now you can get it in “Iron Black”.…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 9, 2016 -
Last year at Gamescom, Microsoft said that the Xbox One was going to get DVR functionality in 2016. Yesterday, the company shelved those plans, saying they were going to instead “focus our attention on launching new, higher fan-requested gaming experiences across Xbox One and Windows 10″.
By Luke Plunkett Published June 8, 2016 -
CultureCosplay
Original Cosplay Is The Best Cosplay
Amazing. I’ve never seen anything like it. Who cares if it’s not a fictional character: cosplay is 100% about fandom, and who isn’t a fan of soy sauce? Monsters, that’s who. Photo by Mark Clifton, taken at Animazement 19. Cosplayer is Katie Cunningham. Update:
By Luke Plunkett Published June 8, 2016 -
CultureTransmission: When Classic Sci-Fi And Video Games Collide
Nathaniel West is a veteran concept artist who served as lead concept artist on Interstellar, and has also worked on Godzilla, Inception and Iron Man 2. His latest project, though, is as creator of the upcoming video game Transmission Taking cues from classic sci-fi design like 2001 and Alien, and some of his favourite games…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 8, 2016 -
Smart Players Turn Overwatch Into A Sports Game
One of the cooler things about Overwatch is that it isn’t just about shooting. You can heal, you can drop turrets, you can turn into a giant shield. But did you know that you can also, with a little work, play some badminton? All you need are a couple of Mercys (Mercies? A Murder of…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 8, 2016 -
Culture
When Your Default Look Is “Glum”
Alexis Rives is a young French artist just starting out in the video game business. You can see more of Alexis’ work at his ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), click on the “expand” button in the top-left…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 8, 2016 -
First Look At Watch Dogs 2 [Now With More Official Info]
Ubisoft released a shorter version of their big Watch Dogs 2 reveal trailer sightly ahead of time on Twitch last night. Today, they expanded more on what we can expect from the game when it hits this fall. Here’s the full trailer, which is a bit longer than the one that ran last night: In…
Luke Plunkett & Kirk Hamilton Published June 8, 2016
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