There have been miscountsand celebrity appearances, but let us not overlook another highlight of this weekend’s festivities: Shirtless EVO Guys. You might think Casey “Onisan” Dillon is being an asshole here by not only stripping off on stage during a Street Fighter IV bout, but draping his shirt on Poongko, his opponent. But as you’ll…
If you need the music for this kind of atheticism, here it is (via Reddit) UPDATE: Here’s a still:
Alberto Camara is an artist at Rovio in Finland, where he’s worked on a whole bunch of Angry Birds games. Not that there are any Angry Birds pictures in this gallery. You can see more of Alberto’s work at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or,…
Ever wonder how wild the Wild West would have been if everyone had been scratching records instead of rustling cattle? Luckslingermight be the game for you. It’s a side-scrolling shooter and adventure title that is mostly a cowboy game, except for the places it takes a detour and dumps a bunch of hip-hop in the…
I am an aficionadoof fine box art, it is known. And this is an ever-growing collection of damn fine box art. Cool Box Art is a Twitter account run by @TheSonicMole and @87th, which collects the finest examples of packaging art (and posters) in video game history and dumps them back onto the internet a…
They may be sat behind a desk instead of being out on a field or court smashing into other humans, but that doesn’t mean esports players are immune from career-threatening injuries. Motherboard has a great interview up with Dr. Levi Harrison, a hand and arm surgeon based in Los Angeles. Harrison—who specialises in athlete injuries—tells…
This week, the world has looked on with aweas the New Horizons probe sent back the first ever detailed pictures of Pluto. Those images weren’t taken using the latest technology, though; New Horizons launched in January 2006, and was obviously designed and built even earlier. So the gear inside is a little more primitive than…
Just when you think EA and Madden have squeezed the life out of football games, along comes Axis Football, a scrappy little effort that is the anti-Madden It has no production values. Terrible commentary. Few options. No fancy moves for your players. And if they had to create fictional franchises, EA would never be dumb…
Sean Hayden is an artist from the UK who has been working in the games business for a few years now. You can see more of Sean’s work at his personal site To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), click on…
Commodore, a company most famous for their C64 and Amiga computers, went bust in 1994. The brand, however (much like Atari’s) lives on, and it’s this week been resuscitated in a strange and curious place: the mobile phone market. This is the Commodore PET, an Android phone that leverages the grand old brand name by…
Since its foundation in 1985, Studio Ghibli has released over 20 feature films. Some of these have become animation classics! Others have stunk up the joint. While the studio is synonymous with the works of Hayao Miyazaki, don’t forget that a number of other directors have helmed projects for Ghibli, from studio co-founder Isao Takahata…
Janice Chu is a concept artist and illustrator who works at Digital Extremes, the developers of Warframe. We’ve actually featured some of Janice’s art before, when she made those sweet Last of Us images and sent them to Naughty Dog, but this is a more complete look at her impressive portfolio. You can see more…
UPDATE, 24 June 2020: Fuck Noah Bradley Every day, I share some of the amazing work done by video game concept artists, and every day, I read comments from readers saying “wow, I wish I could draw like that”. The story of Noah Bradley will make you realise that hey, maybe you can. Bradley, an…
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Epic Games are sending out emails letting people know that most of their forums have been taken offline after they were “compromised by a hacker”. The full email is below: Dear Epic Games Forum Member, We have just discovered that the Epic Games forums located at https://forums.epicgames.com were compromised by a hacker. We are sorry…
In an interview with Mohan “Launders” Govindasamy, pro Counter-Strike player Kory “SEMPHIS” Friesen was asked whether “everyone does Adderall” at certain esports events. “Yeah”, was the answer. Via Motherboard, the admission centred on an ESL event in Poland in March where the communication between Friesen and his teammates was…a bit much (you can see the…
Elena Kotelevets is a concept artist from the Ukraine, who has worked for companies like Super Sila. You can see more of Elena’s work at her personal site and 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…
Paola Alejandra’s Destiny outfit for Comic-Con is doing the source material justice. And seeing as the source material involves ethereal space wizards wielding magic space weapons and wearing crazy magic space outfits, that’s quite the compliment. For those who aren’t familiar with the grind, the outfit is the Robe Of The Exile, the gun is…
I’m not normally a fan of “skinning” my consoles. That stance may, however, be about to change. Via Kicks On Fire, Artist Dominic Low has designed a series of skins for the PS4 and Xbox One that turn them into famous sneaker boxes. The effect isn’t quite as successful on Microsoft’s console as it is…
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