Hint: In spooky-scary Shinji Mikami survival-horror The Evil Within, it’s a pretty big one. If your Internet connection is non-existent/unreliable, this is probably not the best news. The Evil Within‘s particular brand of survival-horror has been known to cause a bit of a mess, but not like this. Eurogamer took a PlayStation 4 retail copy…
MARIO (V.O.) (sullen): “You ever feel like you were out of joint with the world, Doc? Like you didn’t fit?” Max Landis, son of famed director John Landis (The Blues Brothers, Michael Jackson’s Thriller video, Coming To America, many more) and writer of Chronicle has released a colossal 436-page hypothetical Mario movie script he wrote…
Video games drop the F-bomb a lot these days. Not so long ago one game used it 5,688 times. It wasn’t always that way, though. (OK, we’re in the story now, not on the front page. I can say fuck. Thank fucking goodness.) YouTuber DanDan went on a quest to find out exactly which video…
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel‘s mean, green barfing machine of a secret boss thinks it’s so tough. It can nearly one-shot players lower level than it is. One player, however, figured out how to one-shot it right back. The above video demonstrates how to take down Iwajira in a single hit, and it’s, well, pretty nuts. My…
Hatred is a game about the wanton slaughter of people fueled by nothing but pure, well, hatred. Its trailer came out this week, and many people found it to be upsetting, even deplorable. Video games, however, frequently revel in over-the-top violence. So why is everybody talking about this game in particular? First off, here’s the…
Not so long ago, Robin Hunicke played an instrumental role in making soothing, soulful PlayStation 3 hit Journey. Now she’s heading up a new team and picking up where she left off: Luna is a game with no killing or amassing power, just human connection and learning from mistakes. Hunicke and her new company, Funomena—composed…
It’s not just a Destiny thing anymore. Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel players have begun stumbling across incredibly efficient loot/experience/badass rank/moonrock grinding spots (that’s my nice way of saying “exploits”), so of course they’re calling them loot caves. We live in a post-Loot-Cave world now. Yes, this is the year 2014 AD, but we’re starting the count…
Everybody wants Half-Life 3, but this elaborate crowdfunding plot dreamed up by interns at marketing agency McKee Wallwork & Co is not how we’re going to get it. Marketing duo Chris Salem and Kyle Mazzei have launched an Indiegogo page entitled “We Want Half-Life 3,” allegedly with the full support of their firm behind them.…
This weekend’s League of Legends‘ pro mega-event will be streamed on digital network ESPN 3. As it did with DOTA 2‘s colossal International tournament, ESPN will be streaming LoL‘s finals live from Seoul, South Korea. This comes as something of a relief, given that ESPN’s president recently said eSports “is not a sport.”
Something’s off. Maybe it’s the hulking mountain range of muscles rippling across your entire body. Or maybe it’s the fact that you won’t stop screaming all the time. Also I didn’t know you were a League of Legends character. Oh, you’re not Sonic at all. That explains it. YouTube user Dippen made a Sonic The…
Remember that Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel gun nobody could figure out how to use? Yeah, well somebody figured out how to use it. That didn’t take long. Possible spoilers and all that. Admittedly the person in the above video, KnowledgeFX, went into the game file and tampered with their stats so they could yank Excalibastard from…
The Sword In The Stone, 87 bazillion gun moon explosion edition. Spoiler alert! Turn back lest ye be devoured by the sarlacc spoiler pit of planet Zephendel XII. Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel‘s most talked about gun is one nobody’s using. Yet. The legendary weapon is called the Excalibastard, and here’s a YouTuber named ZiggyD admiring its…
Mindless bots, I believe it’s fair to say, are a scourge in team-based competitive games like League of Legends. Fraud is also, um, not cool. By revamping LoL‘s refer-a-friend program, Riot is hoping to squash both with one giant fly swatter. Previously the refer-a-friend program gave rewards to players who invited friends to play League…
He’s big, mean, and green. Also pretty well-hidden. If you don’t want the boss to be spoiled for you, click away now. The lumbering beast—who goes by the name Iwajira—apparently has a very upset tummy, which makes him vomit syrupy green all over players. The noxious stream has the side effect of being, um, fatal,…
Borderlands is an island. In its center, there’s a breezy mix of ridiculous firefights and even nuttier guns. Surrounding it, however, is an ocean of tedium—little inconveniences that have plagued the series since its inception. Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel does only the bare minimum of work to fix that. Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel is a new game…
Fun fact: actor Michael Ironside, who voiced Tom Clancy stealth juggernaut Splinter Cell‘s main character, super spy murder dad Sam Fisher, nearly quit before the series even got off the ground. As part of a Reddit AMA, Ironside talked about Splinter Cell‘s early days and how he basically didn’t want anything to do with it…
Once upon a time licensed video games—ones based on movies, TV shows, or other popular series—were the domain of festering bargain bins and well-meaning grandparents who didn’t know any better. Now Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor and Alien: Isolation are two of the year’s most interesting games. This is a good thing. There have, of course,…
Console transitions are weird, sometimes sloppy things, and the latest—from PS3/Xbox 360 to PS4/Xbox One—is no different. The newest wrinkle? Games like Forza Horizon 2 and Diablo III are only offering DLC and major updates to current-gen versions. Last-gen, meanwhile, is stuck out in the cold. Forza community manager Brian Ekberg explained the now sadly…
Before Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor‘s release, a curious thing happened: critics on YouTube (and some in the traditional press) tried to obtain early PC copies for review, but couldn’t. And yet, YouTube entertainers were able to—if they agreed to terms like, “videos will promote positive sentiment about the game.” These sort of brand deals, as…
The bat cave. No one can know about it. It’s Batman’s lair of perfect solitude, of secrecy crucial to his every plan and action. His survival. So of course we’ll all soon be able to track our muddy virtual shoes through it. Hurrah! Warner and visual effects company OTOY are working on a virtual reality…
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