We Happy Few just got a big update. The very British, slightly BioShock-esque survival game launched in Early Access over the summer. I found it intriguing and weird, but also aimless and fairly barebones. The update improves that by completely overhauling NPC behavior, encounters, environments, and quest states. It also adds a story-driven tutorial.
He thought he made it through this one. He really did. Sean Bean, a man cursed by some sort of time genie to die a thousand deaths, can’t even make it through a damn Civilization VI trailer. The funny/sad part, though, is that he could’ve sworn he survived this time. In a new behind-the-scenes video,…
A couple weeks ago, Playdead removed Denuvo’s anti-piracy tech from the Steam version of Inside. They did so in typical Playdead fashion, which is to say without using words to explain any of it. Now id Software’s done the same with Doom. Sadly, they didn’t make the announcement with heavy metal. As part of a…
I fucking hate loot boxes, but there’s no denying that they work. I can’t count the number of times I’ve played two or three more Overwatch matches than I was planning to because I was so close to the chance to click on another crate full of confetti and disappointment. China just passed a law…
Last week, Overwatch’s third competitive season kicked off. Approximately five nanoseconds later, forums flooded with everything from furtive questions to irate rants about placement. The short version is, some people didn’t feel like their initial ranks corresponded with their performance in placement matches or their ranking tier last season or, well… anything. Some high-tier players…
Remember Dale Brown, aka Hanjo, aka the guy who got the lowest possible rank in season one of Overwatch? Well, he’s still around, and this time, he and a friend pulled off a world first. On the first day of Overwatch season three, Brown and his friend Jon “WrstReaperNA” Kingham hit rank one, with Kingham…
Overwatch’s new 3v3 elimination mode is much more tense than your average match. If you wanna make it downright frightening, though, try playing hide-and-seek. Muselk and friends decided to create their own objective in 3v3: hide (and, you know, don’t die) until the timer runs out, rendering the match a draw. Their results were… mixed.…
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is one of the most popular shooters in the world, but some still prefer The Old Ways. Counter-Strike: Classic Offensive is a mod that brings key aspects of Counter-Strike 1.6 into Global Offensive, preserving some of the game’s beloved rough edges and giving them a glossy sheen. Here’s mod maker Z00L’s description:…
Firewatch was a slow-paced, contemplative indie hit about people. So of course, somebody decided to turn it into a roller coaster. Here’s the ride in action in Planet Coaster: Steam user sammy put some serious work into his high-flying homage. He explained: “There are over 1300 triggered scenery events for this ride. Main features are…
Those poor Roadhogs. They trusted you! Pvthazard figured out that Overwatch’s new map, Oasis, has a bug where if you shoot a Roadhog while he’s hooking you, the hook won’t retract. Upon realizing this, Pvthazard did what any sensible person would: they spawned a team of NPC Roadhogs and got hooked by every single one,…
During the Game Awards, Telltale showed off The Walking Dead: A New Frontier The trailer stars Javier, a young man who ultimately meets up with a grizzled-as-hell looking Clementine… after killing his zombified dad. A New Frontier kicks off on December 20.
During the Game Awards, Bethesda showed off gameplay of the new Prey The trailer shows main character Morgan Yu shooting and sci-fi super-powering his way through a space station, taking on shadow monsters and transforming into weapons of mass destruction like a coffee cup. Given how much they’ve promoted it, there had BETTER fucking be…
During the Game Awards, That Dragon, Cancer won the Games For Impact award. The game is about developer Ryan Green’s young son’s struggle with cancer. Unfortunately, he didn’t make it. Green accepted the award in tears. “Often in video games,” he said, his voice shaking, “we get to choose how we’re seen. Our avatars and…
As part of the recent Steam front page revamp, Valve gave curators an even more prominent spot and added functionality so that they can list games as “not recommended” or provide Steam users with neutral information. Sounds good on paper. Doesn’t really work in practice. Recently, I decided to search for Steam curators—that is, (often…
Jason Rohrer, creator of experimental games like Passage and, most recently, a satanic gambling game that people have won as much as $6,000 from, has a new project. It’s a multiplayer survival game about living life in an hour. Also, other players are your parents, and you cooperate across generations to take civilization from sticks…
A few days ago, I was hanging out at some friends’ house. One of them, Ian, decided to buy a new PS4 game. “Get The Witcher 3!” I yapped, briefly outdoing his tiny dog, who looked on with a mix of curiosity and some other dog emotion. “Get it, get it, get it!” It was…
Overwatch’s new map, Oasis, has cars and jump pads. You know what that means: the dreaded S-word. I speak, of course, of shenanigans Among other things, Oasis is populated by cars that can and will do what cars do: mercilessly plow through cartoon heroes. Overwatch players, who happen to overlap with the ten percent of…
Friends, I have been bested. You might remember that I’ve made it my life goal to arrange unconscious bodies in stealth games so that it looks like they just got done having sick parties, and Dishonored 2 is the current canvas for my art. Well, I got to be (arguably) the master of my craft…
Donald Trump’s cabinet is coming together, and it’s become impossible to ignore some real and direct connections to the world of video games, largely centering on his controversial picks for chief strategist, Steve Bannon, and national security adviser, Michael Flynn. Both men are among the most extreme right-wing selections for Trump and some of the…
Gun skins, knife skins, and sprays not enough for you? Wait, really? Well OK then, Counter-Strike’s got you (and your hands) covered. As part of the latest big Counter-Strike update, Valve added a Glove Case, with 24 cosmetic glove skins as special items. They look pretty snazzy, ranging from dirt bike couture to “I saw…
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