Patrick Klepek

Dark Souls 3 PC Cheater Spent Hours Streaming Their Exploits This Weekend

Dark Souls 3 PC has a big cheating problem, and it’s not getting better. PC players were furious this weekend, as a hacker spent hours streaming while they pulled players into their game and immediately killed them. Here’s what it looked like: (The full archive isn’t available, but I captured a slice over the weekend.)…

That Time Sony Started Making Big Games Available Digitally On Day One

It’s now standard practice to release a game at retail and digitally at the same time, but that wasn’t the case in 2007. Warhawk was a trendsetter, but it was a bumpy road. Warhawk was supposed to be one of PlayStation 3’s biggest early exclusives, an ambitious resurrection of a cult classic for the original…

How A Mario Maker Rivalry Got Me Punched In The Balls

I’ve been fending off the diabolical Mario Maker creations by Giant Bomb editor Dan Ryckert for months now. Our rivalry has always taken place over the Internet, however. At PAX East, it was a face-to-face showdown. Mario Maker has captivated my attention longer than any other game, fueled by imaginative levels crafted by its players.…

Total War: Warhammer had previously locked an entire race, the Chaos Warriors, behind pre-order DLC, but the developer has since reversed its position. Now, the Chaos Warriors will be free for anyone who pre-orders or buys the game—until a week after release. It’s a good compromise.

The Arguments For And Against A Dark Souls Easy Mode

It’s been a few weeks since Worth Reading, your weekly guide to the best writing in video games, but we’re back. Hey, You Should Read These “The Story of Fumito Ueda” by game no ryuugi (translated by Shmuplations) Though we haven’t heard a lick about The Last Guardian since Sony re-premiered the game for PlayStation…

WWE Fan Holds Up ‘Localize Mother 3‘ Sign At Recent Show

People bring all kinds of ridiculous signs to WWE events, but a demand to translate Mother 3? That’s a new one. Twitter user @5of6 discovered the sign while watching the most recent episode of WWE Smackdown: And here’s a clip from the episode: Maybe this will be one of the surprises Nintendo has for E3?…

Dark Souls 3 PC Has A Massive Cheating Problem

Dark Souls 3 is excellent on PC, but it’s a haven for cheaters. From Software’s solution seems to be blaming the fans who love their game. A number of players found this upon loading Dark Souls 3 last week: The game didn’t explain what it meant by “invalid game data,” but in the past, this…

New DOOM Includes Awesome Secret For Old School Fans

If you’re paying close attention to every level of the new DOOM, you might stumble upon something very cool. Spoilers ahead, obviously! Again, if you don’t want to have this DOOM secret spoiled ahead of release, stop reading. Anyway. Bethesda Softworks and id Software have finally started showing off the singleplayer portion of next month’s…

Bethesda premiered the first gameplay from the single player part of DOOM today. It definitely looks like DOOM!

Tropico 5, God of War: Ghost of Sparta Headline PlayStation Plus Lineup For May

It’s a quality selection of games, but they’re not exactly heavy hitters. Guess that Watch Dogs “leak” didn’t pan out? As always, though Sony advertises these as “free” games, you need an active PlayStation Plus subscription, which is the opposite of free. Anyway, here’s a breakdown of what’s coming. PlayStation 4 Tropico 5 Table Top…

The Mystery Behind Dark Souls 3‘s Seemingly Useless Poise Stat

One of the more common ways to play Dark Souls is bulking up with huge pieces of armor, knowing you can withstand attacks. This isn’t the case in Dark Souls 3, as it appears one of the game’s stats has become pointless. Glitch? Intentional design change? Nobody knows. The stat in question is called poise.…

Rocket League‘s New Basketball-Themed Mode Is Goofy Fun

It’s been months since I played Rocket League, a game about cars playing soccer. The game’s newest game mode switches sports, and it’s really fun! My Rocket League addiction was deep for a few months in 2015. Though I was never particularly good, it was the kind of game I could play while waiting for…

Flinthook, a beautiful and fast-paced action game built around a grappling hook, was my favorite game at PAX East last week. It only took a few moments before I was whipping around the room and collecting treasure. There’s no release date or platforms yet, but I’m already anxious.

That Time Ridge Racer Got Its Own Super Weird Controller

There have been some weird controllers made for video games over the years. Namco’s NeGcon was one of the strangest, but it was awesome. It’s been a long time since Ridge Racer was a definitive franchise, but it used to be that a new Ridge Racer was a platform-defining moment. The series was no stranger…

A Dark Souls 3 Checklist For Finding The Biggest Secrets

There are so many tiny details you can miss while playing Dark Souls 3, from elaborate side quests to hilarious gestures for use during multiplayer. Thankfully, one player crafted a meticulous checklist to help guide you Dark Souls 3, like the Souls games before it, are okay with players missing out on huge chunks of…

Blackroom is the new shooter teased by John Romero last week, and he’s trying to raise $700,000 on Kickstarter. Romero describes Blackroom as a “return to fast, violent and masterful play on the PC.” If funded, they’re aiming to release in “winter 2018.”

Watch This Speedrunner Crush Dark Souls 3 In Just Over An Hour

It took me almost 40 hours to beat every boss in Dark Souls 3. It’s taking speedrunner Distortion2 just over an hour, and he’s cutting off minutes every single day. There are few things more enjoyable than watching another person blast through a Souls game after you’ve endured its tortures. Granted, any Souls game is…

Dark Souls 3 PC Players Don’t Know Why They’re Getting Banned [UPDATE]

From Software is cracking down on cheaters in Dark Souls 3, but as with previous Dark Souls games, it appears to be impacting innocent bystanders. “Tons of LEGITIMATE PC PLAYERS have now been banned,” is the title of a panicked thread on the Dark Souls 3 subreddit, and there’s plenty of discussions on Steam, too.…

While it’s just a teaser for another announcement, DOOM co-creator John Romero has announced he’s working on a new shooter He’s working on it with Adrian Carmack. The game will be formally unveiled on April 25. Here’s hoping it’s not another F2P shooter!

The Contentious Debate Over Whether To Make Hyper Light Drifter Easier

Hyper Light Drifter is beautiful, mysterious, and hard as hell. To some, that difficulty is central to its design. To others, it’s an obstacle preventing them from enjoying its other parts. Since release, the developers have tried to patch the game to appease both audiences, but it’s been a challenge. You can’t talk about Hyper…