Patrick Klepek

Metroid Prime: Federation Force for 3DS will arrive on August 19, Nintendo announced today. It may not be the Metroid game we all want, but hey, it’s a Metroid game…?

Mario Maker Stage Forces Players To Beat It Without Jumping

When I started a Mario Maker level that claimed I wouldn’t be able to jump, I thought the designer was kidding. They weren’t. As part of my Mario Maker Morning series on YouTube, viewers send me letters with their level codes. Given that I can’t play every single stage, I’ve asked people to clear a…

Why It Took Two Years To Finish Making DLC For A Rambo Game Nobody Liked

Rambo: The Video Game wasn’t a good game when it came out in February 2014, and not much has changed in the last two years. So when the game’s publisher quietly stopped talking about DLC, it wasn’t surprising. But lo and behold, that DLC is coming out. Why’d it take two years? I asked. Chances…

The PC version of Dark Souls is back online, though it’s unclear what knocked it offline for a week in the first place If you’ve already finished Dark Souls 3, the original game holds up very well!

Crowdfunded Dark Souls Board Game Raises $200,000 In Less Than Two Hours

The game even has the series’ trademark bonfire mechanic, where players can level up, rest, and head out back into the world.

The Joy Of Helping Other Players Survive Dark Souls 3

So much of Dark Souls is a lonely experience. There are fleeting glimpses of others in the same struggle, but you’re largely on your own. It’s why flipping the script and jumping into other people’s games is such a joy. There are two ways to interact with other players. You can invade worlds and kill…

Enter The Gungeon Is Scratching My Spelunky Itch

I’ve been waiting for another game to grab me like Spelunky did, and while it’s still early days, it seems like Enter the Gungeon might be up to the task. I fell in love with Spelunky for a few reasons: The game changed every time you played it. There was a sense of mystery to…

That Time Nintendo Canceled The Nearly Finished Star Fox 2

It’s never been strange for Nintendo to delay a game until they’re happy, but Star Fox 2 was a rare moment it canceled a game that was almost done. Star Fox was a big hit when it was released in 1993, and showed how the SNES could still compete technologically, even as new hardware was…

Nobody Knows Why Dark Souls 1 For PC Has Been Offline For A Week

While most Souls fans are digging into Dark Souls 3, there’s a passionate community of thousands who play the original game regularly. But if you’re on PC, Dark Souls been suspiciously quiet for the past week or so. It’s possible to play Dark Souls on your own, but interacting with other players is a huge…

How To Unlock Every Secret Ending In Dark Souls 3

As with previous Souls games, there are multiple ways to end the game, even if they’re not readily apparent. If you haven’t yet touched the final bonfire, here’s a guide to the various endings in Dark Souls 3 There are spoilers to follow! So far, we know there are four endings for Dark Souls 3,…

A Helpful Guide to Dark Souls 3‘s Confusing Multiplayer

Dark Souls has become more accessible over the years, but if you’re new, some parts may still seem like a mystery. It’s not spelled out how you’re supposed to play with friends, for example. I’m here to break it down. There are two ways to play Dark Souls: offline and online. If you play online,…

The Mess That Came After Nintendo Fired An Employee

The twisting controversies about the translation of Nintendo games, harassment, and the firing of one of its employees got even messier this week. Two weeks ago,word spread through social media and sites like ours that Nintendo had fired product marketing specialist Alison Rapp, the target of a months-long campaign to initially blame her for perceived…

A Tragic Story Of Two Best Friends Who Loved Dark Souls

When Dark Souls makes adults weep into their hands, it’s usually because of the game’s brutal difficulty. But reddit user TartarusRex0707_ recently lost his best friend, and shared a touching story of their bonding over Dark Souls (Again, you can read the whole post here, if you’d like.) “My best friend and I were Dark…

Monaco and DOOM 3 BFG Edition are now backwards compatible on Xbox One, the company announced today. The list seems to grow every few days, and if Microsoft can keep pace, it’ll be an impressive library by the end of 2016.

How To Jump Into Dark Souls 3 If You Got Started With Bloodborne

Despite being the third game in the series, it’s possible Dark Souls 3 is your first Dark Souls game! Though Bloodborne was built from Dark Souls’ DNA, it’s pretty different. Here’s what might surprise you. Everything Is Much Slower Dark Souls 3 is fast compared to previous Souls games, but it’s got nothing on Bloodborne.…

Remedy says it’s working on patches for the kinda broken PC version of Quantum Break. They outlined all the issues they’re trying to address, from the frame rate stuttering, crashing, and inability to disable v-sync. It doesn’t sound like things are going to be fixed overnight, though.

Tips For Playing Dark Souls 3

The land of Lothric is a deadly place, and Dark Souls 3 doesn’t go out of its way to lend a hand. I’m here to help. What follows is a combination of tips for people who are new to Dark Souls—i.e. watch out for mimics!!—and things that are specific to Dark Souls 3. I’ll be…

Oculus has finally updated the shipping estimates for lots of Rift pre-orders, and it’s not good news: lots of people have been delayed by a month or more. Personally, my “April” order suddenly jumped to “mid-June.” Bummer.

GTA Producer Leslie Benzies Embroiled In $150 Million Lawsuit With Rockstar

The “sabbatical” that former Rockstar North president Leslie Benzies was on has proven to be far more complicated than it first appeared. When Kotaku reported that Benzies had left Rockstar North back in January, the company told us he’d been on a sabbatical for several months and had “decided not to return to work for…

Dark Souls 3 PC Has Crashing Issues, But There’s A Temporary Fix

Dark Souls 3 is already difficult, but on the PC, some users have been hit with an additional frustration: it keeps crashing at the start of the game. After scouring various sources—Twitter, reddit, NeoGAF, Steam—the consensus points to crashes as early as the first bonfire. For the record, I didn’t encounter this problem during my…