You’ve probably seen Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but chances are you didn’t pick up on what appears to be a shoutout to Metal Gear designer Hideo Kojima. The official Star Wars website published a list of the many voice actors who contributed lines to the movie today, from stormstroopers to resistance pilots. What we’re…
When some of the founders of Burnout developer Criterion Games left, we weren’t sure what they were building, and now we know: an extreme golf game called Dangerous Golf. It’s coming to Xbox One, PS4, and PC in May, and looks like the weirdness you’d expect from the crew who made Burnout
We Dare was more famous for its commercial than its gameplay, largely because the backlash to the trailer was so strong that Ubisoft basically cancelled it. Mini-game collections existed before Nintendo launched the Wii in 2006, but the explosive popularity of Wii Sports, combined with the new possibilities of motion controls, meant every publisher under…
John “TotalBiscuit” Bain is not the first to struggle with social media as he’s become more popular, nor is he the first to announce he’s quitting a service like Twitter. But uniquely, the YouTube star is living with terminal cancer, and his statement on why he’s leaving is gut-wrenching and understandable. Bain first discussed his…
It’s easy to sneer at Hollywood’s obsession with sequels and reboots, but eventually, the dice rolls in your direction. One person’s cynicism is another’s nostalgia. For me, it’s The X-Files, a show that defined my childhood. Last night was a big deal—The X-Files was back. It kinda sucked, and I definitely don’t care. Now nearly…
Street Fighter V won’t have an in-depth story mode when it launches on February 16, but Capcom’s announced a “cinematic expansion” coming next June for free. It’ll apparently go “deep” into the series’ mythology, taking place between the events of Street Fighter IV and Street Fighter III Contact the author at [email protected]
This mesmerizing GIF should be all you need to read Worth Reading, my weekly roundup of the best games writing around. Hey, You Should Read These “Revisiting David Bowie’s bizarre virtual world” by Mike Wehner I’m still processing the passing of David Bowie. It’s not often that a celebrity deaths land a punch, but Bowie’s…
Yandere Simulator is the latest game to get banned from Twitch. If you stream Yandere Simulator, you could get banned, too. Thing is, the developer making the game doesn’t exactly know why Twitch made this call. He’s willing to change some things, if they’d consider lifting the ban, but Twitch isn’t talking to him. Note:…
David Gaider, one of the principal writers behind the Dragon Age series and other BioWare RPGs, has announced he’s leaving BioWare after 17 years “I’ll miss my team, and wish everyone here the best,” he wrote on Twitter. It’s unclear what he’ll be working on next.
The Division’s beta starts next week, and if you’re a PC owner, you might be curious to know what the system requirements are. It seems pretty standard for a modern PC game—I’m very happy to have snagged a GTX 970 last year!
Despite reports that Ark: Survival Evolved runs crappy on Xbox One, the developers have announced it’s getting split-screen support, which is cool! It’s not clear when split-screen will be patched into the game, but hopefully it comes alongside some other performance improvements. More split-screen! Contact the author at [email protected]
Though Scott Cawthon claims he’s done with his jump scare series Five Nights at Freddy’s, he’s not done with those characters. His most ambitious project yet, the RPG game Five Nights at Freddy’s World, just came out on Steam. Like Five Nights at Freddy’s, the game was released out of nowhere. It’s unclear how Cawthon’s…
Stoic Games is a tiny developer. While their Viking-inspired strategy game The Banner Saga became a hit, they didn’t have the bandwidth to port it themselves, so they found another studio to handle the game coming to PS4, Xbox One, and Vita. Unfortunately, that studio went bankrupt. Back in December, Stoic technical director John Watson…
Mortal Kombat X was’t very good on the PC. While not the outright disaster that Batman: Arkham Knight was, it was still plagued with technical problems. A community still formed around the fighting sequel, but Warner Bros. and NetherRealm are cutting ties with PC players; there will be no more DLC for it. The PC…
The Long War is, far and away, the most popular mod for the 2013’s XCOM reboot. It’s a pleasant surprise, then, to learn Firaxis has partnered with its developers to have something similar available for next months’s XCOM 2 If you’re not familiar with The Long War, the short version is that it’s a much…
It’s not easy to make money running a video game website. In June 2015, popular mobile outlet TouchArcade said it was having cash problems and asked for help, and lots of people did—including mobile developers. But recently, following a mixed game review, one developer decided to pull their funding. “We could load the site up…
Layers of Fear, a promising horror game about a tortured artist, is leaving Early Access on February 16 for PC, Xbox One, and PS4. Patricia took a look at the in-development version of Layers of Fear last year, and having played it for myself, I can back her up: it’s terrifying. Contact the author at…
For a single season, Heroes was a fun TV show. Somehow, it stayed on for another three seasons, but I didn’t stick around to find out why. The equally boring Heroes Reborn reboot is on its way out, bringing with it yet another surprisingly good tie-in game that makes great use of the license. Wait,…
Nintendo’s just announced that Bravely Second: End Layer is coming on April 15. There’s also a Fire Emblem Fates-themed 3DS XL hitting February 19 for $200, though it’ll come without the game. Contact the author at [email protected]
I’ve watched a Super Mario Maker player by the name of ReflectivistFox play through a stage called Fermat’s Last Theorem twice now. It takes nearly eight minutes, involves an unthinkable number of perfectly calculated moves and jumps, and I can’t fathom the patience it took for ReflectivistFox to figure it out. The level’s author, Mr_Enzyme,…
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