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Fed Up Payday 2 Console Players Have Been Waiting A Year For Promised Updates
“We will be able to share a date with you relatively soon when the first update for consoles will hit,” said Payday 2 producer Amir Listo in February. We’ve been making some real progress.” It’s now the end of July, and there’s no indication when console owners are getting new content. Payday 2: Crimewave Edition…
By Patrick Klepek Published July 21, 2016 -
CultureDark Souls 3 Glitch Lets Speedrunners Completely Break The Game
It’s been a few months since Dark Souls 3 came out, and speedrunners have greatly reduced their times due to a glitch that lets them cut through huge parts of the game. This run took only 36 minutes and 43 seconds! I’ve written about Dark Souls 3 speedrunner Distortion2 in the past, one of the…
By Patrick Klepek Published July 20, 2016 -
Valve Issues Cease And Desist Letter To 23 Counter-Strike Gambling Sites
Counter-Strike gambling sites may not be long for this world, as Valve has sent a letter demanding they change practices in the next 10 days or the company will “pursue all available remedies including without limitation terminating your accounts.” The letter in question first appeared last night, though its validity was questioned. Soon after, one…
By Patrick Klepek Published July 20, 2016 -
Actor Terry Crews Livestreams The Joy (And Frustration) Of Building Your First PC
Actor Terry Crews has spent the last week showing the world the process of building his first gaming PC. It’s been adorable to watch. Crews was invited to a Battlefield 1 event at E3, where a bunch of celebrities played against each other, including Snoop Dogg and Jamie Foxx. This clued him into what’s interesting…
By Patrick Klepek Published July 19, 2016 -
Twitch Bans Top Counter-Strike Gambling Streamer
Just a few days after Twitch announced it would be cracking down on folks streaming Counter-Strike gambling sites, one of the most popular streamers, PhantomL0rd, had their account closed by Twitch. “The community has closed this channel due to terms of service violations,” reads a statement from Twitch on PhantomL0rd’s channel. Twitch refused to provide…
By Patrick Klepek Published July 19, 2016 -
A Look Back At The Underrated Resident Evil 5
As the summer rolls on, grab a brew and sit down for Worth Reading, our weekly roundup of the best games writing around. Hey, You Should Read These “DOOM’s Credits: A Cut Above the Rest” by Matt Sayer If people asked me in person, I might tell them I watch the credits scroll on the…
By Patrick Klepek Published July 15, 2016 -
Watch A Whole Mission From Call of Duty: Modern Warfare‘s Upcoming Remaster
Though Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare is coming later this year, people might be more excited about the remastering of Infinity Ward’s classic Modern Warfare. A brief teaser of Modern Warfare’s graphical update was shown off at E3 this year, but Activision has since published nearly eight minutes of footage from one of the game’s…
By Patrick Klepek Published July 14, 2016 -
Twitch Tells Counter-Strike Gamblers To Go Away
Twitch is following in Valve’s footsteps, and will shut down streamers using Counter-Strike gambling sites. Those sites may not be long for this world. “Per Twitch’s Terms of Service, broadcasters are not permitted to stream content that breaks the terms of service or user agreements of third-parties,” the company said in a blog post. “As…
By Patrick Klepek Published July 14, 2016 -
Twitch Begins Ditching Its Crappy Flash Video Player Today
Twitch is one of the most popular video services still using Flash, with most everyone else having transitioned to the lighter and faster HTML5. As of today, the website’s paying Turbo users will get access to a new video player. My MacBook Air is pretty capable. Sure, it’s not for hardcore gaming, but it can…
By Patrick Klepek Published July 14, 2016 -
Earth Defense Force, the sci-fi action series known primarily for having big bugs and a terrible frame rate, is coming to the PC via Steam on July 18. The PC version is Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair and features an English dub for the first time. (And presumably a decent frame…
By Patrick Klepek Published July 14, 2016 -
That Time The Original Ghostbusters Reunited For A Video Game
A third Ghostbusters movie arrives in theaters this week, after decades of trying to revive the comedy sci-fi series. But for many fans, including some of the folks who made Ghostbusters, the third movie was a 2009 video game. Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis co-wrote the original Ghostbusters film, and though the two hoped to…
By Patrick Klepek Published July 13, 2016 -
The Wild Theories Behind Inside’s Secret Ending
The final moments of Inside are tense and unexpected, but it’s only one way for it to end. Theories about the secret ending are even crazier. To unlock the secret ending, you must destroy 14 orbs hidden in the game. You’re likely to stumble on a few of them your first time through (I found…
By Patrick Klepek Published July 13, 2016 -
Song of the Deep Is A Perfect Summer Game
Insomniac Games was previously known for big games like Ratchet & Clank and Resistance. These days, they’re balancing those with smaller, simpler projects like Song of the Deep, a Metroid-influenced undersea adventure. Song of the Deep arrives today on PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. I’ve only played two hours or so, but so far,…
By Patrick Klepek Published July 12, 2016 -
After 20 Years, Someone Cracked The Sega Saturn’s DRM
Sega Saturn disc drives are beginning to die off. Until now, it meant your machine might be useless. Thanks to engineer James Laird-Wah, Sega’s 32-bit hardware has been cracked, allowing games to be loaded via USB. Laird-Wah is known online as Dr Abrasive, and is responsible for a USB-powered ROM-reading cartridge for the Game Boy…
By Patrick Klepek Published July 11, 2016 -
Pokémon Go Is Missing Features Promised In The First Trailer
When Pokémon Go was announced last September, the amazing trailer promised a game more ambitious than what launched last week. Here’s that trailer, which has been watched a whopping 28 million times: The Pokémon Go that just launched delivers on the basic premise of going into the world and catching pokémon . What’s missing are…
By Patrick Klepek Published July 11, 2016
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