Patrick Klepek

Geoff Keighley: Konami Barred Hideo Kojima From Accepting Metal Gear Award

Metal Gear designer Hideo Kojima was apparently not allowed to attend tonight’s Game Awards, per an announcement by host Geoff Keighley. A lawyer for Konami reportedly barred Kojima from attending, nor accept his awards. The Phantom Pain’s Kiefer Sutherland accepted one of Metal Gear’s awards on his behalf. When the news was revealed, the audience…

This year’s breakout multiplayer hit, Rocket League, is coming to Xbox One in February. The Xbox One version will be getting some exclusive Halo and Gears of War equipment for your cars, too.

Shadow Complex Remastered, Free All Month For PC

While we patiently wait for Shadow Complex 2, Chair Entertainment has been quietly prepping Shadow Complex Remastered for PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. PC players can even download the game—for free!—right now. Here’s a trailer: What’s new? Other than graphics, there’s new achievements and “challenges.” This game was so good. Can’t wait to play…

The Smash Community Is Chaos Right Now

The sudden end to Project M’s development yesterday has turned the Super Smash Bros. community on its head. No one’s quite sure what the next step should be, resulting in a lot of conspiracy theories, yelling, and confusion. Read my last post to get completely up to speed, but let’s lay out the basics. Project…

A Clever Mario Maker Level Inspired By Guitar Hero

Even though I’ve been playing Super Mario Maker nearly every day for more than two months now, I’m constantly surprised by what players have come up with. My latest discovery? Forcing Mario through a version of Guitar Hero to escape. With Giant Bomb editor Dan Ryckert currently in hiding, I’ve taken up a new challenge…

Why Some People Are Upset Over Who’s Judging The Game Awards

Tomorrow is the second The Game Awards, an online-only evolution of the Spike Video Game Awards. They’re one of the premiere awards for games (and big reveals!), along with the Game Developers Choice Awards and D.I.C.E. Awards. Recently, part of the debate has focused on the people—mostly men—casting votes. The Game Awards, like the Spike…

This section of SASUKE ver1 might kill me. You need to pull off a tricky and well-timed triple jump that I screwed up by flipping in the air, doing something weird to Mario’s hit box as he came down. Since I was playing the 100-Mario challenge, I don’t have a code to share. If you…

Smash Community In Shock Over Sudden End To Popular Mod, Project M

The controversial Project M, a fan effort to make Super Smash Bros. Brawl more like Super Smash Bros. Melee, has ceased development after six years. The developers are reportedly turning their focus to a mysterious “new venture.” “We realize that this will come as a shock to many of our fans,” wrote the development team…

Harmonix’s Amplitude revival finally has a release date: January 5. Backers at the $40 or higher tier will gain access a little earlier, however, on December 23. You can reach the author of this post at [email protected] or on Twitter at @patrickklepek

Bloodborne Servers Back Online After Unexplained Downtime

From Software recently shut down Bloodborne’s online servers, only a week after launching The Old Hunters. Dubbed “emergency maintenance,” no explanation was given, but there was evidence players had found a loophole to play the DLC for free. Now, it’s back online, and the DLC exploit has apparently been gutted. Though it’d originally been announced…

Indivisible, the new RPG from the creators of Skullgirls, has been funded on Indiegogo to the tune of $1.5 million. It wasn’t looking good for a stretch—they had to extend their funding period—but 65 hours remain in the campaign. You can reach the author of this post at [email protected] or on Twitter at @patrickklepek

Just Cause 3‘s Performance Isn’t Great, Seems Worst On Xbox

Just Cause 3 launched last night, and while Kirk Hamilton enjoyed the open world blow ‘em up, he hesitated to recommend it, due to performance issues. The PC version has problems, but it seems the Xbox One got the short end of the stick. Here’s how Kirk described things in his review yesterday: I’m leaning…

It’s a day of release dates, with word coming down that Steamworld Heist arrives for 3DS on December 10 and the second episode of King’s Quest hitting December 16. Steamworld Heist comes to other platforms “later,” and King’s Quest will actually hit PS4 and PS3 a little earlier in the week—December 15.

Bloodborne Servers Offline For Several Days Due To Mysterious ‘Emergency Maintenance’

While playing Bloodborne last night, the game booted me to the title screen, citing server maintenance. It was annoying, but fortunately, I wasn’t in the middle of a battle. You can play offline, but From Software’s announced online modes will be down for “a few days.” There may be a very good reason for that.…

Koei Tecmo Finally Responds to Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 Controversy

It’s been nearly two weeks since a single Facebook comment on the official Dead or Alive page sent people into a tizzy over whether Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 wasn’t coming to the West because of “issues happening in video game industry with regard to how to treat female[s].” Now, publisher Koei Tecmo has responded.…

YouTube Copyright Nonsense Hitting Yet Another Community: Hatsune Miku Fans

Sega released a trailer yesterday for the new Hatsune Miku game, Project Diva X, but if you live in the United States, it’s blocked on YouTube. This isn’t new. Rather, it’s part of an unfortunate but increasingly predictable pattern of Japanese companies butting heads with the world’s largest video service. Hatsune Miku is not a…

Why So Many People Are Yelling About Dead or Alive Xtreme 3

It never seemed clear that Dead or Alive Xtreme 3, a brand-new entry in the sexy fantasy spin-off series, would leave Japan. But when publisher Koei Tecmo made one poorly translated comment on Facebook about why it wasn’t happening, the Internet exploded into another heated debate over censorship. No one would blame you for not…

Here Are December’s PlayStation Plus And Xbox Live Gold Games

With November almost over, both Sony and Microsoft have revealed what games Xbox Live Gold and PlayStation Plus members can download next month. Remember, while these are often billed as “free” games, you need to pay for Xbox Live and PlayStation Plus subscriptions in order to get access to them. PlayStation Plus (December 1) Gauntlet:…

In the ongoing saga of Batman: Arkham Knight on PC, another patch has dropped, and some players are reporting fixes to hitching and other issues. Of course, that doesn’t change the fact the game isn’t ever getting SLI support. Contact the author at [email protected]

Dying Light Creators Raise Price of Expansion In The Classiest Way Possible

When Techland announced its Dying Light expansion, The Following, it was going to cost $15 for anyone who wanted it outside the season pass. Today, the developer announced the DLC’s price is increasing to $20, but there’s still time to get it at the old price, and anyone who already bought the season pass is…