Patrick Klepek

How To Play Pokémon Go

Even if you’re able to battle through the server problems plaguing Pokémon Go, you might be struck with another: the game doesn’t explain how anything works! There’s not a single tutorial sequence in Pokémon Go outside of a short series of tips, with players expected to pick up everything on the fly. It’s an odd…

Preparing For Life After Dark Souls: A Conversation With Designer Hidetaka Miyazaki

Between directing Bloodborne and co-directing Dark Souls 3, From Software president Hidetaka Miyazaki has kept busy. As he works on Dark Souls 3‘s downloadable content, Miyazaki must consider the future of From Software and what’s after Souls. Here’s what the designer had to say. Though Miyazaki is now running From Software, he comes from humble…

Witness A Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Speedrunner Beat The Game Blindfolded

Using mist to leap off an enemy and reach a higher ledge would be tough enough on its own in Symphony of the Night, but doing so blindfolded? Let’s leave that to the experts, like amazing Castlevania speedrunner romscout. romscout used a combination of brute memorization, mental intuition, and audio cues to demonstrate how it’s…

Resident Evil 4 will arrive for PS4 and Xbox One on August 30, with all the tweaks and changes that have been made to the horror classic over the years. Man, I’ve wanted an excuse to play RE4 again. Maybe this is it.

Prey for the Gods, an ambitious survival game influenced by Shadow of the Colossus, continues to look incredible, as it seeks $300,000 on Kickstarter

Meet The Developers Who Are Still Making A Kinect Game

When Microsoft unbundled Kinect from the Xbox One in 2014, it was the beginning of the end. Unfortunately for the developers of Fru, the game they were building required Kinect. They were more than two years away from shipping. “We were shattered,” designer Mattia Traverso told me. When Microsoft announced Xbox One in 2013, Kinect…

Doom‘s New Photo Mode Is A Beautiful Nightmare Factory

As part of Doom’s first major post-release update last week, id Software added a photo mode, and people are already doing amazing things with it. Here’s what it looks like when the photo mode kicks into gear: You spend much of Doom running ‘n gunning, not really paying attention to the details unfolding around you.…

Dark Souls 3 Dev Regrets How They Handled The Game’s Controversial Poise Stat

Few things have frustrated the Dark Souls 3 community in the past few months as the ongoing debate overwhat the game’s “poise” stat does. While I don’t have an answer to that question, I can pass on an apology from series director and From Software president Hidetaka Miyazaki. The Dark Souls games are intentionally mysterious,…

Red Dead Redemption Will Officially Be Backwards Compatible On Xbox One This Friday

Back in February, Red Dead Redemption quietly became backwards compatible on Xbox One. It was later removed by Microsoft, who claimed it was part of a “test” that wasn’t meant to be released publicly. Soon, though, everyone will get a chance to revisit one of Rockstar’s best games. Xbox’s Major Nelson revealed the game’s return…

Don’t Eat Pet Food (And Other Very Serious New Twitch Rules)

One of Twitch’s new experiments is allowing people to eat meals in front of their audience. The streaming service is called this “social eating,” and there’s some pretty strict (and hilarious) guidelines about what people allowed to do. You can browse through what people are eating by surfing this tag. Right now, it appears someone…

Kids Are Now Acting Out Imaginary YouTube Channels

As the holiday weekend approaches, before you set off the fireworks, make a few minutes for Worth Reading, our weekly roundup of the best games writing around. Hey, You Should Read These “BioShock 2 is the underrated human heart of the BioShock trilogy” by Richard Cobbett No one wanted BioShock 2 when it was announced—the…

China’s Government Must Now Approve Every Mobile Game

As of today, July 1, all mobile games must be pre-approved by the Chinese government at least 20 days before they’re released. It’s part of sweeping new regulations to curb when, what, and how media is distributed in China. Though every game is impacted by this, it seems like it’ll touch story-based games even more:…

Asemblance Player Discovers The Game’s Biggest Secret, Has An Adorable Meltdown

ImTheBlueRanger on YouTube has spent week or so obsessing over Asemblance, a puzzle thriller designed to screw with your head. It’s also full of secrets! And thanks to modern video capture devices, we get to watch what it’s like for a superfan to discover one in real-time. It’s awesome. Warning: There are spoilers for Asemblance…

Game Demos Have Become Way Too Uncommon

There’s a free demo of id Software’s excellent Doom revival right now. It was supposed to be removed already, but it’s proven pretty popular. This brief taste of Doom was announced at E3 and treated as news, but since when did a demo become something to be celebrated? When publisher Bethesda Softworks revealed Doom was…

Gal*Gun‘s Special Edition Comes With A, Um, Screen Cleaner

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The Case For And Against Albert Wesker Coming Back In Resident Evil 7

Longtime Resident Evil villain Albert Wesker seemingly died in Resident Evil 5, but voice clips in the new Umbrella Corps game suggest he’s still around. Whether this has any impact on Resident Evil 7, though, remains to be seen. Rely On Horror’s interest was piqued when they seemed to hear Wesker’s voice over the radio…

Thumper, an intense music game that lovingly describes itself as rhythm violence, is coming to PlayStation 4 and PC on October 13. It’s part of the PS VR lineup, but it’s not confirmed if the PC version will also support VR. “We hope to have good news soon,” the developer told me over email.

Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell, Furi Headline PS Plus Lineup For July

It’s looking like a solid month for Games With Gold and PlayStation Plus. Remember, though Sony advertises these games as “free,” you need an active PlayStation Plus subscription to access them. That’s not free. Here’s the lineup for next month: PlayStation 4 Furi Saints Row: Gat out of Hell Paragon (PS Plus subscribers get into…

System Shock‘s Remaster Already Has A Playable Demo (And It’s Great)

Night Dive Studios is asking for $900,000 on Kickstarterto fund its proposed remaster of the first-person sci-fi classic, System Shock. Better yet, they’ve released a playable demo that nicely demonstrates how they might do it. If there’s one lesson that Kickstarter backers are learning the hard way, thanks to projects like Mighty No. 9, it’s…

Doom’s first big post-release update is coming on June 30. The update includes a photo mode, bug fixes, lobby improvements, and most importantly, the ability to place a gun in the center of the screen, like the old games. Hell yes!