Patrick Klepek

The Elder Scrolls Online gets its first DLC pack, Imperial City, soon. It hits August 31 on PC, September 15 on Xbox One, and September 16 on PS4. It’s bundled for ESO Plus members—$20 for everyone else. If you’re playing ESO, let us know! How are you enjoying it? You can reach the author of…

The Death Of Adobe Flash Is Coming, And Game Developers Are Worried

Did you enjoy Alien Hominid? Thank Adobe Flash. The Binding of Isaac? The original version ran like crap, but that was Flash, too. Flash eats battery life and makes computer fans run loud, but it’s been important to many developers, which is why they got scared for a while today. Flash used to power much…

Some promising PS4 indie games now have release dates: Journey (July 21), N++ (July 28), Galak-Z (August 4), and Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture (August 11). Suddenly, August isn’t looking so empty! You also get a 10% coupon off later purchases if you buy two or more games. You can reach the author of this…

Clever Video Lets You Soar The Skies Of Warcraft

We’re not getting a Warcraft trailer until November, but Legendary Pictures has released the movie’s Comic-Con VR teaser, letting you soar through Azeroth in your browser. It’s awesome. I’ve never seen anything like this before, but by dragging your mouse around the YouTube player, you’re able to look around and see the city of Stormwind…

Mod Turns Dark Souls Into Black And White Nightmare

A simple tweak gives the world of Dark Souls an exceptionally eerie quality. This visual mod strips out the game’s UI, textures, and particle effects, leaving a black-and-white world that’s as beautiful as it is difficult to traverse. reddit user CystisomaMagna discovered this by accident, while playing around with a graphics tool called Reshade Quickly…

Five Nights at Freddy’s 4: The Final Chapter was scheduled for Halloween, but the release date has been moved up to August 8, the one-year anniversary of the original game. However, there will still be an expansion released for the game on Halloween. The news was distributed to a bunch of popular YouTube personalities. Who…

Worth Reading: The Story Behind Dragon Age Inquisition‘s Best Character

Look, it’s Friday. The day is starting to wind down. That means it’s time for Worth Reading, our weekly collection of the best games writing from the past week. Hey, You Should Read This “Open world games are becoming too bloated to be fun” by Fraser Brown Boy, do I share this sentiment. With most…

Crypt of the Necrodancer is an amazing game, and it’s coming to both PlayStation 4 and Vita, the developers announced today! There’s no release date for the rhythm action game just yet, but it’s the perfect handheld game. You can reach the author of this post at [email protected] or on Twitter at @patrickklepek

Despite 23 Months Without Updates, Cube World Devs Say Game Isn’t Dead

Cube World grabbed endless headlines for good reason: it looked incredible. A playable alpha was released in July 2013, but the game only received a few updates before things got weird. The last time the developers said anything publicly was over a year ago. Is it dead? Apparently not. It once cost $20 to jump…

It’s Not Clear Who’s Publishing Devil’s Third Right Now

Nintendo was supposed to publish the long-in-development Devil’s Third from Dead or Alive creator Tomonobu Itagaki, but various reports suggest that’s no longer happening. Itagaki has been working on Devil’s Third for a long time, and it seems to have been a troubled development. He left Tecmo back in 2009, forming Valhalla Game Studios the…

Did you know Resident Evil 0 was originally for the N64 DD, the disk drive add-on that never left Japan? Capcom has released a video showing off the differences between the original N64 prototype and the versions that followed, including the upcoming HD remaster. Contact the author at [email protected]

Black Ops III‘s Zombie Mode Set In The 1940s, Film Noir Style

Call of Duty’s popular zombies mode returns in Black Ops III, and it’s surprisingly ambitious. It’s called Shadows of Evil, and not only has a full story, but it’s set in the 1940s and stars Jeff Goldblum, Heather Graham, Neal McDonough, Ron Perlman, and Robert Picardo. What?! Check out the amazing trailer below: Yep, that…

This Playable Prototype Is Already More Fun Than Most Finished Games

I’ve enjoyed many games in 2015, but few have put a smile on my face the way Butcher has. If Hatred felt like the 90s throwback nobody wanted, Butcher is the 90s throwback I’ve always yearned for. Within moments, it felt like I was sitting down for another round of Abuse. I suspect most people…

Daybreak CEO To Convicted Lizard Squad Hacker: ‘I’m Coming For You’

The CEO of Daybreak, formerly Sony Online Entertainment, is not happy. John Smedley’s plane was grounded after a bomb threat last August, a move infamous hacker group Lizard Squad took credit for. A Lizard Squad member was recently sentenced, but Smedley wants more. Lizard Squad was, of course, also responsible for taking down Xbox Live…

We Asked Publishers Which 360 Games They’ll Make Playable On Xbox One

Microsoft announced Xbox One was getting Xbox 360 backwards compatibility at E3 this year, a feature everyone but Nintendo moved away from this hardware generation. We haven’t heard much since, so we decided to ask a bunch of game publishers about some of their biggest games. On Microsoft’s Xbox Feedback page, it’s possible for fans…

Plagiarism Accusations Shake Up Dark Souls Community

The Dark Souls games are praised for their gameplay, but the complex lore is nearly as good. Most players rely on experts to explain what’s going on, and VaatiVidya is the most well-known story scholar around. At the moment, however, he’s embroiled in a nasty plagiarism scandal. VaatiVidya, otherwise known as Michael Samuels, has 425,145…

The sizable expansion to one of last year’s best puzzle games, The Talos Principle, is arrives on July 23, the developer revealed today.It’s divided into four episodes and tells the story of a completely different society within the game’s bizarre complex. The developer also dropped this bombshell: “The original plan was to divide The Talos…

You Should Take A Closer Look At Arkham Knight‘s Billboards

There are hundreds of billboards all over Gotham in Batman: Arkham Knight. You, like me, might have missed how they change over time. What follows could be considered a plot spoiler for Arkham Knight Early on in the game, Batman is exposed to Scarecrow’s hallucinogenic drug. This mostly ends up influencing the game’s cutscenes, but…

Dark Souls Expert Is Trying To Beat The Game Upside Down

What you’re seeing is not an illusion. LobosJR is no stranger to playing Dark Souls in weird ways. His streaming channel became popular when he was trying to play Dark Souls with a blindfold on. But his latest stunt may be my favorite one yet, as he uses a simple mod to flip the screen…

Next Witcher 3 Patch Will Address Game’s Inventory Problems

CD Projekt RED has a reputation for continuing to tweak and improve their games in major ways, weeks and months after release, and The Witcher 3 is no exception. The upcoming patch 1.07 has a slew of much needed tweaks, including changes to the inventory system. The full patch notes are coming later in the…