Patrick Klepek

For The First Time, FTC Takes Action Against Failed Kickstarter

Kickstarter projects not following up on promises isn’t new. The FTC getting involved, as they did with this one, is. The board game creator settled for $111,793, though he can’t actually pay it. The Doom That Came to Atlantic City hit Kickstarter in May 2012, looking for $35,000. The Lovecraftian board game soared on the…

Even Halo‘s Scaling Back On Split-Screen

One of Halo’s staples has been the ability to play the game’s campaign in split-screen with a friend. Halo 5 won’t have that feature, in favor of maintaining a solid 60 frames-per-second. It’s one of many small details we’ve learned about the latest Halo game in the last few days. Halo franchise development director Frank…

Fan Theory Uses Super Mario To Predict Jurassic Galaxy

These can’t be a coincidence, right? Stop looking at me like that. I’m not crazy! Jurassic World comes today in theaters. I’ll be there at 10 p.m. with a beer sneaked in through my wife’s purse. I also love Mario games. Maybe, just maybe, there’s a way merge those two worlds. This “theory” comes courtesy…

If you’re looking for more Shadow Warrior, a sequel is coming. Devolver Digital has tweeted out a teaser, and it seems likely we’ll learn more next week. (Yes, the teaser is silent. It seems to be ripped from this website.) Contact the author at [email protected]

It Took 19 Years For Someone To Beat This DOOM 2 Challenge

No one’s managed to speedrun the entirety of The Plutonia Experiment, some of the hardest levels ever made for DOOM 2, on the unbelievably tough “Nightmare” difficulty. Until now. “It’s now been 19 years since Final Doom was released,” explained speedrunner Zero Master on his YouTube channel. “No one has ever attempted to do a…

One of gaming’s most emotional journeys from the last few years, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, is coming to Xbox One and PS4 during the “holiday season.” It’s also hitting iOS and Android, though one suspects it’ll lose emotional oomph without analog sticks. Contact the author at [email protected]

Tell Ubisoft What You Really Think About Assassin’s Creed

If you happen to be in Los Angeles next week, they’re giving you a shot. The company already announced a roadshow-style tour in Europe, but there was no word on something similar for the US. That’ll change, starting at E3 next week. Today, Ubisoft announced that Assassin’s Creed players will be invited to participate in…

Sega’s Not Giving Up On Sonic Boom

Despite Sonic Boom being the worst selling Sonic the Hedgehog game in history, Sega’s not giving up on the speedy blue guy. There’s a new 3DS game coming “later this year.” Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice is riffing on the Cartoon Network show that’s running right now, and centers around a new gameplay mechanic rooted…

Wargaming is bringing classic strategy series Master of Orion back from the dead with a full-fledged remake. There’s a brief trailer out, but it doesn’t feature any gameplay. Contact the author at [email protected]

YouTube Channel Claims To Have First Dark Souls 3 Screens, Details

Are we going to see a third Dark Souls game at E3? Though nothing’s official yet, there are enough rumors floating around to make it seem like a real possibility. A few days ago, the video game website VG247 reported that Dark Souls 3 will be unveiled at E3. Today, popular YouTube channel The Know…

PS4’s Newest MMO Is Hilariously Broken

Wander is an MMO that doesn’t feature any combat. That sounds pretty interesting, right? Too bad it seems completely busted right now. Update (4:08 p.m.): I’m not an MMO player, so I didn’t realize /stuck was a common term in MMO games! That bit has been removed. That’s totally my fault. Wander is still messed…

Witcher 3 Fixes Money Exploit By Adding Cow Army

It used to be easy to earn money in The Witcher 3 by killing cows over and over again. The game’s most recent patch, however, has a clever way of stopping you from exploiting the world’s bovine. Patch 1.05, which just went live for PC players, brings with it many important changes, including a bigger…

Worth Reading: How Games Help Us Cope With Death

Not only is it Friday, but it’s time for another roundup of the best writing in games from this past week, too. Hey, You Should Read These “Planned to Fail” by Taylor Hidalgo No one wants to be a bad teammate, but c’mon. I can relate to Taylor Hidalgo confessing a desire to help those…

Lucas from Earthbound is headed to Super Smash Bros. on June 14 at 8 a.m. PDT, according to Nintendo. Maybe they’ll make another joke about Mother 3 at E3 soon, too. Contact the author at [email protected]

A Horror Game About Two People Trapped In The Same Body

One person is a 13-year-old girl, another is a ghost. That’s a hell of a premise. The Music Machine is not a jump scare factory, and you won’t spend your time running from monsters. At least, it hasn’t done that in the 20 minutes or so I’ve spent with it. No, The Music Machine is…

Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls arrives on September 1 for PS Vita. The third-person action game is set between the two main games. Here’s a new trailer: You can reach the author of this post at [email protected] or on Twitter at @patrickklepek

Disney and Kabam are teaming up for Star Wars: Uprising, a Diablo-inspired mobile game that’ll have a beta in the “coming weeks” for certain territories. It’s set after Return of the Jedi but prior to The Force Awakens, and the full game arrives this fall. You can reach the author of this post at [email protected]…

Extreme Lag Turns Dark Souls 2 Fight Into Invisible Nightmare

We’re used to lag in multiplayer games. It happens, even in Dark Souls 2. But it’s not often when a player lags so hard they become an invisible ninja for most of the fight. Two players were engaging in jolly cooperation when an invader named AC joined their game. This happens all the time in…

UPDATE: It works now. If you bought The Witcher 3 digitally on Xbox One, there’s a chance you can’t play the game right now. There’s a licensing issue—error “0x87de2726”—that’s preventing the game from booting up, but Microsoft is aware of the problem and working on it. It’s apparently a licensing issue. There’s no timetable for…

Ultra Street Fighter IV was pretty broken when it launched, but Sony’s trying to patch it back to health. An update is rolling out in North America today, and the full patch are below: Reduce interface lag within menus Addressed disappearing projectiles Fixed Decapre’s teleport animation Fixed Rolento’s audio glitch (during victory screen) Fixed missing…