Patrick Klepek

Developer Sees Game Announcement, Realizes He’s Making The Same Game

Perception, where you play a blind person who taps a cane to see around them, was revealed last week. Soon, an email went around indie studio Tiny Bull. “Panic started to spread among the team,” said CEO Matteo Lana. Why? Tiny Bull had been making Blind, a game with the same premise, for more than…

Man of Action Entertainment will produce an animated Mega Man series, reports Deadline. They’ve worked on Ben 10, Marvel’s Ultimate Spiderman, and other cartoons. Deals like this are made all the time and never happen, but hey, Mega Man makes sense for a cartoon. You can reach the author of this post at [email protected] or…

Years Later, Players Are Finding New Secrets About Dark Souls’ Endings

There are two endings in Dark Souls. It’s not clear whether one is good or bad—they’re just endings. Or maybe not! According to a player who’d dug around in the code, From Software actually knows which ending is the “good” one.” Warning: There are spoilers for Dark Souls ahead, obviously! An unused value called ClearState…

Splatoon Doesn’t Assume You Want To Be A Boy

When you boot up Splatoon for the first time, this is what you see. Girl? Boy? The game doesn’t pick one for you, which is different than how most games approach this decision. Most video games, even ones that allow players to swap genders and customize your character, choose male/boy/guy as the default. When you…

XCOM 2 Coming Out In November For Computers, Not Consoles

IGN has the first details on XCOM 2, the secretive project 2K Games has been teasing for a little while now. It’s coming to PC, Mac, and Linux in November. Nothing for consoles, at least not yet. Here’s the first trailer: The premise has been flipped around in the sequel, too. In XCOM 2, the…

A Hilarious Game Where You Can Date…Dogs

As game narratives expand into new territories, some are bound to make us feel uncomfortable. Hot Date is a dead simple, totally hilarious speed dating game in which you have rapid-fire conversations with a series of dogs—yes, dogs—about topics ranging from how one feels about modern Simpsons, which starting Pokemon you prefer, and if anyone…

Worth Reading: What A 10-Year-Old Girl Thinks Of Splatoon

A holiday won’t stop me from sharing the best games writing from the past week with you! Hey, You Should Read These “Here’s what a 10-year-old thinks of Splatoon, her first online competitive shooter” by Chad Sapieha As we suffer through endless hot takes on whether Splatoon is or isn’t a shooter (who cares?!), I’m…

It looks like the rumored new Xbox One controller is legit, based on a (now pulled) retailer listing from Austrian retailer Libro spotted by Eurogamer. We should know more at E3, and hopefully there will be other style options. This one is…questionable. You can reach the author of this post at [email protected] or on Twitter…

The developers of horror classic Amnesia: The Dark Descent will release their new game, SOMA, on September 22. Set underwater, it’s coming to both PlayStation 4 and PC. There’s a new gameplay trailer, too. You can reach the author of this post at [email protected] or on Twitter at @patrickklepek

Konami Sends Out PR Statement, Addresses Nothing

After weeks of silence over rumors about Hideo Kojima’s employment and the deletion of P.T. from the Internet, Konami’s spoken up. But if you were hoping for answers, keep hoping. It wasn’t the endless headlines about Hideo Kojima, Silent Hills, or P.T. that caused the company to stir. No, it was the perception Konami’s future…

Corrupted Donkey Kong Country Is Basically A Horror Game

It turns out this Rare platformer is hiding some dark secrets. ROM corruption is one of the more interesting ways players mess with games after release. At its most basic level, ROM corruption involves messing with game data using various tools. It can be useful to uncover how games work, and also result in games…

Witcher 3 Glitch Preventing XP Gain For Some Quests

One step forward, one step back. As CD Projekt RED rushes to patch the ambitious Witcher 3, it’s also introducing new glitches. Right now, there’s one preventing players from gaining experience points when finishing quests six levels higher than what the game recommends. Quests don’t scale in The Witcher 3, so it’s possible to come…

There won’t be a companion app for Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, reports Eurogamer I’m…I’m so happy. But how will we open chests?! I’m sure Ubisoft will come up with something. You can reach the author of this post at [email protected] or on Twitter at @patrickklepek

The Evil Within‘s Last Expansion Tries Really Hard, Fails

The Evil Within’s downloadable content has been…interesting, to say the least. The first two add-ons were stealth-centric, while the latest one, The Executioner, transforms the game into a first-person brawler. What?! Here’s what The Evil Within normally looks like: A third-person action game focused on shooting zombie-like creatures with guns. Coming from Shinji Mikami, one…

The New Star Wars Arcade Game Is Worth Tracking Down

Star Wars Battle Pod might not be good enough to justify paying $35,000 to have at home, but there’s no denying it’s the most fun I’ve had with an arcade game in years. I’m not kidding about the $35,000 price tag, either. Bandai Namco announced yesterdayit would let consumers start purchasing copies of Star Wars…

Developer Fights Publisher Over $1 Game Sale

The developers of StandPoint were surprised to wake up on Monday and discover their game was being sold for $1 on a flash deal site. They’ve tried to end their publishing contract for months, alleging they haven’t been paid. Suddenly, that same company was apparently trying to cash-in. “Oh my god….” Unruly Attractions co-founder Nathan…

Life Is Strange Episode 3 Ended On One Hell Of A Cliffhanger

Holy crap. Warning: There will be spoilers for Life Is Strange in this post, obviously! I’ve been playing hours and hours of The Witcher 3 in the last week, but I needed a break from the witching, and the newest Life Is Strange episode seemed like the perfect palette cleanser. What I didn’t expect was…

A Horror Game Where You Can’t See

There are lots of first-person games, but how many of the characters are blind? Perception, a new horror game from some ex-BioShock and Dead Space developers, is using that as its hook. Right now, whether or not Perception exists is a big maybe, as it’s currently trying to raise $150,000 on Kickstarter. The game’s been…

Battlefield Hardline is getting its first expansion, Criminal Activity, pretty soon. It adds four maps, four weapons, a new gadget, two attachments, two vehicles, a new game mode, and six masks. Premium members get access two weeks early, sometime in June 2015. Here’s a trailer: Contact the author at [email protected]

Sony’s long-in-development horror game, Until Dawn, will launch on PlayStation 4 on August 25, the company announced today. The developers revealed actor Peter Stormare (Prison Break, Arrow) is part of the cast and released a new trailer. I hope this game is good! Contact the author at [email protected]