Patrick Klepek

Worth Reading: The Way Games Are Using Kickstarter Is Changing

The weekend is close, which means it’s time for another installment in Worth Reading, our weekly round up of the best games writing from the past week. Update (4:50 p.m.): Hey, everyone! The headline for Worth Reading has been changed. How come? Previously, it was written as “Some Kickstarters Are Lying About Game Budgets,” which…

Nasty Witcher 3 Bug Is Corrupting Saves On Xbox One

If you’re playing The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt on Xbox One, you should watch out for this. Players are reporting a couple of ways save games are becoming corrupted. For some, it happens out of nowhere, after dying. Others are convinced it’s related to a specific mission. But for most, it happens after leaving The…

The Witcher Was Almost A Diablo Clone

This series sure has come a long way since this early prototype from 2002. Remember, this is what The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, which launched this week, looks like. (I love the sunsets in this game!) We’re only learning about the series’ origins because former project lead Ryszard Chojnowski has started publishing videos on YouTube…

Ultra Street Fighter IV will support PlayStation 3 fight sticks, as Sony’s going to include the backwards compatibility drivers created by Skullgirls developer Lab Zero. The game launches next week, on May 26. You can reach the author of this post at [email protected] or on Twitter at @patrickklepek

Grim Witcher 3 Money Exploit Leaves Dead Cows Everywhere

It’s easy to rack up money in The Witcher 3 by slaughtering hundreds and hundreds of bovine. There are glitches, and there are exploits. This is the latter, as pointed out by YouTuber WhatMyGame. He outlines a quick way to start hoarding cash in a game without very much: Let’s break down how it works.…

17-Year-Old Swatter Sounds Like A Complete Asshole

A 17-year-old in British Columbia, Canada—that’s him above—plead guilty to 23 cases of extortion, public mischief and criminal harassment. What does that mean, exactly? He’s terrifying. You might have read about this kid last year. Tri-City News has been following the case, in which the teenager recently admitted to a dozen other charges. It’s one…

There’s a trailer for the next episode of Telltale’s Game of Thrones, and we now know it’s coming next week. If you haven’t caught up, now’s a good time! The episode itself drops next week. May 26 on PC, Mac, PS4, and PS3. May 27 on Xbox One, Xbox 360. May 28 on the App…

Artist Uses Skyrim Glitches To Create Beautiful Nightmares

Artist Martin Olsson uses a combination of Skyrim glitches and CGI software to create some truly horrifying animations. That poor skeleton! Olsson has been publishing his monstrosities on Coub lately, and they’re a wonder to behold. There’s something strangely beautiful about them, no? Olsson’s Tumblr page has plenty more nightmare fuel, if you need it.…

New Need For Speed Is A Complete Reboot

Electronic Arts has formally announced the new Need For Speed, which appears to be taking some serious cues from Need For Speed Underground, and is a “full reboot” for the series. As with most games announced recently, the big reveal is being saved for E3. But we do know Need For Speed is coming from…

Techland has decided to put its first-person dungeon crawler, Hellraid, on hold. The game was supposed to be released later this year, but the Dying Light developer wants to “send it back to the drawing board.” Here’s the company’s full statement: Dear Hellraid fans, We would like to officially announce that our dark fantasy FPP…

CD Projekt RED is looking into fixing The Witcher 3’s tiny text problem, which I complained about yesterday. A patch just went live on the PC (and coming soon to consoles), but this particular issue won’t get addressed until at least the next one. Here are the patch notes for the most recent update, aka…

H1Z1 Cheaters Publicly Apologizing For Chance To Get Unbanned

23,837 players were banned on Monday for cheating in H1Z1. Some players want to come back, but there’s a price tag for grace: you have to publicly admit you cheated and apologize. H1Z1 is an online survival zombie game, as so many games are these days. This one comes from Daybreak Game Company, which used…

Video Game Strategy Guide Found In Osama Bin Laden’s Compound

Guess what was discovered on a bookshelf at Osama bin Laden’s compound during the US raid from 2011? A strategy guide for Delta Force: Xtreme 2 and “videogame guide” by GameSpot. We should be clear, however, that it’s unlikely bin Laden himself was using these books, as they’ve been classified under “documents probably used by…

The Witcher 3’s Tiny Text Is A Nightmare To Read

I have perfect vision and a huge TV, yet I’m constantly leaning in while playing The Witcher 3. Here’s what I’m talking about—check the bottom left. (Click on the image to see it at full scale!) (OK, we’ll go back to regular sized text now.) You spend a whole lot of time messing with your…

This is Doug Bowser, Nintendo’s new VP of Sales. Yes, Nintendo hired a guy named Doug BOWSER. They claim he has “no relation to the King Koopa and Mario’s nemesis.” Uh huh. You can reach the author of this post at [email protected] or on Twitter at @patrickklepek

There Are Way Too Many People In This Bloodborne Fight

That GIF looks like total madness because that’s the only way to describe it. Fights in Bloodborne were never meant to involve six characters at once, but YouTuber legendsofevil turned the game’s first boss battle into an a sprawling brawl by getting himself, two other players, an aggravated NPC, a summoned friendly NPC, and the…

A Player Turned Trials Fusion Into A First-Person Parkour Game

This isn’t Mirror’s Edge. It’s a first-person parkour game built using the tools for Trials Fusion. Seriously! This is what Trials Fusion normally looks like, by the way. It’s a racing game! Fans have pulled impressive things off with Trials Fusion in the past year, but Bubbakhar Tower, where you jump and slide up a…

The Witcher 3 Has A Heartfelt Thank You Note Inside

When you open up a physical copy of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, it comes with a surprise from the game’s developer, CD Projekt RED. As part of his unboxing process, here’s a photo shared by Imgur user ChestPaddles: CD Projekt RED has always been known as a studio that closely listens to its fans,…

You Must Build A Boat is the next game from the developer of the amazing puzzler 10000000, and I couldn’t be more excited. It’s coming on June 4, too! Get hype! It’s basically a sequel to 10000000, and I’ll admit to being slightly disappointed the name isn’t 10000001. Then again, I remember trying to search…

Dark Souls Player Conquers His Own, Tougher Version Of The Game

TheUrbanOrb claims he’s “not a masochist,” but consider this: no shield blocking, getting hit, or leveling up. These are a few of the self-imposed restrictions he struggled through during a recent Dark Souls run, the end of a multi-year journey that began when his dream of playing the piano was taken away. In late 2009,…