Patrick Klepek

There’s A Free-To-Play Halo Game Coming… To Russia

Microsoft is partnering with Saber Interactive and Innova Systems to develop a Halo Online for the PC, but right now, it’s a closed beta only available to Russian players. There’s no campaign mode in Halo Online, which uses a “heavily modified” version of the Halo 3 engine so it’ll run on lower-end PCs. Here’s the…

Donnie Darko Mixed With Majora’s Mask Works Surprisingly Well

The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask is a creepy game, and Donnie Darko is a creepy movie. Someone decided to mash the two together. The result? Well, it’s creepy. Jeff Keeling took the audio from the Donnie Darko trailer and layered it over various scenes from Majora’s Mask. Not everything works—the dialogue bits fall flat—but…

A Helpful Guide To Bloodborne‘s Confusing Multiplayer Options

Bloodborne might be the most accessible Souls game yet, but some elements are still pretty confusing. You know, like figuring out how to join up with other players. Here’s how to do it. There are several forms of multiplayer in Bloodborne, and I’ll walk you through all of them. You’ll need three items to make…

A Brief History of Slender Man, The Internet’s Boogeyman

Slender: The Arrival launches on PlayStation 4 today, and while the Slender Man phenomenon has died down in the last few years, he’s still super creepy. Did you know he was invented on a message board? While a writer over at Giant Bomb, I profiled the history of Slender Man. You might think he’s a…

The loading times in Bloodborne are pretty long, and for a game that’s killing you every few minutes, that’s unfortunate. Sony says From Software is working on a patch to address this and “other performance optimizations and miscellaneous bug fixes.”

Holy Crap, The X-Files Is (Briefly) Coming Back

The truth is still out there, apparently. One of my favorite TV shows of all-time is returning! Variety reports both David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson will return as Fox Mulder and Dana Scully. Series creator Chris Carter, who recently filmed a pilot for Amazon that wasn’t picked up, will also return. FOX has ordered six…

If You See Ganon On Tinder, You’ve Gotta Swipe Right

You never know what you might find when you’re looking for love. Twitter user @siegvat was poking around Tinder when they came across an interesting fellow… Here’s how Ganon’s profile reads: “Looking for a princess that makes me Tingle. Horses Minions Fear mongering Killing sages Toppling kingdoms Transforming into horrible monsters I don’t do dick…

The conclusion of Juli Kidman’s story in The Evil Within, The Consequence, drops on April 21, Bethesda announced today. It’s the follow-up to the game’s stealth-focused DLC, The Assignment. I played it a few weeks ago and appreciated the change in gameplay scenery. You can reach the author of this post at [email protected] or on…

The Talos Principle, last year’s terrific puzzler from the developers of Serious Sam, is getting an expansion called The Road to Gehenna. Following a different character, it’ll launch on PC this spring, and come to PS4 and Nvidia Shield later this year. You can reach the author of this post at [email protected] or on Twitter…

20 Hours In, I’m Obsessed With Bloodborne

The Blood-Starved Beast has poisoned me. I’ve run out of antidote and health potions, but I’m not willing to die. I’m close… I’m so close… As my health fades, I swing my blade and hold my breath. “Prey Slaughtered” flashes across the screen, and my hero keels over dead. I leap off my couch with…

Watch Me Play Bloodborne, Live [UPDATE: Stream Over]

Our impressions of the new PS4 game Bloodborne are now live, but this is a game that makes a strong impression when you actually see it in motion. To demonstrate, I’m going to spend some time streaming it! You can reach the author of this post at [email protected] or on Twitter at @patrickklepek

Halo 5‘s Online Mystery Game Suggests Master Chief’s A Traitor

We’ve always thought of Master Chief as the savior of humanity in the Halo series, but the ARG kicking off for Halo 5: Guardians posits something much sinister: he’s a traitor. What’s an ARG? It stands for alternate reality game, and usually means it sends fans chasing from one end of the Internet to the…

Worth Reading: A Helpful Guide For Falling (Virtually) In Love

If we learn nothing else from this week’s video game writing, it’s that pigeons need love, too. Hey, You Should Read These “Six Japanese Dating Sims To Fall In Love With”by Am Cosmos I could not be less interested in playing a dating simulation, but I love reading about people’s experiences with them. Maybe I…

If This Represents The Future Of Augmented Reality Video Games, I’m In

This video could be total bullshit, but I want to be believe. Magic Leap is just one of many companies playing around with augmented reality, a new form of interacting with the world around us that’s getting nearly as much attention as virtual reality. How much? Google invested nearly $500 million into Magic Leap last…

Someone’s Playing Through Dark Souls With Donkey Konga‘s Bongo Drums

What’s more ridiculous than beating one of the hardest bosses in Dark Souls with a Rock Band drum kit? Pulling off the same feat with the frickin’ bongo drums form Donkey Konga bearzly is awfully talented at playing Dark Souls. If you want to feel bad about your own Souls skills, I’d recommend checking out…

If you own a PlayStation 3 fight stick, it’ll be compatible with Mortal Kombat X on PlayStation 4, thanks to the work of Skullgirls developer Lab Zero Games. No such luck for Xbox One users, sadly. You can reach the author of this post at [email protected] or on Twitter at @patrickklepek

Indie Developer Retaliates To Negative Video With YouTube Takedown

Jim Sterling is a game critic who isn’t afraid to throw a few punches. In this case, the developer punched back, prompting Sterling to call them “another poopbrain dev.” But this “poopbrain dev” is really pissed off and wants to fight back. So pissed off, in fact, the developer filed a copyright claim against Sterling…

Veteran Game Designer Canceling Ports After Atari Legal Challenge

If you were looking forward to playing Jeff Minter’s Tempest-inspired TxK on a platform besides Vita, keep waiting. For now, Minter is relenting to Atari’s demands. Minter revealed yesterday that Atari had been hassling him about TxK, claiming the Tempest 2000 designer was infringing on Atari’s copyrights with TxK. When the news spread, the two…

Why People Think Hideo Kojima Is No Longer At Konami

Konami is trending on Twitter. Why? People think Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima is about to leave the company. First of all, let’s remember Kojima is well-known for tricking people. Then again, there’s some weird stuff going on. Doesn’t Kojima have a new game coming out? Yup. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, which…

Speedrunner Misses Beating His Own Ocarina of Time Record By Two Seconds

“No, no, no, no,” said the speedrunner, as he realized his last-second mistake. Speedrunner ZFG holds the world record for beating The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time under the 100% speedrun condition, clocking in at four hours, 25 minutes, and 25 seconds. 100% of Ocarina of Time means tracking down and obtaining all health…