Stephen Totilo

Beyond Good & Evil 2 Lives, And It’s A Prequel

In a world where we can actually play Duke Nukem Forever and The Last Guardian, we will soon be able to play the Beyond Good & Evil follow-up nearly a decade in the making. It’s safe to say “soon,” right? Ubisoft just ended their E3 press conference with a trailer for it. The sequel was…

The Crew 2 Now Has Our Attention, Because They’ve Added Airplanes

Cars? The Crew 1 had them. Trucks? Motorcycles? Been there. But The Crew 2, shown off for the first time at Ubisoft’s E3 press conference has added planes and boats. Watch a trailer… Watch gameplay… Just like the first game, The Crew 2 is set in an open-world version of the U.S., though now Ubi…

Xbox One X Is Impressive, But Doesn’t Seem Essential

You have to listen very, very closely to figure it out if you need or even want Microsoft’s powerful new console. I did so yesterday during a private demo of the Xbox One X. While the Xbox One X seems cool, it also feels very much optional, though that is arguably a good thing. On…

Gears of War 4 gets a big Horde mode update today and the addition of Inconceivable and Ironman difficulty modes. More details here. Who’s keeping up with the game? Are you enjoying it? Are the updates what you’re looking for?

What are the best Twitter accounts to follow if you’re into video games? We ran what is now an amusingly dated list back in 2014. Who would you list these days? “No one” would be a funny answer, but we’ll take real suggestions in the comments, too.

Far Cry 5 Is A Game About Resisting An American Militia, Will Be Out In February

Teased in the spring slot that Ubisoft usually reserves for announcing and hyping Assassin’s Creed games, the new Far Cry is getting a push by the mega-publisher as the ideal shooter for our precarious times. It’s also a game in which you’ll be able to have your dog rip out a guy’s throat and bring…

Ubisoft is showing off this “key art” for the upcoming Far Cry 5 today. They showed us the game a couple of weeks ago, made us sign our life away. But we can share more by week’s end. It’s set in Montana, as you’ve probably heard.

Leaky Gaming Season Continues With Glimpse Of Mario-Rabbids Switch Crossover

The gaming internet was agog today over what appear to be leaked marketing images of an upcoming Super Mario team-up with Ubisoft’s Rabbids characters, despite word of the game’s existence having trickled out via various gaming news outlets (including this one) for months. The words “Mario is going to be in a game with the…

Division Developers Finally Fix Notorious ‘Coward’s Corner’

Players in Ubisoft’s third-person shooter The Division will no longer be able to camp near a certain spawn point and easily shoot down other players. That’s thanks to a new patch that removes the so-called “Coward’s Corner” just over a year after the camping spot began pissing people off. “Significant level design changes have been…

An April story about Oculus Rift founder Palmer Luckey stated that the VR pioneer donated to the President’s inauguration through companies named after things from Chrono Trigger. Our previous assertion they were “shell companies” was disputed by Luckey last night on Twitter. We’ve updated the post accordingly.

You’re Invited To Take On Top Street Fighter V Players In NYC This Weekend (Or Watch Others Try)

The concept we had was simple. Pit some of the world’s best pro gamers against regular folks. So that’s what we’re doing this Saturday. Do average gamers stand a chance against these guys? The elite players: Nuckledu, Justin Wong and Smug, all ready to battle you in Street Fighter V Their opponents: You! Or others…

The Newest Horizon Patch Is Good

We expected the improved photo mode to be the best thing about PS4 hit Horizon Zero Dawn’s new 1.13 patch. It is. Sure, you can now sort your inventory better and de-clutter the game map so that this…. can look like this… That’s nice, but nicer is that you can pose Aloy in the game’s…

A note to readers: Our recent story about a supposed group of transgender gamers being denied entry into an esports tournament was based on a hoax. Please see the original, updated story for more. We apologize for the mistake.

The 3DS’ Pikmin Sidescroller Seems Fine, Unclear Why It Isn’t Also For Switch

At an event in a New York City hotel meeting room engineered by Nintendo to hype the July launch of the New 2DSXL, we played one of the new games also coming out that month: Hey! Pikmin. And we were left wondering, hey, why not also have these games run on Nintendo’s portable Switch? Hey!…

The Lack Of Master Chief Was The Least Of Halo 5’s Campaign Problems

Video game sequels often fix the problems of their predecessors thanks to, among other things, the iterative advancements of technology. That’s on top of the fact that making creative work in the gaming medium is still an exercise in being an artistic pioneer. So you at least hope that the people making sequels know what…

‘Tropes Vs. Women In Video Games’ Wraps Up With A Final Episode

The final installment in feminist critic Anita Sarkeesian’s look at the depiction of women in video games ran today, focusing on how games depict women (and men) as sidekicks. The 11-minute episode concludes two eight-episode seasons of possibly the most controversial series of cultural criticism about games in the medium’s history. Sarkeesian announced the project…

The Call Of Duty People Could Have Leveled With Fans Last Year

Imagine, for a moment, that Activision announced this year’s Call of Duty last year, back when they were also announcing last year’s, too. Madness, you might think, but is it any less mad than what actually happened? Nearly a year ago, Activision announced that its Call of Duty for 2016 would be a sci-fi shooter…

The cool but short Batman Arkham VR game released for PlayStation VR last year is now out for Oculus Rift and the Vive. This is a canonical part of Arkham lore, but saying just how it fits in would be spoilers. Read: Our review | A fun easter egg for it in Arkham Knight

You’re Invited To Take On Some Fighting Game Pros In New York City

How’s your standing fierce? Your parries and counters? More importantly, do you think you can beat a fighting game pro in Street Fighter V? You can try at our offices in New York City on Saturday, May 13. Our soon-to-be-announced champions will give all comers a chance to square off in heated battle to see…

EA’s Star Wars Battlefront II may not have a season pass, at least not one that relegates new maps to people who pay extra. “We don’t have a season pass,” the game’s creative director told Mashable. “We don’t want to segment our community.” Mashable says EA asked them to not report that, suggesting it was premature.