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Fallout 76 Intestine Shortage Delays Big Masked-Parade Event [Update]

Fallout 76’s much anticipated Fasnacht Parade went live yesterday, but not for long. It was quickly taken offline after players discovered a bug that made it too hard to complete the event’s requirements. It’s the latest piece of Fallout 76 content to be derailed by a slew of recent technical problems. The Fasnacht Parade, based…

How’s It Going?: Growth Edition

It’s Tuesday but it feels like Monday. Welcome back to our daily open thread. I spent a big chunk of the weekend binge-watching the HBO series High Maintenance because I didn’t cancel my HBO trial before I had to pay for it. I’ve meant to watch the show for years because a friend of mine…

No Man’s Sky Coming To Xbox Game Pass And Windows PC In June

The procedurally-generated universe of Hello Games’ sci-fi epic is getting a massive influx of new explorers next month, as No Man’s Sky joins the Xbox Game Pass subscription service and scores a new Windows PC version. In the nearly four years since its August 2016 release, No Man’s Sky’s has evolved from a relatively bare-bones…

Track: Bachelorette | Artist: Björk | Album: Homogenic

Found in Munich, Germany. By Stefan Staber. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line

The Great Flying Hanzo

Kevin Christian Muljadi is a concept and 3D artist from Indonesia. You can see more of Kevin’s stuff at his ArtStation page

Track: Grounds for Divorce | Artist: Big Business | Album: Here Come the Waterworks

Pro Driver Hires Gamer To Race For Him, Gets Caught

Like a lot of sports, Formula E has been replacing its actual car races with virtual ones, which drivers can compete in from home. Which is fun, but also left the door open for one driver to attempt some absolutely brazen cheating. As the BBC report, 27-year-old German driver Daniel Abt finished third in the…

Dota 2‘s New Summer Battle Pass Adds Female Anti-Mage, Guilds, And More

Valve unveiled Dota 2‘s long-awaited summer battle pass today and it’s full of stuff to get even lapsed players like me excited about playing again The International Battle Pass is Valve’s main mechanism for funding the prize pool for its big annual Dota 2 tournament and building up excitement around it. While the event has…

A Bet Over Animal Crossing: New Horizons Screwed Me Out Of $30

Over the past few months, I haven’t been shy about my feelings for Animal Crossing: New Horizons. I’ve called it “seriously stressful,” an “exercise in patience,” and a “shoddy Xerox of life’s daily headaches.” I’ve publicly insulted Tom Nook and Jolly Redd. I compared a recent event to socks. Well, last week Animal Crossing: New…

Call of Duty: WWII Is One Of June’s PlayStation Plus Games

If you’ve had a hankering to play the Call of Duty from three years ago, PlayStation Plus has you covered next month. Although technically one of June’s PS Plus games, Call of Duty: WWII will actually be available to download starting May 26. Maybe it’s a day-after-Memorial-Day thing? Of course, good luck finding space for…

Modder Makes Resident Evil 3‘s Nemesis Even Scarier

Sometimes things are more than they appear. In this Resident Evil 3 mod that’s not the case. It replaces Nemesis with Shrek. That’s it. That’s the entire mod. We saw a ton of mods transforming Resident Evil 2’s Mister X into the likes of Thomas the Tank Engine and others when it came out last…

How’s It Going?: Memorial Day Edition

It’s Memorial Day, the unofficial start of the summer. But this year who even knows what that means. Welcome back to our daily open thread. Maybe you saw this video going around of a Memorial Day weekend pool party at the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri. You’d never know the covid-19 pandemic was still…

Track: Caught By The Fuzz (Acoustic Version) | Artist: Supergrass | Album: I Should Coco

A Foggy Trail. Tribalj, Croatia. By Eduard Tucaković | Instagram JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line

The Midnight Train

Kevin Moran is a concept artist and matte painter who has worked on stuff like Apex Legends You can see more of Kevin’s stuff at his ArtStation page

Manchester United Trying To Sue Sega Over PC Mods, Team Name

Global marketing powerhouse and occasional football side Manchester United are suing both Sega and developers Sports Interactive over their Football Manager series, claiming that the game’s use of “Manchester United” as an unlicensed team name is “wrongful”. As The Guardian report, United say that “the products and services that are licensed by the claimant benefit…

The Week In Games: Dungeons And Creepers

Minecraft Dungeons releases this week and brings simple hack and slash action to almost every platform out there. I’ve been playing Dungeons for a few days and I’m enjoying it. It’s not a new Diablo or something that has the same depth as that game or other similar dungeon crawlers, but it’s enjoyable. And it…

Track: Rain On Me | Artist: Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande | Album: CHROMATICA 

Fan Discovers Division 2 Audio Files That May Spoil Months Of Upcoming Storylines [UPDATE]

A datamining fan has found and shared what seems to be the possible next few months of story updates for The Division 2 buried in the new Public Test Server build of the game. On May 22nd The Division 2 got a Public Test Server and players could download and play this new version of…