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The Right Hand Of Gloom

Antonin Kolman is an artist and matte painter who has worked in games and movies. You can see more of Antonin’s stuff at his ArtStation page

NBA Players Are Having An Official NBA 2K Tournament Featuring Stars Like Kevin Durant

If NBA players can’t get onto an actual court for the next few months for the televised enjoyment of millions, they may as well do the next best thing. Yahoo Sports reports that the NBA and ESPN have put together an official esports tournament, which will feature 16 NBA players going head-to-head in an NBA 2K20…

Game Bundle Helps Developers Recoup Losses From A GDC That Wasn’t

In an effort to provide relief to developers left in the lurch after the Game Developers Conference was postponed late last month, gamedev.world has partnered with several studios to release a massive video game bundle via itch.io, the proceeds of which will go towards a fund established to support affected developers. There’s a ton of…

Ring Fit Adventure Is A Sweaty Ray Of Hope During Self-Isolation

Like most people, I haven’t been moving around much these days. Aside from a daily walk, I only use my body to move around the tight circuit of my house: desk, sofa, microwave, bed. My fingers see the most action. I type emails to friends I haven’t spoken to in years and wash my hands…

Half-Life: Alyx Mod Recreates Iconic Half-Life 2 Environment

Half-Life: Alyx has only been out for a week, and the Alyx-specific version of Valve’s “Hammer” mapping tool isn’t yet available. That, however, has not stopped one enterprising modder from cracking open the dystopian destination VRcation, scooping out its insides, and replacing them with Half-Life 2‘s. Without streamlined level-creation tools at their fingertips, modder Vect0R…

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Combo Breaker Cancels Fighting Game Tournament For 2020

This year’s highly anticipated Combo Breaker fighting game tournament, originally scheduled for May 22-24, has been canceled according to an announcement released this morning by organizers. The annual competition is the latest such event to skip 2020 due to the ongoing covid-19 pandemic caused by a novel strain of coronavirus. “Combo Breaker made its cancellation…

Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Remastered Videos Are Already Popping Up On YouTube [Update]

Activision hasn’t even officially announced it yet but videos of what appears to be Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Remastered are already on YouTube. Footage for the entire Modern Warfare 2 single-player campaign is currently up on the YouTube channel TheGamingRevolution. There are also videos of all the cutscenes and breakdowns of individual levels.…

How’s It Going?: Chores Edition

Welcome to Tuesday, and welcome back to our daily open thread. I have to go to the grocery store today, which I’ve managed to avoid for the last couple weeks. I feel nervous about it, which I feel bad about (feeling a negative emotion, and then feeling bad about feeling that emotion, is one of…

The Xbox Series X Is Shaped Like A Fridge So It Can Vent More Heat

In a departure from past video game consoles, the Xbox Series X stands upright instead of laying horizontally. Microsoft says that design choice was part of an effort to make the hardware’s fan as big and efficient as possible. The company laid out its thinking in a recent interview with Digital Foundry over on Eurogamer.…

Pokémon Go Will Soon Let You Raid From Your Couch

Pokémon Go’s transformation into game for people who don’t like leaving their house is almost complete. Developer Niantic said it’s currently working on adding remote raiding to the game as well as more ways to connect with distant friends and family. “We’re enhancing our in-game virtual social features to enable players to stay in touch…

Track: I Think We’re Alone Now (Cover) | Artist: Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day | Album: N/A

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Master Bison, I Presume?

Hogni J. Mohr is an artist and illustrator from the Faroe Islands, making this the first time the archipelago has been featured on Fine Art after almost 2000 posts. You can see more of Mohr’s stuff at his ArtStation page

Star Wars: Jedi Academy Has Secret Crossplay, And PC Players Are Killing Switch Users

Star Wars: Jedi Academy, released back in 2003 on the PC and Xbox, has only just been ported to the Nintendo Switch. And, uh, somehow PC players have been able to connect to console multiplayer servers. As PC Gamer report, PC players have been able to connect directly to the IP of the servers being…

Players Won’t Be Able To Buy And Sell Cards In Artifact 2.0

One of the most interesting things about Artifact is that you could buy and sell cards on the Steam marketplace. It was one of the more controversial aspects of the game though, and Valve says it’s getting rid of it. In a new blog post over on Steam, Valve laid out its current plans to…

Survival MMO Last Oasis Turns Out To Be Too Early For Early Access

Just days after launching on Steam, the massively multiplayer online game Last Oasis has already gone offline following widespread reports from players about issues trying to log on and server crashes. “We are suspending Last Oasis servers for the next seven days,” said Donkey Crew, the studio behind the game, on Twitter yesterday. “Our coders…

The Worst Opponents In Call Of Duty: Warzone Are The Cheaters

Hackers and map exploits are already frustrating players in Modern Warfare’s new “Warzone” battle royale. Readers may not be surprised to hear about hackers running rampant in a free-to-play title, but many Warzone players have been taken aback by how quickly these encounters have emerged in such a newly released Call of Duty title. Warzone…

How’s It Going?: Bummer Edition

It’s Monday. Can you believe they’re still making Mondays? Welcome back to our daily open thread. My foster dog got adopted this weekend, far too soon for my tastes. I begged my landlord to let me permanently adopt her, but he wouldn’t go for it. I’m happy for the dog and for her new person,…

Testing Doom Eternal On Low-End Graphics Cards

Earlier this week we benchmarked Doom Eternal extensively, but only using modern GPUs. Seeing that the game keeps receiving praise, we decided to go further and test it on a more ample number of graphics cards. This time we have a little over 40 GPUs tested at 1080p using the low-quality preset, with and without…