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CultureParadox Is Quietly Testing A Strategy Game Subscription Service
If there’s one thing about Paradox Interactive’s big PC strategy games, it’s that they’re nearly always fantastic. And if there are two things, it’s that they quickly become bogged down with hundreds of dollars worth of DLC that looks absolutely daunting to any potential new players. Take, for example, Europa Universalis IV, which is very…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 22, 2020 -
CultureValve Is ‘Confident’ Half-Life: Alyx Won’t Be Delayed
Improbably, a new Half-Life game is coming out in just a couple of months. To celebrate, Valve hosted an AMA on Reddit today, audaciously claiming, among other things, that the game won’t be delayed and confirming a truth we already knew in our hearts: all Half-Life games must have at least one train. Given that…
By Nathan Grayson Published January 22, 2020 -
CultureApex Legends Players Are Trying To Figure Out Lights In The Game’s Sky
During an Apex Legends match yesterday, a player spotted a tiny trio of lights in the game’s sky. Now, players are theorizing about what this sighting means for the game’s upcoming season. “Something is coming, but what else than season 4?” wrote user Chuzeeee on the game’s lore subreddit. Attached was a video in which…
By Ethan Gach Published January 22, 2020 -
CultureA Tribute To Nintendo’s Reggie Fils-Aimé Kicks Off With A Terrific String Quartet
Former longtime president of Nintendo America Reggie Fils-Aimé received lifetime achievement honors at the New York Video Game Critics Circle award ceremony in Manhattan last night. He delivered a classy acceptance speech which followed a couple of moments Nintendo fans may enjoy seeing. Fils-Aimé’s acceptance speech was preceded by a video highlighting the ex-executive’s career,…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 22, 2020 -
CultureThis Video Game Parody Of Hudson Yards Is Super Funny, Oh God We’re Going To Die
Comedian Conner O’Malley, who you might have previously seen screaming about Howard Shultz or hosting talk shows from a lake, is back with a new video game-themed parody of New York City rich-people compound Hudson Yards that’s both funny and soul crushing and has already aged me five years. The video opens with a PS1-style…
By Ethan Gach Published January 22, 2020 -
CultureEpic Will Punish Fortnite Opponents Who Signal Each Other
Earlier this week, Fortnite released new rules to attempt to curb cheating in competitive play. The new guidelines relate to a player behavior called “signaling,” which means communicating with opponents. Fortnite doesn’t allow for voice chat between opponents, so players use other means to communicate, like jumping or swinging their pickaxe. On the surface, these…
By Riley MacLeod Published January 22, 2020 -
CultureFaust Is Back In Guilty Gear And The ‘Vore’ Jokes Are Flying
Arc System Works has been slowly revealing the playable cast for the upcoming Guilty Gear Strive. Last weekend’s installment of the annual—and aptly-named—Frosty Faustings tournament series hosted to a brand new trailer for Faust, a longstanding figure in the Guilty Gear franchise who’s returning in Strive with an updated look and a penchant for devouring…
By Ian Walker Published January 22, 2020 -
CultureThat Anime-Women-As-Battleships Game Comes To PS4 And Steam Next Month
Mobile side-scrolling shooter Azur Lane is a 2D game about historical naval vessels personified as anime characters doing battle in an alternate timeline World War II. Its PS4 and Steam spin-off, Azure Lane: Crosswave, is a 3D action shooter about historical naval vessels personified as anime characters. It launches in North America on February 13. I’m…
By Mike Fahey Published January 22, 2020 -
CultureTencent Plans To Buy Funcom, Like It Needs To Own More Game Companies
The world’s largest gaming company is looking to get even bigger. Already a shareholder in Riot Games, Epic, Supercell, Ubisoft, Paradox and Frontier, Chinese corporation Tencent announces plans to acquire full ownership of Norweigian developer Funcom, makers of Conan Exiles, Age of Conan, Anarchy Online, and The Secret World. Tencent, already the largest shareholder in…
By Mike Fahey Published January 22, 2020 -
CultureTrack: Open Your Eyes | Artist: Alex Metric & Steve Angello feat Ian Brown | Album: Open Your Eyes
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 22, 2020 -
CultureXbox Players Are Digging Out Their Old 360s To Get Around Microsoft’s Gamertag Restrictions
Last year Microsoft shrunk the character limit for Gamertags from 15 down to 12, but recently players discovered that limit doesn’t apply on Xbox 360. In a post shared yesterday on Reddit, user Talers-Username pointed out that when you go to change your Gamertag using the Xbox 360 interface it lets you make on up…
By Ethan Gach Published January 21, 2020 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryI Level Boosted A New World Of Warcraft Character And It Felt Empty
Rather than leveling up a vulpera, which is a new character race introduced in last week’sVisions of N’Zoth update for World of Warcraft, I used a character boost I’d gotten with my preorder of the upcoming Shadowlands expansion. That gave me instant access to a fully-leveled fox critter. So now I’ve got a level 120…
By Mike Fahey Published January 21, 2020 -
CultureCaptain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions Brings Dramatic Anime Soccer To PC And Consoles
Yōichi Takahashi’s Captain Tsubasa manga and anime have been transforming the sport of association football into a cinematic spectacle since 1981. Now we’re finally getting a proper video game adaptation of the series, courtesy of Bandai Namco’s Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions for the PlayStation 4, PC, and Switch. Japan’s had plenty of Captain…
By Mike Fahey Published January 21, 2020 -
CultureTrack: Pretty Old Man | Artist: No Buses | Album: Boys Missed The Bus
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 21, 2020 -
CultureTemtem Is A Pokémon Clone That Looks Pretty Cool
Temtem is an MMO out this week that, in many and very obvious ways, is trying to be the kind of Pokémon game people have wanted for years but have never actually gotten. I mean, just look at this: And this! So, yes, Pokémon. Only you fight with two monsters at once instead of one,…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2020
