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Brand-New Animal Crossing Villager Found In The Gigaleak

The hits just keep on coming thanks to the recent “Gigaleak” of internal Nintendo data. Some of the latest findings include a trove of assets from Animal Crossing’s Japan-exclusive N64 predecessor Animal Forest, including the complete source code, a never-before-seen villager, and weird versions of Nook’s shop. I’m sure most of you are aware of…

Teacher Raises $16,000 On Twitch To Wipe Out School’s Lunch Debt

It is, to still somehow understate things, an incredibly difficult time to be a teacher. Around the country, many schools are set to reopen this fall, but with covid-19 case numbers continuing to soar, danger will inevitably lurk in familiar halls. What will happen once class is in session? Will things even get that far?…

Ubisoft Canned Ambitious RPG Project By Former Dragon Age Creative Director

In December of 2018, former Dragon Age creative director Mike Laidlaw joined Ubisoft Quebec to work on an unannounced project. A little over a year later, in January 2020, Laidlaw left the position with no explanation. According to a report from Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier, the cause of Laidlaw’s departure was the cancelation of a project…

Put Chemical Plant Zone In The Sonic Movie Sequel You Cowards

Sonic The Hedgehog, possibly the only good motion picture that will come out of 2020, is getting a sequel. While I have every confidence the sequel will be just as sneakily good as its predecessor, I have one… no, two! suggestions on how Paramount Pictures can ensure a smash-hit follow-up. Suggestion Number 1: Make Miles…

Developer Announces Snowboarding Game, Updates Forum Thread He Started 13 Years Ago

When you do one thing long enough, it can be a trip to look back at your previous work and chart your progress. That’s exactly what a developer on upcoming snowboarding simulator Shredders, launching on Xbox Series X in 2021, did after his game was announced last week. Shredders was an inevitability for I-Illusions project…

Surprise! Cuphead Is Out For PS4 Today

Surprise! Announced this morning as part of Geoff Keighley’s Summer Games Fest, Studio MDHR’s lovable animated adventure Cuphead is finally coming to the PlayStation 4 today. Originally launched for PC and Xbox One in October of 2017, Cuphead made it to MacOS in 2018 and the Nintendo Switch in 2019. Now PlayStation 4 players get…

Here’s August 2020’s Xbox Live Games With Gold

There’s a nice mix of genres in August’s Xbox Live Games with Gold. As always, these games are only “free” if you have an active Xbox Live Gold subscription. August’s Games with Gold are: Xbox One Portal Knights (Aug 1-31) Override: Mech City Brawl (Aug 16-Sept 15) Xbox 360 (compatible with Xbox One) MX Unleashed…

How’s It Going?: More Cake Edition

It’s Tuesday, so we’re getting there. Welcome back to our daily open thread. Last weekend I baked a very fancy layer cake that took all day and was freaking delicious, but was tragically far too much cake for one person. I told myself not to bake another entire cake, then last night, I baked this…

Animal Crossing‘s Second Summer Update Adds Fireworks, Dreaming, And Cloud Backups

The second free summer update for Animal Crossing: New Horizons launches on July 30. Along with regular fireworks celebrations and the bizarre ability to visit other islands via dreaming, the update also brings one of the game’s most eagerly anticipated features—the ability to backup and restore player islands in case of lost or damaged Switch…

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PSP Owners, Check Your Batteries

This weekend on Japanese Twitter, “PSP バッテリー” (PSP battery) started trending. Owners of the Sony handheld began noticing that the batteries were swelling up, and in some cases bursting open. The original PSP 1000 and later slim models are reportedly experiencing battery swelling. The PSP first launched in 2004 in Japan, and as IT Media…

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Gonna Buckle Some Swashes

MinJi K Yoon is an artist at Powerhouse, an animation studio that has worked on games like The Banner Saga and Mortal Kombat You can see more of her stuff at her ArtStation page

5D Chess Has Completely Broken Me

The other day, my partner and I were discussing time travel, and I brought up recent science surrounding the multiverse theory—that it’s mathematically possible for multiple (though not necessarily infinite) branching universes to exist, and time travel would merely cause us to move between them, sans paradoxes. I felt smart, having said that. Now, after…

Previously Unknown Super Mario 64 Enemy Found, Added To The Game

These big Nintendo leaksaren’t just for curiosity’s sake; there’s a real practical element to them as well, like the fact modders have been able to find lost and unused enemies in titles like Super Mario 64 and get them back in the game. Like Motos here. Motos is an enemy that was designed, created and…

Massive Star Fox Leaks Include Crystal-Clear ‘Do A Barrel Roll’ And Slippy’s Angelic Voice

The internet was recently set ablaze by a dump of Nintendo assets known as the “Gigaleak.” This batch includes incredible finds, like early Yoshi prototypes and even Luigi files in Super Mario 64. But my favorite part has been hearing the Star Fox 64 cast speak with crystal-clear clarity via new digital audio files. The…

It’s True: Luigi Really Is In Super Mario 64, And Fans Are Thrilled

For nearly two and a half decades, Nintendo fans have been trying to verify that Mario’s brother Luigi was somehow hidden away in the files of Nintendo 64 classic Super Mario 64. Thanks to this weekend’s so-called “Gigaleaks”, Luigi’s Mario 64 files have been verified, finally proving one of the longest-running gaming myths to be…

Halo: The Master Chief Collection Is So Fun Right Now

I’ve played Halo: The Master Chief Collection off and on—more off than on—since it released in 2014. The serious connectivity issues that persisted well past launch were one thing, but the game also hit that fun wall all first-person shooters hit. Sometimes it takes months or years, but the run-of-the-mill players always abandon ship for…

An Unreleased Indie Game Took Over Twitch, But It Didn’t Come Out Of Nowhere

You might have had a good weekend—maybe played a video game and then moved to a different part of your home and played another game, because that’s quarantine, baby—but you probably didn’t have as good of a weekend as the developers of Fall Guys. The battle royale party game, which isn’t even out yet, shot…

Call of Duty’s Warzone Teasers Hint At Map Changes

Cryptic teasers from Infinity Ward reveal that an upcoming live event could drastically change the landscape of Warzone, including the demolition of the map’s worst landmark. Since launch in early March, Call of Duty: Warzone’s map has seen minimal visual changes, but a series of teases about the game’s upcoming season has fans speculating about…