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In Star Wars Battlefront II, I’d Rather Play A Grunt Than A Hero

I’ve seen heroes and villains do incredible things in Star Wars Battlefront II. Yoda, so small that he easily evades blaster fire, cutting through battle droids like butter. Darth Maul choke-holding an entire platoon and capturing a control point on his own. These powerful characters can single-handedly turn the tide of a match. But for…

No More Heroes Composer Collaborates On Stellar Black Lives Matter Track

Over the weekend, Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes music director Kazuhiro “MEEBEE” Abo released a special track in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. All proceeds from sales of the song are going toward “causes aiming to help black people” according to its official Bandcamp page The dreamy “Dear Friends” features production by…

A Delightful Tour Of Danny Trejo’s Animal Crossing Island

In the first episode of “Danny’s Diary,” a new segment in Gary Whitta’s star-studded in-game talk show Animal Talking, see the power of Animal Crossing: New Horizons transform one of Hollywood’s toughest, most intimidating actors into an adorable butterfly-collecting islander. Yeah, I just called Danny “Machete” Trejo adorable, and for good reason. It’s the only…

Everything Bungie Announced During Today’s Destiny 2 Livestream

After weeks of relative silence about what’s in store for the future of Destiny 2, Bungie opened the floodgates today announcing the titles for the game’s next three expansions, its plans for cross-generational play, and a whole lot more. Players were expecting to see what’s ahead in Season of Arrivals, which is launching today, as…

Bungie Just Announced Destiny 2‘s Next Three Expansions

Destiny 2’s next annual expansion, Beyond Light, will arrive on September 22. Revealed during Bungie’s Destiny 2 livestream today, the upcoming expansion will focus on the Jupiter’s icy moon of Europa, the birthplace of the game’s Exo race. It’s main antagonist will be Eramis, a Kell Baroness of the House of Devils trying to rally…

Bungie Starts Off Destiny 2 Livestream Reveal With Black Lives Matter Call To Action

Today, before revealing the upcoming content planned for Destiny 2 later this year, Bungie paid tribute to George Floyd, killed just over two weeks ago while in custody of the Minneapolis police. “8 minutes 46 seconds,” began Bungie’s livestream. “This marks the time in which George Floyd was killed.” The studio proceeded to have 8…

The lovely indie JRPG CrossCode is finally coming to consoles on July 9. That means if you, like I, have been waiting for the Switch version to finally dig into the game about playing MMOs, there’s only one more month to go. 

New Twitter Account Lists Games That Let You Dethrone God

Suddenly feeling a strong urge to rebel against the current divine order of things and destroy your creator? Some good internet samaritan has taken it upon themselves to create a running list of all the games in which you can fight god. Though fighting god is a common enough trope in certain parts of gaming,…

How’s It Going?: Signs Of Life Edition

It’s Tuesday, can you imagine? Welcome back to our daily open thread. New York City, where I live, started “phase one” of reopening yesterday, which is a couple industries. The bar under my house told me it’s possible they could open for outdoor service in a few weeks. It feels weird that I spent so…

Track: My Neighbor Totoro | Artist: Joe Hisaishi | Album: Dream Songs 

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Warhammer 40K, But For Kids

Cole Marchetti is a concept artist at Epic Games. You can see more of Cole’s stuff at his ArtStation page (And yes, this is real, it’s a whole series Games Workshop are putting out).

Sony Fined $2.4 Million Over Australian Game Refunds

Sony Europe (of which the company’s Australian branch is a subsidiary) has been fined AUD$3.5 million (USD$2.4 million) after it was found to have presented “false and misleading representations” to local customers who were trying to refund PlayStation game purchases. As Gizmodo Australia report, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) took Sony to court…

Controversial Taiwanese Horror Game Returns With Beautiful Physical Edition

Devotion, a horror game that disappeared from Steam last year after players discovered a controversial “Winnie the Pooh” joke aimed at Chinese president Xi Jinping, is coming back as a boxed game. Preorders for this physical edition are open now and run until June 15. Instead of simply sticking the game in a box and…

After Massive DMCA Takedown, Twitch Streamers Are Deleting Thousands Of Clips

Over the weekend, many streamers discovered an unpleasant surprise in their inboxes: an email from Twitch saying they’d received one or more copyright strikes on clips from their streams. If streamers receive three strikes, they risk an indefinite ban. The problem? The offending clips were not recent, but streamers hadn’t received any previous indication that…

Blizzard Removes Controversial Hero Pools From Overwatch‘s Competitive Mode

Earlier this year, Blizzard gave Overwatch fans clamoring for a hero pick/ban system what they were asking for—sort of. The hero pool feature did indeed ban certain heroes, but Blizzard was doing the choosing. This led to regular consternation from pros and regular players alike. As a result, Blizzard has decided to retire the system…

Sony Will Now Reveal The PlayStation 5 On June 11

Sony today has announced that June 11 is when they will have their big PlayStation 5 reveal event. Specifically on June 11 at 9:00 BST (4 PM ET). That’s when Sony will finally reveal more details and show some games coming to the PS5 when the new console releases later this year. The first indication…

Need For Speed Heat Becomes The First EA Game To Get Cross-Play

Need for Speed Heat is getting cross-play starting June 9, making it the first EA game to let people from different platforms finally play together. The feature is getting added in the game’s final update, due out tomorrow. Once it’s live, players will be able to opt into cross-play from the game’s settings and race…

How’s It Going?: Togetherness Edition

Welcome to another Monday, and welcome back to our daily open thread. I went to a protest here in New York Friday night, which was a weird experience after spending three months studiously avoiding people whenever possible. It wasn’t the most organized march, not helped by the fact that it’s really hard to hear what…

Paper Beast, the stunning PlayStation VR game from the creator of Another World, isn’t just for PSVR anymore. Paper Beast is coming to PC virtual reality platforms this summer, with continuous move support, upgraded graphics, new creatures, and more.