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What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The weekend is for actually cleaning the house for real I swear. The weekend is also for playing video games instead of cleaning the house. I’m planning to play some Lonely Mountains: Downhill this weekend, in a desperate bid to feel like I’m outside. Remember going outside? I’m also going to explore Apex Legends’ new…

Guilty Gear Strive won’t come out this year after all. The anime fighter has been delayed until early 2021 due to, you guessed it, the ongoing covid-19 pandemic. Producer Takeshi Yamanaka said the delay will be used to improve the game based on feedback from the recent closed beta.

Epic And Microsoft Aren’t Saying Whether That Unreal PS5 Demo Can Run On Xbox Series X [UPDATE]

Epic Games’ impressive Unreal 5 tech demo revealed earlier this week was running on a PS5 development kit. Whether it can also run on Xbox Series X remains a mystery. “The demo we revealed [on Wednesday] is running on PS5 because that’s been our target platform for this particular experience,” a spokesperson for Epic told…

Track: Teardrop | Artist: José González | Album: Vestiges & Claws

Bah Gawd That’s The Empire’s Music

Ken Le Bras is an artist at Zag studio in France, the place behind shows like Miraculous You can see more of Ken’s stuff at his ArtStation page

Four More Games Added To Nintendo’s Switch Online Library

Nintendo just announced four new (well, old) games coming to its Switch Online service for May. Three are for the SNES, and one for the NES. From May 20, you’ll be able to play Wild Guns, Panel de Pon and Operation Logic Bomb from the SNES, and Rygar from the NES. Note that none of…

It’s 2020, So Of Course An Armed Pokémon Was At A Lockdown Protest

Because the United States of America is a rapidly failing state, one incapable of performing even the most basic civil functions, a stay-at-home order issued by the Governor of Michigan—like those enacted everywhere else around the planet to save lives—has been met with armed protests. And armed Pokemon. Among the small crowd of assholes, crackpots…

These Early Diablo III Screens Are Much Darker Than What We Got

A former Blizzard North artist recently shared a “new” collection of screenshots from an early, unreleased version of Diablo III. Much like previous asset dumps, they show a continuation of the dark, gothic aesthetics of the game’s predecessors, details that many felt were missing from the Diablo III that launched in 2012. Diablo III was…

New Ghost of Tsushima Gameplay Shows Off Open-World Exploration, Fox Petting

Sony showed off about 18-minutes of new gameplay from the upcoming PlayStation 4 exclusive Ghost of Tsushima during a new State Of Play video presentation today. The footage featured more great-looking combat, exploration, and customization. Ghost of Tsushima is being developed by Sucker Punch studios, which hasn’t released a game since 2014. This new one,…

Epic Says That One Moment In Its PS5 Tech Demo Wasn’t To Hide Loading

One part of Epic’s new Unreal Engine 5 tech demothat stuck out to me was when the protagonist inches through a narrow passage to enter a cave. It’s the kind of thing I’ve seen hundreds of times this console generation and learned to associate with games buying time while a new section is being loaded…

Official Pokémon Tournaments Jump Online In Response To Covid-19

In late March, The Pokémon Company announced that it would be canceling the annual championship series for its video and card games due to the ongoing covid-19 pandemic. A bummer for sure, but understandable. It’s now replaced those tournaments with the next best thing: online competition. The Pokémon Players Cup, as these online events are…

Ask Dr. NerdLove: Help, I’m Only Attracted to 2D Characters

Hello, all you horrormonkeys of Internet love, and welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only advice column that’s the hidden blade of love to all of your relationship woes and foes. This week, we’re getting weird. What do you do when your flesh-and-blood partner doesn’t get your motor humming… but animated characters do? How do…

Twitch’s New ‘Safety Advisory Council’ To Focus On Work-Life Balance, Protecting Marginalized Groups

Today Twitch announced the formation of a “safety advisory council” meant to more formally tackle some of the platform’s most complicated issues, including moderation, work-life balance, and safeguarding the interests of marginalized communities. In a press release, Twitch said the council will advise on “a number of topics” which include “drafting new policies and policy…

Halo Devs Reveal How Much Work Goes Into Fixing One Bug

Halo 2 Anniversary Edition was released on Steam on Tuesday, and within a few hours players were finding some bugs. One bug has rockets, grenades and other projectiles teleporting through the map, killing teammates in the process. While the bug hasn’t been squashed yet, 343 Industries has shed some light on the 24 hours that…

Paradox Interactive has announced today that Crusader Kings III will be released on September 1, 2020. A new story trailer for the game was also released today. The highly anticipated game is the follow up to Crusader Kings II, released in 2012.

Fallout 76’s Content Roadmap Just Changed A Lot

Bethesda laid out its plans for the future of Fallout 76 in a new roadmap today, shifting the game to a seasonal model with new storylines and battle passes coming every few months. They’re also promising the arrival of the military order the Brotherhood of Steel. Bethesda’s new approach will bring an account-wide progression system…

You Can Play A New Dance Dance Revolution In Your Browser Right Now

It’s once again time to become a combo king. Overnight, Konami released an alpha version of its upcoming browser-based Dance Dance Revolution V on PC. The company just…tweeted it out Currently free, the demo includes 15 songs you can play on a range of difficulties, from beginner up to expert. I’m not familiar with any…

How’s It Going?: Even More Books Edition

Good morning! I ate pie for breakfast. Welcome back to our daily open thread. One of my first entries in this series was about books you were reading. I am ashamed to say that, months into the pandemic, my books list has only grown. I’ve found it really hard to concentrate on reading (as well…

Nintendo Reveals Paper Mario: The Origami King, Coming To Switch In July

Nintendo announced a new Paper Mario game coming to Switch July 17 called Paper Mario: The Origami King. It’ll be the sixth game in the series and the first on the new console. Here’s a trailer, complete with a Metroid easter egg at the end: The story looks like it’ll revolve around trying to liberate…

Grand Theft Auto V Is Going To Be Free On PC [Update: Epic Game Store Was Down But It’s Working Again]

If you somehow don’t already own Grand Theft Auto V you’ll soon be able to get it for free on PC through the Epic Games Store. According to a now deleted tweet, GTA V will be the digital storefront’s latest free game, available to download and keep starting sometime soon until May 21. The Epic…