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Steam Switcheroo Swaps “Pirate Action” Game For Hentai

There’s a small but growing trend on Steam where developers take existing games that few people have ever seen or played and just…swap them out, replacing them with entirely different games, albeit ones using the same store page. As GI.biz report, and pulling examples from this excellent community post by Mellow_Online1, there have been quite…

The Gathering Animations In Among Trees Are Very Good

Survival games are, by nature, pretty intense. Among Trees, which entered early access on the Epic Games Store last week, is a bit more zen, thanks in part to its gorgeous visuals and dense soundscapes. In my first few hours with the game I even found myself enamored with the elaborate animations, particularly when gathering…

Fortnite Breaks Twitch’s All-Time Concurrent Viewer Record After Locking Tons Of Players Out Of Event [UPDATE]

Today, Fortnite’s oft-delayed season-ending “Device” event finally took place, dotting the map with explosions before submerging it beneath the ocean. Over two million viewers tuned in on Twitch to watch the sea consume all, a grim preview of the future that also awaits the popular game map we call “Earth.” This means that Fortnite now…

Duke Nukem Isn’t Worth Fighting Yet Another Lawsuit Over

Gearbox is suing 3D Realms parent company Apogee Software for a breach of contract in regard to ownership of the Duke Nukem franchise, according to a lawsuit filed last Friday. This is just the latest in a series of Duke­-related legal complaints stretching back over a decade, and at this point, I can’t help but…

Fortnite‘s Device Event Sank The Map

After several delays, Fortnite players finally got to see Midas’ doomsday clock hit zero. After a lot of fireworks and some dreamy trips to an alternate dimension, Fortnite’s island sank beneath the sea. In today’s event, called “The Device,” NPC henchmen could be heard panicking before the event began. After the countdown ended, pillars lifted…

EA’s Star Wars Squadrons Will Finally Give Us A New Star Wars Space Combat Game

Today, EA officially revealed Star Wars: Squadrons, their next big Star Wars game. It will be released for PS4, Xbox One, and PC on October 2 and will support crossplay. While on PC and PS4 it will also support VR. Squadrons will focus on space combat, featuring first-person starship action. The game takes place after…

How’s It Going?: Back And Forth Edition

Welcome to another week, and welcome back to our daily open thread. I had a funny weekend. On the plus side, I made a really good rhubarb galette, including finally succeeding at creating a flaky crust instead of the crumbly, tasteless mess I usually come up with. (You food processor pie dough people had the…

Is BloodRayne is making a comeback? Publisher Ziggurat Gameshas acquired several game properties from Majesco Entertainment, including Nazi-killing vampire BloodRayne and ill-fated sci-fi adventure Advent Rising. Ziggurat plans to update older games to be better compatible with modern systems while looking into potential new games.

Who Doesn’t Want To Be A Cybernetic Corgi Named Bullet

In ProtoCorgi from Chilean developer Kemono Games, players are cast as Bullet, a C3 class cybernetic lifeform, as he attempts to save his creator from evil aliens. C3 stands for “Cute Cyber Corgi,” as if there could be any other kind of cyber Corgi. Coming out in November for PC with a Switch port following…

The Week In Games: The Last Week Before The Last Of Us Part 2

The Last Of Us Part 2, the highly anticipated PS4 exclusive from Naughty Dog, releases this week after being delayed earlier in the year. I wasn’t as a big fan of the first game as many others were. I enjoyed some of the characters and the visuals were nice, but the rest of it just…

Official Space Invaders Branded Japanese Booze

Earlier this month, Kotaku reported that Pac-Man, Yakuza, and Sega were all getting their own branded Japanese sake. They’re not alone! According to Famitsu, Space Invaders is, too.  Next month, Space Invaders Sake is going on sale in Japan. The sakes—a pure rice junmai, a pure rice junmai ginjo, and a pure rice junmai daiginjo—were…

Track: A Few Words For The Firing Squad | Artist: Run The Jewels | Album: Run The Jewels 4

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Sheik Looks Great In Overwatch

Shayleen Hulbert is a 3D artist based in the UK who has worked on games like Heroes of the Storm, Spyro Reignited and Borderlands 3 This, though, is her part of a team’s shot at what Zelda’s Sheik would look like in Overwatch, as “a fearless non-binary hero, a lone wolf raised and trained by…

Please Don’t Bury These Real Animal Crossing Items

Wanting to bring a little Animal Crossing into the real world, props builder Kiril Hearn from Flux Tide Designs has gone and made replicas of some of the game’s items/icons, like the furniture leaf and fossil. They’re small enough to fit on your desk (6cm long, 7cm high), but what I really like about these…

Track: Funky Worm | Artist: Ohio Players | Album: Pleasure

You Can Now Play Lee Carvallo’s Putting Challenge From The Simpsons

Would you like to play Lee Carvallo’s Putting Challenge? You have selected…yes. Yesterday, former Simpsons writer and executive producer Bill Oakley shared on Twitter a free browser game built by Aaron Demeterthat recreates the disappointing golf game from the episode “Marge Be Not Proud.” This is the game Bart gets at the end end of…

New Divinity: Original Sin II DLC Out Today

A new DLC pack for Divinity: Original Sin 2 is out today for free and features new quests, loot, and enemies. “The Four Relics Of Rivellon” is the latest and biggest gift bag DLC for the popular RPG. It launches on all platforms today at no cost, with developer Larian Studios explaining that Divinity: Original…

‘Shop Contest: The PS5 Cat

A lot of people are having fun with the PS5 console and how wild it looks. But I think the real star of the PS5 event earlier this week was the cat from the upcoming game Stray. Let’s have fun with this cat! Your challenge this week: Spread the PS5 cat around. Add this great…

How’s It Going?: Cereal Edition

Another day, another daily open thread. Come in, talk, and then get out of here. I don’t want y’all making a mess. This weekend was an unusually busy one. I had shows to watch and news galore to round up and sift through. So my meals became simple and quick and one of my favorite…