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Track: 24-25 | Artist: Iri | Album: 24-25 (single)

Matsue Castle. Shimane Prefecture. By Brian Ashcraft. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line

This Town Ain’t Big Enough For The Five Of Us

Hueala Teodor is an artist at Riot, the developers of League of Legends You can see more of Teodor’s stuff at his ArtStation page

NBA 2K20 Is Laughing All The Way To The Bank

The bedrock of my coverage of the NBA 2K series over the last few years has been how gross the series has become, how it’s so bent toward the whims of advertisers and microtransactions that it’s uncomfortable to even be around, more predatory experience than basketball game. I see a similar sentiment out there among…

Nazi Moron Arrested Over Multiple Swatting Calls

Last week the FBI arrested 19-year-old John William Kirby Kelley, who it’s alleged was part of a group responsible for a range of dangerous swatting incidents. Kelley was also, and I type this with my most surprised face, part of a number of openly racist Steam groups. A release from the ADL, who assisted the FBI…

This Interactive Timeline For Netflix’s Witcher Is Super Helpful

The Witcher TV show is atotally enjoyable fantasy romp that is nonetheless difficult to parse due to its multiple timelines. Fortunately, there’s now an interactive timeline of the show’s major events and characters’ births that breaks down the show’s world building into a series of easily digestible blips. Going into Netflix’s adaptation, which draws from…

Mobius Final Fantasy Ends Service On June 30

Mobius Final Fantasy, one of the prettiest and most unique mobile FF spin-offs, will soon be no more. Today Square Enix announced the game will be going down for good at the end of March in Japan, with the global version continuing until June 30. Mobius Final Fantasy is a free-to-play turn-based role-playing game for…

Track: True Love | Artist: Elliott Smith | Album: Heaven Adores You 

Cyberpunky. Tokyo, Japan. By Danilo Salvego | Instagram JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line

Destiny 2 Players Are Hard At Work Puzzling Over Mysterious Symbols

A new quest has been stealthily added to Destiny 2 today that has players trying to navigate a time maze using symbols gathered from around the solar system. Osiris, who’s become somewhat infamous for not telling you about his quests, got a new one as part of today’s weekly reset called Exploring The Corridors of…

The Pokémon Cakes Episode Of Food Network Challenge Is A Glorious Mess

In last night’s episode of competitive cooking show Food Network Challenge, four professional bakers attempted to create cakes resembling popular pocket monsters. Some were much more successful than others. In the first round of the new episode, which is available online at the Food Network website, bakers were given two hours to create an edible…

Tekken-Style Health Bars Make Watching Taekwondo So Much Better

Martial arts competitions can be a little confusing to the untrained eye. The scoring systems simply favor landed hits, no matter how slight or imperceptible. During a recent exhibition, the Korea Taekwondo Association demonstrated a brand new piece of technology designed to make the sport more spectator-friendly, essentially turning competition into a real-world fighting game.…

Final Fantasy Tactics ‘Battleground’ Lets You Gamble Fake Money On Fake Matches

FFT Battleground is a Final Fantasy Tactics Twitch stream that lets you place bets on competing teams of randomized characters, all controlled by AI. The bets are based on fake money, which is good, because if they weren’t, there’s a non-zero chance I might have done some real damage to my bank account by now.…

Bloodborne Modders Restore Cut Boss Version Of Fiery Mage

Bloodborne players have faced the Loran Cleric before, but not like this. A beast-like mage who can summon fire at will, the Loran Cleric is an enemy type only found in Bloodborne’s randomly generated Chalice Dungeons. However, modders recently found references to the creature lurking elsewhere in the game’s files, leading them to a more…

Square Enix Delays Final Fantasy VII Remake And Avengers

Final Fantasy VII Remake is delayed from March 3 to April 10 while the upcoming Avengers game is bumped from May to September, publisher Square Enix said this morning. In a statement, Final Fantasy VII Remake producer Yoshinori Kitase said that game’s delay was for “extra polish.” The heads of Avengers development studio Crystal Dynamics…

Might and Magic‘s 100-Player Auto Chess Spin-Off Comes Out Later This Month

Ubisoft has crunched the numbers on all the hottest gaming trends of 2019 and is ready to roll out Might & Magic: Chess Royale, a mash up of battle royale and auto battler, on mobile and PC on January 30. There’s not a ton of information on the publisher’s announcement page about the upcoming game,…

Airport Hotel View. Narita, Japan. By Brian Ashcraft. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line

Locked Out

Lorenzo Lanfranconi is an artist from Italy. You can see more of Lorenzo’s stuff at his ArtStation page

Nintendo’s Theme Park Trailer Is A Trip

We’re only six months (at most!) away from the opening of Nintendo’s big new theme park at Universal Studios, Osaka. That means it’s time to not only get a big hype trailer, but some actual information on the place as well, including a very cool, very Mario feature. It’s a pretty good vid, hinting at…

Modern Warfare‘s Australia-Themed DLC Will Now Benefit Bushfire Relief

After facing community backlash, Activision has rebranded Call of Duty: Modern Warfare’s Australia-themed cosmetic bundle and will donate profits to aid relief efforts in the country. When an Australia-themed “Outback” cosmetic pack popped up in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare’s shop last week at the price of 1800 COD Points, it was, to say the…