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Ubisoft Reveals Assassin’s Creed Valhalla With An 8-Hour Painting Livestream

In a live stream that’s been going on since 8 AM Eastern on YouTube, artist Bosslogic is digitally painting a piece of art for the next Assassin’s Creed game. It’s looking a lot like Vikings. Update: Eight hours later the image is done and Viking-themed Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is official. Watch the video below to…

Space Crud! Git Yur Space Crud!

Egor Grositskiy is a concept artist and visual developer from Russia who has worked in games, movies and animation. You can see more Egor’s stuff at his Behance page

I’m Playing Animal Crossing Wrong, And It’s Good, Actually

Three weeks ago, I added a campsite to my Animal Crossing: New Horizons island. Three weeks ago, Leopold, a walking testament to unearned confidence, showed up. Three weeks ago, I stopped unlocking new features in Animal Crossing This is Leopold: Leopold sucks. From the word go, Leopold crammed several TED Talks’ worth of humble bragging…

Knife Child Terrorizes Local Sector

It’s important to analyze games with rigorous consideration. Games are art and we need to hold them accountable for everything they contain. So please understand how serious I am when I say that Tonberries are the funniest fucking thing on the planet. The Tonberry (Tonicus Berricus) is one of the most iconic enemies in the…

Borderlands 3 Bosses Are Getting Wrecked By A Powerful New Weapon

Borderlands 3 may have over one billion guns, but right now, all players need is one. In addition to new enemies and missions, the ongoing “Revenge of the Cartels” event in Borderlands 3 introduced a number of new legendary weapons for players to mess around with. The one that’s gotten the most attention is the…

Players Start With Armor In Apex Legends‘ Latest Event

Apex Legends’ Battle Armor event starts today and lasts until Season 5 begins on May 12. Over the next two weeks, players will begin matches with a specific piece of armor, which will change as the event goes on. As developer Respawn explained in its post about the Battle Armor event, armor is now removed…

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Coming To Stadia Later This Year, Other EA Games To Follow

Electronic Arts has agreed to bring a number of its games to Google’s video game streaming platform, Stadia, including FIFA, Madden, and Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, according to The Hollywood Reporter While Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order will arrive on Stadia some time later this year, sports series FIFA and Madden won’t arrive until…

Driven Mad By Lockdown, Jalopnik Editor Sews A Working Plush Atari 2600 Joystick

Bored out of his mind due to the ongoing lockdown, Jalopnik senior editor Jason Torchinsky made a working plush Atari 2600 joystick out of old t-shirts and socks. As you do. Mr. Torchinsky, who writes for a blog about cars, has a basement full of retro gaming and computer systems, as often seen in his…

How’s It Going?: Routines Edition

It’s a sunny Tuesday where I live, which seems like a cruel joke. Welcome back to our daily open thread. Last night I had a long Zoom call with a friend I usually hang out with on Mondays. It was a little awkward at first—on video calls, I either spend the whole time staring at…

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Valorant Making Anti-Cheat Changes After Player Outcry

Riot’s new shooter Valorant pissed a lot of people off recently with what was perceived as a heavy-handed approach to cheat protection. A new update to the game will make some of that easier for players to manage. Ina Reddit post that leads with “While we normally don’t plan on documenting changes to Vanguard”, indicating…

What’s In The Case, Agent 47?

Ollie Hoff is a freelance illustrator from the UK. Loooooong time readers may recognise some Famicom cases below; Ollie has been a repeat entrant in Meteor’s Famicase exhibition. You can see more of Olli’s stuff at his personal site

Major Video Game Companies Could Be Doing More For Covid-19 Relief

I understand why people get excited when video game companies and their executives donate millions to charity, as has been happening recently. Big numbers make for catchy headlines. “They’re doing their part!” we tell ourselves, happy to see private citizens chip in where governments have so often failed. After all, none of us will ever…

Riot Says It Will Curb Valorant Toxicity After Own Employee Posts Video Of Sexist Harassment [UPDATE]

It is a regrettable sign of our times that women sharing videos of vocal, sustained harassment they’ve received in specific competitive multiplayer games has become a genre unto itself. The latest game: Riot’s still-in-testing tactical shooter Valorant. The latest person to share a video: A Riot employee. Late last week, a Riot UX designer who…

Fallout 76 Robot Won’t Stop Spamming Players With Communist Propaganda

Fallout 76’s Communist Collectron would rather help emancipate the proletariat than find rare weapons for players. The robot is one of the latest things you can buy from Fallout 76’s in-game shop. Like a traditional Collectron, it’s programmed to scavenge for resources while players are out adventuring. This one has a Commie twist, though, droning…

The Last of Us II Will Come Out In June, Ghost of Tsushima Delayed Until July

The Last Of Us Part II finally has a release date again: June 19. Sony announced the news over on the PlayStation Blog alongside an update that Ghost of Tsushima has been delayed by a month until July 17. Tsushima was originally set to release on June 26. Meanwhile, The Last of Us Part II…

How’s It Going?: Binge Edition

Welcome to another week, and welcome back to our daily open thread. I got a 30 day free trial to Showtime last week, so I’ve been watching a lot of the shows I’ve heard people talk about but never seen. Over the weekend I finished Kidding, a Jim Carrey show that features puppets. (I am…

2K Games Wants To Spend More Time Developing Next Game After The Disaster That Was WWE 2K20

2K Games announced today that it’s going to take more time and make use of a new executive producer to try and avoid another botched release like WWE 2K20. Last year’s World Wrestling Entertainment tie-in was a buggy mess when it launched. Five major updates later, 2K Games says it knows fans “want more from…

PSA: Beware Of Massive The Last Of Us II Spoilers From Apparent Leak [Update]

The wait for Naughty Dog’s indefinitely delayed sequel to The Last of Us just got a lot more frustrating. Footage allegedly captured from a near-final build of The Last of Us II was leaked on YouTube over the weekend, causing a cascade of major plot spoilers to flood social media channels and game forums. Update:…