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What Is Fortnite And Who Is Ninja, Wonders Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga is one of the most accomplished musicians of all time. Ninja plays video games for millions of people online. If this isn’t the biggest crossover in the history of pop culture, I don’t know what is. I write about video games for a living and barely know what the heck Fortnite is all…

Ghost Recon Breakpoint PS4’s Controller Menu Explains How To ‘Dasfdas Dfas’

In case anyone was wondering how to “df sf dasasdffd dasfdas dfas sfasdf asdf sf dasf fasdf asdf sf dasf asdffddasfdas dfas sfasdf asdf sf dasf” in the PlayStation 4 version of Ghost Recon Breakpoint, it’s right there in the controller configuration section of the menu. Share button. Mystery solved. Thanks toJordan Stapleton on Twitter…

Minorities In Game Development Still Don’t Have The Support They Need

The New York Times profiled six minority game developers today on their experiences in the industry. Their anecdotes are both illuminating and depressing. As a fan, I know how discouraging it can be not to see yourself reflected in the media that you love. A story I often tell is that until I saw Shawn…

After Being 98% Off For 5 Years, This Indie Game Is Going Up To $100 Forever

In today’s crowded video game market, getting eyes on your product can be a challenge, especially if you develop and publish games independently and with a small team. In 2014, the now-defunct Danish game studio Glitchap had a unique idea for their jousting deathmatch project LAZA KNITEZ: price the game at $100, but offer it…

Blizzard Gives 6-Month Ban To College Team That Held Up ‘Free Hong Kong’ Sign

American University Hearthstone players who recently held up a sign calling for Hong Kong’s freedom during a livestream have been officially disciplined by Activision-Blizzard. In a Twitter post today, team member Casey Chambers stated that the team has been banned from competitive play for six months. The situation started last week when pro player Chung…

No Man’s Sky Players Build Creepy Spaceship Recreation Of The Bermuda Triangle

Seven No Man’s Sky players came together to build an atmospheric location that they’re calling “Bermuda,” made up of a series of crashed intergalactic freighters. It’s a haunting reference to the Bermuda Triangle, the real-life location where many aircraft and ships have supposedly gone missing. It’s beautiful. Crashed freighters are already a feature of No…

The Creators Of Pokémon Go Mapped The World. Now They’re Mapping You

Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, the latest game from the company behind Pokémon Go, lets players harness the magic of their childhood to combat monsters and collect shimmering digital artifacts across their local neighborhoods. Niantic’s apps certainly encourage gamers to get outdoors and get active, but behind the scenes, Wizards Unite is quietly casting another spell:…

I Don’t Want To Grind For This Little Fox Person But I Will

It’s been over 12 years since I seriously worked on raising my reputation with one of World of Warcraft’s in-game factions. Those many years ago, I spent days performing repetitive tasks just to earn a special mount, and after that, I swore off grinding reputation for rewards. Then Blizzard announced the Vulpera, a new playable…

The Best Retro Console Creators Are Making A Game Boy

The Analogue Pocket will play Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, and more

Track: This Letter | Artist: Belle & Sebastian | Album: Days of the Bagnold Summer

A Thief. Battambang, Cambodia. By Robert Rubsam 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!

League Of Legends’ Creators Also Making An Animated Series, Card Game, Fighting Game And Shooter

In addition to the announcement that a version of the main game itself is coming to consoles and phones, Riot have also tonight said that there are a bunch of League of Legends spin-offs in the works, along with an animated series. First, the card game. It’s called Legends of Runeterra, and is a free-to-play…

League Of Legends Is Coming To Consoles, Phones

After a decade of dominating on PC, League of Legends is finally launching a version of the game on both home consoles and mobile devices. It’s called League of Legends: Wild Rift, and makes some important changes to the PC version. It’s got a modified version of the map, a new user interface and dual-stick…

Upside The Spider-Verse

Zac Retz is an artist at Disney who has also done work for companies like Blur and Dreamworks, and on movies like Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse You can see more of Zac’s stuff at his personal site and ArtStation page

New Paradox Game Steals Halo Artwork, Gets Pulled

Grand strategy masters Paradox today announced a new mobile take on their big space game Stellaris, which has already been taken offline after fans quickly discovered that the title featured art literally stolen from an artist at 343 Studios, the developers of the Halo series. Here’s the art in question, found within the game (it…

WoW Classic‘s First Big Content Update Adds Dire Maul Dungeons

Now that players have had a month and a half to get used to World of Warcraft as it was in late 2004, it’s time to scootch forward to early 2005. Today’s first major update to World of Warcraft Classic adds the three-part Dire Maul dungeon, filed with Ogres, elves, and assorted evil. Dire Maul…

Destiny 2‘s New Grind Might Be Asking Too Much

Destiny 2: Shadowkeep is made with the dedicated Destiny player in mind. It’s an expansion that foregrounds much of the math that Destiny has spent the last few years hiding, giving players more control over how they tweak and build their Guardians to play the way they want them to play. I enjoy this, but…

Track: Hunger City | Artist: Cherry Bomb | Album: Howard The Duck

I have never wanted a photo mode for a game more than I want one for Control, and it’s coming tomorrow It comes with ten different filters, as well as the option to hide Jesse and other characters. But why would you do that when you could turn the our humble Director into an Instagram star?

Google Stadia will launch November 19. The release date was announced at today’s hardware-focused Google event unveiling the Pixel 4 smartphone, which you canread more about on Gizmodo.