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OpinionImpressionsThe End Of My Covenant’s Campaign Is A Good Stopping Point For World Of Warcraft: Shadowlands
After a month and a half of conquering quests, leveling alt characters, and exploring every inch of World of Warcraft’s afterlife, my whirlwind romance with the Shadowlands expansion is starting to fizzle out. Now that my main dwarf Stu has completed his covenant story campaign I’m not finding much motivation to keep playing. To understand…
By Mike Fahey Published January 21, 2021 -
CultureLucky Winners Of Newegg’s Lottery Get To Pay Full Price For PC Parts
A lottery for prized graphics cards and processors went up briefly on PC part seller Newegg’s site yesterday. It’s a testament to the ongoing shortage of all things gaming during the ongoing covid-19 pandemic. The “Newegg Shuffle Event,” screencaps of which were saved over on Imgur and first reported on by PCMag, invited customers to…
By Ethan Gach Published January 21, 2021 -
Culture505 Games Announces Puzzle Quest 3, Coming Out This Year
Earlier this month, publisher 505 Games acquired Infinity Plus Two, the Australian studio that created the hybrid match-three/RPG series Puzzle Quest. This morning 505 Games announced Puzzle Quest 3, a free-to-play sequel that takes place 500 years after the original. A direct follow-up to 2007 surprise hit Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords, Puzzle Quest…
By Mike Fahey Published January 21, 2021 -
CultureNew Mod Brings Another Massive Chunk Of Skyrim To 2002’s Morrowind
The main Elder Scrolls series consist of five games released across nearly two decades, and as a result the game’s fans have spent much of that time modding pieces of the older games into the newer ones. Or in this case modding parts of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim into the now ancient third game…
By Ethan Gach Published January 21, 2021 -
AnimeRussia Starts Banning Death Note And Other Anime
This Wednesday, a St. Petersburg court has banned the Death Note, Tokyo Ghoul, and Inuyashiki anime after concerns that teenagers would mimic on-screen violence. During the trial, the prosecution screened episodes to underscore its argument. According to The Moscow Times, the district court stated, “Every episode contains cruelty, murder, violence.” In mid-December, five lawsuits were…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 21, 2021 -
CultureFinal Fantasy Creator’s New RPG Looks Unique And Will Be Out This Year
Hironobu Sakaguchi, the creator of Final Fantasy, has been working on the follow up to his Terra Battle role-playing games. It’s called Fantasian According to Sakaguchi, the game has been in development for the past three years and is slated to hit Apple Arcade sometime soon this year. Nobuo Uematsu is doing the score. “The…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 21, 2021 -
CultureUmurangi Generation Will Have Gyro Controls On Switch
When photography game Umurangi Generation hits Switch sometime this year, it’ll do so, the developers just announced, with an updated suite of mechanics that make use of the console’s unique features. One of these will be gyro controls, to help you snap the perfect picture. I tend to turn off motion stuff when I play…
By Ian Walker Published January 20, 2021 -
CultureTotal RecallLost Video Takes Us Inside Nintendo In 1990, Shows NES Consoles Being Made
This 20-minute collection of B-roll footage, shot as part of a news report and only uploaded to YouTube this week, gives us a fascinating look behind the scenes at Nintendo of America in 1990, showing everything from manufacturing to R&D to the Nintendo Power Line. While some of it is narrated or is part of…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2021 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryMy Nine-Day Final Fantasy XV Blitz Commences Tonight
Let me explain. Final Fantasy XV is one of my “ones that got away”—a game that I deeply enjoyed without ever finishing despite getting very close to its end. One day I just put down FF15 and walked away, like Andy abandoning Woody. Thanks to Xbox Game Pass, however, I have the opportunity to correct…
By Ash Parrish Published January 20, 2021 -
Culture1994’s NBA Jam Has Been Updated With 2021 Rosters
I love NBA Jam, and I love 90s basketball, but look, I don’t always want to play as Tom Gugliotta or Kendall Gill. Sometimes, I want to play NBA Jam and play as Alex Caruso or Bam Adebayo, and now I can. This excellent mod for 1994’s NBA Jam Tournament Edition (not 1993’s NBA Jam)…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsYou Can Buy A 912lb Box Of PlayStation Consoles
What an age we live in. PlayStation consoles, by the pound. From time to time—thanks, Goodwill Goblin!—Goodwill will clear out excess stock online in bulk, and here are two very big examples of that. First, a “GAYLORD OF VARIOUS PLAYSTATION CONSOLES” (as a non-American, I had to google that one, it means a very big,…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2021 -
CultureValve, Capcom & Bethesda Fined $9.5 Million For “Geo-Blocking” PC Games
The EU have fined Valve and five publishers a total of €7.8 million (USD$9.5 million) over their practice of “geo-blocking” PC game sales on Steam. This basically means forcing users in a country (say, Germany) to only pay the German price for a game, instead of letting them buy a cheaper version of the same…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsBernie Memes Are Here For All Your Curmudgeonly Needs
Today at noon Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States, but online it was another super-old white guy who stole the show thanks to a photograph by Brendan Smialowski showing Bernie Sanders sitting in a chair emanating such levels of sass and “I don’t have time for…
By Ethan Gach Published January 20, 2021 -
CultureRust, As Told By Steam Reviews
If you even casually follow the Grimace-colored streaming monolith that is Twitch, you’re well aware that the current flavor of the month is Rust, a survival game that originally came out in 2013. This means new players are discovering the genre oldtimer for the first time. While some enjoy the game’s inhospitable chaos, others are…
By Nathan Grayson Published January 20, 2021 -
CultureTwitchDonald Trump has been indefinitely suspended from Twitch. After the Capitol Building insurrection, Twitch suspended the then-president, now-professional angry baby man (who is no doubt weeks or even days from a TV deal), but with the caveat that it would “reassess his account after he leaves office.” In a statement, Twitch said that it’s turning…
By Nathan Grayson Published January 20, 2021 -
Tips & GuidesHow To Ensure Your Old Hitman Data Follows You To Hitman 3
Hitman 3, out today for pretty much all of the platforms, sees Agent 47 continue his spree of heinous crimes, including murder and travel journalism. Like the previous entry in IO Interactive’s sumptuous Savile Row simulator, you can import levels and character progression from prior games. It’s only a matter of knowing what to do—and…
By Ari Notis Published January 20, 2021 -
CultureOcarina Of Time Demo Fragments Reveal A Much Earlier Version Of The Game
Nintendo preservationists Forest of Illusion recently got their hands on a Nintendo 64 development cart containing what appears to be the demo version of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time shown at the Space World ‘97 trade show. This early build includes maps, items, abilities, and even story beats that didn’t make it into…
By Ian Walker Published January 20, 2021 -
CultureNew Mod Makes It Possible To Play Skyrim At 60 FPS On PS5
Nearly a decade after it released as a bit of a mess on PS3, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim on PS5 can now be played at 60 FPS thanks to the work of one of the game’s console modders. Created by a modder who goes by Wrighton, “Skyrim @ 60fps” is exactly what it says…
By Ethan Gach Published January 20, 2021