Division 2 Players Are Struggling To Find 2 Well-Hidden Enemies [Update 2: They Have All Been Found!]

The recent Warlords of New York expansion added a whole new lower Manhattan map to The Division 2, complete with new missions, enemies, checkpoints and gear. For players willing to search and explore, there are secret hunters, elite enemies, who are hidden in the new city. While most of them have been found so far,…

How Breath Of The Wild Helped Me Love Food Again

Playing video games is a personal experience. Sometimes it’s surprising just how personal it gets. The first time I booted up Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, I was looking forward to the mind-boggling puzzles and a more fleshed-out version of the Princess Zelda character. I didn’t think that what I’d adore the most…

Ask Dr. NerdLove: How Do I Rebuild My Marriage After An Affair?

Hello, all you frightening skin machines, and welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only advice column to survive the Corrupted Blood Plague. The world may be in crisis, but love, dating and relationships are still going on, and with them come relationship troubles. So let’s distract ourselves from the world and solve the problems we…

How’s It Going?: Music Edition

Good morning! Welcome back to our daily thread, which is hopefully more comforting/less maddening than staring at your Facebook feed. With the bar under my house closed, it’s really quiet in my apartment. I’ve taken to playing some music while I sleep, mostly classical. Why does Spotify have so many classical playlists for babies? Is…

Smash Bros. Creator On How Coronavirus Covid-19 Has Impacted Game Development In Japan

Masahiro Sakurai, creator of Smash Bros., devoted his latest Weekly Famitsu column to how coronavirus covid-19 is impacting the game industry in Japan. About three paragraphs in, Sakurai lists an array of stats and factoids, including the number of global deaths, how Hokkaido Prefecture declared a state of emergency, that masks and toilet paper are…

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You Look Great, Mr. Head

Jeremiah Lee is an artist at Cloud Imperium, the studio that’s been working on Star Citizen for almost eight years now. You can see more of Jeremiah’s stuff at his ArtStation page

GameStop Selling Doom A Day Early As A ‘Safety Precaution’

Doom and Animal Crossing were supposed to be out on the same day (Friday), but as a “safety precaution,” GameStop has made the move to sell id’s shooter a day early to avoid crowds. The two games, once thought inseparable, will now release separately as a precautionary measure to adhere to the CDC’s guidelines on…

A LEGO Sound Blaster Wouldn’t Be As Hard To Install

If LEGO can make money off our nostalgia for the old days of toys and movies, then surely it’s not too big a leap to start milking our feelings for old video game hardware as well. This LEGO Ideas campaign, by British artist Bhaal_Spawn, wants to recreate in brick form perhaps the most iconic piece…

We’re Liveblogging The Independent Games Festival Awards [Update: It’s Over! Here Are The Winners]

This week’s GDC may have been cancelled, but the conference has still been streaming talks online. I’m home; maybe you’re home? Let’s watch tonight’s Independent Games Festival Awards and Game Developers Choice Awards together! OK, so the liveblog is just me, Riley. But I’m fun, I promise! The show starts at 8pm ET over on…

The Steam Game Festival Has Free Demos Of GDC Games

The Steam Game Festival: Spring Edition is live today through March 23. The special Steam page features indie games that were going to be showcased at this week’s Game Developers Conference, which has been cancelled to help reduce the spread of covid-19. Some of the games have been available for a while, while other upcoming…