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CultureSnowman’s incredibly chill snow/sandboarding games, Alto’s Adventure and Alto’s Oddysey, are coming to consoles and PC. The two games are combined into one as The Alto Collection, launching August 13 for PS4, Xbox One, and PC via the Epic Game Store, with a Switch version coming at a later date.
By Mike Fahey Published August 4, 2020 -
UncategorizedCarrion‘s Switch Icon Is Less Horrible Now
Phobia Game Studio’s Carrion is a cool little game in which players terrorize scientists as a hideous tentacled monster. It used to have a Switch game icon that looked like a grotesque body opening. Now its icon looks like mutant lobsters at play. It’s a definite improvement. The biggest improvement to the Carrion Switch icon…
By Mike Fahey Published August 4, 2020 -
CultureXbox Game Pass Ultimate Adds Cloud Gaming September 15
As announced in July, Microsoft’s Project xCloud game streaming service is becoming part of the $15-a-month Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription service on September 15, allowing users to stream more than 100 Xbox games to their Android phones and tablets. In a pair of posts on Xbox Wire, Microsoft details the games subscribers can play…
By Mike Fahey Published August 4, 2020 -
CultureSushi Used To Be Much Larger In The Past
During the Edo Period (1603-1868) of Japan, sushi was between two and four times larger than it is today. But why? One of the biggest reasons is that Edo (present-day Tokyo), where sushi was invented, was a metropolis from which large numbers of people were passing in and out. They needed food they could take…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 4, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanGaming Masks Help Fight Covid And Exist In Japan
Gaming products love LED. If a company wants to make a gaming PC, a gaming keyboard, or a gaming mouse, light-emitting diodes are a constant. So these “gaming masks” should be no surprise. According to Famitsu, these Illumi-on branded gaming mask covers are outfitted with LED lights charged by USB. They come in black and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 4, 2020 -
CultureTrack: Labyrinth | Artist: Mondo Grosso | Album: Labyrinth – EP
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 4, 2020 -
CultureTotal RecallThis 1990 TV News Report Is For The Monkey Island Fans In The House
Amateur games historian Eon Fafnir posted a clip of this 1990 local news story about LucasArts (then still known as LucasFilm Games) yesterday, and while it’s fascinating getting a look behind the scenes of the studio during some its golden years, Monkey Island fans can squint and see some stuff that never made the finished…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 3, 2020 -
CultureSuper Mario 64 Took 622 Days To Develop, Suggests ‘Gigaleak’ Document
Super Mario 64 is arguably one of the best games of all time, not only due to how fun it is but also because of the technological leap it represented for the platforming genre. According to a document included in the recent “Gigaleak,” however, this monumental project took less than two years of actual development.…
By Ian Walker Published August 3, 2020 -
CultureCosplayOverwatch Cosplay Lights Up The Darkness
Cosplayer Zibartas—who we’ve seen here before with some top-tier Overwatch work—has truly outdone himself here, building a complete set of Mercy’s wings made out of steel and aluminium, that move and really light up. Here’s the finished product: God damn If you’d like to see how something like this was put together, Zibartas has made…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 3, 2020 -
CultureTotal RecallLet’s Talk Fields Of Glory, A Forgotten RTS Pioneer
When people hail the pioneering classics of the RTS genre, they go through a list of usual suspects. Games like Cytron Masters, Dune II, Command & Conquer, Sega’s Herzog Zwei…but there’s one I don’t think ever gets its due, and that’s Spectrum Holobyte’s Fields of Glory Released on the PC in 1993, and designed by…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 3, 2020 -
CultureCall Of Duty Is Finally Blowing The Top Off The Warzone Stadium
Warzone’s stadium explosion was officially revealed with today’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare trailer. The teased eventwill finally come to fruition with Season 5, which kicks off on August 5 across PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. Call of Duty’s Warzone makes a great companion to Modern Warfare’s standard multiplayer, but the battle royale map…
By S.E. Doster Published August 3, 2020 - Uncategorized
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By G/O Media Published August 3, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsFrog Fractions‘ New $8 Hat DLC Contains A Lot More Than Just A Hat
Yesterday, Frog Fractions, the notorious 2012 browser game that is much more than it appears, came to Steam with a new Game of the Decade edition. There is also a new $8 DLC pack that is, purportedly, just a hat. You will not be shocked to learn that it is more than just a hat.…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 3, 2020 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryJumpstart‘s The Only Way I Wanna Play Magic: The Gathering Arena
Magic: The Gathering’s new format Jumpstart is the only way I want to play Magic for the rest of my life. I love playing Magic, both paper and online with Arena. I love opening new cards. I love the art. I love beating dudes who are much better than me, like I did this weekend…
By Ash Parrish Published August 3, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsGhost Of Tsushima Could Really, Really Use A Loadout Feature
Ghost of Tsushima almost has it all. It’s freakin’ beautiful. The quests and characters are endlessly entertaining. The combat’s a blast—a deft blend of skill mastery and power fantasy. You can even pet foxes (aww). But there’s one big quality-of-life feature missing from this action-packed, samurai-themed masterpiece: loadouts. When playing Ghost of Tsushima, you’ll find…
By Ari Notis Published August 3, 2020 -
CultureAnalogue Pocket Preorders Sell Out Immediately, Leaving Many Disappointed
I woke up early today to make sure I could snag an Analogue Pocket when preorders for the long-awaited handheld went live at 8 a.m. PST. Eight minutes past 8, Analogue’s online shop informed me it had completely sold out. I didn’t even get to enter payment information, and I clearly wasn’t the only one…
By Ian Walker Published August 3, 2020 -
CultureSpider-Man Will Be A PlayStation Exclusive Character For Marvel’s Avengers, Reminding Us All How Much Console-Exclusive DLC Sucks
In a move already being roundly criticized on social media, Crystal Dynamics’ Jeff Adams revealed today that Spider-Man will be available as a free update for PlayStation players of this September’s Marvel’s Avengers game in “early 2021.” PC and Xbox One players, apparently, won’t get to play as him. Adams announced the move in a…
By Ari Notis Published August 3, 2020
