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UncategorizedQuakeCon 2020 Is Cancelled
This won’t come as a surprise to any of you, but id Software officially cancelled QuakeCon 2020 today, saying, “gathering is the last thing any of us should be doing right now.” In a statement posted on the con’s site, id say the show—due to take place in August—just can’t be put together at the…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 31, 2020 -
UncategorizedGloomhaven’s Sequel Raises Over $4 Million In One Day
Gloomhaven, one of the most popular board games in years, launched its big new campaign Frosthaven today on Kickstarter. Things are, uh, going well. At time of posting, with less than 24 hours gone on the game’s Kickstarter campaign, it has raised over USD$4 million. Watching the page at any time looks a little something…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 31, 2020 -
The BestsLet’s Rank The Civilization Games, Worst To Best
How do you separate greatness? You can only try. And remember that hexes > grids. In this latest instalment of Pecking Order, I’m going to be choosing between some of my favourite, and most-played games of all time. From the original all the way through to Civilization VI’s expansions, I’ve been lucky to enough to…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 31, 2020 -
CultureNBA Players Are Having An Official NBA 2K Tournament Featuring Stars Like Kevin Durant
If NBA players can’t get onto an actual court for the next few months for the televised enjoyment of millions, they may as well do the next best thing. Yahoo Sports reports that the NBA and ESPN have put together an official esports tournament, which will feature 16 NBA players going head-to-head in an NBA 2K20…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 31, 2020 -
CultureGame Bundle Helps Developers Recoup Losses From A GDC That Wasn’t
In an effort to provide relief to developers left in the lurch after the Game Developers Conference was postponed late last month, gamedev.world has partnered with several studios to release a massive video game bundle via itch.io, the proceeds of which will go towards a fund established to support affected developers. There’s a ton of…
By Ian Walker Published March 31, 2020 -
UncategorizedEVE Online Players Gather Virtually To Watch Fan-Made EVE Space Opera
Last weekend, the EVE Online community team hosted a Twitch viewing party to help EVE players stave off COVID-19 isolation related boredom. The stream was a marathon of a machinima series called “Clear Skies,” beloved in the EVE community. CCP Convict, one of EVE’s community managers, hosted the event alongside the series’ creator and star…
By Lee Yancy Published March 31, 2020 -
Tips & GuidesThe Bravely Default II Demo Is Weirdly Hard, So Here’s How To Survive
Last week, during a surprise Nintendo Direct, Square Enix gifted the world with a demo for Bravely Default II. The demo offers a taste of everything series fans should expect: lovely sprites, marvelous hand-painted backgrounds, and a return to the ever-rewarding Brave/Default turn-based battle system. But it also brought something unexpected to the table: a…
By Ari Notis Published March 31, 2020 -
UncategorizedSamurai Shodown protagonist Haohmaru is now playable in Soulcalibur VI This is the 3D fighting game’s latest crossover after launching with The Witcher’s Geralt of Rivia and introducing Nier: Automata’s 2B in late 2018. I, for one, am thrilled to see another samurai in Soulcalibur
By Ian Walker Published March 31, 2020 -
OpinionK.K. Slider Sold Out
Yesterday, after a couple weeks playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons, K.K. Slider finally made an appearance on my island. But the traveling canine guitarist has apparently become hot shit over the last two decades, so much so that he wouldn’t deign to visit until I took painstaking steps to bring my island up to his…
By Ian Walker Published March 31, 2020 -
CultureRing Fit Adventure Is A Sweaty Ray Of Hope During Self-Isolation
Like most people, I haven’t been moving around much these days. Aside from a daily walk, I only use my body to move around the tight circuit of my house: desk, sofa, microwave, bed. My fingers see the most action. I type emails to friends I haven’t spoken to in years and wash my hands…
Elizabeth Ballou Published March 31, 2020 -
CultureHalf-Life: Alyx Mod Recreates Iconic Half-Life 2 Environment
Half-Life: Alyx has only been out for a week, and the Alyx-specific version of Valve’s “Hammer” mapping tool isn’t yet available. That, however, has not stopped one enterprising modder from cracking open the dystopian destination VRcation, scooping out its insides, and replacing them with Half-Life 2‘s. Without streamlined level-creation tools at their fingertips, modder Vect0R…
By Nathan Grayson Published March 31, 2020 -
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By Paul Tamayo Published March 31, 2020 -
CultureCombo Breaker Cancels Fighting Game Tournament For 2020
This year’s highly anticipated Combo Breaker fighting game tournament, originally scheduled for May 22-24, has been canceled according to an announcement released this morning by organizers. The annual competition is the latest such event to skip 2020 due to the ongoing covid-19 pandemic caused by a novel strain of coronavirus. “Combo Breaker made its cancellation…
By Ian Walker Published March 31, 2020 -
CultureCall Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Remastered Videos Are Already Popping Up On YouTube [Update]
Activision hasn’t even officially announced it yet but videos of what appears to be Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Remastered are already on YouTube. Footage for the entire Modern Warfare 2 single-player campaign is currently up on the YouTube channel TheGamingRevolution. There are also videos of all the cutscenes and breakdowns of individual levels.…
By Ethan Gach Published March 31, 2020 -
UncategorizedMinecraft Dungeons will come out May 26 on Xbox One, PS4, Switch, and PC. The blocky dungeon crawler was originally set to arrive sometime next month. While the game won’t launch with cross-play Microsoft said it’s working to add it in a future update.
By Ethan Gach Published March 31, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsOh No I’m Playing All Of Persona 5 Again
Two weeks ago, I jumped into an early copy of Persona 5 Royal, expecting to maybe play a few hours to check out some of the new stuff. Now I’ve finished the game’s second dungeon and have begun to accept a new reality: I am, somehow, going to replay all of Persona 5 This piece…
By Jason Schreier Published March 31, 2020
