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CultureGames Artist Releasing His Own Comic About Space Robots
Ben Mauro is one of the best artists working in entertainment today, and we’ve featured his work on Fine Art a bunch of times. We’re doing it again tonight because he’s releasing a graphic novel called HUXLEY, about “two scavengers who find an ancient robot and get swept up on an adventure that could change…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 7, 2020 -
UncategorizedFantasy Flight’s Video Game Studio Is Closing
In 2017 Fantasy Flight, a juggernaut in the board game world thanks to stuff like Game of Thrones and Star Wars, opened a video game studio. Barely two years later, Fantasy Flight Interactive is closing its doors. The idea had been for the studio to work in two directions: adapt existing Fantasy Flight games into…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 7, 2020 -
CultureModern Warfare Players Glitching Under The Floors Are Becoming A Major Problem
Players of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare’s large-scale “Ground War” mode have discovered several ways to get underneath the floors or inside the walls of the game’s maps, letting them kill other players with impunity before raining down nukes. Before this influx of cheaters, the 32-versus-32 Battlefield-style mode was once a great place to level…
By S.E. Doster Published January 7, 2020 -
CultureTotal RecallPour One Out For A Lucasarts Millennium Falcon Simulator
Just in case you haven’t suffered enough anguish over the years/decades at the demise of quality LucasArts Star Wars games, let’s look back at a pitch for a game that sounded too good to be true, and so was promptly never made. Before we go any further, let’s be very clear: This was an idea,…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 7, 2020 -
CultureDestiny 2’s New Exotic Mission Is Worth Doing Just To Hear Shaxx Sing
Destiny 2’s weekly update today brings with it a new exotic quest that’s short, easy to complete, and ends with one of the best character moments the game has ever had. Devil’s Run is a sidearm that shoots lasers and has one of the shortest questlines I’ve ever come across in the game. All you…
By Ethan Gach Published January 7, 2020 -
CultureAlienware Is Definitely Not Ripping Off The Nintendo Switch
This week at CES in Las Vegas, Alienware showed off its ConceptUFO, a portable PC gaming system with detachable controllers that can be played handheld, in tabletop mode, or connected to a television. It is not a Nintendo Switch. For one, the Switch is a real product you can buy, and ConceptUFO is just a…
By Mike Fahey Published January 7, 2020 -
UncategorizedHold onto your guns: Exit the Gungeon is coming to PC and consoles sometime in early 2020. The Enter the Gungeon spin-off, a side-scrolling twist on the main game’s roguelike bullet hell, was originally released on Apple Arcade last fall. It’s fun on mobile but is better with a controller.
By Ethan Gach Published January 7, 2020 -
CulturePlayer Breaks Out Prop While Speedrunning Fallout 4 To Explain Glitch
Last night speedrunner Tomatoangus flew through all of the main Fallout games in just over 2 hours and 16 minutes, and he pulled out all the stops to do so, including an actual prop to explain how to glitch through an elevator in Fallout 4 While all of the Fallout games have a fascinating litany…
By Ethan Gach Published January 7, 2020 -
ReviewsToysNew Model Kits Let You Build Your Own Damn Pokémon
What sounds more fun: picking up a pre-assembled Pikachu from the Pokémon aisle at Target, or building your own Pikachu out of a pile of colored plastic pieces? We’ll find out this spring when Bluefin brings Bandai Spirits Hobby’s PokePla model kits to North America. Building models rocks, especially when those models become fully-articulated action…
By Mike Fahey Published January 7, 2020 -
CultureThe Sims Is Officially Getting Tiny Houses
In a move capitalizing on a longtime Sims 4 trend, the next expansion, or Stuff Pack for the game will be focused on tiny homes. I cannot, cannot wait. The Sims 4 has three tiers of expansions, and Stuff Packs are the most minimal. At best, they come with some new furniture and clothes and,…
By Gita Jackson Published January 7, 2020 -
CultureEscape From Tarkov Developers Say Adding Playable Women Would Be A ‘Huge Amount Of Work’
Battlestate Games, the studio behind the newly popular online shooter Escape From Tarkov, says they won’t implement playable female protagonists for “game lore” reasons and because it would be too much work. Right now, you can only play Escape From Tarkov as a man. “[T]here will be no playable female characters because of game lore…
By Ethan Gach Published January 7, 2020 -
UncategorizedKentucky Route Zero Will Finally End (And Come To Switch) Later This Month
Kentucky Route Zero, the beloved point-and-click adventure game that has been releasing in episodic increments since 2013, will put out its fifth and final act on January 28, 2020. The final act will appear as part of a complete edition of the game titled Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition, which will include all five acts…
By Maddy Myers Published January 7, 2020 -
UncategorizedNintendo has nearly doubled the number of courses you can upload in Super Mario Maker 2, raising the limit from 64 up to 100. The company says 10 million courses have now been created, a recent batch of which are using the new Zelda tools to create brutal dungeon courses
By Ethan Gach Published January 7, 2020 -
CultureTrack: I Want A Boy For My Birthday (1982 home demo) | Artist: The Smiths | Album: N/A
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 7, 2020 -
UncategorizedThe Sexy Phantom Mole In Pokémon Sword and Shield
It’s the little things people can find attractive. For some, those are beauty marks. When one Pokémon Sword and Shield fan thought they might have discovered one on Galar champ Leon’s neck, it was all very exciting. Twitter user Omiyama wrote: “How should I put this, Leon doesn’t have a mole here on his neck!!!?????!????…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 7, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanPlatinum Games Goes Into Business With Tencent
Osaka-based studio Platinum Games has announced that it’s going into a capital tie-up with Tencent Holdings. As the Chinese conglomerate invests in the game maker, Platinum Games President Kenichi Sato states, “Our company’s independence will not be changed.” Platinum Games was founded in 2007 and is perhaps best known for its Bayonetta series and Nier:…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 7, 2020 -
CultureTrack: Eediyat Skengman | Artist: Wiley
By Luke Plunkett Published January 7, 2020 -
CultureThe PlayStation 5’s New Logo Sure Looks Familiar
Sony just showed off the PlayStation 5’s logo on-stage at CES. It’s…well, yeah, it sure is a PlayStation console logo. So you can see just how similar it is to the PS4’s logo, here’s a comparison: Don’t fix what ain’t broke, I guess! That’s all Sony announced at the show, so if you were hoping…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 6, 2020
