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UncategorizedIt’s Nice To Play Apex Legends‘ New Brighter Map
Apex Legends season 3 brings a new map, a new character, and a lot of small changes. Trying out a new map and a new character alongside everyone else harkens back to the game’s earliest days, when the spirit of exploration felt stronger than the thirst for victory. Currently, new map World’s Edge has completely…
By Riley MacLeod Published October 1, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsDestiny 2: Shadowkeep Is Full Of Mysteries That Will Kick Your Ass
Destiny 2: Shadowkeep is a lot to take in. In one fell swoop, the expansion resets player progression, institutes a new seasonal model for live events, and adds a wealth of new content. It’s going to take some time to get a grasp of the scope of things. Online, ever-changing games like this are less…
By Joshua Rivera Published October 1, 2019 -
UncategorizedGhost Recon Breakpoint’s Microtransactions Explained
Ghost Recon Breakpoint is in early access before its full launch on Friday. It offers a somewhat generic but capable military shooter to hardcore fans. Looming over everything has been the specter of microtransactions. The game offers lots of them. So far, we’ve seen that you can easily ignore them. First thing first: none of…
By Heather Alexandra Published October 1, 2019 -
UncategorizedWe have updated our article about Gearbox’s decision not to sign a union contract to bring back Troy Baker as Rhys in Borderlands 3 Readers had questions about why other union actors are voicing Borderlands 3 characters and whether Gearbox’s excuse valid, which Baker’s union, SAG-AFTRA, responded to.
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published October 1, 2019 -
UncategorizedThe Destiny 2 Patch Changes A Lot Of The Game’s Most Familiar Menus
Destiny 2‘s big New Light overhaul today boosts all existing players to power level 750. It also may slightly adjust your progression. Here are some things that stood out at first glance when I logged into the game with my character today. First, there’s the character screen, now complete with Sparrow vehicle and Ghost along…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 1, 2019 -
CultureOfficial Overwatch Cookbook Lets You Recreate Pharah’s Favorite Childhood Snack
From Chelsea Monroe-Cassel, author of cookbooks for World of Warcraft, The Elder Scrolls, Firefly, and A Game of Thrones, comes the first official guide to cooking the delicacies of Overwatch. Who among us hasn’t dreamed of sinking their teeth into Pharah’s Canadian Butter Tarts and washing them down with Mercy’s elderberry liquor toddy, the Valkyrie’s…
By Mike Fahey Published October 1, 2019 -
UncategorizedIn celebration of the franchise’s 10th anniversary, Borderlands 3 bosses will have a greater chance of dropping specific legendary loot for the next week. Players can look forward to more week-long festivities leading up to the special Halloween-themed event later this month.
By Ian Walker Published October 1, 2019 -
UncategorizedHow Warcraft Got Its Name
I lost hours of my youth playing online StarCraft matches, nearly lost entire friendships to the scourge of World of Warcraft. In all that time, it never occurred to me why Blizzard uses that -craft suffix on those games, or what it could possibly mean. At last, I have the answer. Other non-Blizzard games have…
By Avery Ellis Published October 1, 2019 -
UncategorizedPlayers Have Already Found Lethal Combos For Kill La Kill: IF‘s Newest Character
This morning, Arc System Works released the latest patch for Kill la Kill: IF, the 3D arena fighting game they developed with fellow Japanese studio A+ Games. The update includes a brand new character, for which players are already finding massively damaging combos. The new character is named Ultimate Double Naked DTR—known as just DTR…
By Ian Walker Published October 1, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsDays Gone’s Free DLC Is A Refreshingly Goofy Arcade
Over the course of the summer, Days Gone developer Bend Studios has been adding a series of arcade-style challenges to last Spring’s zombie survival game. All of these updates have been free. Now that they’re all collected, they make for a really fun set of standalone activities with a couple of great surprises tucked in.…
By Joshua Rivera Published October 1, 2019 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryThese Are My Settings For Every Video Game
I started playing a new video game yesterday: Ghost Recon Breakpoint. But It might as well have been any other console game, in terms of how I set up the settings. Brightness? I’m going to make sure that symbol is pretty visible. After all, who knows what “barely visible” even means. It’s all relative. I…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 1, 2019 -
UncategorizedGoose-Related Crime Up 2000 Percent After Untitled Goose Game Release
In a clear example of video games directly spurring real-life violence, a Nottinghamshire, England, goose wreaked havoc on an unsuspecting taxi driver and his now-ravaged car. After its September 20 release, Untitled Goose Game, featuring one goose who terrorizes gardens, storefronts and taverns, inspired a mass appreciation for heinous acts of goose crime. Amid an…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published October 1, 2019 -
CultureOne Of The Best Third-Party PlayStation 4 Controllers Gets A Sequel
The Scuf Vantage is an incredibly comfortable, highly customizable third-party controller for the PlayStation 4. It’s got four customizable back paddles, extra side buttons, swappable faceplates and analog sticks—it’s basically the PS4’s answer to Microsoft’s Elite Wireless. Well, now Scuf has announced the Vantage 2, which is all that, only better. Tim Rogers and I…
By Mike Fahey Published October 1, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsPlaying Ori And The Blind Forest On Switch Is A Little Strange But Brings Back Great Memories
It’s weird seeing the Microsoft Studios logo appear on the screen as I load a game on a Nintendo console. It’s also odd to have see my Xbox Live avatar and Gamertag displayed on my Switch screen. Everything else about about playing Ori and the Blind Forest on the Switch is pretty much perfect. Moon…
By Mike Fahey Published October 1, 2019 -
CultureCall Of Duty: Mobile Is Live
After being in rigorous beta testing across multiple countries since July, Activision and Tencent’s Call of Duty: Mobile is go for iOS and Android devices everywhere but mainland China, Vietnam, and Belgium. Battle across recognizable maps, fight as iconic heroes like Ghost and Soap, and participate in a battle royale the likes of which you’ve probably…
By Mike Fahey Published October 1, 2019 -
CulturePlayStation Now Price Drops To $10 A Month, Adds New Games
Sony’s streaming game service has been slowly improving since it launched in 2014, transforming from a library of older games with ridiculous pricing into a nice selection of old and new games with questionable pricing. Today Sony cut PlayStation Now’s $20 a month subscription fee in half and added a handful of high-profile games like…
By Mike Fahey Published October 1, 2019 -
CultureTrack: Gesshoku Horizon | Artist: Alexandros | Album: Gesshoku Horizon (single)
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 1, 2019
