Grand Theft Auto V Role-Playing Has Taken Over Twitch

For the past five days, I’ve been glued to Twitch, unable to look away from the virtual car crash that is popular streamer Sodapoppin playing on a modded Grand Theft Auto V role-playing server. Since the middle of last week, popular Twitch streamers have been flocking to a Grand Theft Auto V role-playing server called…

StarTropics On Switch Is Missing The Clue You Need To Beat The Game

Last week, Nintendo added the cult-classic 1990 NES game StarTropics to the Switch Online library. There’s just one problem: it doesn’t contain the secret clue necessary to actually beat the game. StarTropics follows a young boy named Mike Jones as he searches a mysterious island for his researcher uncle who’s gone missing. In the process…

At his GDC panel on God of War’s animation, Sony Santa Monica Animation Director Bruno Velasquez revealed one scene in God of War where the mo-cap was handled by the animation team: when Kratos beats up that freaky monkey-ogre. Looks at those happy animators!

Halo: The Master Chief Collection Won’t Be Part Of Xbox Play Anywhere

343 Industries studio head Bonnie Ross confirmed yesterday during the Halo Championship Series Invitational at South By Southwest that Halo: The Master Chief Collection will not be part of the Xbox Play Anywhere program which makes Xbox One games cross-buy and cross-play on PC. Those who already own it on console will have to buy…

No One Won Last Night’s HQ Trivia, But You Might Have Had A Shot

Last night’s winner-takes-all HQ Trivia game ended without someone taking home the $10,000 prize, because a Nintendo question stumped everyone. HQ Trivia is basically a bar trivia app you play on your phone. Twice daily there will be trivia games live broadcast through the app, with a cash prize for whoever wins. Usually, games of…

I’m Trying Not To Panic About A Bug In The Division 2 [Update 3: Fixed?]

The Division 2 is mostly very good, but a bug that the developers acknowledged on Saturday has me scrambling through my checklist of what to do when a game isn’t working right. The bug involves in-game skills, which are special attacks tied to gadgets such as drones and seeker mines that players use throughout the…

Dwarf Fortress Creator’s Favorite Bug Questions The Nature Of God

As wonderful a game as Dwarf Fortress is, it’s a shoestring operation—the game is held together with chewing gum and a dream. If you head over to the Dwarf Fortress bug tracker, you’ll see all sort of weird things Dwarf Fortress does to players unintentionally. Due to the nature of the game, which requires a…

Lego’s Steamboat Willie Tribute Is Black And White And Perfect

Celebrating the Walt Disney animated short that introduced the world to Mickey and Minnie Mouse back in 1928, Lego Ideas Steamboat Willie set captures the cartoon perfectly in black, white and gray bricks. Sorting through the brick bags included in the set once it drops on April 1 is going to be a little tricky,…

Why Are Video Games Obsessed With The Post-Apocalypse?

Between the recent releases of Far Cry New Dawn and The Division 2, I took a step back and took stock of how many post-apocalyptic games I’ve played and the future releases on the calendar that I plan on digging into, and it got me thinking: Why are there so many games that deal with…

The Week In Games: Go, Ninja, Go, Ninja, GO! 

It’s time to become a deadly ninja! Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice releases this week and it looks great. I’ve never been a big fan of From Software games like Dark Souls, but something about Sekiro is calling to me. I too want to be a cool ninja. I really can’t believe this game is being…

The Price Of PS4 Exclusive Judgment Is Going Up in Japan

Last week, Sega halted sales of PS4 exclusive Judgment after actor Pierre Taki was arrested on alleged drug charges. Taki is being replaced in various roles, and suddenly, the original release of Judgment looks like a collector’s item. Pierre Taki is being replaced in TV shows and as the official Japanese language voice of Olaf…