Teenagers Say EA Brushed Off Reports Of Sexual Harassment By Sims Influencer

Last week, a Sims streamer and YouTuber in EA’s Game Changer program was accused by several people in the community of sexually harassing minors online. Although he stepped down as a Game Changer on March 5, people in the Sims community are still left wondering why this wasn’t addressed months ago, because some of the…

Modern Warfare Remastered Did Call of Duty Loot Boxes The Right Way

Since Modern Warfare Remastered is free this month on PlayStation Plus, I decided to revisit some classic Call of Duty. This remake of 2007’s groundbreaking shooter is reminding me how a Call of Duty game can make a loot box system feel more rewarding and less like a money grab. It’s no secret that as…

Legend Of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Looks Weirdly Gritty Without Cel-Shading

Two years after its release, Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild remains a near-perfect game. It’s also still easy on the eyes, thanks to a cartoony style that’ll stand the test of time for years, if not decades to come. So what happens when you strip away that candy-colored exterior? It looks pretty grim,…

Left Alive Isn’t Fun But Its Depiction Of Mechs Is Great

Left Alive is not a very fun game to play. Its mashup of stealth gameplay and mech combat is clunky and frustrating. But these gameplay shifts do create spectacular contrasts that capture one of the most important features of the giant robot genre: the human costs of mech combat. In Left Alive, the outbreak of…

Smash Pros Bid Farewell To The Wii U With Interstellar Parody

While the majority of people who tune into Super Smash Bros. tournaments are in it for the nasty spikes and pop-offs, this fighting game’s grassroots community also has some comedy chops to offer. The best surprise from last weekend’s Smash Ultimate Summit tournament was a hilarious, Interstellar-inspired skit from some beloved pros about the difficulty…

Fortnite Dance Lawsuits Dropped, At Least For Now

On March 4 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that people must complete their registration with the Copyright Office before they can sue for copyright infringement. As a result, lawsuits against the makers of Fortnite, Epic Games, over certain dance emotes available in the game have been dropped until the Copyright Office’s review of the dances…

Here’s a great respawn animation from Xbox One/PC game Sunset Overdrive. Why show a clip of it now? I found it in my collection of captured footage while looking up clips from The Division, and it’s too fun not to share. What a fun game.

The Samurai Pizza Cats Official Fanbook Explores The Series’ Japanese Roots

Back in the mid-’90s, a trio of anthropomorphic cybernetic pizza-delivering felines introduced Western audiences to the sillier side of Japanese anime. Samurai Pizza Cats is a wonderful mix of pop culture references, absurd humor, and fourth-wall breaking. Due out later this month from Udon Publishing, The Samurai Pizza Cats Official Fanbook celebrates the Japanese roots…

The Best Stories Hidden In The Division

The Division 2 launches this week, and I can’t wait to hear its audio logs. I mean, sure, the rest of the game might be good, but did you know that the first Division had some great audio logs? The serious, politically fraught main story of Tom Clancy’s The Division is the only narrative element…

For A Brief Period, Anthem‘s Loot System Was Much Better–Then BioWare Fixed A Bug

For a short while over the weekend, Anthem was practically showering players with loot. Players thought this might be the result of changes that came in Saturday’s big 1.0.3 patch, but it turned out it was a bug. Now, despite welcome improvements from the new update, players are back to the same toilsome grind, with…

New Harry Potter Game From Pokémon Go Creators Shows Portkeys, Giant Spider

Pokémon Go developer Niantic and WB Games just gave us our first in-depth look at the gameplay for their next augmented reality game, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, slated for release sometime this year. From the screenshots and videos Niantic dropped today, it’s immediately apparent that Harry Potter: Wizards Unite’s beta looks a lot better than its…

The Week In Games: White House Down

Prepare to collect some loot and beat the DC heat, The Division 2 launches this week on PS4, Xbox One and PC. I played a lot of the first game and after playing the beta for the upcoming sequel, I’m excited to jump back into the grind. Oh and I’m excited to close so many…

Cosplay Inspired By Former Nissan Boss Carlos Ghosn 

During this weekend’s cosplaying event in Osaka, people didn’t only dress up as their favorite anime and video game characters. A few people cosplayed as the recently released-from-jail Carlos Ghosn. When Ghosn made bail, he dressed as a construction worker. His lawyer mistakenly thought the Japanese media wouldn’t recognize the disguise. It did The lawyer…

Rumor Leads To Studio Ghibli Fans Trespassing For Instagram Photos

In one of the most famous scenes of Studio Ghibli film Spirited Away, the protagonist Chihiro follows train tracks that led into the sea and boards a train. Instagram users began flocking to the spot in Ehime Prefecture after a rumor circulated that a local spot inspired the scene. However, the Spirited Away fans caused…

Once Again, Cosplayers Overrun Osaka

This weekend, the Street Festa was held in Osaka’s geek district of Den-Den Town. The streets were packed, and the cosplayers were out in full force. Den-Den Town’s main strip was closed to cars and turned into a cosplay-loving pedestrian paradise. Let’s have a look at some of the standouts.