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UncategorizedPC Game Launchers, Ranked
On April Fool’s Day, Corsair joked about a game launcher launcher that would launch your PC game launchers. My colleague Mike Fahey and I halfway wished that it were real, and our conversation got me thinking about how many game launchers I have. Here are a whole lot of PC game launchers, ranked from best…
By Riley MacLeod Published April 12, 2019 -
EsportsOne Of North America’s Best League Of Legends Teams Is Itching For A Comeback
Team SoloMid once again finds itself in the North America League of Legends finals, but its path to victory pits the team against the seemingly unstoppable Team Liquid, helmed by former Team SoloMid star Yiliang “Doublelift” Peng. TSM was a league favorite for several seasons durings Doublelift’s tenure, but recently, the team has struggled. Team…
By Ethan Gach Published April 12, 2019 -
UncategorizedRayark’s Cytus, one of my favorite mobile rhythm games, is soon to be one of my favorite Nintendo Switch rhythm games. Cytus Alpha launches on the Switch on April 25 with more than 200 songs from the original game and extra unreleased tracks. Retail copies, out May 14, even come with a CD, which one…
By Mike Fahey Published April 12, 2019 -
CulturePlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Banned In Nepal Because Of Addiction Concerns
While the World Health Organization does include “gaming disorder” in its International Classification of Diseases, some recent research suggests that only a very small percent of game players are at risk of getting addicted. That, however, hasn’t stopped Nepal from banning the game PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds under the auspices of protecting kids from addiction. According to…
By Nathan Grayson Published April 12, 2019 -
UncategorizedThe Best Part Of This Horny Anime Food Game Is Connecting With Other Players
The horny anime food mobile game Food Fantasy lets its players review its levels. These user reviews are surprisingly cathartic, and they help me feel closer to other players. Food Fantasy is a gacha game where you summon characters named after food to help you fight demons and also run a restaurant. The thing…
By Gita Jackson Published April 12, 2019 -
CultureWhat Are You Playing This Weekend?
The weekend is for doing my taxes, because I said here that I’d do them last weekend and then played Titanfall 2 all weekend instead. It was great! (The game, I mean. Not doing my taxes was also great, but now I regret it.) I’ve spent a lot of time playing Fortnite to write my…
By Riley MacLeod Published April 12, 2019 -
UncategorizedFirestorm‘s Terrifying V1 Rocket Makes The Game Stand Out From Other Battle Royale
Firestorm, the gritty battle royale recently added to Battlefield V, can’t quite stand with the competition due to clumsy inventory management and UI. But it does have mass destruction, including the powerfully satisfying V1 rocket. Firestorm’s spectacle could set it apart from the pack. The Battlefield series has always been, in part, about destruction. Crumbling…
By Heather Alexandra Published April 12, 2019 -
UncategorizedI am streaming Final Fantasy XIII over on our Twitch channel. I’m playing it in English, which is fun, because I have never played it in English. I first played it in Japanese, 10 years ago. That’s the opposite of my video series in which I played Final Fantasy VII in Japanese after first playing…
By Tim Rogers Published April 12, 2019 -
UncategorizedCyber-Attackers Are Making Phony Epic Games Accounts With Other People’s Emails
For months, an unspecified number of users trying to register an account with Epic Games have found that their e-mail addresses were somehow already linked to accounts. Today, Epic Games told Kotaku that the culprit is an ongoing cyber attack and that the company is working to delete those accounts, though they would not say…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published April 12, 2019 -
UncategorizedGame Developer To Guest Judge On Game-Themed Project Runway Episode
Game developer Robin Hunicke is set to be a guest judge on next week’s Project Runway, where the contestants will be designing video game characters. Project Runway is maybe the perfect reality television competition show, pitting fashion designers against each other for a chance to show at New York Fashion Week and a grand prize…
By Gita Jackson Published April 12, 2019 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryOh No, I Think I Might Be Getting Good At Smash Bros.
Lately I’ve been playing more Smash Bros. than I have in my entire life. That sounds like a lot, but it’s really not. I missed out on all the Nintendo consoles after the SNES, so I never owned a version of the game before Smash Ultimate, which came out for the Switch last year. I…
By Joshua Rivera Published April 12, 2019 -
UncategorizedUbisoft Removes Slur From Artwork In The Division 2
Ubisoft has apologized for the inclusion of street art in The Division 2 which contained a homophobic slur. The artwork was spotted by a player documenting odd and misspelled graffiti within the game. The image has since been removed from the game. As reported by Eurogamer, the artwork in question features an exaggerated portrait of…
By Heather Alexandra Published April 12, 2019 -
UncategorizedDesigner Re-Imagines Google’s Stadia Controller In Whimsical Mockup
I can imagine what the responses would have been if Google had unveiled this as the controller for its new video game streaming platform back when it was announced at GDC. No d-pad? No way! I can’t help but appreciate designer Daniel Cheung’s experimental take on the future of gaming peripherals. Prior to GDC, there…
By Ethan Gach Published April 12, 2019 -
UncategorizedBeloved HQ Trivia Host Scott Rogowsky Leaves The Show
Scott Rogowsky, longtime host of trivia app HQ Trivia, has left the show in favor of hosting a Major League Baseball show, ChangeUp Rogowsky told TMZ, “Nothing in my decade-plus entertainment career has meant more to me personally and professionally than my involvement with HQ.” Rogowsky’s face as host has long been seen as synonymous…
By Gita Jackson Published April 12, 2019 -
UncategorizedThe Pinkertons have dropped their lawsuit against Take-Two over its depiction in Red Dead Redemption 2. Pinkerton Consulting & Investigation wanted royalties for every time the word “Pinkerton” appeared in the game. Take-Two said no and counter-sued. In a new statement, Take-Two said all claims have been “withdrawn.”
By Ethan Gach Published April 12, 2019 - Uncategorized
Trading Steam for the Epic Games Store Creates More Problems
The Epic Games Store has a surprising amount of exclusives coming over to their platform that used to be on the default one-stop shop on PC: Steam. And everyone lived happily ever after. Oh wait, actually, it led to Steam users “review-bombing” games like Borderlands 3 and Metro Exodus after they went to the Epic…
By Paul Tamayo Published April 12, 2019 -
UncategorizedComfy gaming chairmaker SecretLab is making chairs based on Batman, a superhero with a literal secret lab. Celebrating the Dark Knight’s 80th anniversary, it’s the most on-brand gaming chair marketing tie-in ever. Now somebody make me a Batman power wheelchair.
By Mike Fahey Published April 12, 2019 -
UncategorizedBack In The Day, Japanese Gaming Magazine Showed Link As A Girl
In 1986, Japanese magazine Shonen Captain did an article on the newly released Legend of Zelda. Instead of depicting Link as a boy, the article shows the character as a girl. As Yakyusoku points out, Twitter user Kazzycom discovered the article and its accompanying art, which can be seen below. The story behind this art…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 12, 2019
