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CultureYouTubeMan Makes A Real Version Of Sekiro‘s Umbrella Shield
In Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, there is a metal umbrella that can protect against attacks. Inventor Colin Furze decided to make a real-world version and then shoot firecrackers and fire at himself. The original in-game Loaded Umbrella is quite a stylized concept, so it’s neat to see that a real-world version does work as an…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 29, 2019 - Culture
The Art Of Far Cry: New Dawn
For a post-apocalyptic game, set after the world is turned to fire and ash, Far Cry: New Dawn sure is pretty. So let’s look tonight at some of the art that went into the game’s conception and production. This isn’t everything from everyone who worked on the game, but it’s a selection that’ll give you…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 28, 2019 - Esports
Popular Overwatch League Player Quits After Just One Month To Resume Streaming Career
Overwatch League has plenty of astoundingly skilled players, but very few stars whose popularity transcends the game’s still relatively niche esports scene. Now it’s time to mark another burgeoning name off the list, because Atlanta Reign’s Daniel “Dafran” Francesca has quit after just one month of play during his debut season. Dafran, a controversy-prone player…
By Nathan Grayson Published March 28, 2019 -
UncategorizedDistrict 9 Is Getting A Board Game [Update]
Fresh off their success with last year’s GKR, Weta are now working to turn the studio’s 2009 sci-fi classic District 9 into a board game as well. At first glance, it’s pretty similar! The same punchy art style is there, there are hexes to move on and loads of very cool miniatures included in the…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 28, 2019 - Uncategorized
Man Pleads Guilty To Hacking Both Microsoft And Nintendo
A 24 year-old man from England has pleaded guilty to charges of hacking into both Microsoft and Nintendo’s servers, causing an estimated $3-4 million damages. As The Verge report, Zammis Clark—a former security researcher at Malwarebytes—went before a court in London this week accused of accessing servers at both companies, stealing user information, accessing files…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 28, 2019 - Uncategorized
Now Jedi Knight Has HD Textures Made By An AI
First Doom, then Final Fantasy, now Lucasarts’ Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II is getting a tasteful HD makeover courtesy of neural networks, which are able to take dirty old textures and get them looking closer to 2019 standards all by themselves. The work here is being done by ESRGAN, also known as “dark…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 28, 2019 - Uncategorized
Fortnite Pros Still Don’t Have A Good Way To Practice
Fortnite’s World Cup begins April 13 and will be comprised of weekly online matches leading up to a final with a $30 million prize pool in July in New York City. The weekly tournaments each have a $1 million pool, which means there’s a lot of money on the table for would-be pros—if they can…
By Riley MacLeod Published March 28, 2019 - CultureCosplay
When Fashion Photography Meets Cosplay
Rizaldy Celi is a fashion photographer who is just getting into cosplay, and I love the way he’s bringing his eye for the former into his work on the latter. You can see more of Rizaldy’s stuff at his Instagramand personal site
By Luke Plunkett Published March 28, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsThe New Power Rangers Fighting Game Could Use A Lot More Power Rangers
The colorful, spandex-clad martial artists of Power Rangers are the perfect subject for a basic but enjoyable three-on-three fighting game like Battle for the Grid. But with 26 seasons of television featuring more than 140 different heroes, the starting roster should at least be in the double digits, and not nine. I was super excited…
By Mike Fahey Published March 28, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsOutward Is A Merciless Fantasy Game Where You’re Just A Regular Person
When I began Outward, I found myself surrounded by a murmuring crowd of villagers. They were gathered not to cheer my impending heroic escapades or tell me that I was destined to kill god, but instead to inform me that I was in debt, and I had five days to pay it off before I…
By Nathan Grayson Published March 28, 2019 - Uncategorized
Control Is As Weird As Alan Wake, But Much More Open
In some ways, development studio Remedy’s upcoming action game Control has slid under the radar. After an announcement at last year’s E3, Control quietly simmered in the background of upcoming game releases. I played some of the game last week at the Game Developer Conference in San Francisco. It was an intriguing mixture of exciting…
By Heather Alexandra Published March 28, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsHands-On With The Gorgeous New Ninja Gaiden-Like Cyber Shadow
Cyber Shadow is a retro-looking action platformer that that looks beautiful and controls just as tightly. There have been a lot of those recently, like The Messenger, which channeled Ninja Gaiden, as well as Bloodstained: Curse Of The Moon, a mini-ode to classic Castlevania. Cyber Shadow isn’t entirely original in that regard, but based on…
By Ethan Gach Published March 28, 2019 - Uncategorized
And they say couch co-op is dead. Enter the Gungeon came out back in 2016, but its developers at Dodge Roll keep finding reasons to bring it back to PAX East. Of course, even back then it had local co-op, before getting ported to Switch made that sort of thing cool again.
By Ethan Gach Published March 28, 2019 -
UncategorizedGita Jackson has been marrying and murdering people in The Sims 4 as part of the “Black Widow Challenge,” while I watch and make idiotic comments. We’re about to marry and kill yet another yacht-owning beardo live on our Twitch channel. If you don’t want to cheer us on, don’t click on this link
By Tim Rogers Published March 28, 2019 - Uncategorized
Apex Legends Players Are Suggesting Improvements For Mirage’s Useless Ultimate Ability
Mirage is my favorite character in Apex Legends. I’ve always loved rakish rogues, and I love Mirage’s snarky sense of humor. He can send out holographic decoys to trick other players, making it much easier to run down enemies before they know what’s hit them. Everything about him rocks, except his ultimate ability, which completely…
By Gita Jackson Published March 28, 2019 -
UncategorizedGearbox Announces Borderlands 3
The long-anticipated third Borderlands game is coming, Gearbox said today, following months worth of hints and teases. No word on platforms or a release date just yet, although publisher 2K Games has suggested that it’ll be out within this coming fiscal year (which ends next April). This is the fourth entry in the critically and…
By Jason Schreier Published March 28, 2019 - Uncategorized
Bulletstorm is coming to Switch this summer, Gearbox announced at their PAX East panel today. The Switch version will include all the DLC for the game. Bulletstorm is a shooter that came out in 2011 and in 2017 received a remastered version, called the Full Clip Edition, with a pre-order bonus that let players play…
By Riley MacLeod Published March 28, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsA Perfectly Precious Puzzle Game Propelled By Magical Teen Angst
In The World Next Door, a group of plucky high school students harness the power of magic to help a visitor from another world get home. The use of magic plays out through action-packed match puzzles, and also, the students are monsters. The game as a whole is a heck of a lot of fun.…
By Mike Fahey Published March 28, 2019
