The Queen’s Golden Wii Has Been Found

Ten years ago, a THQ marketing stunt sent a gold-plated Nintendo Wii console to Queen Elizabeth II. She obviously never received the gift personally, which led People Make Games’ Chris Bratt to wonder: then where the hell was it? If the Queen never opened it, and THQ are long gone, then it was going to…

Bethesda Says It’s Cracking Down On Cheaters In Fallout 76

Fallout 76 is getting less broken every day. Bethesda said in today’s “Inside the Vault” post that in the last week alone it’s fixed 150 bugs, with more fixes coming in the future. Two problems Bethesda is still working on, it says, are unbalanced end-game weapons and cheating. “We want Fallout 76 to be a…

A Gamer’s Guide To Not Getting Hacked

If you play video games, you are an ideal target to get wrecked by hackers. Sure, you’re tech savvy—you know what a hard drive is and have seen an HDMI cable or two in your day. Still, there are some unassailable, totally exploitable truths about gamers: They are very online. They log in to a…

There’s A Power Rangers Fighting Game Coming In April

Coming in April from nWay, the developer and publisher of mobile fighter Power Rangers Legacy Wars, Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid pits rangers and villains old and new against each other in battles across PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch and eventually PC. nWay’s teamed up with Hasbro and Lionsgate to tap 25 years of…

Everything We Learned At Today’s Mortal Kombat 11 Reveal 

It’s got advanced character customization options, some new fight mechanics. time travel and an MMA fighter as Sonya Blade, but so far, Mortal Kombat 11 looks like more Mortal Kombat with the gore dialed up a notch. Great fountains of blood punctuated our first look at NetherRealm Studios’ latest in action. Mortal Kombat is known…

Revealed today during Netherrealm Studio’s special event, MMA superstar Ronda Rousey is the voice of Sonya Blade in Mortal Kombat 11. That sounds about right.

Another Wind Waker HD Glitch Is Rewriting The Rules For The Game’s World Records 

A trick that lets players finish the third dungeon without collecting the boss key in the Wii U remaster of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD, is the latest in a slew of glitch discoveries that have made the game’s speedrunning scene one of the most exciting to follow. Though a new world…

Here’s something you don’t usually see in the hype for big budget games: Ubisoft says the PvE/PvP Dark Zone regions in March’s The Division 2 will collectively be a third smaller than they were in the first game and the player count will be halved to 12. The Dark Zone could be desolate in the…

Battlefield V‘s ‘Tides Of War’ Challenges Keep The Game Fresh

Battlefield V moves into the next phase of its Tides of War system today. The latest update brings co-op game modes and smaller, infantry-focused maps. This sequential release of new content and new challenges has breathed continued life into a controversial game, and it’s one of the things that Battlefield V is doing right. Instead…

I’m Using My Dating Sim Skills To Solve Danganronpa‘s Murders

Ever since the mystery game Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc came out in 2010, my friends have tried to convince me to play it by comparing it to other mystery games like Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney, and even to role-playing games like Persona 5. Now that I’m finally playing it on the PlayStation Vita, I’ve come…

Limited Edition Peeps Cereal Misses The Point Of Peeps

Fill a bowl with colored marshmallows shaped like duckies and bunnies. Done. That’s all Kellogg’s needed to do to make Limited Edition Peeps brand cereal. But no. This is an outrage, is what it is. Not a huge outrage, like when your favorite candy bar is discontinued or Burger King runs out of hamberders, but…

How Star Wars Might’ve Had a Different Darth Vader

This is the Darth Vader we all know. But the character might not have been the same if famous Japanese actor Toshiro Mifune had taken the role. The Japanese influence in Star Wars is no accident. George Lucas’ hero is acclaimed filmmaker Akira Kurosawa, and he was inspired by the Japanese director’s films, such as…

The Cutest Pokémon Starters According To Fans In Japan

Pokémon starters are so cute. But which ones are the cutest? In a recent poll, fans in Japan voted for the most adorable ones. Japanese polling site Goo Raking posed the question last month and 2,613 votes were cast. Here are the top 21 cutest starters. 21. Chespin – 13 votes 20. Treecko – 23…

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Nintendo’s Adorable 8-Bit Robot Fighting Game Is Now Playable On Switch

As usual with Nintendo’s classic game services, Switch Online’s NES app now has more games in Japan than it does in the rest of the world. While today’s worldwide update included Blaster Master and Zelda II, Japan also got a very cool fighting game called Joy Mech Fight. Fortunately, since Switch is region-free, anyone with…