It Takes A Lot Of Skill To Get An 18.8 Million Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater Score

As a longtime fan of the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater franchise, I have nothing but respect for people who are able to execute massive combos in the game. This video showing off an 18.8 million score is basically a miracle. Building up a combo in the classic Pro Skater games is all about doing tricks…

21 Things We Learned About Fallout 76 Today

QuakeCon 2018 hosted a Fallout 76 panel today, and it was chock full of tidbits of information about the upcoming game. The panel was composed of Development Director Chris Mayer, Project Lead Jeff Gardiner, and Game Director Todd Howard. Split evenly between a talk about the game’s leveling system and a longform segment where the…

It appears that a bug allows traps to work through walls in Fortnite currently. A video posted by Reddit user mynameisdiehard is pretty conclusive, and multiple other users in the thread confirm it as well. Be careful while you’re sneaking around! 

‘Shop Contest: Who Did The Warcraft Bad Thing? Winners

Sylvanas destroyed Teldrassil last week in a controversial moment in World of Warcraft’s geopolitics, and I asked you to find me a new culprit for this video game bad thing It’s hard to believe that this war that’s been running for more than a decade is getting stale, but here we are, and it seems…

This Week In The Business: Condolences For Consoles

QUOTE | “The console as it exists today, and your TV… In five years time, people will still have them, I imagine, just out of retro [sentiment]. They look good. But in 10 years, they will be in one of the other devices you have.” – Electronic Arts VP of strategic growth Matt Bilbey sees…

Former IGN Reviewer Responds To Plagiarism Allegations: ‘Not At All Intentional’ [UPDATES: Third Review Questioned, Video Removed]

Former IGN editor Filip Miucin, who was fired this week after an investigation into allegations that he had plagiarized a video game review, responded last night on his YouTube channel, telling viewers that there were “a lot of circumstances” surrounding the review and that he did not intend to plagiarize from another channel. UPDATE (3:29pm):…

Twitch Streamer Unbans Fan After They Write 1,000 Word Apology Letter

A few days ago, Fortnite streamer Ben “DrLupo” Lupo found himself in a situation that’s become regrettably common on Twitch. A subscriber called him “cancer.” He banned them, but with a caveat: if they wrote an apology letter, they could come back. DrLupo, a frequent playing partner of Twitch’s top streamer Ninja, has risen to…

The Weekend In Esports: Smash Never Stops

It’s a muggy, sleepy summer here in video game land, but esports does not rest. This weekend brings us a packed lineup of Smash, League, Heroes, and Fortnite, as well as multiple PUBG and Rocket League tournaments. Super Smash Brothers While most other fighting game pros are still catching up on sleep after Evo 2018…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The weekend is for needing to run four more miles by Sunday to meet the goal my running app set for me, because arbitrary goals are very satisfying. Also, video games. I haven’t been as excited by We Happy Few as I hoped I’d be, but I’m going to keep giving it a shot. I’m…

No Man’s Sky’s Opening Hours Are Still A Slog

I hadn’t booted up No Man’s Sky in more than a year when I first dove into the recent Next update. I had an old save littered with dim memories and obsolete technology, but I decided I was gonna do things right: I was gonna start anew. I now regret my decision. Regardless of your…

Ask Dr. NerdLove: My Wife Left Me Because She’s Hot And I’m Not

Hello all you horsepersons of the Twitter Apocalypse, and welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only dating advice column that’s the latest competitor in Smash Bros. This week, we’re digging deep into some failing—and failed—relationships. Where did things go wrong? Is it possible to pull things back from the brink? Was it just a case…

The Super-Fans Of Detroit: Become Human Hate Most Of The Game

Quantic Dream’s Detroit: Become Human doesn’t seem like the type of video game that would spawn an enthusiastic fandom on Tumblr. It’s a sci-fi game about robot civil rights that sometimes stumbles in its political commentary, and there’s nary a romance plot in sight. Nevertheless, fans are writing fic, making art and finding virtues in…

As promised, Ubisoft is packaging Assassin’s Creed Odyssey with a reversible cover. Players choose between controlling the Spartans Alexios or Kassandra. His version is the default, but players can flip the cover to showcase Kassandra—whose version was revealed today—instead, Ubisoft PR confirms.

Twenty-Five Year Old Charged With Stealing In-Game Items From EA

The Federal Bureau of Investigation filed charges yesterday against a 25-year-old, accusing him of hacking into EA’s servers and stealing in-game currency for FIFA 18 that the publisher says was worth $324,000. Martin Marsich, a Serbian and Italian citizen, appeared in a San Francisco court yesterday after he was arrested at the airport on Wednesday…

Monster Hunter: World NPCs, Ranked

In addition to all those deadly beasts, Monster Hunter: World has loads of colorful non-monster characters. You’ll find them walking in the wild or chilling out at HQ, usually minding their business and occasionally giving you a sidequest. We’ve ranked the monsters, so now let’s rank the rest. Here are 51 of Monster Hunter: World’s…

Doom Eternal Will Let You Invade Other Players’ Campaigns [Update]

Offering the traditional hype of making a sequel that is bigger and more badass than the game it follows, the makers of the forthcoming Doom Eternal today showed the game in action to the public for the first time. And they offered a surprise: Demon’s Souls-style player invasions. The lengthy gameplay demo was part of…