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UncategorizedEvery Car In Forza Horizon 4 Has Its Own Perk Tree, So Of Course I’m Hooked
Back in 2016 I spent a great deal of time farming skill points in Forza Horizon 3 in order to unlock bonuses in the game’s Skill Shop perks tree. In Forza Horizon 4, every single one of the over 450 cars in the game has its own perks tree to unlock. I am filled with…
By Mike Fahey Published September 26, 2018 -
UncategorizedCheck Out Some Of Our Best Assassin’s Creed Odyssey Gameplay
I’ve been playing Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey a lot lately in preparation for a review next week. In the meantime, I can finally show off some new gameplay. In this clip, I play as Kassandra and sneak my way through an enemy camp using tons of useful assassin skills. I’m not allowed to talk much about…
By Heather Alexandra Published September 26, 2018 - Uncategorized
Telltale’s The Walking Dead: The Final Season Has Been Removed From Several Digital Gaming Storefronts [UPDATE]
The Walking Dead: The Final Season has disappeared from the PlayStation and Xbox One digital stores, as well as Steam and GOG. At the time this article was posted, the game’s season pass was still available to buy on the Switch eShop. This latest news comes after the studio laid off approximately 90% of its…
By Ethan Gach Published September 26, 2018 - Uncategorized
Zenyatta Overwatch Figure Comes With All The Glowing Orbs
No video game is complete without some sort of glowing orb, and Omnic monk Zenyatta is Overwatch’s prime source of lighted spheres. Japanese toymaker Good Smile Company understands this. That’s why their new Zenyatta figure has all of the orbs. Now available for preorder for about $80 USD with a release planned for next summer,…
By Mike Fahey Published September 26, 2018 - Uncategorized
Sony Is Finally Allowing Cross-Play On The PS4 [Update]
Having resisted for so long, Sonyis finally giving in and allowing cross-play on the PS4 “for select third party content”, meaning PlayStation 4 owners will soon get to play the same game against people on competing consoles. In a blog post, Sony say: Following a comprehensive evaluation process, SIE has identified a path toward supporting…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 26, 2018 - Uncategorized
Man Makes Excellent Anime Trope Glasses
A common trope in anime is light reflecting on glasses. You’ve seen them in Detective Conan, Evangelion and more. TV Tropes calls these lenses “scary shiny glasses.” One man decided to make them. The trope is used to underscore a character’s thoughts or emotions. Twitter user Hideki Katsumura bought some cheap glasses and stuck LED…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 26, 2018 - Uncategorized
After Bowsette, Fans Go Wild For Boosette
Bowsette isn’t the only fan creation tearing up the internet. Boosette is really making a name for herself. As Kotaku previously reported, the Super Crown in New Super Mario Bros. Wii U Deluxe led to fanart in which Bowser morphed into a new character, Bowsette. Fans didn’t stop there, dreaming up what other characters would…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 26, 2018 -
UncategorizedBTS And Jimmy Fallon Did Fortnite Dances
K-pop supergroup BTS appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, performing “Idol” and as a special bonus “I’m Fine.” The group and talk show host also pulled off their best Fortnite dance moves. You can watch the group’s performances below Here they are doing Fortnite dances And if you missed it, here’s the group’s…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 26, 2018 - Uncategorized
AtGames will release a “Legends Flashback” console on October 1, with 50 console and arcade games including Mega Man 1 and 2, Super SFII, Joe & Mac, Bad Dudes, and, weirdly, the Famicom version of Tetris. It’ll have HDMI out, save states, and rewind.
By Chris Kohler Published September 25, 2018 - Culture
Nearly 200,000 Steam users play PC games with SNES controllers. That’s the most surprising factoid from Valve’s data about controllers. Xbox 360 controllers are most used (27.2 million), while Xbox One and PS4 are nearly neck-and-neck (11.5 million and 12.2 million). The Steam controller, at 1.5 million, remains niche.
By Nathan Grayson Published September 25, 2018 - Uncategorized
Here, A Bowsette Amiibo, I Hope You’re All Happy
Nintendo has of course released official Peach Amiibo. But it’s up to people like GandaKristo turn them into something fans truly want The custom Amiibo creator extraordinaire has created the masterpiece you see here. And the back: Perfection. We’vefeatured her work here before, but in the time since our last showcase and this she’s also…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 25, 2018 - Uncategorized
Scrabble Adds 300 New Words, Like “Sheeple” And “OK”
Four years after its last update, the official Merriam-Webster Scrabble Dictionary is having around 300 new words added to the ranks. AsAP reports, 20 of those start with Q, like “Qapik”, which is “a monetary unit of Azerbaijan, equal to 1/100 of the Azerbaijani manat”. Also added are some Asian culinary treasures, like “bibimbap” and…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 25, 2018 - Uncategorized
Xbox One Getting Mouse + Keyboard Support
FPS games (and…strategy games?) are about to get a lot more precise on the Xbox One, with the announcement today that Microsoft is “enabling mouse and keyboard support on Xbox One for select Xbox Insiders in the coming weeks.” It’s a game-by-game thing, with developers free to choose whether they implement the added compatibility or…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 25, 2018 - Uncategorized
Cloud Saves Will Last Six Months After A Switch Online Subscription Ends
When Nintendo Switch Online launched last week, subscribers gained the ability to finally back up their save files. One question remained, though: what would happen if the subscription lapsed? Nintendo’s original support page FAQ was vague on the matter, but today the company confirmed they’ll last for six months. For $4 a month or $20…
By Ethan Gach Published September 25, 2018 -
UncategorizedEx-Telltale Developers Share Alternate Walking Dead Endings And Other Gags
Telltale is no more, and its smoldering remains are being sued for failing to give hundreds of employees adequate notice or compensation. There’s a faint glimmer of a silver lining, though. Ex-employees have been sharing odds and ends from their time at Telltale, and now they’ve gotten to the primo stuff: the goofs. Today, Jake…
By Nathan Grayson Published September 25, 2018