Tournament Underdogs Won This Year’s Dota 2 International

Tournament underdogs OG won this year’s Dota 2 International after a tense five game series against higher ranked rivals LGD. Victory must have felt especially sweet for the team’s skipper, Johan “N0tail” Sundstein, the only player who has been on the team since its original formation three years ago. OG has had diehard fans ever…

Watch 48 Minutes Of Cyberpunk 2077 Gameplay Footage 

Two months after showing a behind-the-scenes demo of Cyberpunk 2077 to attendees at E3, developer CD Projekt Red has finally made that footage public. You can watch the video, which shows 48 minutes of the upcoming role-playing game, right here:

Monster Hunter: World Team Bests The Game’s Toughest Fight In Under Five Minutes

Monster Hunter: World’s dangerous Behemoth requires a lot of focus to take down. The battle, inspired by Final Fantasy XIV’s boss raids, is a huge change of pace from most fightsand a hard roadblock for plenty of hunters. The extreme version of the fight makes things even harder, but a group of amazingly coordinated hunters…

Last Night, I Opted For A Game With Swords Instead

I played Chasm last night. I was thinking about finally starting Destiny 2 after waiting nearly a year, but I just couldn’t. I wasn’t in the mood. I needed something with swords, without a gun to be seen, so I played Chasm and dug down into a mine and fought monsters for 45 minutes. I…

Whoa, There’s Gonna Be A Streets Of Rage 4

After nearly 25 years lying dormant, Sega’s Streets Of Rage series will continue on. Streets of Rage 4 is in development from publisher DotEmu and developers Lizardcube and Guard Crush Games, the publisher said this morning. DotEmu also released a trailer showing the game’s cartoon aesthetic and revealing the return of series mainstay protagonists Axel…

New Xbox All Access Program Lets You Pay Monthly For An Xbox, Game Pass, And Xbox Live

Microsoft has a new monthly financing program for the Xbox One called Xbox All Access, according to a blog post over at the Xbox website. The program allows users to commit to a two-year plan where they pay monthly for either an Xbox One S or an Xbox One X and subscriptions to both Xbox…

The Week In Games: Eating Donuts On Trains With Yakuza

It’s another week in games, and we’re starting to move out of the summer doldrums and into more games than we can handle. Huzzah! Games I’m looking forward to this week include Donut County, Fear the Wolves, and Yakuza Kiwami 2. If you haven’t played the very excellent Sunless Sea, it’s coming to PS4 this…

Momoko Sakura, One Of Japan’s Most Famous Manga Creators, Has Died

Momoko Sakura, creator of Chibi Maruko-chan, has died. Born Miki Miura, Sakura passed away on August 15 from breast cancer. Her office made the news public today. Chibi Maruko-chan manga debuted in 1986 and went on to spawn one of Japan’s most beloved anime. The first Chibi Maruko-chan anime series ran from 1990 to 1992.…

Dad’s Gameplay Notes Are Wonderfully Obsessive

When you play through a game, you probably make notes to yourself—mental notes. It’s unlikely you keep notebooks like these. Maybe you do! Twitter user Ishikoro18 posted images of playthrough notes her father kept for games like Final Fantasy X-2, Siren, Ico, Silent Hill 3, Kingdom Hearts and more. Little drawings, maps, and crossed out…

For a 5-Year-Old, This Kid Seems Good At Dark Souls 3

High Lord Wolnir can be one of Dark Soul 3’s more frustrating enemies. No wonder this 5-year-old seems excited to beat him. Twitter user Nyu posted this clip of his son appearing to defeat the boss. “Daddy, I did it! Daddy! Daddy! Look! Yay!” Gotta love the kid’s reaction.

The Cutest Gundam Cosplay 

As far as official Gundam cosplay goes, this is the cutest. Here’s an adorable Char’s Zaku making the rounds at a recent hobby show in Tokyo. Just check out how the Zaku walks So cute!

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The Princess Of Power

Steffi Walthall is an illustrator and concept artist who has worked in games, film and publishing. Note that some of these images have appeared as illustrations for articles on The Tempest You can see more of Steffi’s art at her personal site Fine Art is a celebration of the work of video game artists, showcasing…

Half-Life 2 Mod Adds Mario, Titanfall Powers

The “Mobility Mod” for Half-Life 2 gives Gordon Freeman access to a range of new powers, the coolest being the ability to jump on an enemy’s head to kill them and to get up there with some very fancy wall-running. It also adds exploding bullets and some FOV sliders, but really, we’re here for the…

Nice Park

Sir, that’s not the main entrance to the parking lot… This incredibly satisfying flip was pulled off by Prek, a GTA V stunt performer as part of a new compilation vid. Here’s the full clip, which includes stuff like car parkour (carkour?) and bikes that don’t much care for the laws of gravity:

Mass Shooting At Madden Tournament In Florida [Updates: Three Confirmed Dead, Suspect Named]

A shooter opened fire today during a Madden NFL 19 tournament at the GLHF Game Bar in Jacksonville, FL. Three people are confirmed dead, including the suspected shooter, while a further 11 have been injured. During a press briefing at 4:30 PM EST, Sheriff Mike Williams made some short remarks about the incident. Jacksonville Landing,…