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Manuel Augusto Dischinger Moura is an artist at Blizzard. You can see more of Manuel’s work at his ArtStation page Fine Art is a celebration of the work of video game artists, showcasing the best of both their professional and personal portfolios. If you’re in the business and have some concept, environment, promotional or character…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 7, 2018 - Culture
Garfield Kart, As Told By Steam Reviews
Join Garfield and his friends in the funniest fast and fur-ious game! What character do you want to play with? Garfield, Odie, Jon, Nermal… you choose! Take part in n o h o l d s b a r r e d c r a z y r a c e s. Garfield Kart came…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 7, 2018 -
UncategorizedPocket City Is A Damn Fine City-Building Game
For such a popular genre, there really isn’t much to choose from when it comes to quality city-building games these days. There’s Cities: Skylines and…that’s it, unless you want to pick up a classic SimCity. So firing up Pocket City, and loving it, has been one of the nicest surprises of the year. Doubly so…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 7, 2018 - Uncategorized
A Very Nice Figure Of Persona 5’s Yusuke
Good Smile’sline of Persona 5 Figmas continues with their third, the wonderful Yusuke. He includes three faces, his sword, rifle and a paper fan. The good news? He looks great! The bad news? He’s not out until April 2019.
By Luke Plunkett Published August 7, 2018 -
UncategorizedHigh School Kids Send EarthBound Into Space
How much do you love EarthBound? Do you love it so much that you’d shoot it into space? When Ronnie Doyle turned 14 recently, his grandfather bought him an unorthodox birthday gift. By making a donation to a crowd-funded science group called Earth To Sky Calculus, he gave his grandson the opportunity to shoot a…
By Chris Kohler Published August 7, 2018 - Esports
Popular Overwatch Pro Leaves The League To Return To His Twitch Empire [Correction]
Today, beloved Overwatch League star Brandon “Seagull” Larned announced his retirement from professional Overwatch after just one season. Larned, who played off-tank and DPS for the Dallas Fuel, will return to streaming on Twitch, where he built a streaming empire of 760,000 followers. In a statement, Mike Rufail, the owner and CEO of Envy Gaming,…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published August 7, 2018 - Uncategorized
Lil Yachty Responds To His Fortnite Haters: ‘I’m A Millionaire’
Lil Yachty isn’t the most conventional rapper, but he can rap. Of this there is no doubt. Can the 20-year-old star play Fortnite, though? Not well, say his Twitch followers. Not well. The boat-est of all time has been heavily involved with Fortnite this year, playing with Myth at Epic’s E3-adjacent Fortnite Pro-Am, teaming up…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 7, 2018 - Uncategorized
Don’t Neglect Your No Man’s Sky Buggy
Look, starships are cool and everything. They’re great! They can fly, they have lasers, and they usually look nice. But if you’re playing No Man’s Sky, I have some advice for you: Don’t neglect your buggy. In No Man’s Sky, you can craft a buggy station (aka “Roamer Platform”) at any time, as long as…
By Kirk Hamilton Published August 7, 2018 -
CultureInside The Culture Of Sexism At Riot Games
Throughout her three years at Riot Games, the company behind League of Legends, Lacy made it her mission to hire a woman into a leadership role. Lacy had heard plenty of excuses for why her female job candidates weren’t Riot material. Some were “ladder climbers.” Others had “too much ego.” Most weren’t “gamer enough.” A…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published August 7, 2018 - Uncategorized
Tips For Playing Dead Cells
The Castlevania- and Rogue-inspired Dead Cells is out this week on a bunch of systems. It’s a really good game, and also a tough one. Would you believe me if I told you I had some tips for you? I’ve lived, died, and lived again many times, and with each death has come some knowledge…
By Kirk Hamilton Published August 7, 2018 -
UncategorizedWe’re streaming Dead Cells live on Twitch. Come watch!
By Riley MacLeod Published August 7, 2018 -
UncategorizedNo Man’s Sky’s Sentinels Need To Chill
Ever landed on a planet in No Man’s Sky, minding your own business, mining some carbon, when a sentinel comes over, scans you and brings the fist of God down onto your cheerful space adventure? Fuck those guys. I understand why sentinels exist. There has to be some friction to harvesting rare resources in No…
By Gita Jackson Published August 7, 2018 - CultureKotaku Game Diary
I Love When An Intense Game Forces Me To Take A Break
I’m a sucker for Flat Heroes’ simple look and how good it feels to bounce around putting off death, but my favorite part of this minimalist Switch platformer is the moment before the levels actually start. Flat Heroes claims to have over 300 levels, though I’m still in the first of its 10 worlds. Each…
By Riley MacLeod Published August 7, 2018 - Uncategorized
I Just Played A 2DS On My 3DS
While the 3DS is hanging on as a gaming platform longer than some gaming pundits would like, Nintendo is making the most of it by doing some really experimental stuff. For example, there are four odd modes in the newly released WarioWare Gold. Two of these wouldn’t work easily on, say, a Nintendo Switch. You…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 7, 2018 -
UncategorizedIGN Pulls Review After Plagiarism Accusations [UPDATE: Writer Fired]
The gaming site IGN has removed a review for the game Dead Cells after allegations surfaced yesterday that the review’s writer had plagiarized from a small YouTube channel. “As a group of writers and creators who value our own work and that of others in our field, the editorial staff of IGN takes plagiarism very…
By Jason Schreier Published August 7, 2018 - Uncategorized
Fortnite’s patch 5.20 is out. It brings a new weapon, the double barrel shotgun; rebalanced vending machines; and a new limited time mode, Steady Storm, in which the storm never stops moving. Check out the full patch notes to see all the changes
By Riley MacLeod Published August 7, 2018 -
UncategorizedYu-Gi-Oh! Card Battles Look Explosive With AR
Before the start of the recent Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championships, Konami held a special AR exhibition, complete with cosplaying Duelists. One day, will tournament battles look like this? Maybe! AR tech isn’t new for card games. The PS3’s AR-enabled card game The Eye of Judgment came out over a decade ago. But the AR addition in…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 7, 2018
