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Blighttown Apparently Runs At 60 FPS In Dark Souls Remastered

Digital Foundry have created a comparison video for Dark Souls Remastered that demonstrates that, at least on the PS4 and PS4 Pro, Blighttown runs at a smooth 60 fps. Blighttown is a notorious part of the original Dark Souls experience. It’s a massive swamp reached via rickety scaffolding and weird elevators. There are dozens of…

By Cameron Kunzelman Published May 19, 2018

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Concept For Las Vegas Sphere Sure Does Look Like A Blitzball Arena

The Madison Square Garden Company will break ground this summer in Las Vegas, according to officials (via AP), to build a massive sphere with projection and lights that sure does look like a damn blitzball arena from Final Fantasy X. The 170,000-square-foot LED screen that wraps around the interior bowl of the sphere can project…

By Eric Van Allen Published May 19, 2018

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Ravnica Got Me Into Magic, And Now We’re Going Back

Magic: The Gathering is a card game, but the storytelling and worldbuilding that goes into informing those cards is basically unmatched across the world of games. They announced this week that the game is going back to the world of Ravnica, and it took me down a nostalgia hole. Each plane of Magic (think “world”)…

By Cameron Kunzelman Published May 19, 2018

Esports

Turret Will Not Be Denied Its Shot In Pro League of Legends Match

In today’s semifinals between the Flash Wolves and Kingzone, Su “Hanabi” Chia-Hsiang was pushing up to the bottom lane turret when he decided to take his leave for a scrap in the middle area of the map. The turret, scorned but undeterred, shot a parting blast at Hanabi that would eventually be his undoing. Some…

By Eric Van Allen Published May 19, 2018

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‘Shop Contest: Put It On The Switch, Winners!

The wide world of Switch ports got me excited for new things on the platform, so I asked our excellent community image editors to come up with even better ports. I now need all of these to exist. The Switch is the console with infinite possibilities. Those two little controllers and their big screen friend…

By Cameron Kunzelman Published May 19, 2018

Esports

Go1 Summons The Dragon In Dragon Ball FighterZ Match

The titular Dragon Balls don’t see a lot of actual use in competitive Dragon Ball FighterZ, as the conditions to gather them all and summon the wish-granting dragon aren’t always conducive to a player’s game plan. So when the opportunity to bring out Shenron in a match presents itself, you can bet a player like…

By Eric Van Allen Published May 19, 2018

Esports

The Weekend In Esports: Midseason Finale

The 2018 Midseason Invitational comes to a close this weekend, marking about the halfway point in the competitive League of Legends season. While Korea’s Kingzone takes on China’s Royal Never Give Up, the rest of the weekend will be packed with a variety of events as well. There are a ton of fighting game events,…

By Eric Van Allen Published May 19, 2018

Culture

This Week In The Business: Fewer, Bigger, Better, Later

QUOTE | “What we see now is we can launch games whenever we are ready and whenever we want, just because there’s a good appetite for new products on the market thanks to the fact that there are less big games coming to the industry. That gives us the possibility to choose when to launch,…

Brendan Sinclair Published May 19, 2018

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The Xbox Has Quietly Gotten Some Cool Features

This week, Microsoft revealed the Xbox Adaptive Controller, a new peripheral to help make gaming more accessible. It includes two large, programmable buttons and works in conjunction with a mix of joysticks and other devices like the Quadstick, a controller designed specifically for people living with different forms of paralysis. It’s just the latest in…

By Ethan Gach Published May 18, 2018

Esports

A Frighteningly Accurate Analysis Of Mario Kart‘s Politics

Wario is a libertarian. Bowser is a fascist. We know this about them, in our hearts, but no one has ever sat down and categorized the political leanings of the Mushroom Kingdom’s best-known residents. Art House Politics has put together a video demarcating the political leanings of each of the characters in Mario Kart 8,…

By Maddy Myers Published May 18, 2018

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Valve’s Inconsistent Rules On Sexy Steam Games Continue To Baffle Devs [UPDATE]

Developers of games with sexual content are saying that Steam is threatening to remove their games, and they don’t know why. Update, 5/19, 7:52pm—MangaGamer, Huniepot and Lupiesoft have tweeted that they’ve received emails from Valve saying that their games are being re-reviewed for content and they will be informed if there are any specific concerns,…

By Gita Jackson Published May 18, 2018

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For Honor’s Season Six update is now live. It adds some new skins and weapons to collect as well as reworks to the Orochi and Peacekeeper classes. There’s also a new map, Beachhead, and more importantly, a new event called The Rite of Champions that runs until May 31.

By Ethan Gach Published May 18, 2018

Culture

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The weekend is for trying to figure out what to do with the kale I bought to make kale smoothies with before learning that kale smoothies are disgusting. Also, video games. I’ve had a looong week, and the only cure for it is some good old Witcher 3. There are still some question marks left…

By Riley MacLeod Published May 18, 2018

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Racist Twitch Trolls Defeated By Talking Banana

Mike Nichols just wanted to make a talking banana. A self-described inventor of “useless” things, his original goal was to create an interactive robot for his Twitch viewers to play with. Whatever they typed into chat, the banana would say—while dancing! Then the trolls showed up. Content warning: this article contains references to the n-word.…

By Nathan Grayson Published May 18, 2018

Esports

Smash Players Plead With Each Other To Please, For The Love Of God, Stop Smelling So Bad

At Jason “RustyTrombone” Husisian’s first Super Smash Bros. tournament at a hotel in Easton, Pennsylvania, he was focused on out-maneuvering his opponent when a nearby attendee’s smell filled his nostrils. “I get a whiff and I legit start coughing,” Husisian recalled. “It smelled like he worked in a crematorium.” His voice getting louder, Husisian continued:…

By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published May 18, 2018

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Nobody Is Saying How Many People Call of Duty‘s Battle Royale Will Support

When the makers of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 announced yesterday that the upcoming game will come with its very own battle royale mode, Blackout, they refrained from answering one big question: How many people will it support? The answer, it appears, is that developer Treyarch just doesn’t know yet. Fortnite and PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds…

By Jason Schreier Published May 18, 2018

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Pokémon Dev Shares Designs That Didn’t Make It Into Original Games, Inspiring Fan Art

While the original 151 Pokémon are now world-famous, not every monster idea that Game Freak at the time made the cut. Earlier this week, we got a look at some of the creatures that never made it into the game, and fans are giving the designs a new life. The image above was shared via…

By Patricia Hernandez Published May 18, 2018

Culture

Ask Dr. NerdLove: I’m Trapped In An Abusive Relationship

Hello all you fiery sex meerkats of the Twitterhord, and welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only dating advice column that’s the real King of Kong. This week, we’re solving your dating dilemmas, dashing through your deal-breakers and helping you last all the way to the killscreen of love. How do you end a relationship…

Harris O'Malley Published May 18, 2018

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A Game Where You Have To Break Up With Everyone At School

I never realized that breaking up could be fun until I played Heartbreak High Heartbreak High is a PC game due out May 21st in which you play as the most popular kid in school. You’re so popular, in fact, that you’re dating everyone in school at once. During last period the day before vacation,…

By Gita Jackson Published May 18, 2018

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Here’s A Stat That Distorts The Value Of A Game

From Metacritic scores to How Long To Beat completion times, there are plenty of numbers that players reference when deciding to buy a game. Gaming storefront Green Man Gaming has another metric: Average Cost Per Hour. 2015’s Doom is said to cost $1.24 per hour. Frostpunk is $4.57 an hour. These are strange numbers that…

By Heather Alexandra Published May 18, 2018