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OK, Maybe Adidas’ Dragon Ball Sneakers Won’t Be That Bad
Earlier this year,there was a big fuss from Dragon Ball fans over a line of sneakers that Adidas was releasing based on the franchise, mostly because a bunch of leaked designs looked terrible. Now that one of the shoes is actually coming out, though, things might not be so bad. The first sneaker in the…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 19, 2018 - Uncategorized
Blizzard Is Sorry World Of Warcraft Patch 8.0 Messed Up The Game
Earlier this week, what should’ve been the second-biggest event of World of Warcraft’s calendar year landed with a dull, wet thud. The big 8.0 patch, which lays the foundation for the upcoming expansion Battle For Azeroth, sailed into players’ lives aboard a raft of bugs and tedium. Now Blizzard has apologized and vowed to improve…
By Nathan Grayson Published July 19, 2018 - Uncategorized
Sony’s Spider-Man PS4 Is Very Nice
On September 7, Sony will be releasing this Spider-Man PS4 console in the US and Canada. It’ll cost USD$399/CAD$499. The bundle includes a Spider-Man themed PS4 Pro console, DualShock and a copy of Insomniac’s Spider-Man game. We used to get a lot of custom, limited edition consoles, whether they were colour schemes or branded offerings…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 19, 2018 -
UncategorizedHere’s The New Dragon Ball Super: Broly Movie Trailer
Dragon Ball movies stopped having a plot a long time ago. If the trailer shown at San Diego Comic-Con today is anything to go off of, Dragon Ball Super: Broly won’t be any different. Goku is all fired up and ready to test his strength against an even more powerful foe. Vegeta can’t believe how…
By Ethan Gach Published July 19, 2018 - Uncategorized
Board Game Kickstarter Cancelled After Plagiarism Scandal
Overturn: Rising Sands has been one of the most hyped board game projects on Kickstarter this past month, blowing past its funding goal and exciting players with its miniatures (and cheap prices). But it’s now dead in the water, having had its funding suspended by Kickstarter after allegations of, among other things, plagiarism. There’s a…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 19, 2018 - Uncategorized
Epic Admits Disastrous Fortnite Tournament ‘Did Not Go As Planned’
Last weekend, Epic kicked off its $8 million Fortnite “Summer Skirmish” series with a $250,000 tournament featuring top-tier players and content creators. Thanks to latency issues and confusing camera work, it was a disaster. Now Epic has put out a postmortem acknowledging that, yeah, between lag and hyper-cautious players, things didn’t go super great. The…
By Nathan Grayson Published July 19, 2018 - Uncategorized
EVE Online Alliances Are Positioning For A Massive War
Over the past week, the overwhelming majority of EVE Online’s player run coalitions have begun to band together and field some of the most powerful fleets that the game has ever seen. The game’s galaxy map is split along its North-South axis, with each side attempting to drive a vanguard strike deep into the heart…
By Lee Yancy Published July 19, 2018 - Uncategorized
You Can Now Watch U.S. Congresspeople Stream Video Games
The Washington Post is now Twitch streaming politicians beating its reporters at video games, starting today with Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz demolishing reporter David Weigel 26 to 0 in Madden 18. It’s an extremely weird interview format, but one that feels perfectly at home in the absurd media landscape of 2018. Why Madden 18? Apparently…
By Ethan Gach Published July 19, 2018 -
UncategorizedGhost Recon Wildlands’ next free update is out July 24. Special Operations 2 will include a Ghost Mode featuring permadeath, as well as an option to turn off AI companions and travel the world completely alone. Ubisoft is also overhauling the Prestige credit economy so they can be earned in the campaign.
By Ethan Gach Published July 19, 2018 -
CultureShadow Of The Colossus Player Rips Through 16 Giants In 36 Minutes
Shadow of the Colossus battles are supposed be dangerous clashes against massive foes, but a new boss rush world record highlights some intense climbing tricks and AI foolery that turns the game’s iconic beasts into pushovers. The boss rush speedrun was completed by ChurchNEOH using the current-gen HD remake, but many of the techniques work…
By Heather Alexandra Published July 19, 2018 - Esports
Last Night’s Upset Shows Cracks In The Overwatch League’s Best Team
Last night, something went terribly wrong with Overwatch’s best team. It became apparent early on in a match, when Do-hyeon “Pine” Kim, New York Excelsior’s unstoppable, sawed-off shotgun, switched off the sniper hero who made him famous and onto Doomfist, a character notorious for being high-risk but high-reward. This time, there was no reward. The…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published July 19, 2018 -
UncategorizedTetris Effect Is The Game I’ve Always Dreamed Of
Since Tetris Effect’s beautiful reveal trailer was posted last month, I didn’t know that game developers made games for just one person—that person being me. As a lifelong Tetris player and fan of Tetsuya Mizuguchi, lead creator of psychedelic classics like Rez and Lumines, I was beyond excited to get a chance to get my…
By Paul Tamayo Published July 19, 2018 -
UncategorizedWe Tried To Uncover The Long-Lost ‘American Sailor Moon‘ And Found Something Incredible
In 1993, before the magical girl anime Sailor Moon was released in the U.S., there was an alternate vision for it. It was an American vision. A total remake of the show with Saturday morning-style animation, intercut with footage of real-life, all-American high school teens. “Politically correct,” in the words of its creators, the proposed…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published July 19, 2018 -
UncategorizedA Pinball Metroidvania Is One Of The Year’s Most Wonderful Surprises
I’ve just finished a super little game called Yoku’s Island Express on my Switch, a pinball Metroidvania featuring a tiny red dung beetle rolling a lil’ rock around. Yoku’s Island Express came out right before E3 for just about every major platform, but I didn’t have a second to actually play it until last week,…
By Keza MacDonald Published July 19, 2018 - Uncategorized
Gravity Rush 2‘s servers were officially shutdown early this morning. This means things like photo sharing quests can no longer be accessed and a number of rare items and costumes will be almost impossible to get. Sony pushed back the first shutdown date after fans cried out, but this time pushed forward anyway
By Ethan Gach Published July 19, 2018 - Uncategorized
Top Gaming People Say Streaming That Frees High-End Games From Requiring High-End Hardware Is The Next Big Thing
Whenever I’ve interviewed a games industry executive over the past few months, I’ve asked them what single thing will revolutionize video games in the next five years. I was expecting a range of answers: game development becoming more accessible, perhaps, or games finding bigger markets in the developing world, or a technology innovation like VR/AR…
By Keza MacDonald Published July 19, 2018 - Uncategorized
After briefly getting the world excited over the prospect of a new hardware announcement at Gamescom next month, Microsoft has changed a line in its blog post from promising “all-new Xbox hardware and accessories” to “new Xbox One bundles and accessories.” Whoops!
By Jason Schreier Published July 19, 2018
