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Paragon Used To Look A Lot More Interesting

As it was released (and as it is about to die), Epic’s Paragon looks very much like a Generic Video Game™. But these original pieces of character design show that it was at one point looking a lot cooler. They were done super early in the game’s development—we’re talking years before release—by artist Dave Rapoza,…

Epic Yanks Guided Missiles From Fortnite, At Least For Now

Imagine if you could produce a missile that would instantly do your bidding. Would you use it to sail across the sky like a combustion-powered witch? Or would you mostly just be a dick to people? It seems that Epic has decided that the latter is a big enough concern to shelve Fortnite’s guided missile.…

Mansions Of Madness Is Being Turned Into A Video Game

Fantasy Flight’s excellent Arkham board game Mansions of Madness is getting the video game treatment, and interestingly, it’s not a direct adaptation. Instead it’s a more hands-on take, maintaining the same basic premise while making everything more video gamey While you’ll still be taking a team of investigators inside a very haunted house, the video…

Sources: Next Call Of Duty Won’t Have A Solo Campaign, May Have Battle Royale

This fall’s Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 will essentially be multiplayer-only, lacking the kind of single-player campaign that has been a key component of the annual series for over a decade, two sources familiar with the game tell Kotaku, corroborating a report published earlier today at Polygon One of those sources also echoed a…

Overwatch Fans Are Drawing McCree As A Waiter Thanks To The New Event

Thanks to some new voice lines, the Overwatch fandom is geeking out over the idea of the surly cowboy McCree dressed as a waiter. I am here for it. Overwatch’s Retribution event expands a part of lore players have been wanting to explore. The event takes place during a mission where Blackwatch, the Overwatch team’s…

Playing The NPC In Someone Else’s Dating Sim

Kindness Coins is a dating sim, released on itch.io in 2013, that asks the question: What is it like to be on the receiving end of the protagonist’s flirting in a dating game? On the surface, it would seem like dating sims are not like other video games. In a sea of experiences that prioritize…

Modders Are Still Working On The Never-Released Halo Online Game

Halo Online is a free-to-play version of the popular shooter series that was only ever offered in a closed beta test in Russia in 2015. After years on ice, a mod that makes it playable the world over is getting a brand new version on April 20. A new trailer, first spotted by PC Gamer,…

I Love Unfinished and Broken Games

I’ve been playing a lot of incomplete and glitchy games lately, from Radical Heights to Far Cry 2. Their messy imperfections often annoy players looking for sleek and polished experiences where everything runs smoothly but I find unfinished textures and falling out of bounds is strangely beautiful. When Final Fantasy XV’s demo Episode Duscae released…

The Pros and Cons of Playing As A Man Or Woman In Games

Far Cry 5 lets you play as a man or woman. I was surprised to find that option when I started the game. And it got several of us on staff thinking: when presented with the option, do you play as a man or a woman in video games? And are there any series where…

It Took A Year, But Ghost Recon: Wildlands Finally Got Splinter Cell’s Goggles Right

Ghost Recon: Wildlands is a massive game, filled to the brim with high-tech military weapons and gadgetry. One thing the game did not have, however, was a set of properly functioning night-vision goggles. Until now. Last May, I publishedan extremely important and not at all silly post in which I pointed out that if you…

Overwatch Devs Accidentally Buff Hanzo’s Most Hated Ability

Yesterday, Hanzo mains the world over discovered a pleasant surprise while using their one ability that actually does damage: scatter arrow now has a shorter cooldown, meaning it can be used more often. Blizzard admits this buff was accidental, but for the time being, may not revert it. Scatter arrow fires an arrow that fragments…