Halo 5 Players Can Now Shoot Each Other On Board The Titanic

There’s a somewhat lesser known corollary to the “If you build it, they will come” line from the baseball movie Field of Dreams. It goes: “If you build it, someone will also build it in Halo 5.” Thanks to the game’s Forge map editor, players have been pumping out all sorts of creations inspired by…

A Ton Of Classic Sega Games Are Coming To The Switch

Sega is bringing a library of its classic games to Switch as individual downloads, including Sonic The Hedgehog, Phantasy Star, and Alex Kidd The collection will be released worldwide beginning in the summer, all under the banner of “Sega Ages.” The games will be developed by M2, the developer of the Sega 3D Classics releases…

My Journey To Find Sam Fisher In Ghost Recon: Wildlands

You know which game has a huge map? Ghost Recon: Wildlands. Last week my boss Stephen says to me, he says, “Hey, Kirk, did you see that they’re adding a Splinter Cell crossover mission to Ghost Recon: Wildlands?” And I’m like, yes Stephen, I saw that. So then we talked for a little bit about…

Video Games Can’t Handle Their Booze

I never pass up the opportunity to drink in a game. I’ve visited every bar in The Witcher 3. I’ve filled Adam Jensen’s pockets with booze in Deus Ex; I’ve chugged those drinks in the bars in Hengsha and Prague, alone in his apartment, or on street corners just because. I’ve gotten Commander Shepard blackout…

The Week In Games: Good Dads And Cardboard

This week, two fathers will make their way to the PlayStation 4, while Switch-owning fathers will have to deal with the cardboard machinations of their children. After playing God of War 3 again a couple years ago, I really didn’t think I could get excited about the series ever again. I was still cold on…

Kingdom Hearts III Features Retro Mini-Games

This weekend, Square Enix revealed that Kingdom Hearts III will feature playable retro-style mini-games. They include The Barnyard Battle, The Karnival Kid, Giantland and Musical Farmer. According to KH Insider, there will be over 20 in all.

Grave Of The Fireflies‘ Movie Poster Has A Hidden (And Depressing) Secret 

Grave of the Fireflies is one of the saddest movies ever made. Decades after its original release, people have discovered a haunting, hidden image in the Japanese movie poster. Attention has been re-focused on Grave of the Fireflies after director Isao Takahata’s recent passing. Grave of the Fireflies is a 1988 Studio Ghibli movie about…

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One Punch

Jason Kang is a freeelance concept artist and illustrator who has worked on stuff like Magic: The Gathering and Hearthstone You can see more of Jason’s work at his ArtStation page To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is a celebration of the…

Jessica Estephan Becomes First Woman To Win A Magic: The Gathering Grand Prix

Sydney’s Jessica Estephan has become the first woman to ever win a Magic: The Gathering Grand Prix at the game’s Sydney meet over the weekend. Estephan, along with Ryan Lewis-Jonns (Sydney) and Lachlan Saunders (Canberra), emerged victorious in the Team Grand Prix from a field of 350 entries, beating rivals from Australia and New Zealand…

Tokaido Is A Beautiful Board Game

Tokaido is six years old, and I am kicking myself I haven’t played it sooner. My crew tends to drift towards games about war, killing, conquest, destruction and murder. We’re not bad people, it’s just that a lot of the bigger board games we end up playing are just about that kind of stuff. I…

Halo Pro’s Controller Disconnects During World Championship Match

The most nightmarish moment of anyone’s Xbox Live session happened to Tyler “Spartan” Ganza during a world championship match. While he and his team were battling for a top three spot in the $1,000,000 tournament, his controller disconnected. Ganza and his team Reciprocity were on a decisive map 7 against Team Envy. He was on…

Billy Mitchell Releases Statement On His Disqualified Records

Controversial arcade game player Billy Mitchell released a statementtoday, responding to the recent disqualification of his records from both the Twin Galaxies leaderboards and Guinness World Records. Several of Mitchell’s high scores were disputed earlier this year by a forum poster claiming he used an emulator to record his scores, rather than a standard arcade…