Newly Discovered Audio Message In Assassin’s Creed Origins Was Supposed To Be There All Along

A game as popular as October’s Assassin’s Creed Origins is usually wrung free of major surprises by the time it’s been out for four months. That’s why some fans were startled last week to discover that Origins contains a previously unknown, new audio message from the Isu, a mysterious ancient civilization that is part of…

You should watch this fascinating Trainer Tips documentary on the world’s top Pokémon Go player, and the incredibly competitive gaming scene he inspires in Singapore.

Infamous Atari Player Disqualified From World Record After 35 Years

In 1982, video game score-chaser Todd Rogers supposedly set a world record time of 5.51 seconds in the Atari 2600 racing game Dragster. Last year, speedrunners called that score into question. After a lengthy arbitration process, Rogers’ score was removed from Twin Galaxies, an organization that tracks video game records and high scores. “Based on…

The Week In Games: Final Fantasy Fighters Unite 

Square Enix’s fighting game joins the mix this week but not much else. There was a time when I would have bought anything I could get my hands on that sported the words “Final Fantasy.” Ten years ago the prospect of a Square fighting game that wasn’t Ehrgeiz would have made my jaw drop. And…

Behold, Japan’s Newest Giant Mecha 

After six years, Japan’s Sakakibara Machinery Works Co. has unveiled its newest giant mecha. Back in 2005, the company had a mecha rolled out the Landwalker, which could be piloted and fired tennis balls. It followed that up with a $20,000 mecha for kids. Now, Sakakibara has introduced its latest creation: LW-Mononofu It’s 27.8 feet…

When Your Monster Hunter: World Character Looks Different In-Game

In more and more games, the character creation tools are amazing. You can craft cool, cute and, yes, sexy-looking characters. But what if your creations look slightly different when in the field? Bummer! As pointed out by Monster Hunter YouTuber Gaijin Hunter, some folks are feeling letdown by how their character creations appear to change.…

Man Thrilled He Can Name His Kid After Dragon Ball‘s Goku

Actors. Musicians. Athletes. People name their kids after all sorts of people, so why not after a Super Saiyan? Last week, Carlos Sanchez took to Facebook with a sign that read if he got a million likes, he could name his new baby boy “Goku.” Currently, the photo has 1.4 million likes. His wife agreed…

Snow-Capped. Mt. Fuji, Japan. By Aaron Baggett | Tokyo Cheapo JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line! 

This incredible Final Fantasy XIV Dragoon is by mintyfreshtea Photo by Kevin Clark

Princess Peach, Protecting The Payload

Look, if Nintendo can work with Ubisoft, they can work with Blizzard. Art by Antonio Demico.

A New Game For Train Nerds

It’s been a long time since games like Railroad Tycoon and Sid Meier’s Railroads! were popular, so Railway Empire is here to give fans something a bit newer. I had a quick play of the game last week and it’s fun! It’s very similar to Sid Meier’s Railroads!, and some of the menu design is…

The Classic Video Game Box Art Of The Late Bob Wakelin

They just don’t make covers like they used to. Video games of the 80s and 90s were usually accompanied by hand-drawn and detail-rich box art and if it was a title published by Ocean or Imagine, chances are the artist was Robert Wakelin. Sadly, Wakelin passed away earlier this month, but a part of him…

Boston Counter-Strike Major Ends In Nail-Biting Double Overtime

After a hard-fought series that went into double overtime, the North American hopefuls Cloud9 have won the Eleague Counter-Strike Boston Major. Cloud9 came into the finals as the underdogs, having bounced back from an 0-2 in an earlier stage of the tournament to climbing the playoff bracket, picking off favorites like SK Gaming in the…

GTA V‘s North Yankton Is Beautifully Incomplete 

Ludendorff, North Yankton is where the prologue of Grand Theft Auto V takes place. You’re there to steal some cash and then things go sideways, setting in motion the game’s main events nine years later. The town is sort of an after thought, in other words, with lots of low-res textures and missing stuff. That’s…

Cosplayer Does Whatever A Spider Can

It can be tough to tell Spider-Man costumes apart sometimes, but this one’s new: it’s the design being used for the upcoming PS4 game by Insomniac. Cosplay is by Naaiiled It Creative, whose pose (and finger control!) look like something straight out of an artist’s sketchbook. Photo by Arcane Shutter