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UncategorizedMatthew Mercer Explains How To Be A Good Dungeon Master
Being a good steward of a tabletop game experience is hard work. Any Dungeon Master can tell you that setting the right tone and crafting the perfect story is difficult, fiddly work. I asked Matthew Mercer, famed Dungeon Master, how he’s so good at what he does. As the Dungeon Master of Critical Role, probably…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published June 2, 2018 - Esports
The World Next Door Turns Magical Brawls Into Puzzles
The match-3 puzzle concept seems simple enough, but its a foundation that can build into a lot of different ideas, even a cooking competition or a fighting game. It’s that malleable mold that forms Rose City Games’ The World Next Door, an upcoming indie puzzle-battle game that looks pretty friggin’ sweet. Part narrative visual novel,…
By Eric Van Allen Published June 2, 2018 -
UncategorizedA Fan Recreated Dark Souls In A Lego Game
A very creative person has recreated Firelink Shrine from Dark Souls within Lego Worlds. I dare you to name a more iconic duo. Lego Worlds is a big, sprawling building game where you play with digital Legos, collect more Legos, and generally just have the most amazing time of your entire crafty life. Dark Souls…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published June 2, 2018 - CultureShop Contest
‘Shop Contest: The Big Battlefield, Winners!
Battlefield V is coming, and there’s a lot going on. Planes and tanks, shootable grenades, and a whole lot of havoc and mayhem are coming on down the line. I asked you last week to make it even more chaotic, and you delivered. The ceiling for weird things in video games is very high. We…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published June 2, 2018 - Esports
The Weekend In Esports: Texas Flood
The gamers are floodin’ down to Texas, and hopefully the power lines don’t go down (again). DreamHack Austin is this weekend, where a number of tournaments including Rainbow Six Siege, Counter-Strike, StarCraft II, and several fighting games are taking place. Yours truly is down there just for today, so if you see a haggard old…
By Eric Van Allen Published June 2, 2018 - Culture
This Week In The Business: Truth In Advertising
QUOTE | “We have had over two million unique visitors to this stream to watch, I don’t know what, nothing.” – Bethesda Game Studios’ Todd Howard describes the company’s 24-hour live stream of a Vault Boy statue and a TV with a “Please Stand By” graphic on it leading up to the teaser reveal of…
Brendan Sinclair Published June 2, 2018 - Uncategorized
Popular Twitch Streamer Makes An Example Of Her Harassers
Annemunition, a popular Twitch streamer with over 300,000 followers, was just trying to be a decent teammate and call shots in Rainbow Six Siege. Then, over voice chat, came the questions: “Are you a man or a female?” And the accusations: “You stole my fucking content. You’re shit at the game. Get out.” Annemunition, a…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 1, 2018 - Uncategorized
Evolve’s dedicated servers are shutting down on September 3, publisher 2K Games announced today. While peer-to-peer multiplayer will still be around for Legacy Evolve, the free-to-play version called Evolve Stage 2 will be going away. Ranked Hunt mode will also disappear, along with leaderboards and in-game store.
By Ethan Gach Published June 1, 2018 - Culture
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
The weekend is for having just started running! The coolest thing I’ve realized about running so far is that since you’re constantly moving, no one can see what a bad job you’re doing for very long. The people on the next block probably think I’ve been running for miles! When I’m not worrying about how…
By Riley MacLeod Published June 1, 2018 - Uncategorized
Fortnite Players Blame Stream Snipers For Update That Hides Streamers’ Names
If you’re a streamer, getting trounced by stream snipers is a pain. Some players, though, live for the thrill of coming face-to-face with their favorite streamers in games—and maybe even besting them. A new Fortnite feature that anonymizes streamers’ names, then, could represent something of an impasse. Fortnite is a game with a lot of…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 1, 2018 - Uncategorized
Bungie Gets $100 Million For New Non-Destiny Game
Bungie has been quietly working on a non-Destiny new game for some time now, and today the studio acknowledged it for the first time, announcing a partnership with Chinese publisher NetEase that will raise them $100 million. “Today, we’re excited to announce that we’ve entered into a new partnership with NetEase to help us explore…
By Jason Schreier Published June 1, 2018 -
EsportsDragonBall FighterZ Adds A God And A Goku, And Gets Even Better
Two new fighters joined the Dragon Ball FighterZ cast this week, and both are fusions of characters already in the game. Vegito and Zamasu clearly indicate that the gameplay and design in DBFZ is getting more elaborate; they’re both hard to play and fun as hell. (Some spoilers follow for Dragon Ball Super. If you…
By Eric Van Allen Published June 1, 2018 -
UncategorizedFallout: New California, a New Vegas mod that’s been in development for nine years, will finally come out this October. Its creators announced the news with a new trailer and said that in the meanwhile they’ll be adding more side quests to it as well as running a beta starting in July.
By Ethan Gach Published June 1, 2018 - Uncategorized
Sword Art Online‘s Gun Gale Online Is A Meh Anime, But A Cool (Fake) Game
Here we are, in 2018, with a new Sword Art Online anime series, this time about a woman playing as a loli avatar in a VR battle royale game. It’s not wholly bad, but like its predecessor, it fails to live up to its intriguing premise so far. Definitely not plucked out of a trash…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published June 1, 2018 - Uncategorized
What We Liked (And Didn’t Like) About Solo
There’s a new Star Wars out, have you seen it yet? It’s more likely than ever that the answer is “no.” Solo: A Star Wars Story, the origin tale of everyone’s favorite stuck-up, half-witted, scruffy-looking nerf herder, has been struggling hard at the box office since its release on May 25. What’s behind the audience…
Chris Kohler & Chris Person & Tim Rogers Published June 1, 2018 - Uncategorized
Pro Evolution Soccer Loses Another Big Name Team
The Pro Evolution Soccer series used to be top dog until it was supplanted by the flashier, better licensed FIFA games. Today, PES suffered another blow, with publisher Konami announcing the German club Borussia Dortmund terminated its licensing agreement a year ahead of schedule, meaning the top-tier Bundesliga team will not be appearing in PES…
By Ethan Gach Published June 1, 2018 - Uncategorized
One Unused Pokémon Concept Was Just A Gun
There’s still a lot to sort through in the big leak of a demo for Pokémon Gold and Silver from yesterday. But let’s talk about this early version of Remoraid, who used to look like a gun. In the release version of Gold and Silver, Remoraid is basically just a fish. Remoraid evolves into Octillery,…
By Gita Jackson Published June 1, 2018