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Meet the cutest little Kratos you ever did see. Made by Good Smile, this Nendoroid is out in October, and should cost around $40 He comes with a shield, an axe and a very shouty tiny mouth.

Who would win in a fight between Overwatch and Team Fortress 2? It’s kind of a tired question at this point, but The Winglet used it as the foundation for a charming and funny SFM video that pokes fun at both games. The scene that depicts an encounter with Mei as a horror movie is…

Premier League Star Gets Too Hot Playing Fortnite, Takes Shirt Off

Fortnite Battle Royale has taken the world by storm, including the top flights of European soccer. Tottenham Hotspur Dele Alli made his Twitch debut earlier today playing the game and apparently got really overheated. The 22-year-old Premier League and English National Team star decided to skip out on watching the first leg of the Champions…

Splatoon 2 got a big update yesterday that added tons of new gear, weapons, a new stage, balance tweaks, and even Callie. I logged in today and immediately spent all my money on some hot new threads. Guess it’s time to grind at Grizzco again!

Lesser-Known Moments From World War II That Should Be In Video Games

Call of Duty has returned to World War II. It wasn’t so long ago that Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare saved us from drowning in World War II games. Unfortunately, its success meant we spent the next several years drowning in modern military shooters instead, and when we got tired of that, game devs…

After Latest Update, Fortnite Matches Keep Freezing At The Worst Possible Moments

You’re creeping through Fortnite’s Tilted Towers, and you see somebody absentmindedly clomping along. It’s go time. You drop down with your shotgun primed, but then—at the worst possible moment—your screen freezes. Seconds later, you’re dead. Situations like this one have been unfolding all across Fortnite’s map recently, seemingly on both PC and console—especially in the…

Halo Online Fan Project Goes On Hold After Microsoft Intervenes 

A team of modders working to make the unreleased Halo Online playable have halted work after Microsoft contacted them in an effort to protect its intellectual property. Developed for the Russian market and based in the Halo 3 engine, Halo Online would have been only the third game in the series to be playable online…

Historically Accurate Underwear, And Other Tabletop RPG Horror Stories

My Dungeons & Dragons group can sometimes give our DM a hard time. That’s nothing compared to your D&D stories, though. Back in Chicago, my main group consisted of three comedians and an actor, all of whom wanted to be the funny guy. I do not know that we ever completed a single combat encounter,…

Let’s Talk About THAT Scene From God Of War

There are a lot of cool sequences in God of War. Let’s talk about the coolest one. No seriously, that is a spoiler warning! This conversation quickly spoils one of the best surprises in God of War. It happens towards the middle of the game. We don’t actually go into detail about endgame spoilers, final…

Amazing Celeste Speedrun Includes All The Extras

Speedrunners can rush through Celeste in about thirty minutes but collecting everything and completing all challenges is much trickier. Last night, someone finally completed a 114% speedrun, collecting all hidden items and completing the game’s most difficult levels without dying. Achieving 114% in Celeste is difficult even when you’re taking your time. It involves collecting…

One Paris Street Has A Dozen Video Game Stores

If you ever go to Paris, there are a few things you absolutely must see. There’s the Louvre, where the Mona Lisa hangs. There’s the Eiffel Tower, hulking and iconic. And then there’s the street full of video game stores. Last week while visiting the World’s Most Romantic City™, I went down to Boulevard Voltaire,…

Belgium Says Loot Boxes In Games Like Overwatch Are Illegal

Loot boxes in FIFA 18, Overwatch, and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive are now illegal in Belgium, with the country’s legislators declaring today that if the games’ publishers don’t remove the offending microtransactions, people behind the games could face fines and even time behind bars. As reported by Eurogamer, Belgium minister of justice Koen Greens said in…

Beyond: Two Souls Headlines May’s PlayStation Plus Lineup

If you need some David Cage before Detroit comes out in May, next month’s PlayStation Plus lineup has you with Beyond: Two Souls. As ever, these games are only “free” if you have an active PlayStation Plus account. May’s PlayStation Plusgames are: PlayStation 4 Beyond: Two Souls Rayman Legends PlayStation 3 Risen 3: Titan Lords…

A Way Out Is The Perfect Game For Couples

If you have been looking for the video game equivalent of marriage counseling, boy do I have a suggestion for you: Grab your significant other and go play A Way Out A Way Out, which came out last month for PC, PS4, and Xbox One, is a cooperative narrative game that tells the story of…

A Game That’s A Surreal Recreation of the 90s Internet

Hypnospace Outlaw is an alternate-reality Internet simulator set in 1999. It captures that half-remembered, vaguely sinister strangeness and freedom of the early Internet uncannily well. Fittingly, it is extremely bizarre. If you spent your youth as an explorer of the early Internet, clicking around weird Geocities fansites and painstakingly creating your own wallpapers in MS…