Studio Behind Torchlight Shuts Down; Big Layoffs At Studio Behind Gigantic

China-based publisher Perfect World this week laid off most of Motiga, the developer of the hero shooter Gigantic, and shut down Runic Games, the studio behind the popular action-RPG Torchlight and the recently released puzzle-platformer Hob. Both game developers were based in Seattle. In a statement, Perfect World said that it will continue to sell…

Half-Life 2 Episode 3, As Imagined By Five Different Developers

In August, former Valve writer Marc Laidlaw posted a blog post on his site which outlined a potential story for Half Life 2: Episode 3. A game jamusing that story as inspiration has created some colorful interpretations of Gordon Freeman’s final adventure. Epistle Jam, which took its name from Laidlaw’s post titled ‘Epistle 3,’ sought…

Ask Dr. NerdLove: Help, My Girlfriend Is An Alcoholic

Hello all you interweb heartbubbles of desire, and welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the official dating advice column of The New Donk Times. This week, we’re going to be talking about handling the hard questions in a relationship. When your partner is struggling with an addiction that’s out of their control, how long can you…

Players Have Already Found Ways To Glitch Out Of Call Of Duty: WWII Levels

Players dedicated to breaking games have been hard at work hunting for glitches in Call of Duty WWII, and they’ve already found ways to get outside of the normal map areas areas and make themselves invincible to zombies. Take the beaches of Normandy for instance. It’s kind of a rule at this point that if…

EA Is Making Another UFC Game

After a promising but still too-barebones second installment, EA’s taking a third swing at the UFC. EA Sports UFC 3 is coming to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on February 2. Here’s what it looks like: The big new features this time around are an improved animation system, a movement system with an emphasis on…

Bowser Will Comment On Your Outfit In Super Mario Odyssey

In addition to being a great platformer and excellent collectible game, Mario Odyssey is also a fashion sim. In the game, just like in real life, every outfit has its fans and critics. What follows includes some very minor spoilers for the ending of the game, so readers beware. As pointed out in a recent…

MSI Geforce GTX 1070 Ti Review: Solid, If Not Exciting

Equipped with 5% less CUDA cores than the GTX 1080 and the same GDDR5 memory as the vanilla GTX 1070, it’s not so simple to judge the performance of Nvidia’s new GTX 1070 Ti. We know that it has 2432 cores (27% more than the 1070) and a throughput of 8Gbps thanks to its 256-bit…

The Xbox One X Is Great So Far, But Waiting For Game Updates Is The Worst

After spending a week with the Xbox One X, Microsoft’s “world’s most powerful console,” I know three things for certain. It’s definitely an Xbox One, it makes enhanced games look lovely, and waiting for Xbox One X enhancement updates sucks. The $500 Xbox One X is a ridiculously powerful console, but in order to actively…

The Ups And Downs Of Teabagging In Pro Gaming

When the clock counted down the last 100 seconds, Injustice 2 Pro Series player Dominique “Sonic Fox” McLean knew he’d already won the match. His opponent’s health bar had been reduced to a sliver. All Sonic Fox had to do was kill time. So he started teabagging. As the enemy player cowered on the other…

Tokyo’s Best Souvenir Snack Just Got Better

When people who know go to Tokyo, they buy one souvenir. Make that, the best souvenir. They buy Tokyo Banana. And that snack just got better because it’s getting a Kit Kat version. Or maybe Japanese Kit Kats just got better because they’re getting a Tokyo Banana flavor. Whichever. The point is, Tokyo Banana are…

War. War Sometimes Changes.

2002’s Medal of Honor and 2017’s Call of Duty: WW2 have very similar intros (a nice touch, given CoD’s lineage). So similar that they’re a handy example of just how far video game visuals have come in the last 15 years. Both involve the same scenario—a first-person invasion of the beaches of Normandy—and both are…

Battlegrounds‘ Hackers Getting Roughed Up In Net Cafes

Hackers can really ruin the experience for everyone. Recently, clips have been surfacing of people not exactly pleased when they see fellow players using speed hacks in PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. Warning: The clips below contain physical violence. Speed hacks make it possible for cheaters to move so quickly that they’re impossible to track. The clips below…

The Pokémon Anime’s 1,000th Episode Is Next Week 

The first episode of the Pokémon television anime aired on April 1, 1997 in Japan. Next week, the show will reach the 1,000th episode milestone. The name of the 1,000th episode is “Lilie and Silvady, the Resurrected Memory!” and will feature Silvady’s TV anime debut. Broadcasting on November 9, the episode looks like a tearjerker…

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Guy Dressed As A Grisly Nintendo Switch For Halloween

Reader Matt didn’t dress up as a Nintendo character for Halloween. He dressed up as a Nintendo console, complete with bloody Halloween twist. Having Arms lit up on the front of the screen was a nice touch, considering the horrific surprise awaiting anyone who tried to disconnect the Joy-Con. You can see some shots of…