Nintendo Is Still Tight-Lipped About The Switch’s Tribute To Satoru Iwata

One of the most heart-warming stories in video games this year was the discovery in September that the Nintendo Switch console contained a secret tribute to the beloved Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata, who died in 2015 at the age of 55. But Nintendo doesn’t want to talk about it, and it’s not clear why. This…

Should Forum Moderators Be Paid? Some Don’t Even Want To Be

Forum moderators are the unsung heroes of the internet, but a lot of the time, they’re treated more like high school hall monitors than skilled workers. For no money and little thanks, moderators sift out the festering, useless gunk of online culture from the amazing shit that got us hooked on the internet in the…

Here’s November’s PlayStation Plus Lineup

I managed to miss Bound when it came out last year, so I’m excited to see it make its way to November’s PlayStation Plus lineup. As always, the following games are only “free” if you have an active PlayStation Plus membership. November’s PS Plus lineup is: PlayStation 4 Worms Battlegrounds Bound PlayStation 3 R-Type Dimensions…

Acclaimed PS4 Developer Housemarque Changes Course, Saying Arcade Games Are ‘Dead’

Housemarque, the veteran Finnish development studio behind Resogun and Nex Machina, announced in a blog post today that they will abandon arcade style games after a lack of financial success. In a post titled Arcade is Dead, Housemarque CEO Ilari Kuittinen said that the studio will move away from their arcade sensibilities to focus on “something…

Final Fantasy Dimensions II Is Nothing Like The First

The first Final Fantasy Dimensions was a delightful old-school adventure reminiscent of the earliest entries in the storied series. Final Fantasy Dimensions II is an incredibly basic free-to-play mobile game that’s been stripped of its microtransactions and granted a premium price tag. The latest mobile RPG from Square Enix, released this week on Google Play…

The Making Of A Switch Sleeper Hit

The first SteamWorld Dig was a sleeper hit on the 3DS for development studio Image & Form, selling over a million copies across all platforms, according to Image & Form CEO Brjann Sigurgeirsson. Even with those numbers, its launch was “nowhere near that of SteamWorld Dig 2,” which has also been a success for the…

Assassin’s Creed Origins Metacritic Flooded With Fake Positive User Reviews

A barrage of fake user reviews has hit the Metacritic page for Assassin’s Creed Origins, all of them positive, and all of them gibberish. “Ways better than assassins creed unity and assassins creed syndicate,” reads a review that appears roughly a dozen times, each from a different username. “it is more mature and bayek is…

Nintendo’s Giving Us New Style Savvy For Christmas

Technically, Nintendo is giving us the opportunity to purchase Style Savvy: Styling Stars on the 3DS on December 25 and not just giving it to us, but it’s a joyous gift nonetheless. Style Savvy: Styling Stars is the latest game in Nintendo’s secret best series ever. I am completely serious here. I really enjoy shopping…

Nintendo is dressing up the plain old 2DS in The Legend of Zelda for Black Friday. The $70 green and yellow handheld comes pre-installed with Ocarina of Time 3D. There’s also a special “Explorer’s Edition” of Breath of the Wild for the Switch, bundled with a 100-page guide and a map for $60.

Make Anime In Japan, Get A Shitty Salary

Making anime isn’t easy! Not only is it a highly skilled profession, but loads of talented people are trying to break in. P.A. Works, the studio behind anime Shirobako, is now hiring for whatever it’s making next spring, and the hourly animator salary is not so good. Actually, it’s terrible. What makes this so interesting…

Shibuya Trashed After Halloween So Volunteers Clean Up

Recently, Shibuya has become Halloween central in Japan, with mobs of costume-wearing partiers descending on the neighborhood. While it looks like they have a blast, they do leave a lot of trash. The crowds are a sight to behold: But the following morning isn’t something you want to see. Via 2ch and Twitter, look at…

Now, This Is An Excellent Pokémon Costume 

The bar for Pokémon costumes has been raised. Just look at this Lugia outfit. It’s wonderful. Twitter user Shuuto created the costume, uploading the clip below and wishing everyone a happy Halloween. This isn’t the first time he’s created a Pokémon themed Halloween costume. Check out the outfits of years’ past.  Can’t wait to see…

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A Future Porsche That Doesn’t Need A Driver

Andrian Luchian is a concept artist and illustrator based in Germany. You can see more of Andrian’s work at his personal site and 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 work of video game artists, showcasing…

It’s October 2017, And Spintires Is Back On Steam’s Best-Sellers

Wolfenstein. Assassin’s Creed. Call of Duty. The biggest names in the video game business are being unleashed upon a highly suspecting populace, and Steam’s sales charts reflect that. With one exception. Right now, here’s what Steam’s top sellers list looks like: All the big names, but then, toward the middle, is humble Spintires: Mudrunner. It’s…

Where Art Books Meet Strategy Guides

Strategy guide books are a tough sell in 2017, since the internet is free, but I like what Future has tried with their newish Last Guardian thing, which tries to combine tips with other stuff like interviews and concept art all in the one book. I know this isn’t the first book to try that,…

Here’s To Assassin’s Creed Origins’ Helpful Boat Guy

Sometimes in Assassin’s Creed Origins, you’ll have to cross a body of water and you won’t have a boat. Fortunately, there’s this guy who really, really wants to let you use his. Origins tends to sprinkle its beaches and docks with boats your protagonist Bayek can freely use. Sometimes, however, you’ll find yourself out in…

The Most Expensive Things You Can Buy On Steam

Allow me to posit for you a hypothetical scenario: you’ve just come into a large sum of money, perhaps because a wealthy relative passed away, or maybe because there was a great societal upheaval, and you ate a rich person. Regardless, you can afford to splurge a little. Here are some options. The single most…