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The sparkling lights in the audience at Eleague’s CS:GO major in Boston come courtesy of light-up bracelets given to every attendee. The bracelets flash red at the same speed as the in-game bomb countdown, they light up white for explosions, and flicker either yellow or blue for a terrorist or counter-terrorist victory, respectively. Unlike the…
By Maddy Myers Published January 27, 2018 - Uncategorized
The latest update for They Are Billions adds waypoints, new housing styles, and towers out in the map that can be repaired. It also adds a bunch more languages and some new music for when the zombie hordes come knocking, but the waypoints are especially nice, letting players make more complex patrol routes.
By Ethan Gach Published January 27, 2018 - Esports
Overwatch Teams That Stick Together, Get Stuck Together
In today’s Overwatch League matches, the Dallas Fuel learned a hard lesson about everybody funneling through the same door. As the team backed up into a side area, the Boston Uprising’s Namju “Striker” Gwon was waiting on Tracer. With a sticky Pulse Bomb primed and ready, Gwon snuck in and stuck one, catching four members…
By Eric Van Allen Published January 27, 2018 -
UncategorizedYouTuber SWEGTA’s latest dump of Bully content that didn’t make it from the beta into the final game is a super eerie song that was intended to play during Mr. Hattrick’s math classes. By way of Polgyon, the song is pretty good though and will help tide you over until Bully gets remastered.
By Ethan Gach Published January 27, 2018 - Uncategorized
3D printed wolf Amiibo are pretty adorable. BurninCoco made them using a filament with a high percentage of wood (yes you can 3D print things with what amounts to saw dust) and although they don’t actually serve any purpose, they’re still pretty cool looking. You can see a few more pictures of them over on…
By Ethan Gach Published January 27, 2018 -
UncategorizedXenogears‘ Amazing Soundtrack Is Getting Remastered
The PS1-era JRPG has remained a classic for a number of reasons, but chief among them was the beautiful score by composer Yasunori Mitsuda. According to a recent Facebook post, an “Original Soundtrack Revival Disc” for Xenogears is coming out in April. It’ll be on Blu-Ray and include work from ANÚNA, an Irish choral Mitsuda…
By Ethan Gach Published January 27, 2018 - Esports
FIFA Pro Dribbles Circles Around The Defense
At today’s FIFA 18 Ultimate Team event in Barcelona, Kurt1 put a devastating game up on opponent MegaBit, highlighted best by this dribble around a buzzing hive of defenders that resulted in a goal. You can follow the rest of the games today and tomorrow on EA Sports’ Twitch channel
By Eric Van Allen Published January 27, 2018 - Uncategorized
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II will come to PC on February 14. The game released on PS3 and Vita in 2016. Most notably, the PC version will have 50 percent more lines of English voice-over. If you haven’t kept up on the Trails series you’re missing out
By Ethan Gach Published January 27, 2018 - Esports
Guilty Gear Player Gets Emotional After Taking Down Evo Champ
It might have been intimidating for Mikado’s own Shodai to get into the top 64 of Evo Japan’s Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2 tournament and find himself facing Omito. It was definitely an emotional moment for Shodai to beat him. Some of the world’s best have congregated in Japan for their respective games, and among…
By Eric Van Allen Published January 27, 2018 - Esports
The Weekend In Esports: Boston Counter-Strike Party
ELEAGUE’s Boston Major is almost over with only a few teams left while the Overwatch League continues to dish out some stellar matches. In addition, LCS continues into its second week of the 2018 spring season while DreamHack plays out in Europe, a Gears of War tournament continues in Mexico, and Dota 2 crowns a…
By Ethan Gach Published January 27, 2018 - Uncategorized
If Halo Weapons Found Their Way Into Destiny
This is the Focus Rifle from Halo: Reach remade as a Destiny exotic and it looks right at home in elegant interface of Bungie’s loot shooter. The mashup was created by Reddit user LordTutTut who’s a fan of both games and, like many of us, wanted to see the glory of Bungie’s first sci-fi series…
By Ethan Gach Published January 27, 2018 -
EsportsVitality’s Young Bucks Are Starting Hot In European League of Legends
Team Vitality came into the 2018 season with four players lifted wholesale from another roster. Despite a promising performance in the challenger series, these four ex-Giants were going to be playing on the big stage under a new banner. In the last two weeks, they’ve proven they can more than handle the spotlight. The rookies…
By Eric Van Allen Published January 27, 2018 - Culture
This Week In The Business: Microsoft Bets On Xbox Game Pass
QUOTE | “This plan to bring new games timed with their global release into Xbox Game Pass not only includes announced titles like Sea of Thieves, State of Decay 2, and Crackdown 3 but future unannounced games from Microsoft Studios including new iterations of our biggest Xbox One exclusive franchises such as Halo, Forza and…
Brendan Sinclair Published January 27, 2018 -
UncategorizedDragon Ball FighterZ On Lowest Settings Is Like Going Back In Time
Here’s a fun thing to do while you’re waiting for a spot in one of Dragon Ball FighterZ PC’s crowded online hubs—turn the graphics down way low and pretend you’re playing a Game Boy Advance game. Inspired by apost from Pixelbuster on Twitter, I went into the PC version of Dragon Ball FighterZ’s generous graphics…
By Mike Fahey Published January 26, 2018 -
UncategorizedGhost Recon: Wildlands Loot Crates Aren’t Worth The Money
Stop me if you’ve heard this one: The addition of loot boxes to Ghost Recon: Wildlands has been met with a wave of criticism from fans. Ubisoft introduced Battle Crates into Wildlands with the arrival of the latest post-launch content update, titled Extended Ops, on January 25. These crates offer cosmetic-only items of various rarities…
By S.E. Doster Published January 26, 2018 - Uncategorized
Clever Tweaks Make ‘Prop Hunt’ Even Better In Call of Duty: WWII
I am pleased to report that Sledgehammer Games’ tweaks to Call of Duty’s “Prop Hunt” mode have made the game of silly hide-n-seek even better in Call of Duty: WWII than it was in Modern Warfare Remastered The fan-favorite mode arrived at the start of the Resistance community event on January 23. For a limited…
By S.E. Doster Published January 26, 2018 - Culture
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
The weekend is for finally figuring out where to store your knives instead of just leaving them dangerously on the table. Overpriced knife block? Magnets that stick to the fridge? The weekend is also for video games. I’m going to play some more Subnautica. I haven’t spent nearly enough time diving around all the gorgeous…
By Riley MacLeod Published January 26, 2018 - Esports
Finally, Upsets Are Happening In Overwatch League
For its first two weeks, Overwatch League settled into a predictable rhythm: top-tier teams Seoul Dynasty, New York Excelsior, and London Spitfire sat perched atop their perfect records while everybody else squabbled for scraps beneath the table. At the end of last week, those three teams were at a combined 12-0. This week, that tide…
By Nathan Grayson Published January 26, 2018 -
CultureLink Gets A Hole-In-One
Today on Highlight Reel we have flying ships, flying rocks, flying cars, and much more! Watch the video then talk about your favorite highlight in the comments below. Be sure to check out, like, and share the original videos via the links below. Subscribe to Kotaku on YouTube for more! Catch up on all the…
By Chris Person Published January 26, 2018