EA UFC 3‘s Career Mode Fails To Capture The Real-Life Ridiculousness Of UFC

Everyone, meet my fictional UFC fighter, Eldest Diaz. Secret brother of reluctant UFC stars Nick and Nate Diaz and distant relative of my custom character from EA UFC 2, he was a graphic designer for most of his life before taking up fighting at age 44. Against all odds, he’s now on track to dethrone…

Time For A Quest, Then

Andrius Matijosius is a freelance illustrator and concept artist from Lithuania. You can see more of Andrius’ work at his 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 the best of…

For Honor Finally Gets Dedicated Servers In Next Update

For Honor’s fifth “season” will arrive on February 15, Ubisoft said today. The update rebalances some classes, overhauls others, and most importantly implements the game’s new dedicated servers for what Ubisoft says will be more stable online play. Season Five, titled “Age of Wolves,” comes after a year of monthly patches and a few major…

Final Fantasy XV’s Fascinating Assassin’s Creed Expansion Is About To Vanish

Final Fantasy XV ’s ambitious, enjoyable, unprecedented multi-hour tribute to Assassin’s Creed was only ever meant to be temporary. That’s a shame, because it’s surprisingly good. The game’s Assassin’s Festival was announced last summer and became available from the FFXV’s main menu on August 31. I’d ignored it, because it sounded like a trifle. If…

Fifth Maps In Pro Overwatch Are Good As Hell

Overwatch League matches are played across four maps, and usually, the result is a win or loss in those four maps. More often than not it’s a 4-0 sweep, or a decisive 3-1. You can even tie on certain maps, leading to score lines like week 1’s Dallas v. Seoul game that ended 2-1. But…

Fan Of Overwatch League’s Worst Team Buys $100 Of Skins After Losing Bet

Overwatch League’s first season is only a few weeks old, but already, a pecking order has begun to form. At the top, there’s Seoul Dynasty, the dynamite Korean roster that hasn’t lost a single match. Way down at the bottom, meanwhile, are the Shanghai Dragons, who have been grinding their wrists and keyboards into powder…

Monster Hunter: World is out tomorrow for PS4 and Xbox One. In this video, UK contributor Keza MacDonald lets you know what to expect from this exciting beast-slaying game.

No Man’s Sky Players Want To Make Their Own Calendar

The players of No Man’s Sky have made their own civilizations and governments, and even had their own wars. What’s next? Their own time zone. King Hova is the leader of the No Man’s Sky civilization The Galactic Empire of Hova, as well as their ambassador to The United Federation of Travelers, which is basically…

Valve Makes ‘Exclusive’ Streaming Deals Like Facebook’s Incredibly Confusing [UPDATE]

An exclusive broadcasting deal between ESL, one of the largest esports organizations in the world, and Facebook, a malignant social media tumor too insinuated into daily life to safely remove, has shown the shortcomings of gaming company Valve’s hands-off approach after the first major Dota 2 tournament subject to the deal become a spectating nightmare.…

You can do some pretty cool stuff with just one button. Out today for the Nintendo Switch, Super One More Jump from SMG Studio is a true test of timing and patience, especially in the more challenging of the game’s 100+ levels. It’s perfect for a quick gaming fix, unless you get hung up on…

Five Challenges To Spice Up The Sims 4

The Sims is an open-ended game where you set your own goals, but if you’re out of ideas, you can always try these challenges from the simmer community. The Sims’ community loves making up gameplay challenges. Be they one off challenges or ones that take dozens of hours of gameplay, it’s a way for simmers…

A Haywire Street Fighter V Character Could Run Amok At Evo Japan

Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition players recently discovered a serious bug that makes one of the game’s most powerful characters almost unstoppable, which could have serious consequences with the inaugural Evo Japan on the horizon. The bug’s simplicity belies its severity. By combining his V-Skill armor, which gives him the ability to shrug off one…

Understanding The Hype (and Hate) For Nintendo Labo

Nintendo’s upcoming grand experiment with cardboard is unexpected enough that people have reacted dramatically to the announcement. Largely, fans seem to fall into two camps: either they’re psyched to build their own contraptions, or they don’t understand why something like this exists at all. Isn’t Nintendo a video game company? What are they doing messing…

Overwatch Pro Flips Bird When He Thought No One Was Watching

Last night, London Spitfire DPS player Joon-yeong “Profit” Park shot a middle finger at the camera right after he got brought out as a substitution in the team’s second game against SF Shock. But Profit didn’t think anybody would see it. Update: Profit has issued a fantastic apology. Enjoy it below. Stylosa, who serves as…

Here’s February’s Xbox Live Games With Gold Lineup

There’s a range of games in February’s Games with Gold, from racing to stealth. As ever, these games are only “free” if you have an active Xbox Live Games with Gold subscription. February’s Xbox Games with Gold lineup is: Xbox One Shadow Warrior (February 1-28) Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: India (February 16-March 15) Xbox 360 (compatible with…

Five Of My Favorite Things About Monster Hunter: World

Kotaku’s review of Monster Hunter World will be coming soon. (Sneak preview: it’s pretty damned good.) In the meantime, here are a few of the things I like about it. The monsters are terrific This series has always been all about the beasts. They have such personality in their animation and behavior. The new creatures…

Perhaps sensing that I was only two levels away from 120, mobile MMO Lineage 2: Revolution’s latest update ups the level cap from 120 to 180, adding several new quest areas, new high level dungeons and a shiny new metal beetle mount that I will never get. Thanks, jerks.