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Korea Is Coming To Civilization VI

One of the new factions coming to Civ VI alongside the big new expansion will be Korea, a welcome return since they were so cool in Civ V Queen Seondeok is one of the nine new leaders in the expansion, and as we can probably expect with most of the new guys, has abilities tied…

Spice, Flow, Nowhere To Go

Rostyslav Zagornov is an artist based in London who has done work across both video games and film. You can see more of Zagornov’s 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…

GTA Online Boss Visits His Crew In Real Life If They’re Loyal

GTA Online has a giant community with thousands of crews who work together in-game. One crew, Hillbilly Agenda, has a leader who will personally visit anyone in his group IRL, provided they’ve been in the crew long enough. Hillbilly Agenda is a crew of about 30 players, many who live in Tennessee. The crew is…

Mod Turns Mirror’s Edge Into A Multiplayer Racing Game

The original Mirror’s Edge is still so good, but the solo experience can only give you so much after all these years. So why not try something new, like online multiplayer racing? This modturns a first-person platformer into a racing game, pitting players against each other in a dash to the finish line. Think the…

Destiny 2: Curse of Osiris‘s Campaign Has Some Good Moments But Is Mostly Tedious

Today, Bungie released a brand new expansion to Destiny 2, a video game in which players are trapped forever in an infinite simulation. And if you wanted something revelatory, you might need to recalibrate your expectations. Curse of Osiris, the first of two announced expansion packs for Destiny 2, opens up Mercury as a patrol…

Star Control’s Creators Call On Stardock To Stop Selling The Original Games

The space fighter series Star Control is at the center of a new dispute over who owns the franchise, and what that means for the future of the series. In a recent series of posts, Star Control creators Fred Ford and Paul Reiche III have called on the publisher Stardock, which purchased some of the…

Riot’s Whiny Esports Ad Gets The Response It Deserves

Desus Nice and The Kid Mero just tackled esports on their comedy talk show, thanks to Riot’s latest masturbatory advertisement showcasing League of Legends pro players. Riot’s video, which juxtaposes clips of notable esports haters like Colin Cowherd with emotional esports moments like Faker crying, argues that people should take esports seriously. Mero doesn’t buy…

Marvel vs. Capcom Pulls Attention From Ugly Characters With Ugly Select Screen

Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite showed up to today’s release party with a lopsided character select screen. Infinite’s latest update bolstered the playable cast to include Winter Soldier, Black Widow, and Venom earlier today. They join previous fighters Black Panther, Sigma, and Monster Hunter to comprise the game’s first roster expansion. Those familiar with the two…

Stealth RPG Seven Tries To Mash Up Thief And Diablo, But It Doesn’t Work

I’ve had my eye on Seven: The Days Long Gone since the moment I heard the words “isometric open-world stealth RPG from ex-Witcher developers.” It sounded like a game made just for me. Unfortunately, while Seven has a cool setting and some fun ideas, the glue that holds it all together is sloppily applied. Seven…

Call of Duty: WWII‘s Ranked Mode Lets Everyone Play With Pro Rules

Call of Duty: WWII’s new Ranked Play mode lets anyone play like the pros, as long as you don’t mind being a lone wolf. Ranked Play, which launched on December 1 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, follows the esports guidelines used for Call of Duty World League: 4-versus-4 matches in the Search and Destroy,…

The Best Overwatch Feeling Is Hooking A Tracer

If Overwatch had a sequel that was just Roadhog grabbing Tracer with his chain hook, I’d pay a whole $40 for it. Snagging Overwatch’s Roadrunner, pulling her in and head-shotting her is the best feeling in Overwatch Roadhog and Tracer are like the tortoise and the hare. Roadhog isn’t very mobile; he can’t dash, teleport…

How Super Mario Odyssey 100% Speedrunners Collect Everything, No Matter The Cost

Super Mario Odyssey has hundreds of collectables to find, including moons, coins, and trinkets. Speedrunners who wanted to 100% the game in record time had to figure out obvious things like the best possible route, while also sussing out when it’s safe to take a bathroom break. The current world record for Super Mario Odyssey’s…

The Last Months Of Gazillion Entertainment, Maker Of Marvel Heroes

November 22nd should have just been game designer Anthony Gallegos’ birthday. But circumstances were unusual this year. His employer, Marvel Heroes developer Gazillion Entertainment, had put him and the rest of its staff on unpaid furlough earlier that week. He didn’t know when he’d see his next paycheck. His dog Shasta had just been diagnosed…

Destiny 2 Gets Its First Major Balance Patch

And the people rejoiced, for grenades had become more powerful. Except pulse grenades. Because fuck pulse grenades. Along with the new Curse of Osiris expansion, Bungie has released the first major balance patch for Destiny 2. You can read the full 1.1.0 update notes at Bungie’s website. There’s a large collection of “sandbox” tweaks, which…

The Newest Smash Teen Is Dominating With Luigi

The Super Smash Bros. For Wii U scene is dominated by a few familiar names like ZeRo, MkLeo, and Salem. Not on that list: Matt “Elegant” Fitzpatrick. But after this weekend’s 2GG Championship, where he made a run from the last chance qualifiers to the very top, Elegant might be one to keep an eye…