The StarCraft Foot Heel Won’t Be Cowed By Angry Brands

Lim “Larva” Hong Gyu won the finals of last week’s Zotac Cup Masters Showmatch while playing StarCraft: Remastered with his foot and pretending to take a nap during the match. Zotac, the hardware company sponsoring the tournament, put out a statement in Chinese threatening to “officially ban Korean player Larva from attending any Zotac Cup…

We Made The Developer Of Getting Over It Play His Own Infuriating Game

My longtime friend Bennett Foddy released his latest game, Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy, on Steam on Wednesday, December 6th. Two days later, we had him come to our office in Manhattan to play it on a livestream. Prior to the game’s release, several high-profile streamers and video-makers, some of whom I think I…

The State Of The 3DS In 2017

The state of the Nintendo 3DS in 2017 is “still alive,” which often raises the question: When’s Nintendo going to kill this thing? While it fell far short of the dizzying heights achieved by the Nintendo DS, the 3DS had a pretty nice lifecycle. We had some good times, didn’t we? But it’s 2017, and…

Smash 4‘s Top Bayonetta Player Shortcircuited The Weekend’s Tournament

Saleem “Salem” Young, who plays the controversial Smash 4 fighter Bayonetta, clinically tore through the game’s top brawn at this weekend’s Boot Camp tournament like, as one commentator put it, a “a shark in the water.” Young rocketed into Smash 4’s top 10 rankings over the last year after achieving mastery of Bayonetta, a characterwidely…

The 10 Funniest Dwarf Fortress Bugs

The absurd dwarf simulation game Dwarf Fortress is a marvel when everything works as intended. It’s just as fun when it breaks. Dwarf Fortress is a Tolkien flavored fortress building simulator made by Bay 12 Games, a game development company comprised of five people, only two of which do programming. It’s a very ambitious game,…

A $1,200 Graphics Card Might As Well Be Star Wars Themed

Up until last Thursday, the Nvidia Titan XP was the most powerful graphics card you could put in a PC. But being the most powerful isn’t enough for some people to justify laying out $1,200. So Nvidia used the Force. Or licensed the Force. Either way, check out this Jedi Order video card. The limited…

A Game About Biting Faces

Normal Human Face Simulator is a free game about tearing off your opponent’s flesh with your teeth, a perfectly normal thing to do. Normal Human Face Simulator is a local co-op game where you try to eat your buddy’s face off until their face is all gone. You lunge with A or the left arrow,…

Breath of the Wild‘s Best Shrine Is A Spike-Filled Death Maze

Breath of the Wild’s shrines are unconventional puzzle boxes where players must do everything from guide balls through motion-controlled mazes and complete complex electrical circuits. The Champions’ Ballad DLC introduces a dangerous gauntlet where a single misstep means death. At the start of The Champions’ Ballad, Link receives a “one-hit obliterator,” a weapon that allows…

Super Mario Odyssey Player Beats Game Without Jumping

Mario is synonymous with jumping, so the prospect of playing Odyssey without vaulting into the air probably sounds ludicrous. But, as it turns out, the game only considers very specific acts to be a “jump,” prompting one YouTuber to see if he could finish the game while keeping the jump counter at zero. Mario Odyssey,…

Here’s What Happened At PSX 2017’s Opening Night

PlayStation Experience was organized a little differently this year with its game showcase taking place last night rather than today and no real keynote speech. Announcements were a little light as well. Regular games are still getting new VR capability added and hey, MediEvil is getting remastered. This piece originally appeared 12/9/17. Instead of standing…

Saul Mena Takes Down Evo Champ To Win $250K Capcom Cup

Saul “MenaRD” Mena ran through Street Fighter studs like Xian, Kazunoko, Daigo Umehara, and Itabashi Zangief to make it to this weekend’s Capcom Cup finals. But to win it all, he’d have to beat the man who beat him earlier—Hajime “Tokido” Taniguchi, who also is the 2017 Evo champion. Early on in the finals, Tokido…

The Week In Games: Ōkami For The Holidays 

The brush-stroke action game arrives on modern consoles in five years after its last port. If you haven’t played it before you’re officially out of excuses. Hailed for its visuals when it came out over a decade ago, the Zelda-like is also full of interesting combat punctuated by the occasional (and sure, not always great)…

New Dragon Ball Cafe Opens In Japan

Last Friday, the official Dragon Ball Cafe and Diner opened in Osaka, Japan. The eatery serves up Dragon Ball themed food and drink, showcases beautiful art, and sells special merch. For a limited time, Chinese restaurant Tokokuro has been converted into the Dragon Ball Cafe and Diner. This isn’t the first Dragon Ball restaurant to…

The New Ready Player One Trailer Is Filled With Video Game, Anime, And Comic Book Characters

The first Ready Player One preview had loads of cameos and pop culture references, so it’s no surprise that the latest one does, too. As previously pointed out, the new trailer features Chun-Li and Overwatch’s Tracer. There are also other cameos, with characters from games, anime, comics and more showing up. Let’s have a look!…

Ash from Pokémon Will Change Again Next Year

Over the years Ash’s appearance has changed. In next year’s Pokémon anime movie, the eternal 10-year old will once again look different. As previously reported, the character’s appearance made big changes for the current TV anime Pokémon Sun Moon and then changed again for this year’s Pokémon movie Yet Ash still looked different in last…

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Some Familiar Faces Are Coming To Street Fighter V

The third season of Street Fighter V characters was announced after the conclusion of this year’s Capcom Cup, and there’s a slew of old faces finally returning to the fight. Sakura, Blanka, Cody, and Sagat will return to the ring, alongside newcomers G and Falke. All were shown in a fancy new story trailer, as…

On The Origins Of Sombra

Ben Zhang is a concept artist at Blizzard, where he’s worked on small, unheralded indie projects like Hearthstone and Overwatch You can see more of Ben’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…

The Dutch Are Coming To Civilization VI

Another of my favourite Civ V factions will be returning to Civ VI next year, with the Dutch accidentally revealed a little early on local TV. Correction – 6:20am, Dec. 12: The reveal wasn’t accidental, it was done “with permission and agreement from 2K”. The Dutch program RTL Boulevard had footage of the new Civ…