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NBA 2K18 Is Taking Down Custom Shirts Depicting Real Brands, To Players’ Dismay
NBA 2K18‘s custom shirt storefront is flooded with shirts with that look like designs from Supreme or soccer player jerseys. 2K has been removing shirts containing copyrighted material, and some players are not happy about seeing them go. In NBA 2K18, players can create custom shirts in myCareer mode, which can then be voted on…
By Gita Jackson Published December 6, 2017 -
UncategorizedHighlighted as a part of Nintendo’s Nindies Showcase Direct back in August, Merge Games’ breakdancing game Floor Kids releases tomorrow, December 7th, for Switch. The game includes freestyle dance gameplay, rhythm challenges, and a multiplayer mode to battle friends one-on-one.
By Paul Tamayo Published December 6, 2017 - Uncategorized
People Are Spending Millions Of Dollars On Fake Money To Buy Fake Cats
CryptoKitties lets you exchange a made-up thing called Ethereum for fake cats. Naturally it’s the next big thing in the super convoluted world of cryptocurrencies, where people spend a lot of time cooking up fancy new names for pyramid schemes. Like people who hoarded Beanie Babies back in the day, digital collectors are gathering and…
By Ethan Gach Published December 6, 2017 - Opinion
A Game About Cooking Eggs And Dealing With The Devil
Hell is a game about cooking eggs. Drop an egg into the pan and watch it sizzle before cracking another egg. But be careful: one wrong move will send you down a road full of demons, pirated DVDs, a Ruger pistol, and the devil himself. It’s bizarre, and it’s this week’s indie pick. Hell is…
By Heather Alexandra Published December 6, 2017 - Uncategorized
Dragon’s Crown Pro, a PS4 remaster of the 2013 action game, is coming to North America this spring, publisher Atlus said today. Not sure what else to say. There’s absolutely nothing controversial about this one. Just another video game, coming out this spring. For PS4.
By Jason Schreier Published December 6, 2017 -
UncategorizedOverpowered New Gun Dominates Destiny 2 PvP [UPDATE]
With the launch of Curse of Osiris, there’s plenty of new stuff in Destiny 2, a video game in which players travel through space resisting the urge to spend money to change the colors of their helmets. There’s also a gun that’s just about wrecking everyone. Meet Prometheus Lens, a brand new exotic that has…
By Jason Schreier Published December 6, 2017 - Uncategorized
Coming to Injustice 2 December 12, The Atom speaks to the tiny fighter inside all of us by becoming the tiny fighter inside his opponents. How’d he get through Bane’s face mask? Love finds a way. Check out the gameplay trailer on YouTube for more of The Atom’s size-shifting shenanigans.
By Mike Fahey Published December 6, 2017 -
UncategorizedPokémon Go Gets 50 New Monsters And An Intense Weather System
Niantic has begun its roll out of the third generation of monsters in Pokémon Go with fifty critters from the Hoenn region, and more slated to come later in the year. More surprisingly, though, is that Pokémon Go is about to require going out into the rain and snow to capture every monster thanks to…
By Patricia Hernandez Published December 6, 2017 -
UncategorizedPortal Gets Its Own Bridge Building Game
Portal has gone all over the place, from the darkest depths of Aperture Science to outer space, briefly. Next stop: the open road. Or some bridges, anyway. Because why not? I guess? Bridge Constructor: Portal is a collaboration between Bridge Constructor developer ClockStone Software and Valve. In it, you’ll solve puzzles that involve trucks crossing abyssal…
By Nathan Grayson Published December 6, 2017 - Uncategorized
Just Released PlayStation VR Game Already Has Porn Parody
Today, PSVR game Fate/Grand Order VR feat. Mashu Kyrielight was released in Japan. It already has a VR porn parody, and the side-by-side comparisons are unexpectedly accurate. Well, save for the sex parts. Those aren’t in the PlayStation VR game. In original PS4 game, players interact with virtual lady Mashu Kyrielight. It’s all rather tame.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 6, 2017 -
UncategorizedJapanese Gaming’s Incredible Comeback Story
With Puyo Puyo’s release in 1991, Masamitsu Itani became one of the most successful game company presidents in Japan. Then everything went bust. But just as Itani lost everything, he didn’t lose his will to keep making games. According to AOL News Japan, Itani said he wanted to make a game that sold. While Kazunari…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 6, 2017 -
UncategorizedKorea 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…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 6, 2017 - Culture
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…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 5, 2017 - Uncategorized
Anyone who owns a lot of board games will know that storing them isn’t that hard. Storing them nicely, though, is almost impossible,which is why BoxThrone is trying to change that with a modular shelving system designed to accommodate any game, no matter how weird or heavy it is.
By Luke Plunkett Published December 5, 2017 -
CultureSuperhot is getting a standalone expansion. Titled Superhot: Mind Control Delete, it puts a procedurally generated roguelike twist on the original’s time-defying antics. It’s coming to Steam Early Access in two days, but the devs warn that it’ll be “extremely early,” with the full version nearly a year out.
By Nathan Grayson Published December 5, 2017 -
UncategorizedMod 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…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 5, 2017