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Nidhogg 2‘s Level Select Screen Is A Nifty Callback To Yoshi’s Island

The fencing game sequel arrives next month with a bigger, more detailed art style, including a beautiful recreation of the start screen from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island, prompting the question: why are so many level select screens usually so boring? Although revealed earlier last month during a gameplay demo, Nidhogg 2‘s level select…

By Ethan Gach Published July 29, 2017

We’re continuing our playthrough of L.A. Noire live now on Twitch. These cases aren’t gonna solve themselves, eh?

By Heather Alexandra Published July 29, 2017

European League Team Finally Wins Its First Series Of The Summer

With a surprise showing of skill and, at one point, a miracle, the bottom-ranked team in the European League Championship Series will not end the summer winless. It took Ninjas in Pyjamas eight weeks to find its first series win after rejoining the EU LCS by way of purchasing Fnatic Academy’s spot. Many were critical…

By Eric Van Allen Published July 29, 2017

A Zelda-Themed Nintendo Switch Case To Rule Them All

If a modified Pelican case was the mother of Switch protectors, then this ornate, leather bag is the mother of all Zelda-inspired Nintendo Switch cases. Created by Etsy user Ian Finch-Field for his SkinzNhydez storefront, the made to order carrying case is large enough to fit a Switch with both Joy-Con still attached and comes…

By Ethan Gach Published July 29, 2017

The Weekend In Esports: StarCraft 2 IEM XII And The Rocket League World Cup

With some of the summer’s biggest tournaments behind us, things slow down this weekend. But not too much. Blessed with an SC2 tournament and another esports World Cup, as well as a tone of fighting game tournaments, there’s still plenty to watch. Below you’ll find where and when you can catch all the weekend’s biggest…

By Ethan Gach Published July 29, 2017

Dota 2 Is Getting More Newbie Friendly

A new update to Dota 2 will try to make sure new players are always matched with nice players. In a blog post, the Dota 2 team discussed two changes to the newcomer experience. First, all new accounts will be limited to a selection of 20 heroes for their first 25 games, curated for new…

By Eric Van Allen Published July 29, 2017

This Week In The Business: No Money In Retro?

QUOTE | “Mostly there’s just no money in it anymore, if there ever was… As much as I love those sorts of games and love to keep making those for years, I’m reaching a point where I know I’d be throwing money away if I continued to do that.” – Super Win the Game and…

Brendan Sinclair Published July 29, 2017

Dream Daddy Creators Explain Why You Can’t Smooch All The Dads

In most dating sims, you can rest assured that if you pour time and effort into winning a character’s affections, you’ll have the option of ending up with them. In dad-tastic dating sim Dream Daddy, however, that’s not always the case—a fact that’s made some players upset. I recently spoke with creators Leighton Gray and…

By Nathan Grayson Published July 28, 2017

Sadly, Most ‘Survival’ Games Aren’t Really About Survival

Looking over reviews of recent Steam sandbox hit Citadel: Forged With Fire, I was struck by a repeated refrain: Finally, reviewers cheered, a game that eschews survival “busywork” like hunger, thirst, and stamina. It’s true that in many so-called survival games, survival is tedious. But survival is about more than just food and shelter, and…

By Nathan Grayson Published July 28, 2017

Network Error Exiles Street Fighter V Players To Fictional Island

Street Fighter V players noticed something strange happening during their online matches on the afternoon of July 22. Instead of appearing near their real-world locations on the Capcom Fighters Network map (a platform that ensures competitors match up with opponents in their general vicinity), they were being placed west of Africa, smack dab in the…

By Ian Walker Published July 28, 2017

Nioh Just Added A Feature That Should Be In All Loot Games

The excellent PS4 samurai action game Nioh is overloaded with loot, but its developers may have solved one of their game’s few problems with a clever tweak in the game’s new 1.14 patch. Like many things in Nioh, the tweak is initially inscrutable. The patch notes describe it this way: -Added the option “display take”…

By Stephen Totilo Published July 28, 2017

The Mother Of Dragons

Alex Negrea is an artist who has done work for companies like Crytek and Volta. We’ve actually featured Alex’s art previously: the Mercy piece here was commissioned by Blizzard,and ran in a best-of we made around the game’s launch You can see more of Alex’s work at his ArtStation page To see the images in…

By Luke Plunkett Published July 28, 2017

An In-Depth Look At Overwatch‘s Eichenwalde Map

Strong multiplayer maps in video games create stories. Their construction and design generate emotional reactions from frustrated defeat to jubilant victory. It is not enough to put players in a space and do battle; strong maps shift and contort in unexpected ways. They are not always fair and they are rarely symmetrical, but they’ll create…

By Heather Alexandra Published July 28, 2017

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The weekend is for going to a new laundromat for the first time. Will it be terrible? Tolerable? Also, video games. So every weekend I decide I’m going to play some Witcher, and then I get busy with other games and I don’t play The Witcher. It cannot stand, readers. The Witcher must be played.…

By Riley MacLeod Published July 28, 2017

Collectible Video Game Albums Elbow Into A Crowded Vinyl Industry

The music industry is having a vinyl boom. While vinyl was once relegated to thrift stores and specialty shops, more and more popular musicians are releasing collector’s editions of their albums on vinyl. This boom includes big artists like Taylor Swift, and also video games soundtracks like Contra. While being able to pick up a…

By Gita Jackson Published July 28, 2017

Hearthstone Card Reveals Will Always Make Players Mad

Blizzard has revealed a couple new cards from the upcoming Knights of the Frozen Throne set, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen people this naked, this red, or this angry about something as ostensibly innocuous as card reveals from an upcoming release. Here’s what I think is happening. It all started with game director…

Joshua Calixto Published July 28, 2017

Overcooked is out on Switch It dropped yesterday, it’s $20, and if you own a Switch and haven’t had a chance to play this multiplayer cooking game, pick it up. You can play as a raccoon, which is pretty awesome, even if it is unsanitary.

By Gita Jackson Published July 28, 2017