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UncategorizedFan-Made Prologue Of The First Witcher Game Looks Amazing
A fan-made mod for The Witcher 3 adds a prologue of the first game’s events remade in the new engine. It’s short but sweet. Not many people have played the first Witcher game, and there’s a reason for that. The look and feel have not aged well at all, especially for anyone trying to revisit…
By Ethan Gach Published November 11, 2017 -
EsportsAlexstrasza’s True Dragon Form “Broke The Game,” Says Heroes Of The Storm Director
At Blizzcon 2017, the Heroes of the Storm team announced the debut of Overwatch’s Hanzo and World of Warcraft’s Alexstrasza with a cinematic featuring the two dragon-themed characters facing off. In it, Alexstrasza transforms into her massive red dragon form, towering over her measly human opponent. But Heroes of the Storm game director Alan Dabiri…
By Maddy Myers Published November 11, 2017 - Esports
A charity Overwatch tournament is being held today in honor of Dennis “INTERNETHULK” Hawelka, who died this past week. Played on the PTR with Moira and featuring several notable teams, funds will go to the Hawelka family if needed, or otherwise go to a charity of their choosing.
By Eric Van Allen Published November 11, 2017 - Esports
The Weekend In Esports: Rocket League World Championships
With the year winding down, so are most of the competitive gaming leagues. There are still a few big events left, however, and chief among them is the fall Rocket League championship. The $150,000 prize pool event kicked off Friday at the MGM National in Maryland. Featuring the top-tier competitors from the regular season, the…
By Ethan Gach Published November 11, 2017 -
EsportsBlack Adam Player Proves Unbreakable At Injustice 2 World Championships
Ryan “Dragon” Walker was crowned the first Injustice 2 world champion during a special Eleague broadcast last night, in a 3-1 victory over FoxyGrampa in the grand finals. Walker had already taken the Evo title, and now boasting two major championships, it’s fair to say he’s the top player in Injustice 2 for the time…
By Eric Van Allen Published November 11, 2017 -
UncategorizedThe Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Are Coming To Injustice 2
Mortal Kombat studio NetherRealm have announced that joining the previously announced Atom in Injustice 2‘s next DLC will be Enchantress and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Ahead of the game’s PC release on November 14, a trailer revealed late yesterday during the Injustice 2 Championship playoffs showed the characters joining Batman, Superman, and the rest…
By Ethan Gach Published November 11, 2017 - Culture
This Week In The Business: Interesting But Unfair Comparisons
STAT | 47 million – Nintendo’s high-end forecast for Switch shipments by April of 2019. That would put the Switch’s first two years (and one month) of sales above the lifetime totals for the Wii U (14 million), GameCube (22 million), Nintendo 64 (33 million), and Super Nintendo (49 million). STAT | $455 million –…
Brendan Sinclair Published November 11, 2017 - Culture
It’s Fun Watching Streamers Rage-Quit The Same Game
Getting Over It’s Steam description is brief. “A game I made for a certain kind of person,” it reads. “To hurt them.” Having watched multiple streamers howl in despair and rage-quit right at the end of it, I think it’s safe to declare the game an unmitigated success. Warning: very serious spoilers for a game…
By Nathan Grayson Published November 10, 2017 -
CultureSteph Curry Is Amazing At Basketball, Needs Help With Voiceover
Steph and Ayesha Curry are starring in their own cooking game for mobile. It’s not much fun to play, but oh boy do I love listening to Steph Curry’s not-very-good voice work. Chef Curry is not all that engaging or entertaining to play. It’s a rote restaurant management sim, where you tap things on the…
By Gita Jackson Published November 10, 2017 - Uncategorized
For Just $300 You Can Own A Tiny Bat-Signal (Batman Not Included)
A modified spotlight used by the police as a call-to-arms for the Caped Crusader, the Bat-Signal has been shining hope into the skies of Gotham City since 1942. DC Gallery’s $300 replica Bat-Signal propis a a faithful foot-tall replica of the iconic device with one major difference—it works. As cool as the idea of shining…
By Mike Fahey Published November 10, 2017 - Culture
Decksplash, the game whose future was riding on its ability to get 100,000 players during a free week, has been canceled. In the end, it managed to kickflip (and also paint, I guess?) its way past the halfway point, but still fell short. Despite disappointment, the Decksplash team is happy they tried. “Should we have…
By Nathan Grayson Published November 10, 2017 - Uncategorized
MMO Disables Chat After Players Discover It Could Be Used To Send Malware
I think we can all agree that general chat in MMOs is usually not super great. Now imagine if those spam-slinging all-caps jerkholes could also force everyone to download computer viruses via that chat window. Yesterday, a member of the subreddit for the long-running action-MMO Tera posted about a potentially ruinous vulnerability in the game’s…
By Nathan Grayson Published November 10, 2017 -
UncategorizedThere’s A Big Secret In Call of Duty: WWII‘s Zombies Tutorial
Secrets lurk everywhere in the Zombies mode of any given Call of Duty, and the recently-released WWII is no exception. If you’ve been screaming and struggling to survive The Final Reich, you may not have realized the prologue contains a secret room, or that there are six more playable characters to unlock. A secret ‘mystery…
By S.E. Doster Published November 10, 2017 -
UncategorizedOne Man’s Attempt To Make It Easier To Learn How To Make Video Games
Three years ago, Dan Butchko was working for a Nonprofit when he realized that video games were what he most cared about. Soon, he came upon an idea that turned into a career: help people learn to make games, and then have those people teach the next generation, and so on. That idea is the…
By Paul Tamayo Published November 10, 2017 -
UncategorizedThe Joy Of Twitter Nonsense
On today’s episode of Fave This, I’m joined by special guest Danika Harrod from Waypoint. In between talking about how to be good at Twitter, we discussed the greatest Vine of all time. (Get the MP3 here.) Harrod is Waypoint’s social editor, which means that, among other things, she runs the site’s irreverent Twitter account.…
By Gita Jackson Published November 10, 2017 - Uncategorized
The Final Fantasy XIV Emote That’s Pretty Much For Cybersex
There was a lot of winking and nudging when the MMO Final Fantasy XIV introduced three new poses for dozing a year ago. And behind the closed doors of virtual houses and apartments, much more went on after that. If you’re a connoisseur of online role-playing games, you know that icky feeling when you stumble…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published November 10, 2017 - Uncategorized
We Streamed Star Wars Battlefront II‘s Single Player Campaign
Star Wars Battlefront II’s multiplayer has some loot box problems but the story campaign, which follows an Imperial special forces squad, is pretty cool. You can watch below as Heather Alexandra and Chris Person play through the early levels. The story campaign focuses on Iden Versio and the members of Inferno Squad before and following…
By Heather Alexandra Published November 10, 2017
