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The Weekend In Esports: ESL One Hamburg, Canada Cup, And More
It’s a packed weekend with the last of the Worlds 2017 semifinals and a Dota 2 Major in Germany leading the way. Those events are followed up closely by the Canada Cup fighting game event, the Heroes of the Storm HGC Finals, and Epicenter 2017. Below you’ll find where and when you can catch all…
By Ethan Gach Published October 28, 2017 - Culture
This Week In The Business: Single-Player’s Not Dead Yet
QUOTE | “As a company we love single-player more than anything, and believe in it absolutely – for storytelling and a sense of immersion in a world, multiplayer games don’t rival single-player games.” – Rockstar Games director of design Imran Sarwar insists the success of Grand Theft Auto Online and lack of narrative-driven GTA V…
Brendan Sinclair Published October 28, 2017 - Uncategorized
More Evidence That Assassin’s Creed And Watch Dogs Are Set In The Same Universe
There’ve been hints in the past that Assassin’s Creed and Watch Dogs exist in the same fictional world. A fun new easter egg in the new Assassin’s Creed Origins sure offers more support for that theory. What follows is a spoiler for Assassin’s Creed Origins, of course. So don’t scroll down past this picture of…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 28, 2017 - Uncategorized
How The UFC’s Best Fighter Thinks He’d Beat Batman, Thor, And Goku
It’s been a good year for Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson. But could he beat Goku? Johnson cemented his claim to the title of best fighter in the world by turning in two flawless defenses of his flyweight title, breaking the record for most consecutive title defenses in the UFC, and pulling off one of the…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 27, 2017 -
CultureNine Terrible Reasons To Hate Super Mario Odyssey, If You’re A Monster
Can you imagine what it would be like to hate Super Mario Odyssey? I’m especially qualified to say “No,” given how many thousands of hours of my life I’ve devoted to the enjoyment of digital jump gauntlets starring Mario. In the name of fresh video content, I thought-experimented my way into the mind of my…
By Tim Rogers Published October 27, 2017 - Culture
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
The weekend is for trying to remember your GeForce password because you forgot your screenshot keybinding and the Steam overlay doesn’t work for Wolfenstein 2. Basically, the weekend is for locking yourself out of your graphics card. Again. I started Wolfenstein 2 last night, and though I only got about an hour in I’m really liking…
By Riley MacLeod Published October 27, 2017 -
UncategorizedLego Worlds‘ Monster Pack Is Creepy And Kooky
Just in time for everything to be getting all spooky, Lego Worlds releases its new Monster DLC pack, featuring the creepiest people, places and things made from colorful plastic brick. Let’s take a spin around Monster World. The Monster pack contains a whole lot of spooky new stuff, from magnificient haunted houses to the most…
By Mike Fahey Published October 27, 2017 - Culture
Surgeon Simulator Devs Say They’ll Cancel Next Game If It Doesn’t Get Enough Players During Free Week
Surgeon Simulator developer Bossa describes the upcoming free week for its new game, Decksplash, as a “first of its kind” experiment. If 100,000 people play it during that timespan, the studio says it will release the Splatoon-but-with-skateboards competitive game into Early Access. And if not? It gets the axe. One part high-stakes gamble, one part…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 27, 2017 - Uncategorized
Help, There’s Too Much Stuff This Weekend
It’s finally Friday, and there are three huge video game releases and the new season of Stranger Things to possibly check out. Here are some tips to help you decide how to spend your weekend. Be Overwhelmed You know that by choosing something, you’ll also implicitly be making the choice to miss out on something…
By Gita Jackson Published October 27, 2017 - Uncategorized
The Collapse Of Visceral’s Ambitious Star Wars Game
It seemed like a surefire hit: a Star Wars take on Uncharted, published by Electronic Arts and developed by the longrunning studio Visceral Games. But nothing is sure in the video game industry, and on October 17, 2017, when employees of Visceral were told that the company would be closing, some who had worked for…
By Jason Schreier Published October 27, 2017 -
UncategorizedThere’s More To Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus‘ Opening Than Sheer Brutality
Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus opens with a nightmare. This deep descent into BJ Blazkowicz’ personal hell highlights the personal costs of violence in the home and shows how oppression and hate repeat themselves. This post discusses topics of domestic abuse, animal abuse, and racism At the end of Wolfenstein: The New Order, protagonist BJ…
By Heather Alexandra Published October 27, 2017 - Uncategorized
The Only Girl At The LAN Party: A Ghost Story
This story didn’t happen to me. Not really. But some nights, it felt like it could have. Right before I started college in 2004, my parents gave me my first laptop, a Dell Inspiron 600M. It could run Counter-Strike, including Condition Zero. At last, I could play the games that I had watched over the…
By Maddy Myers Published October 27, 2017 - Uncategorized
A patch for Friday the 13th rolled out earlier this week that fixes bugs and adds new content, including playable survivor Fox, the feisty biker from Part III. Changes have been made to Tommy Jarvis “to emphasize [his] hero attributes and goals” and encourage players returning as Tommy to help counselors in need.
By Stacie Ponder Published October 27, 2017 - Uncategorized
RPG About Writing Myths Is Now On Switch
Moon Hunters, out this week for Switch, is a short, fun game about creating your own mythology. The point of Moon Hunters is to make up a lot of stories. The game takes place over the course of three days, during which a culture that worships the moon is threatened by a cult of the…
By Gita Jackson Published October 27, 2017 - Uncategorized
Munchkin is coming to “digital platforms” next year, according to Asmodee Ditigal. They say the upcoming adaptation “will put everything players love about Munchkin at their fingertips.” In the meantime, I’m sure your friends who love boardgames are ready to fill you in.
By Gita Jackson Published October 27, 2017 -
UncategorizedHellboy Beats The You-Know-What Out Of His Opponents In Injustice 2
The inclusion of Mike Mignola’s Hellboy as a guest character in the second wave of Injustice 2 DLC fighters was one of this year’s nicest surprises. What’s no surprise is how much ass the stone-fisted hellspawn is going to kick when he arrives on November 14. Check out our boy in action. It’s fitting that…
By Mike Fahey Published October 27, 2017 - Tips & Guides
Things You Should Know Before Starting Mario Odyssey
Mario Odyssey is out today, and it’s by far the most expansive Mario game I have ever played. After putting more than 60 hours into the game over the past week, I thought I’d put together a list of things I wish I had known about Odyssey going in. This piece originally appeared on Kotaku…
Laura Kate Dale Published October 27, 2017 - Uncategorized
Man Says He Spent 100 Hours Making This D.Va Case Mod
First modder P_Goon designed the case and the stickers. And then he says he spent a very long time making the thing. As tipster Sang points out, the Seongnam, South Korea resident uploaded photos of the build to his Facebook. I think it turned out great. Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 27, 2017
