In China, Blizzard Is Suing Over Alleged Overwatch Rip Off

If you think mobile game Heroes of Warfare looks like Overwatch, you’re not alone. So does Blizzard China and NetEase, Overwatch’s Chinese operator, which is why they’re taking it to court. If you’ve never seen Heroes of Warfare, check out these screens from Hachima and My Game News Flash: Here is gameplay: This seems to be…

Pixar’s Cars Gets Real And Freaky In Japan 

This is a Suzuki Twin with a deeply disturbing “smile bumper” (スマイルバンバー or sumairu banpaa) that probably should not exist. But yet, it does. While I’ve never seen one in real-life here in Japan, these bumpers do sometimes pop up in online auctions. They appear to be made in Saitama, Japan, so for now, the…

How To Make Pokémon Coloring Books Horrifying

If you want to make Pocket Monster coloring books scary, don’t just color between the lines. Draw stuff between them. These wonderful doodles were done by Twitter user Bankokukun. They are brilliant nightmare fuel. We have seen this kind of thing before. It was frightening then, and it’s frightening now. For more of Bankokukun’s art,…

Nicolas Cage, The Japanese Snack Food [Update]

If you were a Japanese snack food maker and could put anyone on your tasty treats, who would it be? Nicolas Cage, of course! To promote Army of One’s Japanese release, the actor’s face is being plastered on the popular puffed corn snack Umaibou (or “delicious stick”). Update October 13 – 6:00am: Nicolas Cage did…

Right Before Kushima. Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. By Stefan Mildner JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line! 

Rough Day At The Range

Elijah McNeal is an artist who has worked for companies like Gearbox, Epic and 20th Century Fox. You can see more of Elijah’s art at his ArtStation page (and the last time we featured him, in 2014). To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine…

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Finland Turns 100, Gets NES Game To Celebrate

100 years ago, Finland gained its independence from Russia. To celebrate, a small team of developers have made a brand new game…for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Perkele! Suomi 100 Vuotta is a collection of three minigames, each based around an important part of Finnish culture/life. So one is of course a seal going beserk and…

Another Good Overwatch Figure!

The excellent Tracer Figma (some of the world’s finest action figures) is now being joined by a Genji. The figure includes his katana, wakizashi and shuriken, which like Tracer’s motion blur have fancy effects. It’ll be out in May 2018. If you would like to join me in asking that Mercy is next, please hold…

Kerbal Space Program Review Bombed Over Controversial Chinese Gender Translation

For the past few days, Kerbal Space Program has been bombarded by negative reviews on Steam, so much so that the big thumbs-down parade has triggered Valve’s new anti-review bomb countermeasures. The reason? A small phrasing change in the game’s Chinese version. Originally, a space shuttle on the game’s main menu had the phrase “不到mun非好汉”…

Ghost War PvP Mode Is A Great Reason To Go Back To Ghost Recon: Wildlands

It’s taken Ubisoft seven months to add PvP to Ghost Recon: Wildlands. The new mode officially went live on Tuesday. It provides a great tactical experience, though it could use some fine-tuning.. The new PvP mode is called Ghost War and is a free update for anyone who owns the game. It plays out as…

What Counter-Strike Mapmakers Think Of The New Dust2

Valve has once again tampered with the holy grail of Counter-Strike maps, Dust2. Long considered a gold standard not just for CSGO, but for multiplayer maps in general, it’s very difficult to tangibly improve without accidentally knocking the overall synergy of the map out of balance. Has Valve succeeded this time? I asked a handful…

25 Of The Funniest (And Horniest) Shadow of War Orcs

Shadow of War’s huge orc variety is one of the most impressive things about the game. In my dozens and dozens of hours of playtime, I’m still finding orc types I’ve never seen before, and many of them have interesting, hilarious, and uncomfortable things to say. Below you will find some of my best orc…

Epic Is Suing Two Alleged Fortnite Cheaters

On Tuesday, Fortnite publisher Epic Games filed civil complaints against two alleged associates of the website Addicted Cheats who apparently used the site’s aimbotting services to kill Twitch streamers live on camera. For $5 to $15 monthly subscriptions, Addicted Cheats’ botting services aid players in tracking, aiming at and killing enemies in PvP games. To…

Almost Everyone Is Playing Overwatch With A Mercy On Their Team Now

Overwatch’s angelic healer Mercy got a massive makeover this month. The changes have turned her into the most popular hero across all levels of competitive play, according to data from hundreds of thousands of Overwatch player profiles collected by the fan-run site Omnic Meta. The stats show that Mercy currently gets selected almost 100% of…

People Are Speedrunning The Super Mario Odyssey Store Demos

Super Mario Odyssey comes out in two weeks. Some players are so eager to race through the game that they’ve started recording ‘speedruns’ at demo kiosks in department stores. Demo speedruns are mostly a chance to experiment with the game’s movement mechanics. Mario has some pretty great jumps in Odyssey and the ability to possess…