25 Years Of Street Fighter Toys, Starting With The Worst

The Street Fighter series’ unique cast of world warriors have made for some amazing action figures over the years, once Hasbro got done screwing things up. Celebrating the series’ 30th anniversary, here’s a look at the history of North American Street Fighter toys with 10 pages from the upcoming Undisputed Street Fighter: The Art and…

Ark: Survival Evolved Launch Brings Serious Server Overcrowding

Yesterday, Wildcard’s dinosaur extravaganza Ark: Survival Evolved finally launched after two years in early access development. Things didn’t get off to the smoothest of starts, however, with several unforeseen technical issues leading to the game’s official servers coming online later than expected. Eventually, that issue was resolved, but players almost immediately ran into another:there simply…

PC Game Adding Option To Disable Popular YouTuber Characters After Players Complain

Shortly after the release of Steam prison break hit The Escapists 2, players flooded the forums with questions. “Who are these people with weird names and funny colored hair,” they wanted to know, “and why can’t I make them go away?” The Escapists 2 is a sandbox game in which you try to escape from…

Capcom Is Re-Releasing Street Fighter II On A SNES Cartridge

Super Nintendo nostalgia is reaching fever pitch, and now even Capcom is getting into the act with a re-release of Street Fighter II on a Super NES cartridge. Produced in conjunction with iam8bit, this $100 collector’s edition is available to order now and will ship in November. The $100 package will include a working SNES…

Splatoon 2‘s Post-Release Guns Are Keeping My Playstyle Fresh

Since Nintendo released the Switch’s cephalopod third-person shooter Splatoon 2 in late July, they’ve been injecting the game with a continuous stream of excellent weapons. After finding my cozy comfort zone of Splatoon 2 weapons immediately after launch, Nintendo’s dedication to varying the game’s weapon arsenal is now inspiring me to try out different playstyles…

A Cyberpunk Game That Uses Friendship As A Mechanic

Imagine a world where everything is controlled and monitored by computer programs. Every citizen has a unique ID given to them at birth. Bitphones process your brainwaves. This is the world of 1bitHeart, a new side-scrolling adventure game. You play as Nanashi, an agoraphobic middle schooler who spends every day sleeping and playing video games.…

Dark Souls to Super Mario World: Highlights From Our 12-Hour Stream

Yesterday, my colleague Jason Schreier and I spent 12 hours sitting on my couch and streaming video games. We ate some pizza, sang some songs, and beat some bosses. It was fun. Each of us picked three games for the other one to play. Jason had me play Suikoden 2, Super Mario RPG, and Super…

Overwatch ‘Bronze To Grandmaster Challenges’ Are Fun To Watch, But A Little Shady

“We’re gonna have some fun here,” Beeftipsy said, spraying his tag on the ground of Overwatch’s Oasis map, the Overwatch equivalent of cracking one’s knuckles. It was the first day of the Twitch streamer’s “Bronze to Grandmaster challenge,” a trendy stunt in which master players who want to flex their competitive muscle live for fans…

Super Mario Maker Player’s Reaction After Beating His ‘Impossible’ Level Is Euphoric

A Super Mario Maker streamer working for over twenty days in game to design and complete an “impossible” level has finally defeated his own creation. Failstream uploaded his level last night after over 400 hours of recorded playtime. Super Mario Maker requires level creators to beat their levels before uploading them to the rest of…

Sources: Destiny 2‘s First DLC Will Star Osiris, Add New Patrol Zone On Mercury

Three years ago, Bungie disappointed fans with a thin first piece of downloadable content for Destiny 1. For the sequel, the studio is aiming higher. Destiny 2‘s first DLC will center on the space wizard Osiris, sources say, and it will come with a patrol zone and new social space, making it significantly bigger than…

Nintendo Announces A Bunch Of Cool Indie Games For Switch

Today’s Nintendo Indies Summer Showcase, or “Nindies,” didn’t bring many Earth-shattering revelations, but did share news of a few fun ports. And if you were looking forward to some new games—we hope you like platformers! Below are a few of our highlights from today’s livestream. Nintendo’s YouTube channel is full of new trailers for fans…

No Man’s Sky Is Good Now

To say that No Man’s Sky had a troubled launch would be a massive understatement. Even as someone who generally had a good time with the game then, I had to admit that it was missing promised features and lacked polish. Over a year later, a lot of things have changed for the game, and…

The Division’s next big free update, slated for this fall, will add a new playable space on the west side of Manhattan, including what appears to be a real NYC landmark, the USS Intrepid aircraft carrier. New PvE and PvP modes are also being added. A few more details are on Ubisoft’s blog, and an…

Skullgirls Player Celebrates A ‘Happy Birthday’ In Appropriate Fashion

When fighting game players aren’t devising new ways to squeeze extra damage out of their combos or crafting deadly setups to trap opponents, they’re usually figuring out how to defeat fellow competitors in the most stylish ways possible. Skullgirls makes that a little easier thanks to a character named Big Band, who can utilize his…

Infamous: Second Son Headlines September’s PlayStation Plus Lineup [Updated]

Infamous: Second Son has always looked pretty cool but I never got around to it, so I’m really excited it’s in this month’s PS Plus lineup. There’s also some extras in this month’s lineup, including a free PSVR game. As usual, these games are only free if you have an active PlayStation Plus account. Update…