Looks Like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Gets Rid Of Controversial ‘Fire-Hopping’ Technique

There might be another good reason to pick up Mario Kart 8 Deluxe—no more obnoxious post-boost hopping. According to a video from GameXplain, the contentious “fire-hopping” technique apparently didn’t make the trip from Wii U to Switch. Discovered way back in the summer of 2014, “fire-hopping” is a trick that helps maintain speed coming out…

Blizzard Says They Haven’t Found Anything Wrong With Overwatch Healers’ Skill Ratings

Healing in Overwatch isn’t always appreciated—usually just a “Thanks, I’m glad someone is doing it.” Now, players are complaining that it’s not only unappreciated, but it’s also under-rewarded. Recently, healers werereportedly seeingfewer skill rating gains than their more damage-dealing allies. Yesterday, Blizzard responded to the controversy by noting that they haven’t found a “broad systemic…

Mario Kart 8 Switch Makes Battle Mode So Much Better

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe launches for the Nintendo Switch next week, fixing one of the biggest missteps made by the original Wii U release. The new Battle Mode is so good. Rather than give players special arenas custom built for Battle Mode’s competitive mini-games as in previous iterations of the series, Mario Kart 8 on…

Popular Japanese YouTuber Is Getting His Own Manga

Back in 2010, beatboxer Hikakin went viral with his version of the Super Mario Bros. theme. Since then, he’s gone on to become one of Japan’s biggest YouTubers. And this month, he’s getting a manga in Weekly Shonen Jump In the above clip from 2014, you can see how he went from a beatboxing super…

One Man’s Quest To Bring Old Anime To Life

Actor Kwon Hyuk-soo is on a mission. For the past few months, the Saturday Night Live Korea star has been recreating sequences from iconic anime. The shows he’s bringing to life date from the 1990s or early 2000s. Sometimes Kwon has help, but most of the time, he does all the characters himself. Cardcaptor Sakura…

A Better Designed Kirby Dress Is Impossible

Seriously. No one will ever be able to create a better Kirby dress than this. It’s impossible! Japanese lingerie maker Peach John is teaming up with Nintendo for Kirby branded pajamas, bustiers, eye masks, and underpants. There’s even a Kirby dress, which seems to be more for sleeping than wearing around outside. But hey, that’s…

Gion. Kyoto, Japan. ByJun David.  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!

Here’s A Cool Metroid Figure

This is not the first Figma representation of Metroid’s Samus. It is merely the latest, this time based on her appearance in Metroid Prime 3 It’ll be out later this year, and includes interchangeable hands/cannons along with a small morph ball version of Samus (it doesn’t transform or anything, it just sits there).

‘Shaolin Shuffle’ Is Infinity Ward’s Best Call of Duty Zombies Map Yet

Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare’s second map pack, released today, brings us a game mode filled with the sights and sounds of 1970’s New York City, kung fu superpowers, and the undead. For developer Infinity Ward, which has struggled with Zombie mode in the past, it’s a new beginning. “Shaolin Shuffle,” released today on PlayStation…

He’s Nice Men

Always nice to see Han Solo cosplay. Doubly nice when it’s old Han Solo, and everything from the hair to the dusty jacket is spot-on. Cosplay here by Wolverony, photo by HSL

It’s A Lot Of Work To Make Just One Video Game Poster

When Star Wars: Battlefront II was officially announced, alongside the trailer came the release of this poster image, which you’re going to see a lot of over the next six months. And when you do, be sure to notice how much devil is in its details. Here is a series of shots zooming in and…

We Rate Dogs’ Mobile Game Is H*ckin’ Bad

It’s a bad game, Brent. We Rate Dogs, the most wholesome and best thing on Twitter, is an account that rates pictures of dogs. And because all dogs are good dogs, every dog gets a good rating. Shame the same can’t be said about the account’s mobile adventure. Good Dogs! is an official mobile game…

You Can Now Get StarCraft For Free

In preparation for the upcoming remastered version of StarCraft: Brood War, which is scheduled for this summer, Blizzard has made the original versions of StarCraft and its expansion free. Totally free. On both PC and Mac. There’s no catch. You can get the game here

Last weekend I recorded this cover of my favorite song from Undertale. It was a fun process that gave me a new appreciation for people who make videos like this. Hope you like it! If I ever make another one, I promise it’ll have better lighting.

Overwatch, But Also With Cats

Overwatch is good with dogs. Thus it is written, it is also good with cats. These are all the work of Alice Bissonnet, an artist and animator from France who is a graduate ofthe famous Goeblins school The images were all drawn last year as part of a charity drive, with the proceeds of each…

Esports Will Become A Medal Event At The 2022 Asian Games

Competitive video games will become a medal sport for the first time ever at the 2022 Asian Games, the Olympic Council of Asia announced. They will appear as a demonstration event at the 2018 edition of the next Asian Games, held in Indonesia, as part of the run-up to esports’ official inclusion as a medal…

Tekken 7 Competitor Trash Talks His Way To Tournament Victory

Trash talking is a time-honored tradition in the fighting game community, and few are better at it than Bronson Tran. Known as “the mouth of NorCal,” this veteran has been a threat at Tekken events for over a decade, and made his return to competitive play this past weekend at the fifteenth installment of the…

Blizzard Gives Overwatch Car Wheels, Ruins Game Forever

Overwatch just broke one of its big design rules: Every car is a flying car. And in response, fans are deeming the game “unplayable.” In a 2015 interviewwith the L.A. Times, Overwatch game director Jeff Kaplan explained that the rule came out of Titan, Blizzard’s never-released MMORPG project. Titan’s dev team had hard-banned flying cars.…