Thousands Of Websites Stand Up For Net Neutrality

Today thousands of websites are protesting the government’s recent threats against net neutrality, a harbinger of the internet apocalypse. Internet behemoths like Google, Amazon (which owns Twitch) and Reddit as well as smaller sites like Ifixit and Plays.TV are participating in today’s day of action against internet service providers’ push for, among other things, the…

Nintendo Switch Battery Issue May Not Be As Bad As It Looks

If your Switch battery appears to drain rapidly, it might be an issue with the battery indicator, and not your actual battery. Since launch, some Switch owners have intermittently reported issues with the battery draining rapidly. This recent video from YouTube channel Switch Force shows a couple egregious examples—one person’s battery drains from 100% to…

New Trick Has Ocarina of Time Speedrunners Debating What A Glitch Actually Is

Ocarina of Time’s Glitchless speedrun category seeks to complete the game as quick as possible without using game-breaking cheats and glitches, but a newly discovered trick is forcing runners to consider what is or isn’t a glitch to begin with. Is something a glitch if it lets you explore somewhere early? Or is it only…

Arms’ Ranked Mode Gets Big Improvement

Arms’ first big update addeda few much-requested features to the slinky-limb fighting game—and took away some unpopular ones. Most of those features improve upon Arms’ strong Ranked Mode, the game’s bread and butter. Max Brass, Arms’ single-player final boss, is now a playable fighter. He’s the “reigning champion” of Arms’ Grand Prix, a tournament in…

Bob Kraft, Jeff Wilpon Now Own Professional Overwatch League Teams

Blizzard Entertainment has announced the franchise owners for the first seven teams in the Overwatch League, and the list includes a couple of familiar names. New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft will own the Boston Overwatch team, and New York Mets COO Jeff Wilpon will serve as franchise owner for the New York City Overwatch…

The Best Animated Superman Series Gets The Toys It Deserves

The DC Collectors folks have been giving a lot of love to Batman: The Animated Series lately, with a series of action figures celebrating artist Bruce Timm’s iconic designs. But what of its brighter, bolder follow-up, Superman: The Animated Series? It’s time has come. Shipping next month, the Superman and Lois Lane two-pack ($59.95) kicks…

This Weekend May Decide The Greatest Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Player Of All Time

This year’s Evolution Championship Series marks Marvel vs. Capcom 3’s seventh appearance at the world’s largest annual fighting game tournament. In that time, players have come and gone, and each year saw a different champion ascend the growing mountain of talented competitors. Now, with Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite waiting to take the game’s place in…

Pokémon Go’s Next Big Event Asks Players Worldwide To Work Together For Rare Prizes

When Pokémon Go Fest was announced for the city of Chicago, many players were bummed that they might miss out on the first live event for the game. Turns out, July 22nd is going to be a worldwide spectacular where everyone can participate. Folks in Chicago will get perks of course, including increased monster encouters,…

A KFC Branded Smartphone Is Coming To China

Because there’s nothing that reminds people of fried chicken more than a slick new smartphone. (And yes, this is real.) To celebrate 30 years of KFC in China, Huawei is releasing a Kentucky Fried Chicken phone. According to Tech Sina and NetEase, it will be available with 16GB or 32GB of memory. The phone is…

How Folks In Japan Get Their Gaming News In 2017

It’s actually not too different from the way people outside the country get their gaming news, but there are a few local twists. The above image is from Level-5’s newest anime The Snack World, which mixes contemporary Japanese mass culture with a role-playing game type world. In the image, the top banner reads “Hechima Kikou”…

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Artist Brings Simon Stålenhag’s Robot Invasion To Life

Simon Stålenhag’s images of a robot-strewn Scandinavia have been big hits on the internet over the last few years. They’re very static, though, so 3D artist Wiktor Öhman has decided to make them a bit more animated. Öhman has worked on games like Far Cry 3. You can see more of his art at his…

Overwatch‘s Doomfist Starts Strong In First Pro Match, But Can’t Close The Deal

Overwatch’s newest hero, Doomfist, isn’t officially out yet, but that didn’t stop him from appearing in a recent pro exhibition match held on the game’s public test realm. Kim “Libero” Hye Sung of pro team Meta Athena charged out the gate with a barrage of punches that flattened more than half the enemy team. Sadly,…

The Longest Game Name On Steam, And Other Interesting Facts

We see stats about Steam all the time, but they’re usually pretty boring. Here, instead, are some weird and interesting ones about the most popular colours in screenshots, and how long game titles have gotten. Using data pulled from SteamSpy, developer Tim Garbos has crunched all kinds of data to come up with findings like…