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Top Street Fighter V Competitor Sees Huge Potential in Newcomer Kolin

Street Fighter V’s second season begins in earnest on Tuesday, February 28, when Kolin joins the playable cast. As with any addition, her arrival signals a shift in high-level play, and competitors are already doing everything they can to suss out her capabilities in preparation for the 2017 tournament circuit. A pseudo-newcomer to the Street…

Ian Walker Published February 27, 2017

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Ark: Survival Evolved Devs Offering $4,000 A Month To Some Modders

Next week, Studio Wildcard will officially launch a new program for modders. Every month, 15 modders will receive a $4,000 stipend for their work. Jeremy Stieglitz, Studio Wildcard’s lead designer, lead programmer and co-creative director on Ark: Survival Evolved, told PC Gamer that the program will select 15 modders and pay them a monthly stipend…

By Gita Jackson Published February 27, 2017

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Legend of Zelda: Breath of The Wild Gets Pirated Days Before Launch, Causing Major Leaks

For the last week, the Zelda fandom has become a minefield of spoilers, as various Breath of the Wild related images, screenshots, and videos have leaked ahead of the official release. It’s only gotten worse today. (Some spoilers ahead.) Late this month, some fans discovered that they were able to briefly download Breath of the…

By Patricia Hernandez Published February 27, 2017

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EA’s Peter Moore Gets New Job At Liverpool FC

Peter Moore, lately of Electronic Arts but just as well-known for previous executive roles with Sega and Xbox, will be taking up a new job in June, as chief executive officer of Liverpool FC. It’s a dream job for the Liverpool-born Moore, who as you can see below is an absolute LFC fanatic. He’ll start…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 27, 2017

Esports

Overwatch Pros Sniped Off A Ledge After Ambush Goes Wrong

The Immortals Overwatch team has an impressive damage-dealing duo in GrimReality and Agilities, but every now and then, it’s nice to see a couple of greats get cut down. The internet enjoyed schadenfreude at Immortals’ expense during yesterday’s Overwatch “Monthly Melee” semi-finals, where our two anti-heroes got way too cocky about sneaking out onto a…

By Maddy Myers Published February 27, 2017

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Video game companies are lobbying against a bill that protects independent business’ and gamers’ right to repair personal gaming consoles, VICE Motherboard reports. Several states have introduced bills that will force manufacturers to release tools and information required for fixing their products, exploding their so-called “repair monopoly.”

By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published February 27, 2017

Esports

For Honor Is Basically A Fighting Game

For Honor is bloody and hectic. Each exchange of blows helps you learn how to fight an opponent. Underneath a mess of micro-transactions, For Honor hides the soul of a true fighting game. We take a critical look at it in this video. Transcript: When I first booted up For Honor, I was dismayed. The…

By Heather Alexandra Published February 27, 2017

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Pokémon Go’s Evolution Items Seem Incredibly Rare

One of the biggest draws of gen two in Pokémon Go are the fancy evolutions that require special items, such as the Metal Coat or Dragon Scale. Some players vying for these items are having a hard time actually finding them, though. As far as anyone can tell, evolution item drops are random. There are…

By Patricia Hernandez Published February 27, 2017

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New Non-Profit Has Plans To Save Gaming’s Past

The Video Game History Foundation officially launched today. A non-profit dedicated to the preservation of video games and video game materials, the foundation is already working on special projects to help keep gaming history alive. Directed by game historian Frank Cifaldi and a board of founders, The Video Game History Foundation is one of the…

By Heather Alexandra Published February 27, 2017

Esports

New Hearthstone Expansion ‘Journey To Un’Goro’ Adds Quests To Matches

Blizzard unveiled the next expansion for Hearthstone today, bringing with it a series of mechanical adjustments and a massive overhaul to deck-building options in April 2017. Dubbed “Journey To Un’Goro” and slated for an April release, the set will be prehistorically themed, filled with dinosaurs and primal elements. Some of the more intriguing cards already…

By Eric Van Allen Published February 27, 2017

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Thimbleweed Park will be out March 30 for Xbox One, PC, Mac, and Linux. The developers say other platforms will follow later.

By Riley MacLeod Published February 27, 2017

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New Website Makes It Easier To See New Games On Steam

With so many games coming out on Steam each week and the service’s fondness for focusing on “popular” and “recommended” new releases, it’s easier for smaller games to fall through the cracks.What’s On Steam is a website that gives every new game on Steam equal treatment. Launched earlier this month by the folks at indie…

By Mike Fahey Published February 27, 2017

Esports

Dota 2 Team Accused Of Peeking At Match Stream, Which May Or May Not Be Cheating

An amateur Dota 2 team lost during the StarLadder FastCup this weekend when their wards—temporary items that provide crucial vision of the map—were picked off one-by-one, with alarming accuracy. The other team was not clairvoyant, but rather appeared to be getting outside information. “Stream sniping” is the act of viewing another player’s stream to gain…

By Eric Van Allen Published February 27, 2017

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An American Hentai Publisher’s Journey From Piracy To Premium

The biggest English-language hentai manga publisher, Fakku, just celebrated its 10-year anniversary last December. That’s ten years of “monster girl,” “oppai,” “nakadashi,” “yaoi” and “futanari,” tags under Fakku’s clean taxonomy of hentai genres. The company’s founder Jacob Grady has a lot to celebrate. In its torrid lifespan, Fakku evolved from an underground hentai piracy operation…

By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published February 27, 2017

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Game-Filled Korean Reality Show Is A Must-Watch

In 2013, South Korean television network tvN aired a competition-style reality television show called The Genius. On the surface it sounds like most other shows in the genre: a group of celebrities are tasked with playing games together in order to win a cash prize. But The Genius is something special. It’s a twisty, often…

By Gita Jackson Published February 27, 2017

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EVE Online Players Destroy $13,000 Worth of Ships In A Surprise Attack

EVE Online is a game of risk versus reward, a game where players can take chances with their resources. Over the past weekend, the in-game organization know as “The Imperium” staged an annual event called “Burn Jita.” During this event, the safest areas of the game are invaded by renegade players, who turn everything into…

Lee Yancy Published February 27, 2017

Esports

Unknown Lucario Player Starred In This Month’s Best Smash 4 Set

At this weekend’s Frostbite Smash 4 tournament, competitors ZeRo and Tsu faced off in a tense grand finals match that could only be compared to the last fight between Dragon Ball Z’s Goku and Cell. Diddy Kong main ZeRo was, for two years, the top Smash 4 player in the world. He’s great at Diddy…

By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published February 27, 2017

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Not All Switch Games Will Support TV Mode

Not all Nintendo Switch games are going to take advantage of the console’s dual TV/portable nature. Released last year for iOS and Android, rhythm game Voez is now a Japanese Switch launch title, and it requires a touch screen to play. Does this mean we’re in for a flood of tablet ports? The latest game…

By Mike Fahey Published February 27, 2017

Culture

The State Of Toys In 2017

The New York Toy Fair is a showcase for the latest and greatest playthings hitting store shelves in the coming year, but it’s also a good indicator of where the toy market is heading. In 2017, that’s directly to the inexpensive collectibles aisle. Much of my Toy Fair coverage centered on the basics. Action figures,…

By Mike Fahey Published February 27, 2017

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Twitch Starts Selling The Games Streamers Play This Spring

Millions of people watch games being played on Twitch. This spring, they’ll be able to purchase the games they watch directly from the streaming site, with a portion of the revenue going to the on-screen talent. Detailed in a blog post over at Twitch.tv, the new game sales program will allow stream viewers to click…

By Mike Fahey Published February 27, 2017