Nobody Can Find The Source Code For Icewind Dale II

The people who make enhanced editions of old role-playing games like Baldur’s Gate and Planescape: Torment want to do the same thing for Icewind Dale II. There’s just one problem: nobody knows where to find the code. Beamdog, a Canadian publisher best known for releasing snazzy new versions of old Infinity Engine RPGs like the…

Small Change Impacts How Players Approach Cars In Battlegrounds

Entering a town is a defining moment in any Battlegrounds match. In open fields, you’re safe. You can see for miles, and shots are difficult to track over long distances. Enter a village or town, it’s different. Sixty alive. A car sits vacant in the street. Any other day a gamble, but today, it’s facing…

Speedrunner Beats All Of Link To The Past‘s Dungeons Without A Sword

The highlight of this week’s Summer Games Done Quick marathon happened very early this morning, as the charismatic speedrunner Andy broke the hell out of Link to the Past, beating the whole game without using a sword. The run lasts around an hour and 20 minutes and is mostly a showcase for glitches, boundary breaks,…

The Sims 4 Community Is Fighting About Laundry

The Sims 4 has a hard time pleasing its fandom. Whether it’s launching without pools or waiting nearly two years for toddlers, Sims fans often feel like the team isn’t listening to them. Now, The Sims team has left a Stuff Pack up for a community vote. Guess what? Sims fans are still pissed about…

Some Early Thoughts On Overwatch‘s Doomfist: Fun, Fresh, Flawed

Yesterday, Overwatch’s roster finally welcomedthe gauntlet-wearing supervillain Doomfist. And the question on everybody’s minds is, Was he worth the wait? After a few hours experimenting with him on Overwatch’s public test region, it’s hard to tell how Doomfist will fit into the larger cast. Doomfist is a offense hero whose cybernetic gauntlet deals targeted, up-close…

What We Loved (And Didn’t Love) About Baby Driver

Do you like good music and cool car chases? If so, you will probably find something to like in Baby Driver, Edgar Wright’s new spring-loaded rock ‘n roll heist flick. My colleague Gita Jackson and I handbrake-spun into theaters after the movie came out last week, and decided we’d sit down afterward and talk about…

A New Game That Captures The Cringe Of Middle School Romance

In developer Nina Freeman’s newest game, Lost Memories Dot Net, you play as a 14-year-old girl building her own blog while navigating the social drama wasteland that was middle school in the year 2004. Originally commissioned for the Manchester International Festival, you “play a role based on the young Freeman.” The game centers on a…

Top Pro Dominates Tournament With Street Fighter V’s Newest Character

Justin Wong is one of the greatest fighting game players of all time, and he proved that yet again by using a brand new character for the entirety of a Street Fighter V tournament in Canada this past weekend. Whileopinions have been mixed concerning Ed, who was introduced to the Street Fighter V roster on…

Assassin’s Creed: Rebellion Is A Surprisingly Good Strategy Game

When it was announcedlate last monthfor iOS and Android, Assassin’s Creed: Rebellion looked a bit like Ubisoft’s answer to Fallout Shelter. It’s actually a clever take on turn-based squad strategy, as well as one of the best mobile AC games yet. The base threw me when I first saw the trailer for Assassin’s Creed: Rebellion,…

Even Without Miiverse, Splatoon 2’s Lobby Is Still Amazing

One of Splatoon’s most memorable features were the Miiverse drawings that players displayed in the lobby. There’s no Miiverse social media hub on the Switch, but you can still draw in Splatoon 2. Players are already having fun with the feature. Last night, the Splatoon 2 Splatfest demo went live on the Nintendo Switch eShop.…

An Old City In A New Light

Michał Sawtyruk is an artist from Poland who has worked for companies like Dreamworks and Platige, the studio behind The Witcher’s Netflix series (and some other cool stuff). You can see more of Michał’s workat his ArtStation page To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner.…

Your Summer 2017 Anime Guide

It’s summer. It’s hot. Who the hell wants to go outside? Let’s stay inside and watch some anime. Below are the summer season’s shows. Which ones are you watching? Action Heroine Cheer Fruits Studio: Diomedéa Genre: Action, School, Slice of Life Premiere Date: July 6 Where to Watch: Currently Not Available What It’s About in…

Watch The First Live-Action Bleach Teaser 

There’s going to be a live-action Bleach movie, and just as the on-set photos showed, it will feature vaguely orange hair and a ridiculously large sword. It’s Bleach, so what do you expect? As previously reported, Bleach creator Tite Kubo wrote that he was worried about the character’s hair, but the color chosen for actor…

Anime Studio Artland Just Went Belly Up [Update]

Animation Studio Artland Inc. has closed. The studio did the TV anime version of Senran Kagura and most recently did the spring 2017 series Seven Mortal Sins. According to website Teikoku Databank, the studio is 298 million yen ($2.62 million) in debt. The studio shut down on June 30. July 7 6:42am Update: Website TSR…

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Hearthstone’s Next Expansion Is All About The Lich King

Hearthstone’s next expansion, announced tonight, is called Knights of the Frozen Throne It takes the game’s nine heroes, kills them then recasts them as undead Death Knights, raised from the grave by the Lich King himself: Each Death Knight was once a mighty hero of Azeroth—but after the Lich King raises a hero from the…