Poll: The Top Five Most Popular Final Fantasy Heroines In Japan

Everybody has his or her favorite Final Fantasy heroine. But which ones are the most popular in Japan? A new poll tries to answer that question. According to Nico Nico News (via My Game News Flash), two hundred men and women in Japan were asked this month to list their fav female character in the…

Of Course, The Oscars Ignored The Biggest Anime Movie Ever

Tell me you didn’t see this coming? Your Name is a wonderful motion picture, and one of the best anime films I’ve ever seen. It’s also the highest grossing anime ever, which doesn’t validate it as a great film but, at least, will be solace to the folks who made it. According to Variety (via…

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Blizzard Says Overwatch Skins Accidentally Made Mei Look Thinner

Like most of Overwatch’s Lunar New Year skins, Mei’s outfits for the Year of the Rooster are great. They caused a slight stir earlier today, though, when people who had previously believed (and loved) Mei for being a little thicker than your average video game woman thought she was now looking a bit slimmer. For…

The Gun Game That Nearly Broke Nintendo

Nintendo’s first arcade video games were, to be honest, pretty terrible. Way more interesting were the machines that came before those, starting with 1973’s Laser Clay Shooting System, an elaborate entertainment offering that nearly sunk the company (but also led to one of its most famous video games). The first of seven amusement machines that…

Game Developers Mourn Sudden Passing Of Ex-Harmonix Dev Roger Hanna Morash

Roger Hanna Morash was an indie game developer who used to work at Harmonix. Among other things, he was code lead on Amplitude and one of the minds behind brain-bending platformer Shard. Yesterday, Morash and his wife, Valerie, unexpectedly passed away. According to local publication SF Gate, the couple’s bodies, along with those of their…

The Switch’s Launch Lineup Is Getting Beefier

The Nintendo Switch’s launch lineup was initially a disappointment for people who wanted more than five launch titles. Nintendo fans were complaining that, in fact, the only “real” launch title for the Switch is Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. It makes sense—the Wii U, Wii and 3DS all launched with more. Weeks after…

Real Skaters Recreate Yuri On Ice Routines

This isn’t a post about people dressed as Yuri on Ice characters. It’s about people who can skate recreating some of the anime’s most famous routines. Via Daily Dot, the hit show’s popularity is getting skaters out onto the ice to bring the show’s signature moves to life. Here’s Patton Chen performing Yuri’s Eros, complete…

Overwatch‘s New CTF Mode Has Too Many Draws

Overwatch’s new seasonal event is the automated cosplay and porn generator’s first stab at a time-honored first-person shooter tradition: capture the flag. So, how does it fare? The short answer is, not great. Let me preface this by saying Overwatch’s Chinese New Year-themed “capture the rooster” brawl isn’t terrible. I’ve played for about two hours…

Temporary Tournament Teabagging Ban Splits Some of Killer Instinct’s Community

Teabagging is a relatively new phenomenon in the fighting game community, but recently it has caused a stir among Killer Instinct competitors following a temporary tournament ban on the taunt. Prior to 2017, the Killer Instinct World Cup’s rules included an unspoken teabagging ban as a way to ensure a measure of respect was kept…

The Invisible Bunnies That Power World of Warcraft

Yesterday, I posted about a Fallout 4 mod that uses a complex, intertwining network of, er, kitties to make radios work. Turns out, game development is full of stories like that. World of Warcraft, for instance, is overrun with ghost bunnies. WoW encounter designer Nathaniel Chapman explained it to me via Twitter “A lot of…

Surgeon Simulator Devs Announce Ridiculous New Skateboarding Game

Bossa Studios, creators of Surgeon Simulator and I am Bread, announced their new game today, the competitive multiplayer skateboarding game Decksplash “X meets Y,” descriptions are kinda passé, but really, this looks like Tony Hawk meets Splatoon. Decksplash is centered on 3v3 multiplayer battles where you paint the turf the color of your team using…

You Should Watch This HBO Documentary On The Slenderman Murder Trial

HBO’s documentary Beware The Slenderman doesn’t offer easy answers about the attempted murder of Payton “Bella” Luetner by two 12 year-old girls, Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier. They believed that by sacrificing their friend, they could save their families from a monster named Slenderman, who has appeared in countless games and internet short stories. While…

Sex Game Removes Intense BDSM Scene Following Fan Feedback 

Kinky at face, Ladykiller in a Bind is not fucking around about fucking. But it’s also not kidding about consent. Yesterday, developer Christine Love removed sex from a potential plot branch after players expressed discomfort. Ladykiller in a Bind is an uncensored, queer, BDSM sex game that is now sold on Steam. Its alternate title…

Overwatch‘s Lunar New Year Event Is Now Live, Here’s What’s In It

Overwatch is celebrating the Chinese New Year in style, from the 24th of January to the 13th of February. Expect lots of skins, sprays, as well as a new Capture-The-Flag Brawl mode. Here’s the trailer: Blizzard notes that this event will come with 100 cosmetic themed items, along with LOTS of fireworks. Said items will…

Banner Saga Returns To Kickstarter To Finish Off The Trilogy

Nearly five years afterfunding the first installment of its hand-animated turn-based tactics game on Kickstarter, indie studio Stoic returns to the crowdfunding site to help finish the final game in the trilogy, The Banner Saga 3 Stoic wound up scoring more than seven times the $100,000 they were asking for the first Banner Saga game,…

Five Hours In, Resident Evil 7 Is A Bloody Nightmare

I’ve been sneaking and shooting my way through Resident Evil 7 for the last day and loving it. It’s a big breath of fresh air that’s pretty damn terrifying. Here are some early thoughts on what works and what doesn’t. There’s very minor spoilers below and at least one image of dismemberment. 1. This game…