There’s A Difficult Decision At The End Of Nier: Automata 

Nier: Automata’s been out in the wilds of North America for a day, which is enough time for dedicated players to reach the tough question posed after the final credits roll—one that could irreversibly affect their save data. Spoilers follow.  SPOILER WARNING Nier: Automata, like much of game director Yoko Taro’s work, features numerous endings…

Middle-Earth: Shadow Of War‘s Nemesis System Is About Friends As Well As Foes

Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor was a game about guerrilla warfare… and also falling in love with orcs. By contrast, this summer’s sequel, Middle-Earth: Shadow of War is a game about full-scale warfare… and also falling in love with orcs. Shadow of War is a painfully generic subtitle, but there is a ring of truth to it.…

No Conan Dicks For You, Xbox One

Make that, no dongs at all. Conan Exile’s Xbox One release will be sausage free, it seems. The game’s early access Windows release has a penis slider, so players can make sure their character has the weenie they want. Or he wants. Whatever.  Mods have been make even bigger dicks possible. Of course!   But…

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Howdy, Lady McCree

This is Jelfishas Overwatch’s McCree, opting to restrict the crossplay changes to a very nice pair of boots. Photos by Falling Feathers

Beauty & The Beastplay

Oh hey, there’s a new Beauty & the Beast movie, and right on time here’s Knightmageand SuperKaycedoing their furry/elegant thing in tribute. Photos by The Portrait Dude, props assist by RKG Cosplay and the authentic dungeon/castle vibe is courtesy of Landoll’s Mohican Castle in Loudonville, Ohio.

Look At This 1:1 R2-D2 “Figure” (If You’ve Got $7500 To Spend)

There’s a point where R2-D2 toys stop being “figures” and start being “actual droids with limited functionality”. That point is probably somewhere around 48″ tall and $7500 I mean, look at how this thing from Sideshow ships and has to be put together. And look at the dumb shit people are going to be doing…

Overwatch Players Are Abusing Custom Games To Farm XP

Overwatch’s new custom game browser has given rise to everything from tense “predator” games of cat and mouse to sex role-play rooms. Good times all around, in other words. Other players, however, have taken to abusing the feature. If you take a look around Overwatch’s custom game lobby, you’ll almost assuredly come across at least…

This Isn’t An Operating System, It’s An RPG

In Kingsway, Andrew Morrish’s upcoming PC role-playing game, monsters are pop-ups, quests are emails and your backpack is a cluttered file folder. That’s right, it’s an OSRPG. Coming to PC later this year via Adult Swim games, Kingsway is a role-playing adventure that takes the form of the Kingsway Operating System, which is basically a…

Horizon Zero Dawn‘s Little Details Are Polished And Well-Styled

The new PS4 game Horizon Zero Dawndoes a lot of big stuff well. Literal big stuff, like robots the size of buildings. It also nails a lot of small things.Amazing leg animations, sure, but also things that more directly affect how it feels to play the game. Given that I sometimeshighlight games thatscrew up their…

Hookshots, Wii U Maps, And Other Things Nintendo Cut From Zelda: Breath of the Wild

To make a game as massive and astounding as The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, the developers at Nintendo needed to take a lot of experiments. As a result, they left a lot of ideas on Hyrule’s floor. Unlike other Zelda games, Breath of the Wild won’t give you access to environment-altering items…

For Super Bomberman On Switch, TV Mode Is The Better View

As the Nintendo Switch launch title I was most excited about, Super Bomberman R does not disappoint in terms of explosive action, but boy does it make me squint in tablet mode. My first foray into Switch gaming on launch night was purely tablet-based, and so my first impressions of the return of one of…

Nintendo Flags YouTuber For Using Switch Sound

YouTubers who feature Nintendo games and products have long had issues YouTube’s controversial Content ID system, and Nintendo’s aggressive usage of that system is already impacting how YouTubers cover games on the Switch. Recently, a YouTuber had their video flagged by YouTube’s Content ID system over a sound effect from a Switch launch game. YouTube’s…

Frustration Can Improve Video Games, Designer Found 

In video games, frustration is often viewed as a dirty word. If you’re feeling frustrated—like you’ve hit a wall and can’t find a way over, under, or around—the designers must have made a mistake. That’s not always the case, though. Sometimes, game makers try to make you feel irritated, or even livid. Last week, Duelyst…

Ghost Recon Wildlands Impressions: Some Frowns, Some Smiles

I’ve played about eleven hours of Ghost Recon Wildlands, sniping enemies and trolling my hapless squadmates. It’s a pretty good time although I’m a bit worried that the fun won’t last forever. Here are some early thoughts on what works and what doesn’t. This is the love child of Mercenaries and Far Cry At first…

YouTubers Are Fighting Over Destroyed Bases In Conan Exiles

Survival game Conan Exiles is gritty. On one level, that means butt-naked menhacking each other up with axes. On another, that means you can spend a month lovingly constructing a base, only for another player to destroy it. Over the weekend, a huge gaming YouTuber got a ton of hate after griefing a smaller YouTuber’s…