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Double KO Leads To Do-Over In Tekken 7 Match
Tekken 7 won’t hit home consoles in the US for a few more days, but competition in the game is already heated. At Combo Breaker 2017, a multi-fighting-game tournament taking place this weekend in Illinois, the winner’s finals of one pool essentially went to overtime after a double knockout. As Mateo on Jack-7 went in…
By Eric Van Allen Published May 27, 2017 -
UncategorizedFMV Mystery Doctor Dekker Is Messy, But Campy Fun
Lovecraftian horror is a tricky genre to nail down. The creeping sense of dread, of being locked in the throes of insanity, has to have some basis in your own imagination—giving it form or name often softens the scares. The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker, which hit Steam last week, is a slow burn. It’s…
By Eric Van Allen Published May 27, 2017 -
EsportsThe Weekend In Esports: The Manila Masters, Combo Breaker, And More
TheMid-Season Invitational is over and done. The best team in League of Legends is, it turns out, still the best. This weekend, all eyes are on the Manila Masters Combo Breaker, the giant fighting game event with something for everyone. Below you’ll find where and when you can catch all the weekend’s biggest events in…
By Ethan Gach Published May 27, 2017 -
UncategorizedMonster Hunter XX On The Nintendo Switch Gets Its First Trailer
This is what Monster Hunter XX, a 3DS game, will look like on the Switch according to a trailer and gameplay footage shown by Capcom at this weekend’s Monster Hunter event in Japan. Revealed earlier this week, the port looks like a crisper version of its predecessor that will try to take advantage of the…
By Ethan Gach Published May 27, 2017 -
EsportsPunk Wins Street Fighter V Eleague Invitational In Climactic Runback
After falling to Arman “Phenom” Hanjani in the winner’s finals, Victor “Punk” Woodley ran it back through the loser’s bracket to win the Eleague Street Fighter V Invitational 4-2. When Punk and Phenom met in the winner’s bracket, Punk seemed to have no answer for Phenom’s air game as Necalli. Constant jumps and dive-kicks, coupled…
By Eric Van Allen Published May 27, 2017 - Culture
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
The weekend is for having a three day weekend, the perfect length of weekend for doing the requisite weekend tasks of social stuff, chores, and doing absolutely nothing. (All weekends should be three days weekends. Just saying.) Also, video games. I’ve been playing Impact Winter, which is a survival game with a lot of snow,…
By Riley MacLeod Published May 26, 2017 -
UncategorizedOld Man’s Journey Is As Wistful As It Sounds
Old Man’s Journey is a gentle storybook like adventure through an elderly man’s scattered memories as he walks his way to an inevitably sad conclusion. It’s a short game, only taking a couple of hours to finish. But it’s worth the journey, not just for the hand-crafted world, but for its earnest, poignant story. They…
By Leo Wichtowski Published May 26, 2017 - Culture
Vanquish PC Glitch Makes Players Take More Damage At Higher Framerates [Update]
I just got done spending some time with Vanquish’s newly released PC version, and it’s a solid port. Looks sharp, moves well, and offers an acceptable array of graphics options. There’s just one problem: it has a really, really strange graphics bug. First reported by Wesker on NeoGAF, the bug essentially causes you to take…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 26, 2017 - Esports
Report: Korean League Players Say Team Isn’t Paying Them
According to a report from Inven Global, players and staff members say that for several years, Longzhu Gaming has not been paying them on time. A member of a Korean League of Legends circuit called the LCK, or League Champions Korea, the Longzhu Gaming organization has, players and staff claim, held back tens of thousands…
By Eric Van Allen Published May 26, 2017 - Culture
DC Comics Bombshells Action Figures Are Mostly Great
Artist Ant Lucia’s 1940’s re-imagining of popular female heroes and villains has become one of DC Comics’ hottest properties, spawning a line of gorgeous statues, a comic book series, clothing, mugs and more. The only thing missing was poseable action figures. Consider that box checked. I love the Bombshells line. Its mix of World War…
By Mike Fahey Published May 26, 2017 - Uncategorized
Bungie Explains How They’re Improving Destiny 2 Servers
If you’ve played a lot of Destiny, you know that connectivity issues can be a real bummer. Many of the worst issues are thought to arise from Destiny’s decentralized server arrangement, which leapfrogs partial hosting duties between different players’ consoles. For Destiny 2, Bungie says they’re changing things up. As it stands, if one Destiny…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 26, 2017 - Uncategorized
Zelda Player Builds Ridiculous Metal Block Contraption To Get NPC To Hyrule Castle
When going on a date in Hyrule, location is everything. One player decided to take the timid priestess Paya to his favorite location in the game: Hyrule Castle. After all, nothing’s more romantic than Ganon’s evil lair. Reddit user BOOXMOWO had spent countless hours drawing enemies and friendly character far away from their designated locations…
By Heather Alexandra Published May 26, 2017 - Esports
Who To Watch In Tonight’s Street Fighter V Finals On Eleague
Tonight, eight Street Fighter V pros will face off in the Eleague play-offs and finals, which you can watch on TBS or via digital live stream. By the way, there are also two other Street Fighter V competitions happening this weekend as well—Combo Breaker 2017, a premier tournament in the Capcom Pro Tour series, and…
By Maddy Myers Published May 26, 2017 - Uncategorized
Prey‘s Final Act Is A Mess
If you are playing Prey, the new immersive sim from Arkane Studios, here is a recommendation: quit once you’ve reached Alex’s office for the first time. Just stop playing. It gets way, way worse. For its first three quarters, Prey is a fantastic game. Creepy, foreboding and darkly funny, the game rewardsslow playthroughsand lets you…
By Jason Schreier Published May 26, 2017 -
UncategorizedYouTuber Mods The Last Of Us To Play As Tess Instead Of Joel
Ever wondered what The Last of Us would be like if Joel died instead of Tess? One YouTuber has the answer. On May 10th,YouTuber Freako released a video showing off using different NPCs as Joel replacements. While some of them, like Marlene, he couldn’t get to work properly, others, like Tommy and Tess, worked perfectly.…
By Gita Jackson Published May 26, 2017