Shimo-Kitazawa at Night. Tokyo, Japan. By Michael Hernandez. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line! 

Surprise Counter-Strike Update Adds New Operation With Wacky Game Modes

In recent times, official in-game Counter-Strike events—Operations, as they’re known—have grown rare. Valve only created/curated one in all of 2016. Today, though, without any real warning, they’ve kicked off a new one. It’s called Operation Hydra. Operation Hydra is set to run for 18 weeks. It adds new community-created maps, an Operation pass with a…

PlayStation Store Now Has Curation From Big Developers

As we’ve discussed, Steam’s implementation of third-party curation has been a bit of a mess. So it’ll be interesting to see how Sony fares now that they’re trying something similar. Launching today, The Creators is an attempt by Sony to get curation on the PlayStation store, only instead of turning to “influencers”, they’ve asked people…

Hi Ramona

Here’s Russian cosplayer Anastasia, aka Komori, with a 1:1 depiction of Scott Pilgrim’s Ramona Flowers.

There’s Never Enough Fire Emblem Cosplay

Here’s a very good Tharja (from Fire Emblem) by Aussie cosplayer Beke. Photos by Beethy

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The Switch Is The Perfect Platform For Disgaea 5 

It’s been a long time since I was able to sink dozens of hours into one of NIS America’s deep and silly tactical role-playing games. But now that Disgaea 5 Complete is on the Nintendo Switch, I never have to put it down. That’s wonderful. Also dangerous. For those of you unfamiliar with Disgaea, it’s…

Leaky Gaming Season Continues With Glimpse Of Mario-Rabbids Switch Crossover

The gaming internet was agog today over what appear to be leaked marketing images of an upcoming Super Mario team-up with Ubisoft’s Rabbids characters, despite word of the game’s existence having trickled out via various gaming news outlets (including this one) for months. The words “Mario is going to be in a game with the…

Five Skyrim and Fallout Mods That Fix Obvious Cat Problems

The greatest tragedy in my life is that I am allergic to cats. I’d normally supplant my desire for cat ownership by getting one in a video game, but, a cursory look at the mods on Nexus shows me that video game cats in popular games like Skyrim and Fallout 4 aren’t quite right. Here…

God Of War 3 Art Director Surprise-Releases Indie Narrative Game

The Fidelio Incidentis a narrative game, out now on PC, designed by former God of War 3 art director Ken Feldman and the team at Act3 Games. With a gorgeous game world and genuine sense of mystery, it manages to tell a compelling story, but it works a bit too hard to impress. The Fidelio…

Division Developers Finally Fix Notorious ‘Coward’s Corner’

Players in Ubisoft’s third-person shooter The Division will no longer be able to camp near a certain spawn point and easily shoot down other players. That’s thanks to a new patch that removes the so-called “Coward’s Corner” just over a year after the camping spot began pissing people off. “Significant level design changes have been…

One Of Steam’s Top Sellers Right Now Is A Nicer, Gentler Dwarf Fortress

Oxygen Not Included is like a kinder, cuddlier Dwarf Fortress. Sure, you’ll still get into a starvation spiral where everyone in your colony dies, but this base-building game looks cute while it happens. Oxygen Not Included is a game in the vein of Dwarf Fortress or Rimworld—you select some colonists and juggle all their needs…

Cyberpunk Cityscape In Need Of Urgent Cleaning

Gary Sanchez is an artist who has worked at studios like Quantic Dream, Cloud Imperium and Ubisoft. You can see more of Gary’s work at his ArtStation page To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is a celebration of the work of video…

Why Video Games Are Delayed So Often

In the wake of yesterday’s news that Rockstar has bumped Red Dead Redemption 2 to 2018, you may be wondering: why do so many video games get delayed? I heard a few explanations for game delays while reporting for my new book on game development, Blood, Sweat, and Pixels. During this process, I spoke to…

Assassin’s Creed III, Watch Dogs Headline June’s Xbox Live Games With Gold

June’s Xbox Live Games with Gold has a solid lineup, including Watch Dogs and Assassin’s Creed III. In addition to the usual four games, subscribers can also get multiplayer DLC for last week’s Phantom Dust. As always, these games are only “free” if you have an active Xbox Live Gold subscription. Xbox One SpeedRunners (June…

It’s Adventure Time In Minecraft

Coming soon to all versions of Minecraft, the Adventure Time pack turns one of the more popular fan-made mashups into something you’ll be able to buy. Fans have been combining Minecraft and Cartoon Network’s popular fantasy cartoon for years now, building elaborate treehouses and kingdoms made out of candy and skinning their blocky heroes to…

Wargaming Apologizes For Threatening YouTuber, Promises Change

The studio behind the massively successful game World of Tanks walked backtheir controversial actions against one of their former community YouTubers today. “We acted too quickly and over the line when we threatened to have YouTube remove SirFoch’s video through a copyright infringement complaint,” the company said in a statement. “And we are apologizing for…

Hearthstone Players Are Trapped In A Cycle of Salt

It’s been just over a month since the release of Hearthstone’s Journey to Un’Goro expansion, so you know what that means: it’s time for the Hearthstone community to remember how much they hate the game. But don’t worry, they’ll get over it. It’s all one big cycle. If you’ve ever followed any game with a…