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TBS’s Eleague Takes the Life Out of Fighting Games
The third season of TBS’ esports tournament is the first to feature a fighting game. Judging by yesterday’s premiere online broadcast, which will lead into televised episodes, it’s got problems. So far, it’s too quiet, too subdued, and too weirdly structured to work well as a fighting game event. The first two seasons of Eleague…
By Maddy Myers Published March 28, 2017 -
UncategorizedPlanescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition Makes An All-Time Classic Way More Playable
If you’ve always wondered what can change the nature of a man but never wanted to play the clunky old version of Planescape: Torment (or bother with mods), here’s a new option: Planescape Torment: Enhanced Edition, announced today by the folks at Beamdog (best known for Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition). I’ve played a couple hours…
By Jason Schreier Published March 28, 2017 -
EsportsFor Honor’s Peacekeeper Is Apparently So Overpowered, A Tournament Is Now Banning Her
It was inevitable: For Honor players have determined which of its heroes is overpowered and must be banished. In a game so dependent on balance, For Honor’s Peacekeeper won’t jibe at an upcoming Major League Gaming tournament. Eurogamer reports that the Peacekeeper is rubbing players the wrong way. She can spam her light attack, which…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published March 28, 2017 - Uncategorized
Stunning Widowmaker Statue Kicks Off Blizzard’s Collectibles Line
After years of licensing third parties to create expensive statues and replicas based on its hit video game properties, Blizzard’s taking high-end collectibles in house.Blizzard Collectibles kicks off with an array of existing pieces, joined by one hell of a rendition of Overwatch’s spidery sniper. While I wait patiently for an overpriced Reinhardt statue, Widowmaker…
By Mike Fahey Published March 28, 2017 - Esports
Rivals of Aether Makes The Smash Bros. Formula Feel New Again
Rivals of Aether, out today, wants to become every newbie’s first platform fighter. Rather than relegating that throne to Smash Bros., Rivals of Aether guts the iconic Nintendo game while retaining the skeleton of its famous playstyle. In a genre monopolized by an established AAA game, Rivals succeeds at nearly everything it sets out to…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published March 28, 2017 -
UncategorizedDestiny 2 Teaser Shows The Last City Exploding
The Destiny 2 marketing campaign is now in full force, and with it comes this teaser trailer, featuring everyone’s favorite rogue Cayde-6 hanging out in a bar as the Last City burns around him. (This is a fun one.) This teaser follows yesterday’s Destiny 2 logo reveal and last week’s retail leak. Looks like the…
By Jason Schreier Published March 28, 2017 - Uncategorized
Mass Effect: Andromeda’s First Big Sidequest Is A Let-Down
One of Mass Effect: Andromeda’s earliest sidequests is called “First Murderer,” and it is a total flop. Not long after boarding the Nexus, which is your base of operations, a Turian standing near a plaza will get your attention. She tells you that her husband has been accused of a terrible crime he didn’t commit.…
By Ethan Gach Published March 28, 2017 - Uncategorized
Ubisoft Makes More Of Watch Dogs 2’s Remaining DLC Free
In another sign that something wasn’t quite right with the roll-out of last November’s Watch Dogs 2, the game’s publisher said today that it is moving some of the planned paid content from the game’s season pass to a free update. For paying customers, Ubisoft is replacing it with other stuff. Showdown, a team-based PvP…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 28, 2017 -
ReviewsA Nintendo Switch Case For The Sophisticated User
Say you recently dropped a chunk of cash on a new Nintendo Switch. You might leave it in the dock most of the time, but at some point you’re gonna want to pick it up and take it with you. Before you do that, you should probably get a case. There are already a ton…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 28, 2017 - Uncategorized
Three Shrines I Loved In Zelda: Breath of the Wild
The longer I play Breath of the Wild, the more easily I can deduce which kinds of shrines are going to be absolutely my shit, and which shrines are going to frustrate me. By far my favorite shrines are the ones that deal with launching Link (and other objects) into the air, followed by shrines…
By Gita Jackson Published March 28, 2017 - Uncategorized
Method Man does CoD multiplayer. Two new voice packs for Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare dropped today for PS4 and Xbox One (with PC coming soon.) $3.99 gets you the dulcet tones of rapper/producer/actor Method Man, while the UK Special Forces pack featuring the voice of Ghost from Modern Warfare 2 is free.
By Mike Fahey Published March 28, 2017 - Uncategorized
Japanese Switch Game Ditches Its Wonderful, Terrible Translation
If you want to play the original bad translation of Nintendo Switch game Vroom In The Night Sky, you’d better buy it soon, as the developers are promising a patch that will make it grammatically correct in early April. There ain’t a whole lot on the Switch’s eShop yet, but one of the games you…
By Chris Kohler Published March 28, 2017 - Uncategorized
The Walking Dead‘s Third Video Game Season Feels Too Safe
Telltale’s The Walking Dead latest season started off strong. The newest episode attempts to up the stakes further with new characters and tough decisions. But that might not be enough to make up for a stale format. When we last left Javier García, he and the group were desperately trying to get into the city…
By Heather Alexandra Published March 28, 2017 - Uncategorized
Dating Sim Asks What You Are Doing With Your Life
At first glance, Date (Almost) Anything Simulator is your average dating sim. But where most dating sims are fluffy and comforting, this one is confrontational. There’s nothing about Date (Almost) Anything Simulator that makes it immediately obvious what kind of ride you’re on. It is aggressively normal at the outset, and pretty cliche. You play…
By Gita Jackson Published March 28, 2017 - Esports
Two ‘Weak’ Characters Rampaged Through A Recent Smash Bros. Tournament
At last weekend’s Civil War tournament for Super Smash Bros. on Wii U, amid the gargantuan upsets, two players were busy fighting their way to the top, against the top pros in the world, using tools many would argue were ineffective for the job. Tier lists—artificial ratings of a character’s viability at the highest level…
By Eric Van Allen Published March 28, 2017 -
UncategorizedReport: The Next Call Of Duty Is Call Of Duty: WWII
Eurogamer sources have confirmed that a series of images leaked last week via YouTube are referencing this year’s entry in the long-running series, Call of Duty: WWII. YouTube channel TheFamilyVideoGamers received the images from an anonymous source last week. Both the email received and the images it contained were shown on a video on the…
By Mike Fahey Published March 28, 2017 - Uncategorized
‘The Doomvault’ Is A D&D Map For Sadists
If you, like me, are an evil dungeon master, you will love Dungeons & Dragons adventure Dead in Thay’s map. If you are a mascochistic D&D player who loves getting trapped in fiery pits with ferocious liches, you will also love it. Dead in Thay is one of the seven revamped adventures in upcoming D&D…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published March 28, 2017
