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Legend of Zelda: Breath of The Wild Gets Pirated Days Before Launch, Causing Major Leaks
For the last week, the Zelda fandom has become a minefield of spoilers, as various Breath of the Wild related images, screenshots, and videos have leaked ahead of the official release. It’s only gotten worse today. (Some spoilers ahead.) Late this month, some fans discovered that they were able to briefly download Breath of the…
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 27, 2017 - Uncategorized
EA’s Peter Moore Gets New Job At Liverpool FC
Peter Moore, lately of Electronic Arts but just as well-known for previous executive roles with Sega and Xbox, will be taking up a new job in June, as chief executive officer of Liverpool FC. It’s a dream job for the Liverpool-born Moore, who as you can see below is an absolute LFC fanatic. He’ll start…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 27, 2017 - Esports
Overwatch Pros Sniped Off A Ledge After Ambush Goes Wrong
The Immortals Overwatch team has an impressive damage-dealing duo in GrimReality and Agilities, but every now and then, it’s nice to see a couple of greats get cut down. The internet enjoyed schadenfreude at Immortals’ expense during yesterday’s Overwatch “Monthly Melee” semi-finals, where our two anti-heroes got way too cocky about sneaking out onto a…
By Maddy Myers Published February 27, 2017 - Uncategorized
Video game companies are lobbying against a bill that protects independent business’ and gamers’ right to repair personal gaming consoles, VICE Motherboard reports. Several states have introduced bills that will force manufacturers to release tools and information required for fixing their products, exploding their so-called “repair monopoly.”
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published February 27, 2017 -
EsportsFor Honor Is Basically A Fighting Game
For Honor is bloody and hectic. Each exchange of blows helps you learn how to fight an opponent. Underneath a mess of micro-transactions, For Honor hides the soul of a true fighting game. We take a critical look at it in this video. Transcript: When I first booted up For Honor, I was dismayed. The…
By Heather Alexandra Published February 27, 2017 - Uncategorized
Pokémon Go’s Evolution Items Seem Incredibly Rare
One of the biggest draws of gen two in Pokémon Go are the fancy evolutions that require special items, such as the Metal Coat or Dragon Scale. Some players vying for these items are having a hard time actually finding them, though. As far as anyone can tell, evolution item drops are random. There are…
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 27, 2017 -
UncategorizedNew Non-Profit Has Plans To Save Gaming’s Past
The Video Game History Foundation officially launched today. A non-profit dedicated to the preservation of video games and video game materials, the foundation is already working on special projects to help keep gaming history alive. Directed by game historian Frank Cifaldi and a board of founders, The Video Game History Foundation is one of the…
By Heather Alexandra Published February 27, 2017 -
EsportsNew Hearthstone Expansion ‘Journey To Un’Goro’ Adds Quests To Matches
Blizzard unveiled the next expansion for Hearthstone today, bringing with it a series of mechanical adjustments and a massive overhaul to deck-building options in April 2017. Dubbed “Journey To Un’Goro” and slated for an April release, the set will be prehistorically themed, filled with dinosaurs and primal elements. Some of the more intriguing cards already…
By Eric Van Allen Published February 27, 2017 - Uncategorized
New Website Makes It Easier To See New Games On Steam
With so many games coming out on Steam each week and the service’s fondness for focusing on “popular” and “recommended” new releases, it’s easier for smaller games to fall through the cracks.What’s On Steam is a website that gives every new game on Steam equal treatment. Launched earlier this month by the folks at indie…
By Mike Fahey Published February 27, 2017 - Esports
Dota 2 Team Accused Of Peeking At Match Stream, Which May Or May Not Be Cheating
An amateur Dota 2 team lost during the StarLadder FastCup this weekend when their wards—temporary items that provide crucial vision of the map—were picked off one-by-one, with alarming accuracy. The other team was not clairvoyant, but rather appeared to be getting outside information. “Stream sniping” is the act of viewing another player’s stream to gain…
By Eric Van Allen Published February 27, 2017 -
UncategorizedAn American Hentai Publisher’s Journey From Piracy To Premium
The biggest English-language hentai manga publisher, Fakku, just celebrated its 10-year anniversary last December. That’s ten years of “monster girl,” “oppai,” “nakadashi,” “yaoi” and “futanari,” tags under Fakku’s clean taxonomy of hentai genres. The company’s founder Jacob Grady has a lot to celebrate. In its torrid lifespan, Fakku evolved from an underground hentai piracy operation…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published February 27, 2017 - Uncategorized
Game-Filled Korean Reality Show Is A Must-Watch
In 2013, South Korean television network tvN aired a competition-style reality television show called The Genius. On the surface it sounds like most other shows in the genre: a group of celebrities are tasked with playing games together in order to win a cash prize. But The Genius is something special. It’s a twisty, often…
By Gita Jackson Published February 27, 2017 - Esports
Unknown Lucario Player Starred In This Month’s Best Smash 4 Set
At this weekend’s Frostbite Smash 4 tournament, competitors ZeRo and Tsu faced off in a tense grand finals match that could only be compared to the last fight between Dragon Ball Z’s Goku and Cell. Diddy Kong main ZeRo was, for two years, the top Smash 4 player in the world. He’s great at Diddy…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published February 27, 2017 -
UncategorizedNot All Switch Games Will Support TV Mode
Not all Nintendo Switch games are going to take advantage of the console’s dual TV/portable nature. Released last year for iOS and Android, rhythm game Voez is now a Japanese Switch launch title, and it requires a touch screen to play. Does this mean we’re in for a flood of tablet ports? The latest game…
By Mike Fahey Published February 27, 2017 - Culture
The State Of Toys In 2017
The New York Toy Fair is a showcase for the latest and greatest playthings hitting store shelves in the coming year, but it’s also a good indicator of where the toy market is heading. In 2017, that’s directly to the inexpensive collectibles aisle. Much of my Toy Fair coverage centered on the basics. Action figures,…
By Mike Fahey Published February 27, 2017 -
UncategorizedTwitch Starts Selling The Games Streamers Play This Spring
Millions of people watch games being played on Twitch. This spring, they’ll be able to purchase the games they watch directly from the streaming site, with a portion of the revenue going to the on-screen talent. Detailed in a blog post over at Twitch.tv, the new game sales program will allow stream viewers to click…
By Mike Fahey Published February 27, 2017 -
UncategorizedHere’s The Official Trailer For Middle-Earth: Shadow Of War
As revealed by Targetover the weekend, Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor is getting a sequel on August 22 called Shadow of War. Now that the cat’s out of the bag, here’s nearly two and a half minutes of standard Middle-Earth cinematics, with the promise of gameplay on March 8. As expected, players will be wielding a…
By Mike Fahey Published February 27, 2017 - Uncategorized
Today Is Pokémon‘s 21st Anniversary
Can you believe it? On February 27, 1996, the first games in the Pokémon series were released in Japan. The world has never been the same. In Japanese, the games were titled Pokémon Red Version and Green Version, and the series hit North American two years later in 1998. The trading card game wasn’t released…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 27, 2017
