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League of Legends Fan Channel Hit with Shady DMCA Takedowns
Riot Games has the right to issue Digital Millennium Copyright Act takedown notices for any League of Legends footage that appears without their permission online. But thus far, Riot’s been relatively hesitant to do so. This week, one YouTuber in particular has seen some League of Legends videos go up on the chopping block, and…
By Maddy Myers Published February 22, 2017 -
UncategorizedYouTubers Are Getting Dragged For Not Supporting PewDiePie 100%
Following the Pewdiepie controversy from last week, a good deal of YouTube rallied around the Swedish star in an attempt to defend him against ‘unfair’ attacks by the mainstream media. A few high-profile YouTubers weren’t quite as enthusiastic in their defense, which has led to some backlash. Last weekend, video game YouTuber Jacksepticeye uploaded a…
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 22, 2017 -
CultureOne Player’s Three-Year Quest To Beat Every NES Game Is About To End
It took Piotr Delgado “The Mexican Runner” Kusielczuk 91 hours to beat Miracle Piano Teaching System, an NES game created to teach kids how to play the piano. (To pull it off, he had to teach himself how to play piano.) That was the longest. He’s also spent 39 hours with the billiards game Championship…
By Jason Schreier Published February 22, 2017 -
UncategorizedWe Debate What’s Best For Overwatch’s Bastion
This week on our semi-regular Overwatch show, Let’s Break It Down, Cecilia, Heather, and I discuss the upcoming Bastion changes, as well as custom games and, for some reason, ‘90s anime classic Neon Genesis Evangelion. I, personally, am not a huge fan of Bastion, but I will admit that the walking tuna tin piloted by…
By Nathan Grayson Published February 22, 2017 -
UncategorizedFor Honor Players Claim To Be Troubled By Lag [Updated]
For Honor’s handling of multiplayer is causing frustrations for some players as lag rears its head, ruining fights and disrupting matches in the online melee fighting game. “It’s almost unplayable like this,” one Reddit poster said. “I’m lucky if I can play one complete game out of every three.” “Finally able to join a game,”…
By Heather Alexandra Published February 22, 2017 -
UncategorizedSecret Hitler, A Fascist Party Game That Hits Awfully Close To Home
Your ability to enjoy the tabletop game Secret Hitler will likely depend on your ability to laugh as an increasingly impotent progressive coalition fails to halt the rise of fascism. No but seriously, it’s a fun party game. Secret Hitler is brought to us by a number of designers including Cards Against Humanity’s Max Temkin.…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 22, 2017 - Uncategorized
I Wrote A Book About The Making Of Uncharted 4, Star Wars 1313, And More
For the past year, I’ve been reporting and writing a book full of stories about how video games were made. Today, I’m psyched to announce Blood, Sweat, and Pixels, a look behind the scenes of games like Uncharted 4, Star Wars 1313, and many more. It’ll be out on September 5. I set out to…
By Jason Schreier Published February 22, 2017 -
UncategorizedOverwatch Fans Believe The Next Hero Is A Robot Spider
Some Overwatch fans are pretty sure they’ve figured out what the next hero will be based on an short lore post that dropped yesterday, as well as some promotional images floating through the internet. Yesterday, Blizzard dropped a new bit of lore relating to a new character, Efi Oladele, an eleven year-old inventor from Numbani.…
By Gita Jackson Published February 22, 2017 -
UncategorizedNight In The Woods‘ Rhythm Game Is On Point
The dialogue, the animation, the music—so far I am loving everything about Night in the Woods, but as a rhythm game fan there’s one sequence that’s particularly near and dear to my heart. Let’s rock out. Night in the Woods, Infinite Fall’s animated adventure game, tells the story of Mae Borowski, a cool cat who…
By Mike Fahey Published February 22, 2017 -
UncategorizedHere’s March’s Xbox Live Games With Gold Lineup
If you missed out on Borderlands 2 or have always been a little curious about Evolve, Xbox Live’s Games with Gold will look pretty good to you for March. Paying subscribers to Xbox Live can grab these four games for “free”if they have an Xbox Live Gold subscription. March’s Games with Gold are: Xbox One…
By Riley MacLeod Published February 22, 2017 - Opinion
A Racing Game With Some Serious F-Zero Vibes
There are few better feelings in games than shooting through a corkscrew at blinding speeds. Super Pilotis a futuristic racing game that not only feels damn fast, it lets you craft your own stunning tracks. It is this week’s indie pick! Super Pilot is Greenlit on Steam and should release sometime this year. Today, we’re…
By Heather Alexandra Published February 22, 2017 -
EsportsOverwatch Hacker Impersonating Streamer Gets Matched Up Against Real Player, Rivalry Ensues
Kephrii is a competitive Overwatch player known for being one of the best Widowmakers in the world. Last weekend, he hopped into a match where he found another Widowmaker player also using the handle Kephrii—and that player happened to be a hacker. The fake Kephrii didn’t just have the gall to impersonate a top player…
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 22, 2017 -
CulturePeople Are Racing To See How Fast They Can Get Banned From Club Penguin
Kid-friendly browser game Club Penguin is famed for rapidly banning the use of foul language. Now that the game only has a little over a month to live, players have turned getting banned into a speedrunning challenge, with a current record time under 40 seconds. Getting banned for profanity in Club Penguin isn’t normally much…
By Mike Fahey Published February 22, 2017 -
UncategorizedThe Best Looks From Season One of Hitman
Agent 47 is many things, but mainly a murderer. However, the eponymous hitman is also living a sartorial dream: everything looks amazing on him, all the time. Here’s a breakdown of some of his best disguises from the first season of 2016’s Hitman Abel de Silva This is about as good an approximation of what…
By Gita Jackson Published February 22, 2017 - Culture
Messi, You Looked Better Without The Beard
Sure, sometimes you can get Lionel Messi and Gareth Bale to sit still long enough to take photos for FIFA promos, but other times you can’t, and have to build eerily realistic 3D models of them instead. These images, done by Korean artist Byungmoon Kang, are all for FIFA Online, and as you can probably…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 22, 2017 -
UncategorizedLightseekers Could Be The Next Big Thing In Game Connected Toys
Lightseekers isn’t another toys-to-life game. It’s got gorgeous articulated figures that talk, vibrate and evolve, powered by a mini-computer. They play in a Diablo-esque mobile adventure and are augmented by a massive standalone trading card game. It’s very impressive, but are people going to buy it? Don’t even say “toys-to-life” around a member of PlayFusion,…
By Mike Fahey Published February 22, 2017 - Kotaku East
Star Ocean: Till the End of Time Director’s Cut Is Getting An HD Version For PS4
In Japan, an HD version of Star Ocean: Till the End of Time Director’s Cut will be released on the PlayStation 4 sometime this year. The game will be download only. The official name of the full-HD up-rendered version is Ultimate Hits HD Star Ocean: Till the End of Time Director’s Cut. Jaggies and light…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 22, 2017
