Overwatch Player Gets Highest Possible Rank Despite Losing Every Match

If you check Overwatch data-mining sites right now, you’ll see something curious: the top-ranked Korean competitive player has hundreds of losses and only a few wins. Ah, the magic of glitches. What seems to have happened is, Korean player IzA aimed for rock bottom, much like Dale “Bacontotem” Brown—who I recently profiled—last season. IzA managed…

Promising Microsoft-Published ReCore Hampered By Long Loading Times On Xbox One [Update]

It can take more than two minutes to respawn in the Xbox One version of the new open-world action game ReCore, though sometimes it takes just three seconds. Traversal inside the game’s handful of major zones is smooth, but transitioning from one to another, which players are encouraged to do, can take 30-60 seconds. These…

The Witcher 3’s Cats All Hate Me :(

I’ve always thought of Geralt of Rivia as a big ol’ cat. I know they call him The White Wolf, but come on: the guy is a cat. So it’s been bumming me out that after a recent patch to the game, all the cats in the Northern Realms seem to hate the guy even…

The Forgettable Music Of The Marvel Cinematic Universe

Quick: Hum the theme from Raiders of the Lost Ark. Now hum the theme from Tim Burton’s Batman. Cool, now hum the theme from Ant-Man. No? How about Thor. Hmm… Despite the unmatched box-office success and cultural impact of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the films’ music, on the whole, is oddly forgettable. The latest video…

CybertronPC CLX Scarab Gaming System Review: Big Power In A Small Package

CybertronPC has around since 1997, but its CLX line of custom luxury gaming beast machines are a recent development. Today we look at the line’s small-but-powerful desktop, the Scarab. Before we begin, let me establish that the Kansas-based computer company has no connection whatsoever to Hasbro’s popular line of transforming robots, who happen to hail…

Luigi’s Miiverse Community Has Become A Shitposter’s Paradise In 2016

If you search Miiverse for “New Super Luigi U,” nothing comes up. My theory is that Nintendo is too embarrassed to make this social media group visible to people who don’t already know about it, but oh, it’s there. Nobody’s really talking about Luigi though, poor guy. Instead, people seem to be using the Super…

Sega Takes Shot At Nintendo, Encourages Fans To Keep Making Sonic Stuff

It’s been a pretty good time for fan games. We’ve had a full scale remake of Metroid 2 and an amazingtribute to Sonic the Hedgehog. Only one of these games has been taken down by corporate forces. Last week, the Game Grumps played Green Hill Paradise Act 2. Sega noticed. And gave a big thumbs…

Sora from Kingdom Hearts Modded Into Smash Bros. 4

Kingdom Hearts’ Sora was one of the most requested Super Smash Bros. 4 fighters when Nintendo asked fans who they wanted included last year’s DLC. Although we saw crowd favorites Cloud and Bayonetta, Sora didn’t make it into the roster. Recently, Smash modders Nibrock.Rock and KTH sought to fix that. Using Shulk as a base,…

Playable Version Of Cancelled Warcraft Adventure Game Leaks After 18 Years

Did you know that Blizzard was working on a point-and-click game called Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans back in the late 90s, but then canceled the project after two years in development? Well the project recently surfaced again when a user by the name of Reidor located in Russia posted a download link for…

The Last Guardian Delayed Again, Because Of Course

The Last Guardian, a video game best known for never actually coming out, got yet another delay today. It’ll now hit in December. Sony announced today that they’ve moved the release date of this infamous piece of vaporware from October 25 to December 6. It was previously slated for, oh, I dunno, 2011? Originally announced…

Report: Ash From Pokémon Is Finally Going To School In New Anime

There is a new Pokémon anime series. It’s based on the upcoming 3DS title Pokémon Sun and Moon and called, wait for it, Pokémon Sun and Moon. While this might seem like just another Pokémon anime, there’s a big difference. Ash is going to school. A new Japanese magazine scan reveals the new TV anime…

The Reason Why Frieza Lost To Goku, According To A Chiropractor

A Japanese chiropractor thinks he knows why Freiza lost to Gokku in Dragon Ball Z. And what is said reason? Bad posture. In an interview with Netarika, chiropractor Yuji Ogawa discussed exactly this, pointing out Frieza’s poor positioning in his hover pod. Ogawa notes that it’s hard to tell how first-form Frieza sits in the…

Pikachu Is Great at Impersonating Other Pokémon Characters

Pika. Pika, Pika. While Pikachu’s vocabulary might seem limited, its impersonations aren’t. Japanese Twitter user Puijirouploaded this “Collection of Pikachu’s Facial Impressions,” using Pokémon anime images from over the years. So far, it’s been retweeted over 67,000 times. Have a look: Now this is a true Pokémon Master. This article originally appeared on January 27,…

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The Week In Games: Num Num Num 

According to the thermometer I totally keep by the window in my office, it’s 91 degrees outside and definitely still summer. According to the list below, however, fall is definitely upon us. I mean, not just one, but TWO Vita games are coming out this week? Then again, according to the 3DS, and the remake…