Very Good Final Fantasy VII Cosplay

Narcisseis one of the best Final Fantasy cosplayers on the internet, not just for the amount of work he and partner Lady Zero put into their costumes, but on stuff like his wigs and make-up as well. As you can see with this incredible Cloud Strife cosplay. Photos by Novii Photography. I don’t know what’s…

Pokémon Go‘s New Update Just Isn’t Enough

Pokémon Go’s latest update isn’t what players were expecting. For weeks, fans hoped for a whole batch of 2nd generation Pokémon—bright, adorable Chikoritas or Espeons, and over 90 more little monsters. Or, at least, a few new Pokémon that players could encounter in the wild. Nope. No. Nope. Yesterday, Pokémon Go released seven new “baby”…

In the Overwatch holiday update, Roadhog’s gun is a present from Junkrat. That strange fluttering sensation you’re feeling in your chest right now? That’s your heart being warmed. Thanks for spotting this, gaara

How To Get To Forza Horizon 3’s New Blizzard Mountain

The first big expansion for Forza Horizon 3 is now live on PC and Xbox One, adding ice and snow to the game’s varied Australian terrain, just a plane ride away. Blizzard Mountain adds a rather expansive new area to the game, a wintry place that’s very friendly to trucks and snow tires. New physics,…

Have You Got What It Takes To Solve Dishonored 2’s Wicked Logic Puzzle?

Dishonored 2 is a game about sneaking, stabbing, and teleporting around behind enemy lines. It’s also occasionally a game about solving thorny LSAT-style logic puzzles. Last night I dove back into Dishonored 2 for the first time in a few weeks. I loaded my most recent save and found myself in the Dust District, standing…

Destiny‘s Winter Update Is Slim, But Fun

Destiny, a video game in which players travel through the galaxy waiting for Destiny 2, got a new event today called The Dawning. Like so many live events before it, The Dawning is insubstantial, but fun. In addition to a bunch of new quality-of-life changes (like green engrams auto-dismantling, finally) that you can read in…

Battlefield 1‘s New Spectator Mode Highlights Player Stories

Battlefield 1‘s December Update has dropped. It adds a new map, Giant’s Shadow, as well as a surprisingly robust spectator mode. The tool is easy to use and allows players to see the Great War from a whole new perspective. Spectator Mode can be accessed when selecting your server. A quick look at information will…

There’s No Reason For A Super Nintendo Computer Keyboard, But It Sure Is Pretty

I can’t imagine many rational reasons anyone would need a keyboard designed to coincide with the colors of the Super Nintendo, but I have to admit there’s something soothing about the rows of gray, lilac, purple and black keys of Hyperkin’s “retro-style” Hyper Clack keyboard. Recently unleashed upon the retail world, the SNES-styled Hyper Clack…

Even On Console, Stardew Valley Controller Support Isn’t Great

When Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone announced the console ports for Stardew Valley in June 2016, he called the game’s controller support, “less than ideal,” and said it would be updated for Playstation 4 and Xbox One releases. As of launch on Playstation 4 today, the controller support is still, well… less than ideal. It isn’t an…

The State Of The Xbox One In 2016

When 2016 began, you needed to own an Xbox One to enjoy most of the benefits of Xbox gaming. Here at the end of the year, you don’t. This is part of our 2016 “State of” series, a look at how the major consoles, VR platforms, and PC are doing this year. That twist arrived…

How Do You Feel About Anime Fan Service?

When it comes to fan service, we all draw our lines differently. Where are yours? We want to hear from you. Do you seek it out? Avoid it? It’s almost impossible to wrap hard moral rules around anime consumption. And we all have our own ways of dealing with it. Bakemonogatari is one of my…

Stardew Valley‘s New Fishing Map Lets You Get Rich Quick

New to Stardew Valley and want to make money fast? Experimenting with the new farm maps can help you get that fishing rod you had your eye on. At launch, Stardew Valley only had one map for every farm, and it was, you know, fine. It had a little pond, a bunch of trees and…

The Big, Beautiful Ships Of Star Wars

Ansel Hsiao is an artist who has worked on games like Halo 4. Today, though, we’re interested in his exquisite 3D Star Wars art. We actually featured some of his workback in 2011. It’s been five years since then, and just as technology and our expectations about 3D art has increased, so too has the…

MMA Champion Uses Video Games And Cosplay To Deal With The Stress Of Fighting

Angela “Overkill” Hill is the strawweight champion of the world’s most prominent women’s MMA organization, Invicta. She’s on the verge of a second crack at UFC glory. Last time around, though, she found herself too bogged down by the pressures of fight life to compete as well as she could. These days, she’s using cosplay…

Why Yes, I Will Play Yooka-Laylee

This morning’s big news: the crowdfunded 3D platformer Yooka-Laylee will be out on April 11, which should be right in time for Nintendo Switch and a new 3D Mario game. Will 2017 be the Year Of 3D Platformers? No, probably not. But a man can dream. We’ll temper our excitement until Yooka-Laylee is in our…

Look At This Battlefield 1 PC Case

This custom PC case was made for DICE to celebrate the release of Battlefield 1, and it’s about the most Battlefield 1 PC case you could ask for. It was made by mnpctech (via PC Gamer), with an actual high-poly 3D model from the game’s tanks used as the foundation of a case that’s 1/6…