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Nintendo Will Debut The NX Tomorrow Morning
Tomorrow morning (October 20) at 7amPT/10amET, Nintendo will release the first trailer for the NX, its next console. Exciting times! We’ve heard reports that the NX is a small, portable console with detachable controllers, which you can either use on the road or plugged into a TV via a dock. Guess we don’t have long…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 19, 2016 -
UncategorizedOriental Empires Is 3000 Years Of Chinese Warfare
Oriental Empires is still in Early Access, but from what I’ve played so far of the ambitious 4X strategy game—which blends elements of the Total War and Civilization series—I see a lot of promise. The influence of the former is clear not only from screenshots, but from playing the game. It just feels like a…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 19, 2016 -
UncategorizedTroy Baker Is Not In Persona 5
Troy Baker does voice work for almost every video game released on every platform made by every company. He was even in Persona 4. He will not, however, be in the English-language version of Persona 5 Instead, these folks will be handling dub duties: Xander Mobus: Protagonist Cassandra Morris: Morgana Max Mittelman: Ryuji Sakamoto Erika…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 19, 2016 -
The BestsThe Best Australians In Video Games
Here’s the thing about most Australian characters in video games: their stereotypical depiction would be almost offensive, if Australians ever gave enough of a shit to be offended in the first place. Most big games are still made in the US, and in America a particular stereotype of Australia exists that has lingered since the…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 19, 2016 -
UncategorizedThe Newest Agents Of SHIELD References The Crap Out Of Overwatch
The latest episode of Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD featured a slightly unhinged Australian demolitions expert. You can probably see where this is going. The character, James, is an Inhuman whose monitor was hacked by the Watchdogs (a fictional terrorist group, as opposed to the video game that is also about hacking and monitors). He quoted…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 19, 2016 -
UncategorizedThat’s Just BloodRayne In A Wig, Paragon
The latest hero to join the roster of Epic Games’ PC and PS4 MOBA is Rayne, hero of vampire hack and slash action series BloodRayne, only here they call her The Countess and she has mostly black hair. Coming to Paragon on October 25, the Countess Rayne blinks in and out of battle, twirling her…
By Mike Fahey Published October 19, 2016 - Uncategorized
It’ll All Be Over Soon
By Luke Plunkett Published October 19, 2016 - Uncategorized
Samsung Gets GTA V Video Taken Off YouTube, Because It Turned A Note 7 Into A Bomb
Earlier this month, a mod that added Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 to Grand Theft Auto V started making the rounds. The twist? In the game, it was meant to be used as a bomb, because the real Note 7 can get a little explode-y from time-to-time. Samsung, apparently, did not love the joke. If you…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 19, 2016 - Uncategorized
A Weed App Company Wants To Get Esports Lit
Esports tournament Smash Summit 3 is going to be lit. Now, with medical marijuana app Weedmaps as a primary sponsor, this year’s Summit might be lit up. Weedmaps has been called “Yelp for pot.” It’s a hugely successful weed hook-up app that matches medical marijuana license-holders with dispensaries in weed-legal states. Medical marijuana is legal…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published October 19, 2016 -
CultureLong Live The Mouse And Keyboard, A Great Way To Control Video Games
For years, I only played PC games with a mouse and keyboard. For years after that, I played almost entirely with a controller. Now I’m back with the mouse and keyboard, and it’s been an illuminating homecoming. My relationship with the ol’ point-n-click-n-clack, arguably the best way to control PC games, has been complicated. I…
By Kirk Hamilton Published October 19, 2016 -
UncategorizedGlitch Ruins Destiny Players’ Attempt At Raid Glory
A bug in Destiny’s Rise of ‘Wrath of the Machine’ raid prevented a top clan from getting the world’s first completion on the newly released Hard Mode difficulty. Per Eurogamer: Redeem was the first clan to defeat ‘Wrath of the Machine’ when it was released, blazing through the endgame raid with ease. They seemed a prime…
By Heather Alexandra Published October 19, 2016 -
EsportsOverwatch Player Uses Bastion Cheese To Win Pro Match
In low-level Overwatch matches, Bastion is the bane of everybody’s existence. At the high levels, however, everybody knows how to counter the bastard bullet tube. If you look at hero tier lists, Bastion is usually at the bottom. Pros hardly ever pick him. That made it all the more surprising when NoName of Korean team…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 19, 2016 -
CultureCosplayA Brief Explanation Of Cosplay
We love showcasing great cosplay, and so we’re proud to announce the debut of a new series of video shorts called Behind the Mask, starting today with a quick explainer about what cosplay is (just in case you weren’t sure or needed to explain it to someone!). Upcoming episodes of Behind the Mask will focus…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 19, 2016 - Uncategorized
Survival Game Frost Looks Great, Doesn’t Play As Well
The mobile game Frost is about a group of migrants in an ambiguous apocalyptic scenario making their way to a refuge from the cold. It’s beautiful, but doesn’t work well enough as a game. Frost is a card-based game. Cards in your deck represent the migrants and their supplies. As you play you are tasked…
By Gita Jackson Published October 19, 2016 -
UncategorizedDrama Over Music Video Inflames Argument About What Anime Is
Yesterday, acclaimed American electronic musician Porter Robinson released an anime. Shelter is the short and tender story of a girl living alone in virtual reality, rendered by Japanese animation studio A-1 Pictures. Over the last 24 hours, it has received overwhelming praise. And, after its swift removal from Reddit’s 420,000-strong anime subreddit, Shelter has also…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published October 19, 2016 - Uncategorized
DLC for December’s Xbox One and PC release Dead Rising 4 will include an 18-hole golf mode called Super Ultra Dead Rising 4 Mini Golf. There will also be an expansion subtitled “Frank Rising” about protagonist Frank West getting infected with a zombie virus. Plenty more details here.
By Stephen Totilo Published October 19, 2016 - Uncategorized
A Western Game Where Players Literally Shoot The Story
It is the Wild West. Gun drawn and at the ready, you prepare yourself for the next unfortunate collection of words to stumble across your path. You level your pistol, fire, and branch off to the next bit of narrative. This is Words Must Die. Created as part of The Pippin Barr ‘GAME IDEA’ Game…
By Heather Alexandra Published October 19, 2016 - Uncategorized
Pokémon Sun and Moon’s Devs Respond To The Popplio Backlash
Earlier this month, Kotaku asked the folks at Game Freak which starter Pokémon they prefer in Sun and Moon. Unfortunately, poor Popplio didn’t make the cut. I got a chance to speak over the phone to Junichi Masuda, producer on Sun and Moon, as well as Shigeru Ohmori, director on Sun and Moon, and they…
By Patricia Hernandez Published October 19, 2016 - Uncategorized
The next Wolfenstein game, presumably subtitled New Colossus, as it was teased by publisher Bethesda in June, is a step closer to being officially announced. In an interview with Two Left Sticks, the voice actor who had the lead role in 2014’s acclaimed Wolfenstein: The New Order, said of that teased title, “Perhaps we’re working…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 19, 2016
