RIP GameFront, 1999-2016

GameFront, the long-serving portal for mod and patch downloads which has existed in one form or another since 1999, will close down on April 30. Founded as FileLeech, and once also a major destination for demo downloads, the closure was announced in a post on the site yesterday. GameFront was bought a few years back…

Valley is a game about controlling the forces of life and death. Also grappling hooks. Your special L.E.A.F. suit grants you the ability to give and take life from any living thing. Also interesting: the more you die, the more the valley itself will die. The game will be out this summer.

How People Make VR Porn

Virtual Reality porn is not like normal porn (obviously). So, porn companies now have to think a little differently about how they shoot footage. (NSFW warning!) Wired recently spoke to Kink.com about how they shooting VR porn, and it’s a fascinating watch: The video goes into more detail about the differences between normal porn and…

The Perils Of A Comic Book “Tit Window”

Marvel’s Cloak and Dagger has been one of the studio’s more successful comic book series over the decades. But that shouldn’t stop us laughing at Dagger’s “big old slice of tit window pie”. These comics are by the always-wonderful Kate Beaton, and if you’re the type for whom a tiny cartoon nipple risks endangering your…

A Survival Game About Being A Refugee

Games have applied survival mechanics to everything from dinosaurs to zombies to aliens. Once relegated to childhood sandboxes, we can now explore these topics in… video game sandboxes! But there have been more grounded takes on survival as well. This War of Mine kicked off the trend, and HomeBehind looks to continue it. It’s a…

Never Interrupt A Dark Souls Sunbro

Today on Highlight Reel we have have sunbro interruptions, AT-AT crashes, skeleton wrecking balls, turtle back saves and much more! Watch the video above or on our Youtube Page, then talk about your favorite highlight in the comments below. Be sure to check out, like, and share the original videos via the links below Rocket…

That Time Nintendo Canceled The Nearly Finished Star Fox 2

It’s never been strange for Nintendo to delay a game until they’re happy, but Star Fox 2 was a rare moment it canceled a game that was almost done. Star Fox was a big hit when it was released in 1993, and showed how the SNES could still compete technologically, even as new hardware was…

The Division Is Having A Bad Time

In Tom Clancy’s The Division, there’s a war on the streets. There’s a war on the message boards and in the forums, too. This game is having a tough time all around. The real-world forum war centers around bugs, changes to the endgame economy, and a handful of exploits found in the new endgame “Incursion”…

From the Heart of Africa, An Action Video Game With Soul

If you’ve been playing video games a long time, parts of Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan will feel very familiar to you. But the parts that are infused with an African sensibility won’t feel familiar at all, and that’s a very good thing. Last week saw the release of Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan, the…

Why Big YouTubers Are Arguing About ‘Drama’

“YouTube has a problem…the most recent one involves something that I absolutely hate, which is drama,” Pewdiepie, YouTube’s biggest star, said in a video on Saturday that is approaching three million views. “Drama is the hot new thing. Drama is what everyone is talking about.” In that video, Pewdiepie denounces ‘drama,’ and the way people…

In One Update, Destiny Got Some Mojo Back

Last week, Bungie launched a significant update for Destiny, a video game in which players create virtual dolls and dress them up in a variety of colored costumes. The update, which has been informally dubbed The Taken Spring, adds a few new bits of content to Bungie’s shooter-MMO hybrid. There’s a short quest, a boring…

The Overwatch Beta Ends Next Week

Overwatch’s closed beta has been quite a ride. Between changes for the better, clever player strategies, and butts, it’s gotten everybody talking (or making entire games about how they’re missing out) on multiple occasions. Next week, it’s coming to a close. Blizzard just announced that Overwatch’s long-running closed beta will conclude on April 25. The…

Big Shoulders, Steady Hands

Jonathan Fletcher is an artist at Splash Damage, the team behind Brink and Dirty Bomb You can see more of Fletcher’s work at his ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), click on the “expand” button in the top-left…

Nobody Knows Why Dark Souls 1 For PC Has Been Offline For A Week

While most Souls fans are digging into Dark Souls 3, there’s a passionate community of thousands who play the original game regularly. But if you’re on PC, Dark Souls been suspiciously quiet for the past week or so. It’s possible to play Dark Souls on your own, but interacting with other players is a huge…

My Weekend Hanging Out With PC Gaming’s Most Hardcore Players

Face-to-face LAN parties—local game gatherings, usually PC-focused—just aren’t what they used to be in this modern, always connected age. Not even one of the biggest in the world can escape time. But the thousands of PC gamers who gather in Texas every summer are pushing off the inevitable as heroically as they can. This piece…

How To Unlock Every Secret Ending In Dark Souls 3

As with previous Souls games, there are multiple ways to end the game, even if they’re not readily apparent. If you haven’t yet touched the final bonfire, here’s a guide to the various endings in Dark Souls 3 There are spoilers to follow! So far, we know there are four endings for Dark Souls 3,…

Razer’s First Capture Box Is Excellent, But Nothing New

When my review unit of Razer’s newly-launched Ripsaw game capture box arrived I eagerly unboxed it, set it atop the AverMedia Live Gamer Extreme I’d been using since last summer, and swapped the cords from the old one into the exact same ports in the new one. Hmm. That was sort of odd, not having…

Capcom Says They’ll Start Locking Out Rage Quitters in Street Fighter V 

Capcom’s finally beginning to detail a system that penalizes players who quit out of online play after losing. Oh, and Guile will be April’s DLC character. The latest update on Capcom Unity details the first steps that the publisher will be using to punish rage-quitters: We’re also happy to announce that we will be implementing…