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UncategorizedJourney, Lords of the Fallen Headline PlayStation Plus Lineup For September
If you haven’t played Journey yet, now’s your chance to get it for PS3 and PS4 through PlayStation Plus’ September lineup. Remember, though Sony advertises these games as “free,” an active PlayStation Plus subscription is required to download and play the games featured here. Here’s the lineup for September: Playstation 4 Lords of the Fallen…
By Riley MacLeod Published September 1, 2016 -
UncategorizedFans Make The 3D Sonic Game We Deserve
Sonic the Hedgehog has always struggled in 3D. From the picky camera of Sonic Adventure to Sonic Unleashed and its odd melee combat, Sega’s mascot has never quite gotten it right. Thankfully, fans are here to make it all better with Green Hill Paradise Act 2 Built using the 3D Sonic Games Development Kit (SonicGDK),…
By Heather Alexandra Published September 1, 2016 - Uncategorized
Court Throws Out Lindsay Lohan’s Grand Theft Auto V Lawsuit
In 2014, actress Lindsay Lohan filed suit against GTA publisher Take-Two for what she believed was an unauthorized depiction of her image in Grand Theft Auto V. She claimed she was even used in the game’s promotional materials. Today, however, the court tossed her suit. Both Lohan and Mob Wives star Karen Gravano ended up…
By Nathan Grayson Published September 1, 2016 - Uncategorized
There has been no avatar like Bjork’s avatar, which appeared live yesterday in all its strange glory for a London interview London’s Somerset House is hosting Bjork’s Digital exhibit, which Bjork discussed live in cybernymph avatar form, using motion capture and 3D animation. Check out the full video for some amazing Bjork-style weirdness:
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published September 1, 2016 -
UncategorizedMeet The Lawyer Who Quit His Job To Make An RPG
Vidar is billed as an “RPG puzzler where everyone dies,” and yet, developer Dean Razavi is often asked whether that’s true. “I put it on a banner,” Razavi told me in Kotaku’s New York offices. “I don’t know what more you want from me.” Until a month ago, Razavi was a litigation attorney, full-time, which…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published September 1, 2016 -
UncategorizedGears of War 4’s new Horde 3.0 mode looks sick thanks to new classes, enemy types, maps, and even vehicles (!). It’s been too long since we’ve had a Gears game with this type of co-op goodness, eh? From the official press release: In addition to ferocious new classes of enemies like the Swarm and…
By Patricia Hernandez Published September 1, 2016 - Uncategorized
Disney Shutting Down Both Avengers Alliance Games For Some Damn Reason
After four years of being one of the few Facebook games worth a damn and a fine free-to-play mobile joint, Marvel’s Avengers Alliance and its recently-released sequel will be shutting down at the end of this month, because some part of Disney hates fun. Marvel Avengers Alliance, launched on Facebook back in March of 2012before…
By Mike Fahey Published September 1, 2016 -
UncategorizedNobody Knows How The Portals In No Man’s Sky Work
Over the last couple of weeks, No Man’s Sky players have discovered a number of monoliths scattered across the universe. The structures look important somehow, like they are meant to do something, or perhaps trigger something. Except…they don’t. Two years ago, No Man’s Sky developer Hello Games uploaded a video titled “Portal gameplay trailer,” to…
By Patricia Hernandez Published September 1, 2016 - Uncategorized
All The Rogue One Lego Star Wars Stuff Coming Out This Month
The first wave of toys based on Star Wars side story Rogue One arrive on store shelves on Friday, September 30. Lego’s bringing three buildable figures and five new sets to the party. Let’s look at them! Sargent Jyn Erso is front and center in the collection, as she should be, charging into battle as…
By Mike Fahey Published September 1, 2016 -
UncategorizedYouTubers Are Freaking Out About Money and ‘Censorship’
Yesterday, popular YouTuber Philip DeFranco uploaded a video where he claimed that YouTube was ‘shutting down’ his channel due to guideline violations that included ‘excessive strong language.’ Since then, panic and confusion have struck the YouTube world, with some wondering if this is the start of an excessive clamp down that would put channels with…
By Patricia Hernandez Published September 1, 2016 - Uncategorized
In Nintendo Direct Zelda news, the Phantom Hourglass & Spirit Tracks DLC pack for Hyrule Warriors is available today, and four new Amiibo are coming on December 2, including 8-Bit Link and a Wind Waker two-pack, with special functionality in the upcoming Breath of the Wild Oh yeah, and Skyward Sword is out on the…
By Mike Fahey Published September 1, 2016 - Uncategorized
Mario Sports Superstars Is All The Mario Sports
Mario’s starred in a lot of sports games over the years—soccer, baseball, tennis and golf. Mario Sports Superstars for the 3DS combines all four and adds some horse racing to the mix when it launches in spring 2017. According to the Nintendo Direct, these are five full games, playable both offline and online with friends…
By Mike Fahey Published September 1, 2016 -
UncategorizedThe 3DS Is Getting A Pikmin Side-Scroller Next Year
Fitting for the game’s first handheld adaptation, a side-scroller rendition of Pikmin is coming to Nintendo 3DS in 2017. Capitalizing on the 3DS’s touchscreen, Nintendo announced today that, in the new Pikmin, “You tap the touch screen where you want to throw [Pikmin].” The original Pikmin was released for the GameCube in 2001. Pikmin 2…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published September 1, 2016 - Uncategorized
Picross 3D Round 2 is finally coming to 3DS… now (or so Nintendo said in a Nintendo Direct… any minute now?). A puzzle game we’ve been dying for here in these Picross-loving parts. It’s all about finding shapes inside cubes by pecking at it based on numerical clues. Amiibo support, too.
By Stephen Totilo Published September 1, 2016 - Uncategorized
3DS Streetpass Plaza Limit Increasing From 10 To 100 With Premium Update
Available after today’s Nintendo Direct, a premium update to the Nintendo 3DS’ Streetpass Plaza will speed up functionality and increase the number of players you can encounter from 10 to 100. Hooray! Anyone who has ever brought their 3DS to a gaming convention will surely appreciate not having to go through new visitors ten at…
By Mike Fahey Published September 1, 2016 -
UncategorizedSuper Mario Maker Releasing On 3DS In December With Some Feature Limitations
Super Mario Maker is coming to the Nintendo 3Ds on December 2nd, 2016. The 3DS game, released on Wii U last year, comes with 100 built-in courses. You can also play courses designed on the Wii U version of Super Mario Maker, although not all will be compatible. You also won’t be able to search…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published September 1, 2016
