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Game Demos Have Become Way Too Uncommon
There’s a free demo of id Software’s excellent Doom revival right now. It was supposed to be removed already, but it’s proven pretty popular. This brief taste of Doom was announced at E3 and treated as news, but since when did a demo become something to be celebrated? When publisher Bethesda Softworks revealed Doom was…
By Patrick Klepek Published June 30, 2016 - Culture
One Guy’s Steam Level Just Broke 1,000
Last time we checked in on renowned Steam demigod PalmDesert, he’d just pushed his Steam level to 600. At the time, he had the highest Steam level in the world. He still does, only now it’s broken 1,000. PalmDesert is a 35 year-old man living in Japan. He owns a whopping 5,029 games, a significant…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 30, 2016 - Uncategorized
I Don’t Want To Make A Whole Thing Out Of It But I Totally Should’ve Gotten Play Of The Game For This
Look, I realize that Overwatch’s Play of the Game system is flawed. When it comes down to it, I’m usually just happy if my team won. But COME ON, this is some bullshit. At the very start of a match on King’s Row, I took down like half the opposing team: My team ultimately won,…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 30, 2016 -
UncategorizedAsemblance Is A Mindfuck Of A Game That You Should Try
A little bit of P.T. mixed in with The Stanley Parable, Asemblance is a video game experience that totally messed with my head. What Asemblance does really well is ambiguity: you will spend most of your time wondering if aspects that the game presents are actually real. But let’s back up for a second here.…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 30, 2016 - Uncategorized
Fellow Division Players, Please Stop Kicking Me From Your Group
I’m trying to get into The Division’s new Underground DLC, but apparently no one wants me in their group. Two nights ago, I was matchmaking my way into the new randomized four-player co-op Underground missions in Ubisoft’s morose open-world shooter. I was having a grand old time. Last night, however, I tried to do the…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 30, 2016 - Uncategorized
20 Years Later, Few Nintendo Games Have Lived Up To Super Mario RPG
Squirreled away in a secret room within Monstro Town, a cliffside hamlet in Super Mario RPG, there’s a purple-skinned warrior named Culex. You can go the whole game without ever meeting this man; finding him requires you to backtrack to an earlier town, purchase a pricey set of fireworks, and trade it to an NPC…
By Jason Schreier Published June 30, 2016 -
UncategorizedHere’s a trailer for the “cinematic” story mode that’s being added to Street Fighter V tomorrow via a free update. More details on the update, including pricing if you want to play the game’s new characters right away ($6) is over at Capcom’s blog
By Stephen Totilo Published June 30, 2016 -
CultureHow Game Of Thrones’ Battle Of The Bastards Was Made
Because giants aren’t real and hurting actual horses is bad, the production team behind Game of Thrones had some challenges to overcome when drawing up and filming the show’s epic Battle of the Bastards. SPOILERS AHEAD Their solution, as you’ll see in the video below, was to let Australian VFX studio Ilourafake it by blending…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 30, 2016 - Uncategorized
Twitch’s Official Stance On Poop, Butt, and Orgasm Emotes Is Amazing
Last week, there was some commotion on Twitch over the removal of certain butt emotes. This week, Twitch clarified its new standards for emote approval, and man, some of these guidelines are golden. According to Twitch,all butts are not made equal: Butts and “booty” have taken on a silly but friendly cultural meaning outside of…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 30, 2016 - Uncategorized
Splatoon’s Final Splatfest Is Already Tearing Everyone Apart
Splatoon’s last big event asks one impossible, divisive question: are you Team Marie or Team Callie? It will be a waifu war for the ages. They did warn us… Now we have one month to prepare, because THE FINAL SPLATFEST goes live on Friday, July 22. As detailed by the official Splatoon blog, this one…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 30, 2016 - CultureCosplay
Stop It, Overwatch Cosplay
The more people get into Overwatch, the more Overwatch cosplay we see. The more we see, the better it gets. And few have been better than this Genji getup. It’s by Just Cosplay & Props, who says it’s his first cosplayer ever. Which…good God, man. The lights, the armour, the sword, it’s all perfect. Photos…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 30, 2016 -
UncategorizedThe Things We Discovered While Playing Pokémon Go
Exploration has always been at the heart of the Pokémon series. A young person strikes out on a monster-collecting adventure, learning about the world around them along the way. My brief time with Pokémon Go felt like that, albeit on a slightly smaller scale. I may not be a young person anymore, but I still…
By Mike Fahey Published June 30, 2016 -
UncategorizedBioShock Collection Leaks (Yet Again) [UPDATE: Official]
UPDATE – 6/30, 8:04am: It’s official: BioShock Collection is coming out September 13 for PS4, Xbox One, and PC. It’ll include BioShock, BioShock 2, and BioShock Infinite, although the latter game won’t be remastered on PC. The collection will be $60 and will also come with the DLC for all three games, although it won’t…
By Jason Schreier Published June 30, 2016 -
Kotaku EastThose Goofy Leaked Pokémon Are Real
Overnight, footage of some silly-looking characters from the upcoming Pokémon: Sun and Moon leaked online. No way they could be real. Turns out, they were. Clips of each new Pocket Monster appeared on YouTube sporting what looked like Russian game board ratings. Considering how there are always fakes and seeing how these designs looked questionable,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 30, 2016 -
Kotaku EastYou Gotta See China’s Super Smash Bros. Rip-Off
It’s really quite something else. Slated for mobile, Pocket All-Stars Smash Bros. might sound like Smash Bros. How it plays, though, is totally different. Forget the recent Splatoon clone, this one is even more brazen. Under the game’s Chinese title, it reads “Smash Bros.” (スマッシュブラザーズ) in Japanese. Smash Bros., it’s not. As pointed out by…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 30, 2016 - Kotaku East
Report: Hunter x Hunter Is Going On Hiatus. Again.
Hunter x Hunter manga artist Yoshihiro Togashi, who is well-known for taking breaks, is going back on, you guess it, a break. Togashi’s longest Hunter x Hunter publication streak is 30 issues, while his longest hiatus is 80 issues. The manga returned to print earlier this year, but, as Buzz Plus now reports, the upcoming…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 30, 2016 - Uncategorized
A Homeworld Buggy For The Home
Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak isn’t just a great game, it’s a gorgeous one to boot. Those carriers, those tanks…but the best unit of all is probably your Baserunner, which has been recreated here perfectly by a fan. gkermanused this 3D model by nli2work to print the toy, then painted and added effects by hand. Coolest…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 29, 2016
