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Geralt Isn’t The Only Witcher In Town
Sure, Geralt’s the star of the series, but it’s always nice to see a male cosplayer tackling someone who’s in the same trade, but not quite as smooth with the ladies. So hats off to Krishna Dammert for giving Eskil some love. Photos by Andreas Krupa
By Luke Plunkett Published June 9, 2016 -
UncategorizedBeat Cop Is A Cop Game About Difficult Decisions
While other studios craft games about fighting robot dinosaurs or piloting spaceships, a small group in Poland is making one about being a cop in 1980s New York City. It’s called Beat Cop, and it has you pointing and clicking to make a police officer patrol a few blocks of Manhattan. He walks past a…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 9, 2016 -
CultureOverwatch Match Overrun With Damn Dirty Apes
Today on Highlight Reel we have Winston rushes, passive explosions, knocking zombies, surreal explosions, deflections, 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 Witcher 3 –…
By Chris Person Published June 9, 2016 -
UncategorizedHouse of the Dying Sun Gets PC Space Combat Super Right
Space dogfighting fans are in for a treat this week, as House of the Dying Sun, previously known as Enemy Starfighter, has emerged on Steam early access. Man, it is pretty damn good. House of the Dying Sun is another indie PC game made by one person—in this case Mike Tipul, a Bungie vet who…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 9, 2016 - Uncategorized
Not much new in Bungie’s Destiny stream that didn’t already leak The Rise of Iron DLC will cost $30 and will only be on PS4 and Xbox One. There’ll be a way to port your character if you’re trading up from last-gen. Everything else leaked last night, so you can find all the info in…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 9, 2016 - Uncategorized
What To Expect From Street Fighter V‘s Upcoming Story Mode
Though multiplayer is the main draw for games like Street Fighter V, people have come to expect those games to have story modes for solo players. At the end of the month, Street Fighter V gets one for free. Capcom has been teasing Street Fighter V’s story mode for a while now, but as development…
By Patrick Klepek Published June 9, 2016 - Culture
Valve just released Destinations, a tool for building locations in virtual reality. It’s powered by Source 2, and it lets you “create and share both real and imaginary places in virtual reality.” Right now the most popular thing on its Steam Workshop is a picture of popcorn
By Nathan Grayson Published June 9, 2016 - Culture
You Blew It Up, You Maniacs
Dongjun Lu is a concept artist from Singapore who has worked on series like Ninja Gaiden, Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Nobunaga’s Ambition You can see more of Dongjun’s work at his personal site, as well as his ArtStationand Patreonpages. To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough,…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 9, 2016 -
UncategorizedCustom Map Turns Doom Into A Fashion Show
Despite being somewhat limited compared to traditional modding, Doom’s SnapMap feature has helped produce everything from demonic farming simulators to demonic MOBAs. And now, it’s given us a demon fashion show. Demons are nothing if not well-rounded individuals. Kyle Pena put together a SnapMap scenario that’s all about stylish demons strutting their stuff. There are…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 9, 2016 -
UncategorizedScrew You, Overwatch Loot Boxes
Nothing beats getting that one legendary Overwatch skin you’ve been eyeing for days. Most of the time, though? God do loot box drops suck. Blizzard are a devilish bunch. I can only imagine how long was spent on designing the loot box, its animation, and what it sounds like when you expand one. Just the…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 9, 2016 - Culture
Watch Us Play Wasted, A Dungeon Crawler Inspired By Fallout And Booze
Wasted is a post-apocalyptic dungeon crawler that unabashedly takes the piss out of Fallout. It’s about exploring Coolers (read: Vaults), meeting and murdering zany characters, and getting so drunk that you acquire super powers. The game just launched on Steam earlier this week, and you can watch me play it in the video below. My…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 9, 2016 - Uncategorized
Ubisoft Now Handing Out Permanent Bans For First-Time Division Cheaters
The Division’s post-pandemic streets are about to get a lot less forgiving for cheaters. The game’s developers say that starting now, anyone using cheat software will be banned forever, no second chances. In a new post on the game’s official blog, the Division’s dev team say that the new cheat detection measures they introduced at…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 9, 2016 - Uncategorized
One Year Later, Did Nintendo Keep Their E3 2015 Promises?
Nintendo’s digital events have become a highlight of E3—pre-recorded presentations, as opposed to live stage shows, that are full of fun and filled purely with games. There’s no planned Direct this year, but let’s see if they kept their 2015 promises. The theme of Nintendo’s June 16, 2015 E3 digital event was transformation. At the…
By Narelle Ho Sang Published June 9, 2016 - Uncategorized
Much Needed Features Coming To Doom‘s Struggling Multiplayer
When people say Doom is awesome, they’re usually talking about the game’s single player campaign. Multiplayer? Not so much. It’s bland. But in an interview with Eurogamer, developer id Software claims changes are coming. id Software oversaw Doom’s multiplayer, but Certain Affinity actually built it. Now that the game’s shipped, however, id Software is taking…
By Patrick Klepek Published June 9, 2016 - Uncategorized
Uncharted 4: The Very Short Text Adventure
If the actual Uncharted 4’s a little too white-knuckled for your gaming tastes, but you still want to get a feel for what everyone’s been talking about, you could always try this brief little text adventure version Know that, if you haven’t worked it out by now by the genre itself, it’s not an official…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 9, 2016 -
UncategorizedPlayStation VR’s Lineup Is Getting Wonderfully Weird
Sony’s beginning to unveil PlayStation VR’s lineup for this October, and there are some interesting games coming. The week before E3 is when companies do one of two things: try to capture attention during a slow news week or announce smaller games that might get buried by bigger ones. I’m pretty interested in the latter!…
By Patrick Klepek Published June 9, 2016 -
UncategorizedSonic, E.T., Gollum, Batman and Adventure Time Are All Going To be In The Same Video Game
Is this the greatest video game roster of all time? The folks behind the Lego Dimensions just unveiled the characters and series they’re featuring in the game’s second year, starting in September: Sonic the Hedgehog, Adventure Time, Mission Impossible, the A-Team, the Goonies, Knight Rider, the Powerpuff Girls, Gremlins, Beetlejuice and ET. All in one…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 9, 2016
