Meet Hollywood’s New Lara Croft

There are new Tomb Raider movies coming, which means a new cinematic Lara Croft. And while Camilla Luddington did a fantastic job in the last two games, the big screen role has gone to Ex Machina’s Alicia Vikander. Vikander (who I loved in Man From U.N.C.L.E.) is going to be playing a similar Croft to…

WWE Fan Holds Up ‘Localize Mother 3‘ Sign At Recent Show

People bring all kinds of ridiculous signs to WWE events, but a demand to translate Mother 3? That’s a new one. Twitter user @5of6 discovered the sign while watching the most recent episode of WWE Smackdown: And here’s a clip from the episode: Maybe this will be one of the surprises Nintendo has for E3?…

Sega Lets Modders Get Freaky With Its Classic Games

The secret biggest surprise of 2016 so far? Sega has added official mod/ROM hack support to the Steam version of Sega Genesis & Mega Drive Classics. It’s a bold new world. Also a very, very strange one. Sega Genesis & Mega Drive Classics now has its own Steam Workshop (and a cool new nostalgia-tastic hub…

Dark Souls Players Nuke Invader Death Star Style

Today on Highlight Reel we have vaporized invaders, powerful kicks, rocket punches 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 Dying Light – “you monsters are…

One Overwatch Character Has Been Around For More Than A Decade

Overwatch was announced at BlizzCon in 2014. It rose from the ashes of a longtime Blizzard MMO project called Titan, which had been in development for years and years only to meet the reaping scythe of cancellation. But Overwatch character Soldier 76 even predates that. Soldier 76 is Overwatch’s trusty Shoot Man. He’s a gruff…

What We Like (And Don’t Like) About The Second Hitman Episode

This week IO Interactive released the second episode for their new Hitman game, full title Hitman 6: So You Want To Be A Hitman? After some costume changes and a few grisly murders, we decided to put our heads together to talk it out. This new mission takes place in the Italian coastal villa Sapienza…

Severed Is A Great Reminder Of How Good PlayStation Vita Games Can Feel

You can shut off your brain with some touchscreen games, tapping and swiping mindlessly until something else distracts you. Severed is not one of those games. Lose focus in this new Vita release and you’ll die real quick. Developed by Drinkbox Sudios, who previously released Guacamelee in 2013, Severed centers on a girl named Sasha.…

Dark Souls 3 PC Has A Massive Cheating Problem

Dark Souls 3 is excellent on PC, but it’s a haven for cheaters. From Software’s solution seems to be blaming the fans who love their game. A number of players found this upon loading Dark Souls 3 last week: The game didn’t explain what it meant by “invalid game data,” but in the past, this…

You can make chickens in Counter-Strike follow you now. Just walk up to them and press the “use” key. Players like de_nerd have taken it to an extremely logical conclusion. By which I mean chicken parades. Bonus: this video from Dman is certainly… something!

Oh Yeah, A New Deus Ex Is Coming Out Soon

Here is your reminder that in addition to Uncharted 4, Overwatch, No Man’s Sky, Star Ocean 5, Zero Time Dilemma, Final Fantasy XV, Mafia III, Danganronpa 3, Gears of War 4, Mirror’s Edge Catalyst, Doom, and all of the other cool-looking games scheduled for the next few months, not to mention all the stuff that’ll…

Sony Never Released This 1970s Console Prototype

If you thought the first video game console Sony made was the PlayStation, nope. It was just the first video game console Sony released Yes, before the PlayStation, before even Sony’s ill-fated collaboration with Nintendo, came this beauty. I’ll be honest, I’d never seen it until yesterday, when art/history site Video Games Densetsu posted a…

Square Is Releasing A 23-Year Old Super Famicom Game In English For The First Time

To those of you out there who have been holding your breath since 1993 waiting for a western release of Romancing SaGa 2, it’s time to exhale. After 23 years, Square’s finally bringing it here. Even if you’re not familiar with Square’s off-beat SaGa series, you’ve probably heard the name. It’s best described as “alt-JRPG,”…

New DOOM Includes Awesome Secret For Old School Fans

If you’re paying close attention to every level of the new DOOM, you might stumble upon something very cool. Spoilers ahead, obviously! Again, if you don’t want to have this DOOM secret spoiled ahead of release, stop reading. Anyway. Bethesda Softworks and id Software have finally started showing off the singleplayer portion of next month’s…

Dark Souls 3 Player Trolls Everyone By Playing As Shrek

Poor Shrek. He just wanted some peace and quiet, but some jerks just won’t stop trespassing over his swamp! This won’t do at all. Watch as Iron Pineapple defends a Dark Souls 3 swamp area while playing as Shrek. Naturally, Shrek is accompanied by Puss in Boots and Donkey, and together they gang up on…

Just Another Day At The Office For Samus Aran

Jonathan Hamers is a freelance artist from France. You can see more of Jonathan’s work at his Facebookand ArtStationpages. 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 corner. Fine Art is a celebration of…

Guy Performs Free Jazz To Competitive Smash Bros.

Here’s Caleb, doing a stunning drum performance. And it’s not just random drumming. All the different hits are in sync with all the Smash Bros. moves. You can hear light cymbal hits for Fox’s short hop lasers, for example. He basically replaced all the game’s sounds with drum hits, and it works perfectly, giving the…

GTA V Player Pulls Off Absurd Stunts With A Vespa Bike

The Enduro bike isn’t the only suitable vehicle in GTA V for wild custom stunt maps. The Vespa bike might be sluggish, but when handled correctly it’s a good choice for parkour maps as well. This is Dark Stunter, showing his skills and sliding through a pretty technical scooter trial, in record time. To contact…