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UncategorizedSega’s Warehouse-Sized VR Shooter Looks Neat
Oh, you can use the Oculus Rift in one spot? And you can walk around a little square with the Vive? Sega, with plans for a virtual reality shooter that lets you run around inside a warehouse, thinks that’s cute. They’re working with Australian company Zero Latency on a giant co-operative shooter which, according to…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 7, 2016 - Uncategorized
Some Fallout 4 Xbox Mods Are Being Stolen From The PC Version
Because users have been modding Bethesda’s games on PC forever, a functional community has evolved alongside the practice. On console? It’s the Wild West, and surprise, some people are being dicks about the finer points of mod creation and crediting. There have been numerousreports(see also: this Reddit thread) of mods—including parts of some of the…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 7, 2016 - Uncategorized
GTA Online’s newest big free add-on is out today. Further Adventures In Finance and Felony adds the ability to serve as an in-game CEO as well as a “trading places” PvP mode that swaps you and the person you kill from one team to the other–if you were in the losing team. Sounds crazy! More…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 7, 2016 - Uncategorized
Doom 64 Is The Most Underrated Doom Game
Though credits have rolled on the new Doom, I wanted to keep blowing up imps and pinkies. It seemed like the right time to revisit Doom 64 Doom 64 wasn’t actually developed by id Software; it was created by Midway Games. It picks up after the events of Doom 2: Hell on Earth, when attempts…
By Patrick Klepek Published June 7, 2016 - Uncategorized
Overwatch Is Still Hiding Lots of Clues About A Mysterious Character
On the surface, Overwatch seems like just a wacky, brightly-colored shooter. Don’t let that fool you though. Overwatch hides some secrets which nobody has found yet according to Blizzard. Earlier this year, there were rumblings of a character named “Sombra.” As Eurogamer explains here, some of the maps in Overwatch contain mentions of Sombra in…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 7, 2016 -
The BestsThe Best Video Game Trailers
Over the past decade, video game trailers have gone from blurry little montages bundled on magazine cover discs to a multi-million dollar industry that exists almost entirely separate from the actual games they’re representing. This post originally appeared 1/26/16. They’ve become perhaps the single most important part of video games marketing, and just like we…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 7, 2016 -
UncategorizedNaturally, Somebody Beat Dark Souls 3 With Their Feet
People beat the Dark Souls games in all sorts of ridiculous ways. This one might be the weirdest. People have beat Dark Souls with Donkey Konga’s bongo drums. Another person did it with the game flipped upside-down. The Souls games are hard enough on their own, but fans love one-upping each other. Celesterian Games has…
By Patrick Klepek Published June 7, 2016 -
UncategorizedParagon‘s Essentials Edition Is Paid Early Access In A Box
Having to purchase a special founder’s pack to gain exclusive beta access and special content for a free-to-play game like Paragon is quickly becoming the norm. Releasing a $60 physical copy of a free-to-play downloadable game that scores players the same sort of benefits is a bit odd. The Unreal Engine 4 (because what else…
By Mike Fahey Published June 7, 2016 - Reviews
Mirror’s Edge Catalyst: The Kotaku Review
For a game about daredevil stunts and high-flying acrobatics, Mirror’s Edge Catalyst plays it remarkably safe. Catalyst is the long-awaited follow-up to development studio EA DICE’s groundbreaking 2008 game Mirror’s Edge. Maybe “long-awaited” is the wrong way to describe it: Most people who liked the first game, myself included, figured a proper sequel would simply…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 7, 2016 - Uncategorized
Injustice 2 Is Coming, Suggest Retail Leaks
With Mortal Kombat X heading into the rear-view mirror, it’s about time for NetherRealm Studios to announce a new game. It looks like that game is Injustice 2, a sequel to the DC fighting game from 2013. The first word on Injustice 2 came from Twitter this morning, apparently part of a retail promotion arriving…
By Patrick Klepek Published June 7, 2016 -
UncategorizedVagina Video Game Devs: Apple Asked Us To Change Everything For App Store
La Petite Mort is a game about touching a pixelated vulva. There is technically no nudity in the game since everything is rather abstracted, but the general gist was still enough to get the game taken down from the app store. (NSFW warning.) Developers Lovable Hat Cult created La Petite Mort with the intention of…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 7, 2016 - Uncategorized
Final Fantasy XIV Finally Gets An Optimize Equipment Button, And It’s Great
Final Fantasy XIV update 3.3 went live today, bringing the Dragonsong War story to an end and adding new raids, dungeons, trials and more. My favorite part of the update is that little Recommended Gear button up there. Call it Optimum, Best Equip, Optimize or Optimal, the ability to automatically assign the best equipment for…
By Mike Fahey Published June 7, 2016 - Uncategorized
One Year Later, Did Microsoft (And Friends) Keep Their E3 2015 Promises?
E3 2016 starts next week, and with it comes the opportunity to cheer or groan over teases about upcoming games and news. As we do every year, we’re checking back on the hype from last year’s show, to see what the big three platform holders actually delivered. Let’s start with Microsoft and see how they…
By Narelle Ho Sang Published June 7, 2016 -
UncategorizedA Closer Look At Overwatch‘s Generous Headshot Hitboxes
Does playing Overwatch make you feel like there’s something in the water? Something that magically transforms you into a sniper demon, or conversely, a tottering watermelon with legs? You might be onto something. Force Gaming decided to test Overwatch’s headshot hitboxes (that is, the area in which something counts as a hit as opposed to…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 7, 2016 - Uncategorized
XCOM 2 Coming To Consoles In September
The excellent turn-based strategy game XCOM 2 will be PC exclusive no more later this year. Publisher 2K announced this morning that the game will be coming to Xbox One and PS4 on September 6. Veteran studio The Workshop is handling the port of the Firaxis game.
By Stephen Totilo Published June 7, 2016 -
UncategorizedThe New Guilty Gear Makes Learning Fun
Pitting the player against a docile computer-controlled character is a fine tutorial mechanic, but it’s not very exciting. Guilty Gear Xrd: Revelator has a bit more fun with fighting fundamentals. The latest game in Arc System Works’ fighting game franchise, available today on PlayStation 4 and PS3, replaces the boring old basic tutorial with a…
By Mike Fahey Published June 7, 2016 -
CultureTransmission is a sci-fi exploration game that looks out of this world. It’s got a great sense of scale and style, and it’s not just for show. The game touts a high degree of environmental interaction as a key feature. Transmission is on Steam Greenlight right now.
By Nathan Grayson Published June 7, 2016