Some Of The Best Star Wars Cosplay From The Past Five Years

Over the last five years, Beat Down Boogie has been all over the country filming cosplayers at sci-fi shows and nerd conventions. And wherever there were cosplayers, there were Star Wars cosplayers. This video catalogues the best of them. I love the mix! Yes, there is film-quality cosplay on show, but there are also a…

I hadn’t heard about The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human until a few minutes ago, but apparently it comes out on January 19?! Looks a bit like In The Hunt, combined with Metroid and Shadow of the Colossus? Nice combo! Here’s a trailer.

Smite‘s Amaterasu Might Not Be A Wolf, But She Sure Fights Like One

The first god in the Japanese pantheon launched in deity-powered MOBA Smite today, and while she might not be the Amaterasu many gamers are familiar with, she’s just as fierce. She’s definitely not the white wolf of Capcom’s outstanding action adventure game, but then Amaterasu traditionally isn’t. She’s the daughter of the great god Izanagi,…

EA Access Is Coming To PC

EA Access, a subscription program that allows people to play and download a variety of Electronic Arts games, is coming to PC, the publisher said today. The new plan is called Origin Access and it’ll offer everything that EA Access on Xbox One does: Free versions of old games; early access to brand new games;…

Players Duped By Steam’s Winter Sale ‘ARG’ Send Valve An Actual Red Herring

Steam’s big winter sale included an alternate reality game that… really wasn’t. After following a rather unsatisfying breadcrumb trail, players unlocked a Steam badge titled “Red Herring.” Very funny, Valve. Now, though, joke’s on them. A member of the subreddit dedicated to untangling Valve’s web of steamy secrets confirmed that a) they sent Valve some…

Failed $73,000 Kickstarter Offers Refunds (Sort Of)

In October of last year, the director of the video game Kickstarter Midora, which had raised $73,470 but run out of money, wrote in a backer update that he was looking for outside investments. Shockingly, he didn’t find any buyers—hard to imagine why investors wouldn’t want to latch onto a Kickstarter with no money—so now…

CM Punk Says Fans Angry Over His Rating In The Next UFC Game Are ‘Butt-Hurt’

Ex-WWE superstar Phil “CM Punk” Brooks is no stranger to controversy. This time, it’s followed him into the realm of video games. It all began when MMA Junkie reporter Mike Bohn tweeted some new info about EA Sports UFC 2, which releases in March. He noted that CM Punk—a former WWE superstar who’s spent the…

The LEGO Classic TV Series Batcave Has All The ’60s Batman

Slide-able Batpoles! A Batmobile with a clearly labeled “Emergency Bat-Turn Lever!” Cesar Romero’s Joker, complete with makeup’d over ‘stache! An official “DICK” LEGO piece! Kapow! Whamm! Zooomm! The classic Batman television series hit the airwaves on January 12, 1966, so LEGO has put together a 2,526 piece tribute to that monument to campiness in the…

Pokémon Turns 20 Years Old, Gets A New 3DS To Celebrate

Damn. Has it really been that long? What you’re looking at above is the upcoming commemorative 3DS releasing on February 27th, which is also the date when Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow are re-releasing on the Nintendo eShop as digital downloads. Naturally, the 3DS bundle will come with Red and Blue pre-installed, and they’ll also…

LEGO Rainbow Six Siege Is Pretty Accurate

A whole round of Rainbow Six environmental destruction with LEGO counter-terrorist operators, made by YouTubers Blacksheep Pictures It’s a stop motion video with some proper Tachanka and Glaz action (pretty cool minifigs by the way). They did a great job translating the gameplay properly. The only difference is the smiling LEGO heads. To contact the…