Taking Smite‘s New Mecha Thor For A Test Drive

The ultimate unlock in Smite’s 2016 World Championship-funding Odyssey is finally live, and I get a chance to put Ragnarok Force X Thor through his paces. Religion would be a lot more entertaining if each different god across all the many and varied pantheons had a mecha form. Alas we’re going to have to settle…

My Witcher Sense Just Melted Down

Corneline’s Priscilla was one of the nicest surprises in a year of very strong Witcher 3 cosplay, and that was just when we thought all she was doing was dressing up. Turns out she can sing Priscilla’s song as well (in French), and did so live in Paris earlier this year.

Look At This Fallout 4 Figure

ThreeZero, makers of fine, large and expensive adult collectibles, is working on a Fallout 4 action figure. And it’s fantastic. See how he’s wearing power armour? And how it looks good, but not amazing? Well, the power armour can be removed, piece by piece, revealing not just the frame, but a Vault jumpsuit as well.…

Oh… Sir! Is A Game Where You Fight With Insults 

Today the Steam surprise fairy dropped a particularly peculiar game on our doorsteps: Oh… Sir, a one-on-one fighting game where you duel not with sticks, stones, or guns that fire cars, but words. It’s a small game born of a game jam, but it’s charming and good for a few hate-laughs with your friends, rivals,…

Counter-Strike: Global Awakening. WeAreSOLST1CE took Counter-Strike and added a dash of Star Wars. How? Perhaps they spoke words with such mellifluous power that we’re collectively hallucinating something that isn’t there. Or maybe they, you know, edited a replay. One of those.

That Time Team Fortress 2 And Borderlands Changed Art Styles Mid-Development

Video games change a lot between announcement and release, but most of that happens under the hood. What the game looks like is usually set in stone. But that’s not true of every video game, and it certainly wasn’t true for Borderlands and Team Fortress 2, games that looked very different by the time they…

Huck Is Like Superman Mashed Together With Forrest Gump

The idea of a Superman-like figure dropping into the ‘real’ world—more like ours, in that it’s not filled with superheroes—is one that’s fascinated genre fiction writers for decades. Now, we’ve got an odd take on it that merges moments from America’s past and present in a quasi-fairy tale. Spoilers follow. Huck is a new series…

Shadow of Mordor Producer Fights Rare Form Of Cancer

Earlier this year, Shadow of Mordor executive producer Michael Forgey learned that he has a malignant form of brain cancer. Although the tumor is inoperable, Forgey is doing everything he can to battle against the disease. Forgey’s family and friends at Monolith Productions are raising money to help him cover medical expenses and support his…

Arkham Knight’s Big, Season-Ending DLC Hits Tomorrow

The final story-centric add-on for Batman: Arkham Knight throws multiple archvillains at the Dark Knight when it comes out on December 22. And the Season of Infamy is apparently taking some cues from Arkham Asylum, the first Batman game from dev studio Rocksteady. In a new video detailing the upcoming DLC, members of Rocksteady talk…

What We Thought About Star Wars: The Force Awakens

We recently took a break from our usual back-and-forths about video games to chat about the new Star Wars movie: what we liked, what didn’t make sense, what we think will happen next. Join us, if you will. Warning: this one’s full of spoilers. Don’t read it unless you’ve already seen the movie (or don’t…

The Good, New Assassin’s Creed Expansion’s Unexpectedly Bold Depiction Of Prostitution

Assassin’s Creed Syndicate’s new Jack The Ripper expansion is a compelling if rough-edged remix of the base game that cleverly works in one of history’s most famous killers. It pulls off another trick, too, going to extraordinary lengths to engender empathy for a group of people who don’t get much of it in video games:…

Is… is that Carrot Top in the new Uncharted 4 trailer? This slo-mo CGI promo clip is running in front of some screenings of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Too bad about that gold coin; could’ve used it for some multiplayer upgrades. Contact the author at [email protected]

Bird Lawyer Game Comes To Steam Today

You’ve probably played Phoenix Wright. But have you ever played Phoenix Wright… as a bird? Successfully Kickstarted last year and released today on Steam, Aviary Attorney puts you in the well-groomed talons of Jayjay Falcon, a defense attorney in 19th-century Paris. I’m not a huge fan of the color scheme, but damn, this game looks…

Star Wars N64 Looks Like It Was Found In The Wreckage Of Jakku

Inspired by The Force Awakens, artist Vadu Amka decided to make a Star Wars console themed after the desert wreckage scattered all over the planet Jakku. It took him around 30 hours to make, and involved everything from hammered aluminium to sanding to melting tin sheets onto the thing. You can see more pics of…