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The Brutal Things You Can Expect In Fallout 4’s New Survival Mode
Fallout 4’s revamped survival mode isn’t live yet, but players have already discovered how it’ll all work.Oh, the wonders of datamining. Detailed by Redditor rayQuGR (and confirmed by Bethesda), here are some of the harsh conditions you’ll experience in Fallout 4’s revamped survival mode. Saving Manual and quicksaving are disabled. To save your game, you’ll…
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 24, 2016 -
UncategorizedKotaku ‘Shop Contest: Cheer Up, Baby Batman
Batman’s son, Damian Wayne,has a sad. I’m pretty sure we can fix this. Three days down, three days to go! Why is Damian Wayne, AKA Robin, so sad? Did he not get his Fire Emblem collector’s edition on time? Has his father forgotten he existed? Did he decide to scrub the last ‘Shop Contest entirely…
By Mike Fahey Published February 24, 2016 -
CulturePopular Driving Game OutDrive Just Isn’t Very Good
OutDrive has spent the past couple days near the top of Steam’s popular new releases section, and it only costs a few dollars. What could possibly go wrong? OutDrive is a neon-drenched—or drowned, really—endless driver. Billed as an “aesthetic experiment” with a focus on experiencing music, it looks very nice and sounds even nicer. Unfortunately,…
By Nathan Grayson Published February 24, 2016 - Uncategorized
Final Fantasy XIV Gets A Cute David Bowie Reference
Above, via Redditor LightSamus: a dedication to the late David Bowie, found in Final Fantasy XIV’s new Antitower dungeon, which was added with the 3.2 patch yesterday. Cute. On another note, I’ve spent the past few weeks binge-playing FFXIV, and I really really love it, although it seems like I’ve just gotten up to the…
By Jason Schreier Published February 24, 2016 -
UncategorizedBroforce, Galak-Z Headline March’s PS Plus Lineup
Here’s what you’re getting if you’re a PlayStation Plus subscriber. These are not “free” games, technically speaking. You need an active PlayStation Plus subscription to download them. Once you do, you’re set. PlayStation 4 Broforce Galak-Z PlayStation 3 The Last Guy Super Stardust HD PS Vita Flame Over Reality Fighters You can reach the author…
By Patrick Klepek Published February 24, 2016 - Uncategorized
Pokémon Releases Official Photo App, Whatever Happens Next Is Their Own Fault
As part of its ongoing 20th anniversary celebration, The Pokémon Company just gave thousands of people with too much time on their hands the opportunity to create officially branded mischief on their smartphones. The 20th anniversary celebration kicks into high gear this weekend. Nintendo has an incredibly short Pokémon Nintendo Direct on Friday. On Saturday…
By Mike Fahey Published February 24, 2016 - Uncategorized
Ubisoft Devs Call Out Uncharted 4 Trailer For Taking Assassin’s Creed Art [UPDATE]
This morning, Naughty Dog published an incredible trailer for their next game, Uncharted 4. Within the next two hours, some developers at Ubisoft noticed something strange: It uses concept art from Assassin’s Creed Maybe it’s an homage. Maybe it’s a mistake. Maybe Nathan Drake bought the Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag art book and liked…
By Jason Schreier Published February 24, 2016 -
UncategorizedOnly One Person In The Entire World Has Unlocked This Steam Achievement
Most people can’t survive the hellish onslaught of Devil Daggers for more than 60 seconds. And if you watch this video, you’ll understand why. Devil Daggers, the Super Hexagon of shooters, is so difficult that the developer, Sorath, only put a single achievement in the game. It’s called “Devil Dagger,” and for most people, it…
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 24, 2016 -
UncategorizedRunning With Scissors is remaking Postal as Postal: Redux for PC, Mac, and Linux this spring. A PlayStation 4 version is coming later this year. Postal was never a particularly good game, but it’s definitely an iconic game. In a post-Hatred world, it almost feels quaint.
By Patrick Klepek Published February 24, 2016 - Uncategorized
My Only Problem With Ultra Widescreen Gaming So Far
Games look amazing on a curved ultrawide monitor, until they shift to a pre-rendered cutscene recorded at 16:9 ratio. Then come the black bars. As bane of my existences go it’s pretty minor, but I’m always just a little disappointed.
By Mike Fahey Published February 24, 2016 - Uncategorized
Steph Curry Is So Good, NBA 2K Can’t Depict Him
There are few better sports stories than the rise of Stephen Curry, a breathtaking human cheat code who may go down as the best shooter in NBA history. He’s so good, in fact, that NBA 2K doesn’t know how to capture him. For years now, 2K has designed their basketball games to be as realistic…
By Jason Schreier Published February 24, 2016 -
UncategorizedConan Gaming with Pewdiepie Was Kind of Awkward
Earlier this month, famed YouTuber Pewdiepie (aka Felix Kjellberg) appeared on Conan to promote his new show. After the interview, Conan filmed a “Clueless Gamer” segment, which aired tonight. It was okay, but not great. There are a couple reasons why this “Clueless Gamer” fell somewhat flat. For one, as Pewdiepie tweeted, he was a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 24, 2016 - Uncategorized
Dragon Ball Energy Attacks As Tabletop Lamps
Here’s a pretty creative way to light up a room with Dragon Ball characters and their energy attacks. LitUpInteriorDesign’s creations are custom built lamps, made in a way that when lit up, they all look like the characters are performing their most powerful attacks. Besides Goku, there are lamps with Frieza, Buu, a transformed Saiyan…
By Gergo Vas Published February 24, 2016 -
UncategorizedYep, Uncharted 4 Looks Incredible
This morning, the folks at Naughty Dog decided to remind us that yep, Uncharted 4 is coming out in two months and yep, it still looks incredible. Today the devs released this new story trailer, which doesn’t reveal much of the story—unless you really scrutinize lines like “There’s gotta be another way”—but does showcase what…
By Jason Schreier Published February 24, 2016 -
Uncategorized1995 PC Case, Reborn As A Killer Gaming Rig
Showing up to a LAN party with this old 90s PC case could be fun. On the surface it looks like an ordinary old PC, preserved for DOS games. But it’s a very well-made custom case, filled with all-modern hardware inside. Gilmour509 found the old IBM Aptiva case in a recycling center and instead of…
By Gergo Vas Published February 24, 2016 - Uncategorized
Unreal Engine 4 Makes Doom Very, Uh, Angular
Late last week, captain_slow48 posted an Unreal Engine 4 recreation of Doom’s first level online. “I built this to familiarize myself with the engine,” he said, adding that he tried to be “as faithful to the original aesthetic as possible.” Which is exactly what happened. In the relevant thread on the Unreal Engine forums, another…
By András Neltz Published February 24, 2016 - Uncategorized
There will be a Pokémon Direct on Friday, the day before Pokémon’s 20th birthday. According to Nintendo’s official site, the five-minute presentation, which will “celebrate 20 years of Pokémon,” takes place at 7AM PT—that’s 10AM ET, or 3PM GMT.
By András Neltz Published February 24, 2016
