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…

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…

Only 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…

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.

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…

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…

Yep, 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…

1995 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…

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…

Move Over Steve Austin, Pikachu Can Do the Stunner, Too

And like that, Pokkén Tournament is suddenly that much cooler. The above GIF is from a Pokkén trailer for Masked Pikachu. It’s not a new trailer (it’s old!), but Redditors on r/Pokemon recently pointed out that, yes, this certainly appears to be the Stunner. [GIF via AfraidIdenticalCatfish] During his career, Stone Cold Steve Austin popularized…

Five Must-Watch Anime for Winter 2016

Alright. You know the drill. A new anime season means new anime—42 for this winter season to be precise. With so many, it can be hard to know what to watch, and that’s why we’ve put together this guide. I have spent the past few weeks getting fully caught up on all of the winter…

‘Claw Game God’ Snags Over 3,000 Plush Toys in Six Months

If you own an arcade with claw games, this guy is the last person you want to see. In China, Chen Zhitong has nabbed thousands of plush toys thanks to his claw game skills. According to Net Easeand ShanghaiIst, rooms of his house are now filled with his arcade spoils. Chen says he doesn’t spend…

Game Delayed Due to a Lack of Pre-Orders

Here’s what happens when you stop pre-ordering games, I guess. According to Hachima, Marvelous has delayed its PS Vita game Uppers due to a lack of pre-orders. On the official Uppers dev blog, game creator Kenichiro Takaki stated this about the delay: “The number one reason is that the number of pre-orders didn’t stretch as…

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