Excellent Art Direction In The Newest Assassin’s Creed Sidescroller

The third and presumably final 2D Assassin’s Creed Chronicles game is out this week and looks even better than last month’s one set in India. We captured video of its first level. Look at that smoke! Look at this skyline! The game’s mouthful of a title is Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: Russia. It’s set in 1918…

Batman Gets An Even Sadder Origin Story This Week

Bruce Wayne isn’t a real person anymore. He was, for a few short months. In that time, the man orphaned by crime was someone who laughed, loved and let people in. But now, he’s gone back to just being a daytime mask for the Batman to wear. Wave goodbye to the Bruce-beard, everybody. One of…

Namco Is Offering $10,000 To Anyone Who Can Actually Explain Dark Souls‘ Story

Dark Souls fans are trying to win $10,000 by making videos attempting to explain the game’s confusing narrative, and a few of them are pretty brilliant. The “My Dark Souls Story” contest, which concluded last night, is supposed to help explain Dark Souls 3 to a player who hasn’t played the previous two games. As…

No one told me Gravity Rush has a flaming windmill: I was expecting Gravity Rush Remastered to be a game about flying, walking on walls and kicking enemies in mid-air. I was even expecting a cat. But this windmill? No wonder Kirk and Evan like the game so much. A good addition to my PS4.

First Look at the New Anime from One-Punch Man‘s Creator 

The manga Mob Psycho 100, from One-Punch Man creator One, is getting an adaptation. A sweet-looking one at that. Mob Psycho 100 follows a junior high student who has powerful psychic powers and is filled with a wry visual style. The studio Bones is handling the adaptation, which was announced last December, and the anime…

That’s Not How Naval Battles Work

The pirates try everything to sink the Swedish ship in Naval Action, but it’s not enough. It’s certainly entertaining though. Naval Action is a sandbox sailing game on Steam. It’s in Early Access, which is probably the reason for the unusual combat, and not reading the wrong book about the Age of Sail. via r/gamephysics…

Custom Undertale Amiibos Are Works of Art

Graphic designer Sara created some really nice Undertale Amiibo figures. Even though the game only has a PC version, these would still make sense and would look cool next to all the Nintendo ones. All the main characters are there and Sara even made custom boxes for them. Here are some close-ups, and you can…

When Someone Plays Smash Bros. On A Twitch Chat-Controlled Couch

Twitch had a Smash Bros. competition with an unusual challenge as an extra addition. People had to sit on a couch-shaped mechanical bull which was controlled by Twitch chat. There’s no way something like this would end well. It’s still possible to win, as Jericho’s video shows, but also pretty sure we have hit peak…

Fallout 4 Ramen Is for Real

If you’ve played Fallout 4, you’ve probably come across Takahashi, the ramen-making protectron in Diamond City. His ramen is real. According to the Japanese press (namely, Dengeki PlayStation and Famitsu), Bethesda has sent out “Nani ni Shimasuka?” (What will you have?) instant ramen with sio (salt) broth. Don’t know if this will go on sale,…

Anime Trope: People Getting Carried Like Rice Bags

Forget getting carried like a bride or a princess, the new thing, it seems, is getting hauled about like a bag of rice. This is called “okome-sama dakko” (お米様抱っこ), and it’s become a topic online after Mikazuki Augus from Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans busted it out: Hardly a first, but there you go. “Okome-sama…

Watch Out, Minecraft

For years now, people have been building amazing creations in Minecraft. But in Japan, people don’t need Minecraft to make cool constructions. Thank Minecraft clone, Dragon Quest Builders for that. Via 2ch and Hachima, people have been sharing impressive creations they’ve made in Builders. “I’ve seen better in Minecraft,” you might say, and I have,…

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