Twitch Plays Dark Souls continues to make steady progress, having just slain the particularly nasty Belfry Gargoyles. I may have argued they’re cheating atDark Souls, but it doesn’t make their newfound march through the game any less fun to watch. You can reach the author of this post at [email protected] or on Twitter at @patrickklepek

I really enjoyed reading through Game Informer’s exhaustive summary of Destiny’s backstory and lore. I love a good lore recap, and I’ve recently gotten pretty into reading Destiny’s Grimore cards myself. Jaren Ward for president!

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Rocket League is coming to SteamOS, and it’s free if you buy a Steam Machine, Steam Link, or Steam Controller. The car soccer sensation is great fun in split screen, so the pairing makes perfect sense. Also, it’s sold one million copies on Steam alone. I get the impression that maybe people like it a…

Dishonored Co-Director: It’s OK for Games to Be Mean to Players

Sometimes I think a golden age of DLC was kicked off by The Ballad of Gay Tony for Grand Theft Auto IV. Minerva’s Den for BioShock 2, Freedom Cry for Assassin’s Creed IV, Left Behind for The Last of Us, and maybe even Burial at Sea for BioShock Infinite were all expansions that matched, or…

Clint Hocking, director of Far Cry 2 and coiner of the term “ludonarrative dissonance,” has returned to Ubisoft Specifically, Ubisoft Toronto, where he arrives after recently departing Amazon Game Studios. Before that, Hocking had spent time at Valve and Lucasarts. He offers some more context onhis personal blog

Here’s how Michael Fassbender will look in the Assassin’s Creed film, which is scheduled to be released in December 2016. He plays Callum Lynch, a dude who uses Abstergo tech to revisit his 15th-century Spanish ancestor, Aguilar, according to Yahoo. Presumably Fassbender will play both characters. They start filming next week.