The History Behind Dark Souls‘ Most Controversial Move, The Backstab

Backstabs are one of the most powerful attacks in Dark Souls, letting you disable an enemy while inflicting huge amounts of damage. It became so popular From Software nerfed it for Dark Souls II, but it seems to be back in action for Dark Souls III One of the love-it-or-hate-it pieces of the Dark Souls…

An Assassin’s Creed Syndicate Preview, In Three GIFs

They’re showing Assassin’s Creed Syndicate over at Gamescom in Germany this week. They’re letting people play as Evie, the other twin in the pair of brother-sister assassins who are playable in this game. First observation from where I sit: the hat-knocking-off tech in this game is pretty good. According to previewers at GameSpot and GamesRadar,…

I Played A 24 Cent Steam Game So You Don’t Have To

Devil’s Share is a new Steam game that has, in the span of five days, racked up 454 reviews. Most of these are negative. And yet! The game is currently selling for less than a dollar. How bad could it be? Pretty bad, it turns out. According to Steam, I’ve spent 34 minutes with the…

Superheroes Who Act Like ISIS Are the Stars of a Great New DC Comic

The first time we saw the new version of DC’s outer space super-team, they were broadcasting what appeared to be the live murder of someone who used to be a Green Lantern. One of the Omega Men slit Kyle Rayner’s throat as millions of sentient beings watched. Believe it or not, the Omega Men are…

We’ll Be Lucky To See Final Fantasy XV Next Year

Today in Germany, Square Enix announced that the elusive Final Fantasy XV is totally on schedule and that they’ve even planned out a release date. Then, in traditional Square Enix fashion, they said they couldn’t tell it to us yet. In a bizarre, frustrating live presentation from Gamescom this afternoon, FFXV director Hajime Tabata teased…

Rocket League‘s Prototype Was More Like Twisted Metal

Before Rocket League, there was Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars. But there was something before that, too, and it was a pretty different game. The original pitch for Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars was called Crash Course, which looks awfully familiar to the games we know today—but focused on car combat. The game’s developer, Psyonix, revealed gameplay…

The New Sims 4 Expansion Pack Adds A Nifty-Sounding Friendship System

After going to work with the first expansion pack, The Sims 4 is adding a European-themed world this fall with Get Together. While the intercontinental additions seem nice, the coolest part of the new expansion is a fleshed out friendship system. The way Sims developer EA describes it on the game’s website makes it sound…

See Every Possible Decision From A Life Is Strange Conversation

It’s tough to keep track of the decisions you’re making in Life Is Strange, even though you can usually rewind and make different ones. Ever wonder how it would look mapped out, and you could see every branching path? The developers have done that for us, and it’s fascinating. Life Is Strange developer Dontnod Entertainment…

How To Transfer Xbox 360 Saves to Xbox One

The belated introduction of backwards compatibility to the Xbox One won’t just allow you to play Xbox 360 games on Microsoft’s newer console. It’ll allow you to use your old save files, too. To get that feature to work, you’ll have to transfer your 360 saves to the cloud. It’s easy, so long as so…

Heroes Of The Storm Announces Two New Characters Plus Another Map

Blizzard revealed a bunch of exciting new stuff coming to its MOBA Heroes of the Storm today at Gamescom. In addition to the previously teased Monk hero from Diablo III, they’re also adding a hero from Warcraft, and another one from StarCraft. AND another Diablo-themed map. Woo content!!!! The monk, who’s officially named Kharazim, was…

Arkham Knight’s Red Hood Add-On Is More Bad DLC For A Good Game

The Red Hood wears a Bat-symbol on his chest but goes around killing bad guys. He’s a character that fans are supposed to love to hate. Too bad his playable appearance in Batman: Arkham Knight is so terribly bland. Story spoilers follow for plot points in Batman: Arkham Knight, including the ending. He’s the star…

The Final Moments Of The First Death Star, In LEGO Form

LEGO builder OliveSeon recreated the Battle of Yavin from Star Wars in a very creative way. Instead of building a huge Death Star he focused on its memorable “trench run” scene and made a detailed six-feet-wide version of it. Here are some more shots (via Brick Nerd) from different angles of the Rebels trying to…

Skylanders Is Getting Online Multiplayer

Activision revealed today that they’re adding online multiplayer to Skylanders: Superchargers. The game’s getting online land, sea and air races for up to four players, along with an online co-op story mode. Skylanders never had any sort of online multiplayer and fans have been really clamoring for it for a while now. So it’s good…

For Amy Ripley, things are about to go from bad to worse. This is a screenshot of a snapshot of 3D artist glenatron’s next project: a chibi diorama of Alien: Isolation. The model’s embedded below for your viewing and zooming pleasure. Kudos to Alban Denoyel for the tip. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs…