An Overwatch Character Is Helping Me Enjoy A Multiplayer Shooter

Overwatch, with its heavy MOBA influences, isn’t like other multiplayer first-person shooters. And the more I play of the game, the more I think that’s a very, very good thing. The thing I’ve enjoyed most about Overwatch so far is how extreme it’s been in designing its characters. With four distinct classes of combatant to…

Long-Neglected League Of Legends Champion ‘Poppy’ Is Finally Being Remade

Today is a very special day for longtime League of Legends fans. Today is the day that Riot finally brought Poppy back. Poppy is one of the oldest champions in League of Legends, and like a lot of old characters in Riot’s insanely popular online multiplayer game, she’s fallen out of step with the rest…

Bloodborne DLC Finally Answers Whether You Can Become A Beast

Ever since Bloodborne leaked onto the Internet as Project Beast, players have speculated it was possible to transform into something monstrous. Sadly, that wasn’t possible in Bloodborne. With The Old Hunters DLC…well, it’s complicated. Warning: Some may consider what’s ahead to be a spoiler. Patricia wrote about the never-ending transformation theories within the Bloodborne community…

“It’s 2002, that shit will never work.” A character in story game Emily Is Away—which takes place in a fake version of AOL Instant Messenger—finds out about Steam. They are (probably) not wrong. Emily Is Away is now free on Steam, if you’re interested.

Tense Star Wars: Battlefront Duel Ends In Best Way Possible

Two enemies lock eyes on the battlefield. One, a Rebel soldier. The other, an Imperial Stormtrooper. This can only end in one way. And it’s probably not the way you’re thinking. This clip, uploaded by Nick Nixon, is one of the funniest things I’ve seen come from Star Wars: Battlefront.

The New Archie and Betty Broke Up For Heartbreaking Real Reasons

Ever since the new modernized relaunch of Archie hit a few months ago, it’s been a mystery as to why Archie Andrews and Betty Cooper abruptly broke off their seemingly perfect romance. This week, we found out why. The crucial element in most of the old-school Archie comics was that Archie never had to definitively…

Shakedown Hawaii is Brian Provinciano’s 16-bit-themed follow-up to Retro City Rampage for PS4 and Vita. Besides getting announced today, anyone attending the PlayStation Experience next month will get a chance to play it. You can watch the brief teaser trailer here, too. Contact the author at [email protected]

The State Of The 3DS In 2015

Though it launched with a whimper, the 3DS has long since roared to life. Even after a soft 2015, Nintendo’s DS successor remains great: If you like Nintendo games, there’s really no reason not to have a 3DS these days. This is part of our 2015 “State of” series, a look at how the five…

Why Some People Still Care About Killing Children In Fallout 4

Fallout 3’s “Killable Children” mod was released in 2008, and since then, it’s been downloaded over 150,000 times by PC players. It’s probably no surprise this relatively popular type of mod made a comeback with Fallout 4, too, right? OK, maybe this seems weird to some of y’all. But, this type of mod has a…

Our Favorite Toy Gifts That Won’t Just Sit On The Desk

Action figures and tiny vinyl statues are great for taking up work real estate and making employers question professionalism, but toys are meant to be played with. Here’s a selection of toy gifts that they won’t be able to keep their hands off. (Or something.) Fifteen years ago I bought my stepfather, a huge baseball…

Graphics Mod Makes New Star Wars Game Look Like A New Star Wars Movie

After wowing us with his gorgeous (and still unreleased)graphics mod for Grand Theft Auto V, Martin Bergman applies his Toddyhancer tweaks to Star Wars: Battlefront with ridiculous results. The Tatooine survival mission in Star Wars: Battlefront isn’t too hard on the eyes in its unaltered form. But once Bergman applies his signature mix of reshade…

League Of Legends’ ‘Snow Day’ Skins Add Hot Cocoa And Penguins To Your Arsenal

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: League of Legends is just the cutest. EXHIBIT B: The new “snow day” accoutrements made for all those blisteringly cold nights ahead when you don’t want to leave the house and freeze your butt off, so you play League instead. The influential League of Legends news…

Jessica Jones’ Terrifying Villain Has A Brood Of Evil Comic-Book Children

Millions of people are binging on Jessica Jones right now. They’re watching as a sadistic predator named Kilgrave makes the title character’s life a living hell. Kilgrave’s even worse in the comics, though: he’s a crappy absentee dad who passed his powers to a bunch of angry, neglected sons and daughters. Mild spoilers follow for…