If Team Fortress And League Of Legends Had A Baby, It’d Be Gigantic

Gigantic is a game that’s gotten a lot of praise for its good looks. That’s understandable, given how sharp its visuals have been in every glimpse we’ve gotten. But Motiga’s multiplayer arena game plays well, too. One of the most crowded areas at PAX East last week was the massive booth dedicated to hosting multiplayer…

Yet Another Xbox One Game Isn’t Working Properly [UPDATE]

Ori and the Blind Forest is a very pretty game. It’s a lot of fun, too! Unfortunately, thanks to a few irritating performance issues, some Xbox One players have had trouble soaking up its beautiful scenery and controller-chucking levels of platforming tension since the indie game launched earlier this week. Since Ori and the Blind…

If you’re having trouble downloading anything on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac, you’re not alone, as the App Store and iTunes has been down for several hours. Given Apple earned $4.8 billion from the two storefronts last quarter, you’d imagine it’ll be up real soon. As of this writing, here’s how Apple is reporting the…

Tell Us Your PAX Love Stories

Walk around a PAX convention and you’ll see more than just video games: you’ll see tons of bonding. Cosplayers gather together for pictures, developers visit each other’s booths, and, sometimes, even new love blooms. There are plenty of opportunities—both orchestrated and serendipitous—to meet new friends and new loves. Did you meet any new romantic interests…

Game Freak, developers of the Pokemon games, is teaming up with Sega for a 2D action platformer called—wait for it—Tembo The Badass Elephant It’s coming to PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 this summer, and has already locked up best new game name of 2015. You can reach the author of this post at [email protected]…

With New Mod, Fans Are Making Sure System Shock 2 Never Ends

There are few games with more loyal followings than System Shock 2, Ken Levine’s classic sci-fi horror game. System Shock Infinite, an ambitious fan mod, kicks into gear as the game ends. System Shock Infinite has been in development for a few years now, with regular updates flowing to ModDB. Just a few days ago,…

The First Five Minutes Of Parallax, First-Person Portal Puzzler

Traversing portals to solve puzzles split between two worlds, one black and white, the other white and black? Sounds like a simple enough concept to grasp in five minutes. Toasty Games’ Parallax, launched this week on Steam, is a $10 puzzle game with sharp style and a game mechanic borrowed from the grandparents of the…

If you’re looking for a reason to dive back into Titanfall, here’s a good one: all of the downloadable content is now free on Xbox 360, Xbox One, and PC (on Origin!). Not bad. You can reach the author of this post at [email protected] or on Twitter at @patrickklepek

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What’s Your Favorite Chrono Trigger Memory?

Chrono Trigger, a video game about a guy with spiky hair who refuses to talk to any of his friends, officially turns 20 today, because we are all old as hell. Yep, Chrono Trigger was originally released for the Super Nintendo on March 11, 1995, forever changing the way we look at frogs. To celebrate,…

Ten Easy Ways To Make Gold In World of Warcraft

With subscription tokens, purchasable with gold, coming to WoW, people with enough in-game gold income might get away with not paying any real money to keep their account active. So why not go through a bunch of methods on how to make a small fortune in Warlords of Draenor? They might come in handy soon.…

Huge Star Wars LEGO Set Is Full of Cool Details

The AT-AT walkers are slowly advancing on Echo Base in Martin Harris‘ Battle of Hoth diorama. It’s a huge one that includes everything we’ve seen in The Empire Strikes Back: Snowspeeders, a complete rebel base, a giant snowy battlefield and a some other tiny things. Here’s a video from The Brick Show showing all of…

Shovel Knight in Smash? Maybe someday. The eponymous hero of Shovel Knight was drawn by DeviantArt’s hextupleyoodot, AKA Artsy Omni, the guy behind the Rayman “leak,” as part of his Smashified series. You can find more of his art in his DeviantArt gallery here Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some…

How To Get Perfect Sailor Moon Hair

One of the most iconic things about Sailor Moon is Usagi’s hairdo. Just look at it. Isn’t that just terrific? It really is. Japanese site Naver Matome recently did a roundup on the ways to do this hairstyle. Over the past few years, there have been several explainers on YouTube. Some of them are easy…

Sony Japan announced today it’s ending the PlayStation Mobile service. After July 15, no new paid content will be added to the store, and after September 10, you won’t be able to re-download any purchases. No word yet on how this impacts the service outside Japan.