- UncategorizedBy Tina Amini Published June 18, 2015
- Culture
Concept Art From Some Of E3’s Biggest Games
The reveal of big games is sometimes accompanied by the release of some of their concept art, and this E3 has proven to be no different. Inside you’ll find concept and promotional images for games like Horizon: Zero Dawn, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, Dishonored 2 and Fallout 4 To see the larger pics in all…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 18, 2015 -
UncategorizedEight Things You Should Know About World Of Final Fantasy
Moments before stealing the show at Sony’s press conference by announcing the Final Fantasy VII remake that may make it in time for the PS5, Square Enix whipped out World of Final Fantasy, a chibi-sprite game that promised to be “adorably familiar” and looked like something made for kids. On Monday night, most of us…
By Jason Schreier Published June 18, 2015 -
UncategorizedAnd with this trailer, Y2K has become one of my most anticipated titles of 2015. From the YouTube description: YIIK is a Colorful 3D JRPG set in the 1990s, about eight strangers, a mysterious woman who vanishes in an elevator, and weaponized Panda plashes.*When recent college graduate Alex Eggleston returns home from college, he finds…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 18, 2015 -
Uncategorized25 Minutes Of Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Here is Deus Ex: Mankind Divided’s entire E3 gameplay demo. It’s pretty hot. Normally in order to view this demo before, like, a week from now, you’d have to go crawling through E3’s vents and stain your sensation-less mechanical arms with the battery acid-infused blood of countless Square Enix employees. But not now, not today.…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 18, 2015 -
UncategorizedDestiny Clan Honors Member Who Passed Away
On June 8, Joshua R. Stokell passed away. He was 36 years old. Josh was a member of a Dads of Destiny (DoD) clan, and following his passing his friends in the game put together this touching tribute. Known as TheSquashPhD in Destiny, Josh had Cystic Fibrosis, which he’d devoted himself professionally to helping cure;…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 18, 2015 - CultureCosplay
How Cosplay Helped Save A Man’s Life
In 2011, just a week before Christmas, Jason Isenberg was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. He was 31 at the time. Staring down years of illness, treatment, stress and medical bills, Jason and his wife Cheryl needed a release. They found it in cosplay. Just two months earlier, the couple had attended their first Dragon Con,…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 18, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe PlayStation Vita Is Forgotten, But Not Gone
The PlayStation Vita is a handheld video game device manufactured by Sony Corporation. It was first released in Japan in December 2011. In 2015, some new games will be released for it. This may come as a surprise to anyone who doesn’t own a Vita, and who hasn’t heard the handheld’s name spoken aloud in…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 18, 2015 -
UncategorizedDishonored Player Might As Well Be A Human Killing Machine
It is such a joy to watch one of the best Dishonored players in the world perform incredible feats of murder. In this montage, Dishonored player StealthGamerBR is basically saying ‘Screw stealth. Chaos route is way more fun.’ And after watching this, I’m inclined to agree. Damn!
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 18, 2015 -
UncategorizedFans Are ‘Fixing’ The New Doom‘s Colors, Speed
The new Doom looks like a cartoonishly over-the-top romp through gore hell, land of infinite sorrow (and gore). But I don’t know. It kinda feels like something’s missing. Some players have taken to imagining what the long-in-development Doom reboot would be like if it stuck a little closer to its roots. Linkzaki sped it up…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 18, 2015 -
UncategorizedEven Without The Option, Heroes Of The Storm Players Still Surrender
“Just let them win, it’s over” one of my teammates typed. “Not yet,” I responded. He didn’t listen. Blizzard formally announced that its new MOBA Heroes of the Storm wouldn’t come with a surrender option back in April. While I originally disagreed with their reasoning, I now realize it was fairly sound. “We believe the…
By Yannick LeJacq Published June 18, 2015 -
UncategorizedTips For Playing Fallout Shelter
Being in charge of an entire vault is not easy: you have to manage your population, fend off attackers, and you have to take the time to explore the wasteland. It’s a lot to juggle! But I’m here to help. I’ve been playing the game obsessively over the past week, and have learned a few…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 18, 2015 - Uncategorized
The new Animal Crossing is letting you choose your skin tone People have been asking for the option for years, and Nintendo’s granting their wish with Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer. It’s a step in the right direction, albeit a long overdue one. Hopefully it’ll carry over to the next full Animal Crossing game.
By Nathan Grayson Published June 18, 2015 -
UncategorizedWe Played Star Wars: Battlefront
And then we talked to you about it live, on Periscope. Here’s an archive of that chat, in which Evan and I discuss our warm feelings towards the roughly 13-minute multiplayer round we played at E3. If you weren’t already aware, Periscope is a Twitter-owned live-streaming service that operates best in landscape mode. And if…
By Tina Amini Published June 18, 2015 -
UncategorizedSony’s VR Headset Turned Me Into a Flying Horse
The future is horse. Horse is future. You sit on a bicycle with a virtual reality headset and you think, “Ok, maybe they’re going to put me in the Olympics or on a paper route.” You don’t think, “I’m about to turn into a four-legged animal and also sprout wings.” At least I didn’t. Yesterday,…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 18, 2015 - UncategorizedBy Evan Narcisse Published June 18, 2015
- UncategorizedBy Tina Amini Published June 18, 2015
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Fallout 4 Devs Have ‘No Plans’ For Paid Mods
When Bethesda and Valve announced paid mods for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, the reaction was negative, and it was quickly retracted. Some have suspected the idea would come back with Fallout 4, but as of right now, that doesn’t appear to be the case. German publication Spiegel Online, the digital version of Der Spiegel,…
By Patrick Klepek Published June 18, 2015