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Trolled Kickstarter Gets Paid Second Time Around
Not every shitty Kickstarter story has to have a sad ending. Dimension Driver, the game that was so cruelly cheated of its funding by a troll a few weeks back, has hit its goal second time around. Asking for the same amount as their first campaign—€30,000—the team has at time of writing made €32,000, and…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 3, 2015 - CultureCosplay
The Witcher 3’s Ciri, Cosplayed To Perfection
2015 has beena goodyear for Witcher cosplay. Funny how the release of the best game in the series can do that. From the gear to the hair, Love-Squad’s Ciri is almost perfect. Photos by Alexander Turchanin.
By Luke Plunkett Published June 3, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe Best Thing About LEGO’s Take on Minecraft
I’ve spent a couple of hours in Lego Worlds this week, and I am absolutely loving it. The main reason? There are a ton of things and creatures lying around, all of which you can ride with the press of a button. I’m not much for building things. Embarrassingly, I was one of those weird…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 3, 2015 - Uncategorized
UPDATE: It works now. If you bought The Witcher 3 digitally on Xbox One, there’s a chance you can’t play the game right now. There’s a licensing issue—error “0x87de2726”—that’s preventing the game from booting up, but Microsoft is aware of the problem and working on it. It’s apparently a licensing issue. There’s no timetable for…
By Patrick Klepek Published June 3, 2015 -
CultureThe Witcher 3 Is Better With Heavy Metal
On today’s episode of Highlight Reel we have Destiny triple kills, mayhem from above, ship-to-ship combat, mosh pits, and much more! Watch the video above, then link any of your favorite highlights in the comments, and be sure to check out, like and subscribe the original videos via the links below. Destiny –Trials Triple –…
By Chris Person Published June 3, 2015 - Culture
Four Months Later, Peter Molyneux’s Godus Is Still A Mess
Four months ago, Peter Molyneux’s Godus was a disaster. Four months later, it’s… still in pretty bad shape. Minus small tweaks and changes, Godus is worryingly similar to the game it was four months ago. The features players clamored for—the ones they felt like they were promised during the god game revival’s crowdfunding drive—are still…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 3, 2015 - Uncategorized
A Huge Marvel Universe Mystery Gets Revealed in Secret Wars #3
A question debated by geeks for decades gets answered in this week’s issue of Secret Wars. Spoilers ahead. (One more time: spoilers follow! Hover over the top left of each image and click on the magnifying glass icon to expand it.) At the heart of the Secret Wars miniseries lies an unexpected conundrum: just who…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 3, 2015 - Uncategorized
Ultra Street Fighter IV was pretty broken when it launched, but Sony’s trying to patch it back to health. An update is rolling out in North America today, and the full patch are below: Reduce interface lag within menus Addressed disappearing projectiles Fixed Decapre’s teleport animation Fixed Rolento’s audio glitch (during victory screen) Fixed missing…
By Patrick Klepek Published June 3, 2015 - Culture
Valve Finally Gave Team Fortress 2 The Feature It Needed
Team Fortress 2 has languished a bit in recent times. Truly outstanding updates have been few and far between. Thankfully, Valve just gave the game a new injection of life. TF2 now has a Steam Workshop section for maps. That might not sound like a big deal given that Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has been doing…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 3, 2015 -
UncategorizedAll The Juicy Details Hidden In The Fallout 4 Trailer
The first trailer for Fallout 4 manages to cram quite a few things in a span of three minutes, ranging from references, to potential gameplay mechanics. Lets take a closer look, shall we? In case you’ve somehow missed it or need it for reference, here’s the Fallout 4 trailer in full: Okay! Lets get right…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 3, 2015 - Uncategorized
The Official Big Bang Theory LEGO Set Looks Awkwardly Cozy
Having made it through a previous round of LEGO Ideas vetting, Alatariel and GlenBricker’s Big Bang Theory set is now a real product, including all you see here for a mere $59.99 later this year. For those unfamiliar, the LEGO Ideas Project is a website where LEGO builders can submit their ideas in the hopes…
By Mike Fahey Published June 3, 2015 -
UncategorizedDeveloper Sees Game Announcement, Realizes He’s Making The Same Game
Perception, where you play a blind person who taps a cane to see around them, was revealed last week. Soon, an email went around indie studio Tiny Bull. “Panic started to spread among the team,” said CEO Matteo Lana. Why? Tiny Bull had been making Blind, a game with the same premise, for more than…
By Patrick Klepek Published June 3, 2015 - Uncategorized
Today, Superman Feels Like an Actual Human Being
A Man of Steel who can’t fly. No heat vision. Cape torn to shreds. Yup, Action Comics #41 is the best Superman comic to come out in years. This week marks the start of what publisher DC Comics is calling the New DC Universe, an initiative where they’ll be debuting big status quo shifts, new…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 3, 2015 -
UncategorizedHonest Trailer For Heroes Of The Storm Rips The Game To Shreds
“Prepare for Blizzard’s new game…inspired by a mod for one of their old games, that created an entirely new genre of game that got more popular than any of their other games, causing Blizzard to develop a new game ripping off the other games that ripped off their old game.” Ah, the wonders of video…
By Yannick LeJacq Published June 3, 2015 - Uncategorized
Riot Games has hired Graham McNeill as a writer for League of Legends, the author just announced. McNeill is an accomplished fantasy writer who’s done lots of work in the Warhammer universe, so this is an exciting development for League fans who’ve been patiently waiting to see some better storytelling in the game Contact the…
By Yannick LeJacq Published June 3, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe Fallout 4 Trailer Is Excellent
Fallout is back, and, as expected, it’s headed to post-apocalyptic Boston. You can watch the first (great) trailer right here. As we already know thanks to an accidental early website leak, Fallout 4 is official, and it’s coming to PS4, Xbox One, and PC. It’s been seven years since Fallout 3, the first and only…
By Jason Schreier Published June 3, 2015 -
UncategorizedAwesome Star Wars X-Wing Drone Takes It To The Sky
Hard to get a glimpse of the propellers in French enthusiast Oliver C’s X-Wing drone. It is a completely rebuilt and customized quadrocopter that now looks like the iconic fighter from Star Wars The creator took it to a test flight to see how it performs and made a short video (with the Death Star…
By Gergo Vas Published June 3, 2015 -
UncategorizedFallout 4 Announced For PS4, Xbox One, PC
Inadvertently leaked on the official website an hour ahead of its scheduled announcement, here’s Fallout 4, coming to PS4, Xbox One, and PC. UPDATE (10am): And here’s the official trailer: Here’s the box art: It’s been seven years since Fallout 3, the first and only Fallout game released by Bethesda Game Studios so far. The…
By Jason Schreier Published June 3, 2015