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Half-Life 3: Fake Concept Art For A Game That Will Never Exist
Concept artist Shane Baxley knows. He knows deep down, like your or I do, that Half-Life 3 is never coming. Only instead of letting it hurt him, he got to work drawing. Dreaming. Baxley—who just finished work on Black Ops III, and has also done stuff for Subaru, Disney and MLB—figured Dog was in need…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 5, 2015 -
CultureSolarix Wants To Be A Scary Deus Ex, But Something’s Missing
Should I care about Solarix? Yes and no. I really love what Solarix tries to achieve—a new game in the mold of the original Deus Ex or System Shock 2—but it lacks their spirit, their soul. What’s it about? Here’s a general overview of the game, via its Steam page: “Solarix is a science-fiction stealth-horror…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 5, 2015 -
UncategorizedWhat’s Actually Inside a GTA UFO
Though GTA V has a number of UFOs littered around Los Santos, you can’t really get a close look at most of them. Which means it’s easy to miss the fact that the UFOs sometimes do have things inside of them. GTAForums member xHaviiHx recently shared images of the UFO at Fort Zancudo, pictured above,…
By Patricia Hernandez Published May 5, 2015 - CultureCosplay
Witcher Cosplay Bends Genders
What is it with these Witcher cosplayers, being so relentlessly professional and amazing and stuff? This gender-bent Geralt (with some bonus shots as Ciri), by Aelirenn, is just incredible. That’s real chainmail, pieced together by a blacksmith, and as you’ll see in other pics below, the make-up work on the scars is also super impressive.
By Luke Plunkett Published May 5, 2015 - Uncategorized
The next hero coming to Heroes of the Storm is Warcraft character Kael’thas Sunstrider, Blizzard revealed today in a not-so-cryptic tweet. The Heroes developer will be holding an internet Q&A about the dude on May 12th, they also said. Oh boy, another Warcraft hero!
By Yannick LeJacq Published May 5, 2015 - Culture
Valve Finally Fixes Years-Old Steam Bug
Oh thank goodness. The latest Steam beta update includes the following note: “Fixed bug where in-game overlay could take two screenshots for a single hotkey press in some games that process input via DirectInput and Win32 input messages.” This is a bigger deal than it sounds like. Some bugs get squashed, others don’t. And sometimes,…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 5, 2015 -
UncategorizedMortal Kombat Spammer Gets What They Deserve
You know that saying, don’t hate the player, hate the game? Fuck that. I prefer the whole “crush the skulls of your enemies using the white hot rage of justice” approach…when we’re talking about Mortal Kombat, at least. If you’ve played Mortal Kombat before, then you’ve probably come across spammers. The most famous spammer is…
By Patricia Hernandez Published May 5, 2015 -
UncategorizedIncredible Mod Adds Schools To The Sims 4
Sims modders have always been some of the best in the business. But even by their high high standards, this new “Go To School” mod for The Sims 4 has to be the coolest, most ambitious player-made project I’ve seen for the game so far. It adds a whole school system to the game. Impressive!…
By Yannick LeJacq Published May 5, 2015 -
UncategorizedSeven Easter Eggs Buried In Wolfenstein: The Old Blood
With decades of gaming’s most iconic offerings at their fingertips, MachineGames has no end of material with which to craft secrets scattered throughout Wolfenstein: The Old Blood. Here’s what we’ve seen so far. Note: If you don’t want to spoil the goodies tucked away inside Wolfenstein: The New Order’s standalone sequel, turn away now. There…
By Mike Fahey Published May 5, 2015 - Culture
What Are You Playing On Steam This Week?
Steam releases approximately one hundred million billion (give or take a zillion) games every week. So let’s help each other out: tell me what you’re playing on Steam this week and whether or not it’s any good. Let’s recommend games to each other. Me, I’ve been splitting my time between Power Ranger strategy goof-’em-up Chroma…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 5, 2015 -
UncategorizedAmbitious Half-Life Remake Has Entered Early Access
While fans wonder if Valve will ever continue the Half-Life series, you can download an expanded version of long-in-development fan remake of the original, Black Mesa, right now. Technically, though, it’s still not done yet! Black Mesa is now available in Early Access for $20. You can still totally download an older version of the…
By Patrick Klepek Published May 5, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe Mysterious Alien Item Elite: Dangerous Players Can’t Figure Out
Hidden inside the massive world of Elite: Dangerous are curious items that nobody knows what to do with—and these items are inspiring an investigative frenzy. As you might already know, space sim Elite: Dangerous recreates the entire galaxy, and players are free to explore it all. Within this galaxy, there are things you might expect,…
By Patricia Hernandez Published May 5, 2015 -
CultureGrand Theft Auto V Mod Makes Guns Fire Cars Instead Of Bullets
There have been many games with guns. There have been many games with cars. But guns that fire cars? Welcome to a new era. Remember when we thought things couldn’t get any crazier than the chainsaw gun? Or the guns in Ratchet and Clank? Or Duke Nukem? Oh how naive we were. Here, today, we…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 5, 2015 - Uncategorized
Mortal Kombat X’s PC Patch Erasing People’s Saves [UPDATE: Patch Pulled]
Mortal Kombat X on PC has been a mess for a little while now, but a big patch today was supposed to fix that. Instead, it seems to have wiped save progress for a bunch of users. Update (3:04 p.m.): The developer of the port, High Voltage Software, has confirmed the patch has been erasing…
By Patrick Klepek Published May 5, 2015 -
UncategorizedGTA V’s Fan-Made Movies Are Getting A Little NSFW
It was only a matter of time before someone combined the new Rockstar Editor on the PC version of GTA V and nudity. Frankly, I’m surprised it took this long. NSFW warning! Behold, a day in the life of Trevor (after he does drugs). Surprisingly, he lives a pretty balanced life, complete with recreational entertainment,…
By Patricia Hernandez Published May 5, 2015 -
UncategorizedAll The Easy Shortcuts You Can Take In Mario Kart 8’s 200CC Mode
Among the many, many things that Mario Kart 8’s new super-ultra-mega-fast 200CC modechanges are the shortcuts every course has. Now they’re a lot easier to speed through—as long as you don’t run into a wall first. YouTuber Axsel made a handy video (via Reddit) of all the shortcuts in Mario Kart 8 that no longer…
By Yannick LeJacq Published May 5, 2015
