Players Are Making The Most Brutal Shooter Even More Realistic

First-person military shooters don’t get much more hardcore than Arma III. And yet, its most diehard fans think they can do even better. ACE3 is a merger between three high-profile Arma III modding groups: the teams behind ACE2, AGM and CSE. They’ve spent the past few months working together on “the most comprehensive and realistic…

The Best Steam Guides For Pillars of Eternity

Pillars of Eternity is goddamn fantastic. It’s also sometimes intimidatingly deep, with all of its interlocking old-school-RPG-esque stats and systems. Here are some guides to help you on your way. Let’s take it from the top. First, the most difficult part of every RPG: the character creation screen. Pillars runs on a new, non-D&D stat…

Jeez, Bloodborne Sure Can Be Depressing

Bloodborne is breaking my heart. It’s very easy to miss it, but there are many smaller stories taking place in the world of Yharnam. Many of them are kind of dark. ( And on this note, if you don’t want to be spoiled on one of the sidequests in Bloodborne, you should stop reading now!)…

Mario Kart Is Getting A New, Harder Difficulty Level

Ever since the olden days when Mario and co raced in horse-drawn carriages, Mario Kart’s had three difficulties levels. Soon, though, that’s going to change. On April 23rd, Nintendo will release a free update to Mario Kart 8 that’ll add a 200cc mode. It’s apparently far faster than 50cc, 100cc, and 150cc, requiring a mastery…

Here’s the latest trailer for the new Fire Emblem, which Nintendo says will come to 3DS in North America in 2016.

Nintendo just announced a coming update for Code Name: STEAM that’ll let players fast-forward through enemy turns.

Attack on Titan 3DS Game Is Coming West Next Month

Jealous that Japan got an Attack on Titan game? Don’t be. Attack on Titan: Humanity In Chains is coming west on May 2015 for the 3DS eShop. You can check out the trailer for it below, or read some of our impressions of the Japanese version of the game here. From the Atlus press release:…

My prayers have been answered, as Nintendo’s announced Fatal Frame for Wii U is coming to the rest of the world later this year Can’t wait to crap my pants! Contact the author at [email protected]

Nintendo 64 and DS games are coming to the Wii U! This includes classics like Super Mario 64 and Yoshi’s Island DS, both of which are releasing tonight on the eShop.

Mario Maker has been delayed to this fall, Nintendo just announced. The Mario level-creator will be out for Wii U in September.

Lucas Is Coming Back To Smash Bros. In June

In today’s Nintendo Direct, Nintendo announced that Lucas from Mother 3 will be a downloadable character for Super Smash Bros He’ll be available in June. Here’s his announcement trailer:

Mewtwo Will Be Available in Smash Bros. On April 28th

Hooray! He’s almost here. You can watch him in action in his character reveal trailer here:

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