The Division Looks…Cold

Ryan Hawkins is an artist who has worked on games like The Division, Hawken and Aliens: Colonial Marines. He’s also the guy behind the VERTEX books we posted about last year, which are a great resource for artists looking to up their game. You can see more of Ryan’s work at his ArtStation site To…

Rust Chooses Players’ Race For Them, Things Get Messy

Many games let you choose your character’s race, but not Rust. The chaotic survival game is doing its best impression of the gene pool—randomizing who’s white, black, and everything else—and players have reacted in unexpected ways. Prior to this, everyone in the game was white and looked more or less the same. The changes to…

Good Assassin’s Creed Joke, Watch Dogs

Okay, I’m about nine months late to this, but I just finished Watch Dogs on Saturday. And I liked the little Assassin’s Creed joke I found in the game. The joke appears to involve a specific scene from Assassin’s Creed Revelations, according to this video from the Access the Animus YouTube channel. Neat! Late last…

Crowd Booing The Scripted Wrestlemania Hero? Just Edit Out The Boos [UPDATE]

The advantage of a pre-determined sport like pro wrestling is that promoters can book the ideal storylines. Usually, that means you’ll get a Wrestlemania main event the crowd is excited to see, though usually they’re not supposed to be booing the good guy a few days before the big show. Good thing you can edit…

George RR Martin Shops For Comics, Is Adorable

It’s no secret that George R.R. Martin is an old-school comics nerd, a guy who wrote fan letters to Marvel Comics back in the day. Surely, well off as he must be, somebody’s running to get his comics for him, right? Nope. He gets them himself. Sometimes, he brings Game of Thrones actresses with him,…

How To Make Cities: Skylines Look Like Borderlands

Love Borderlands‘ cartoony vistas and pastel-colored expanses? Well, now you can make your game of Cities: Skylines look just like it—minus roughly a million gallons of blood, of course. The Bordercities 2 mod gives the absurdly popular (and infinitely moddable) Steam city builder the Borderlands series’ trademark cel-shaded look by doing these things: -Adds ‘edge…

Bloodborne Isn’t As Brutal When It Glitches Out

Bloodborne can be pretty brutal…unless it happens to hiccup. While it might not be particularly common, when Bloodborne glitches out, just about anything can happen. Some players are finding that glitches make life way easier, especially when it comes to boss battles. The GIF above, for example, comes from Typical East Coast—who found that, for…

The NiGHTS Statue Of Your Dreams

The next statue in First 4 Figures’ Sega All-Stars line is a character from a game too good for a proper sequel. NiGHTS Into Dreams was perfect, and the statue follows suit. While the 2007 sequel was okay, the 1996 Sega Saturn original was one of the best reasons to own the console, and one…

That Majora’s Mask New 3DS XL Will Be Back In Stock Tomorrow

If you wanted one of those hot Majora’s Mask New 3DS XLs but could never quite get your hands on one, we’ve got some good news: they’re coming back. The limited-edition New 3DS, which drove the world insane back in January thanks to Nintendo’s sloppy distribution and lack of communication, will be in (limited) stock…

The loading times in Bloodborne are pretty long, and for a game that’s killing you every few minutes, that’s unfortunate. Sony says From Software is working on a patch to address this and “other performance optimizations and miscellaneous bug fixes.”

If You See Ganon On Tinder, You’ve Gotta Swipe Right

You never know what you might find when you’re looking for love. Twitter user @siegvat was poking around Tinder when they came across an interesting fellow… Here’s how Ganon’s profile reads: “Looking for a princess that makes me Tingle. Horses Minions Fear mongering Killing sages Toppling kingdoms Transforming into horrible monsters I don’t do dick…