Nintendo’s YouTube Plan Is Already Having Problems

Last week, Nintendo started a controversial program lets YouTubers make money off of any Nintendo-related videos submitted for approval. The process was supposed to take two to three days, but today Nintendo announced that they’re having trouble keeping up with the demand. As spotted by Venture Beat, here’s what the Nintendo website says about the…

Kingston HyperX Cloud II Gaming Headset: The Kotaku Review 

Last year the folks at memory and storage company Kingston Technologies showed the world theyknew a thing or two about putting together a good gaming headset. Now they’re back with the HyperX Cloud II, adding virtual 7.1 surround sound to an already successful piece of hardware. What It Is The HyperX Cloud II gaming headset…

The Most Popular Pokémon Used By Top Players, In One Image

Not all Pokémon are made equal. Some Pokémon are used more than others, and even elite Pokémon players have their favorites. Posted by Reddit user on r/Pokemon, here’s a look at the most popular Pokemon used by top players on Pokémon Showdown. For those that don’t know, Showdown is an online battle simulator used by…

What Telltale Could Learn From Life is Strange

There was a time when “Telltale” was just a game studio. But over the last few years, fueled by the success of 2012 Game of the Year contender The Walking Dead, it’s become shorthand for a whole genre. That genre is in desperate need of a viable competitor to spur Telltale to fix some annoying,…

Dark Souls II Patch Reveals New Secrets For An Old Game

There was a major patch for Dark Souls II today, which includes a screen-filling new character known as The Scholar, updated lore, and more. The Souls series is all about hiding things in weird places, so we’re only scratching the surface. Here’s a taste of what’s been found so far. The patch is free for…

Superman’s New Power Makes Him a Little Less Super, a Lot More Human

It’s been a problem that creators who’ve worked on Superman projects have been dealing with for decades: How do you make the near-omnipotent Man of Steel feel more relatable? Ironically, the newest solution comes from giving Kal-El yet another superpower. Warning: Spoilers and images for today’s Superman #38 follow. The latest issue of the ongoing…

Have A Nice TRIP

See, it’s just like pulling a prank on a friend in real life, only instead of helping him up afterwards you split his skull open with a pickaxe. I cannot get enough of this game.

LEGO Doctor Who Is Officially A Real Thing

Back in November I told you we were dangerously close to getting an official LEGO set based on the adventures of everyone’s favorite Time Lord. Today LEGO Ideas made it official—we’re getting an official Doctor Who set, courtesy of Andy Clark of Firaxis Games. LEGO’s Ideas program is a place for builders to submit their…

The Sims 4’s First Expansion Pack Sounds Cool, Super Expensive

The Sims 4 is getting its first full-blown expansion pack in April, developer EA announced today. Known as “Get To Work,” the pack adds new jobs with full-blown workplace locations you can actually visit and play around in. That’s pretty darn exciting. Less thrilling is the $40 price tag. The Sims has long been known…

Run Your Own Prison, Grab the Mario Party Amiibo Bundle, & More Deals

Prison architect is full of surprisingly resonant moral choices. To quote Stephen Totilo: Am I the kind of person who thinks prisoners shouldn’t have windows in their cells? Wait. Is that a kind of person? Is a person who doesn’t put a window in the cell of a guy who is about to be executed…

Team Beats Destiny‘s Toughest Raid Without Using Guns

“WHY IS THIS WORKING???” My thoughts exactly, Destiny raid group that somehow beat all of Crota’s End without firing a gun. So. OK. If you don’t play Destiny, you might not appreciate the magnitude of this accomplishment, but I promise you, it’s not easy to beat the game’s toughest raid without using your weapons. Yet…

Dark. Violent. Psychologically tortured. Yep, the new trailer for the upcoming Daredevil series looks very promising, indeed. The Netflix show based on Marvel Comics’ Man Without Fear debuts on April 10.

You Can Technically ‘Beat’ Resident Evil In One Second

You cannot trust the leaderboards for Resident Evil. Within days of release, players had started digging into the game’s code, looking for ways to finish it faster and faster by aggressively cheating. It’s probably not possible to beat it faster than a second, but I’m sure people will try. It’s deeply funny, however, to realize…

The League of Legends tournament allowing one LGBTQ person per team has apologized and removed its widely criticized restrictions. “We’ll also be keeping our promise of having an open dialogue with all parties as we plan this and future events,” the group said.

Making Yoda Out of Wax Isn’t Easy

Madame Tussauds, the famous wax museum, is bringing Yoda to life—er, wax—for an upcoming Star Wars exhibit. If you thought it was easy to make a Yoda wax statue, then you are a crazy person. It’s not! Via New Launches, Madame Tussauds uploaded a promo video to YouTube. And while most of the video is…

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