New Super Smash Bros. 3DS Patch Will Address Balance Issues

Good news, Smash Bros. players! Nintendo announced an upcoming patch, stating it will adjust the game’s balance. Phew. According to Nintendo, the Ver. 1.0.4 update will adjust game balance as well as “fix various problems to make the game more enjoyable to play.” Nintendo hasn’t yet gone into specifics regarding what exactly will be changed…

When Game Design is Therapy

Rarely, if ever, do we think about the mental state of the creator/s and how the design and building of a game impacted them. We take it for granted, perhaps, that their sole purpose in creation is to provide something that affects us. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK As with all art, though,…

Tetsuya Nomura’s Version of Hikaru Utada Is… Interesting

This December will see an album of Hikaru Utada songs covered by an array of famous singers. Well-known artists are also doing illustrations, drawings, and art inspired by Utada and her music. For example, this. The album is called Utada Hikaru no Uta (宇多田ヒカルのうた) or Hikaru Utada’s Songs and features covers by Ringo Sheena, Ayumi…

Some Excellent Changes Are Coming To Destiny

While we know about some tweaks and additions coming to Destiny alongside the game’s expansions, Bungie today spoke a little about some other changes coming to the game. And some of those changes are very, very welcome Mentioned briefly and with little additional information (at least for now), Bungie says players can soon expect: New…

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Fallout And Team Fortress 2 Go Together Surprisingly Well

Want to play Fallout: New Vegas as one of Team Fortress 2‘s colorful classes, all the way down to skills, motives, and possible alcoholism? Here’s how. Molkifier put together a guide on the mods and measures needed to recreate the cast of Team Fortress 2 in Fallout: New Vegas. It’s nicely detailed, with lists of…

Swimming Pools Open Up Terrifying New Ways To Kill In The Sims 4

“Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the BREAKING EXPERIMENT, where all the all the Sims are harmed in the making of this video!” Oh boy. PrettyGrumpyBearGame is back with her questionable experiments in The Sims 4, and this time, she sees what she can get away with when it comes to pools + cheats. Turns out,…

Ex-Sony Engineer Left His Name Inside Every PS4

Kazuya Sakakihara spent ten years working at Sony as a senior software engineer, helping bring both the PS3 and PS4 to the world. He’s no longer at the company (parting ways in early 2013), but before he left he made sure his name quite literally lives on inside the code of pretty much every PlayStation…

Kamikaze GTA Online Jet Kills Without Bullets

You’re not really supposed to kill people with the Besra in GTA Online. The Besra is a training jet, it has no mounted weapons. But that doesn’t stop this player from wrecking everyone else with the Besra anyway. oAngrybird shows us how they use the Besra’s body (and acceleration) to smash into other players, taking…

Pretty Sure This Is What Source Filmmaker Was Made For

Some people become heroes through combat. Others prove their worth through great feats of science or art. This hero, however, proves himself through simpler means. Above, an0nymooose uses Source Filmmaker to tell the story of a simple hero — a Saw Hero. He’s a hero for our times — a working class craftsman that makes…

Call Of Duty‘s Mech Technology Isn’t Quite Perfected Yet

Kevin Spacey’s future tech may be “20 years ahead” of the fictional future military’s, but that doesn’t mean it works perfectly all the time 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. Goliath…

A note about our review plans for some of this week’s biggest games: As I mentioned last week, we’re not necessarily reviewing every game by its release date these days. Some games, particularly those with a focus on online, play merit a little more waiting before we review them. That said, there are a bunch…