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In Your Dreams, There’s A Pokemon x Adventure Time Crossover
These Pokemon are the work of designer and illustrator Daniel Mackey. If your first thought is that they look like something Finn would take a swing at, you’re not alone, that’s exactly what I was thinking as well. I like how they take a series that’s primarily about cute animals, drawn from a Japanese perspective,…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 21, 2014 -
UncategorizedHow Can You Fly Inside An Inside-Out World?
I’m not entirely sure, to be honest, but InnerSpace sure looks pretty. Developer PolyKnight Games calls InnerSpace an “exploration flying game.” The premise—like the game’s dreamy, almost creamy look—is simple but elegant: “Set in a world where physics are inverted, the player flies in a spherical world surrounded by water, where gravity falls away from…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 21, 2014 - Uncategorized
That’s A Lot Of War To Cram Into A Video Game
Wars and Battles is an upcoming iPad game that doesn’t cover a single war. It doesn’t even cover a single era of war. It’s covering all the wars It’s doing this the easiest and most obvious way possible: by making an engine based on the flexible rules of tabletop wargaming, then sticking it in a…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 21, 2014 -
UncategorizedReal Life Disney Princesses Would Make The Worst Best Friends
Disney princesses don’t always have the best priorities—but normally, that’s not actually your problem. Unless, of course, you happen to be friends with a Disney princess. Then things get tricky. Here’s a silly take on what it would be like to know Disney Princesses in real life, as a counterpart to the Disney Princes video…
By Patricia Hernandez Published October 21, 2014 -
UncategorizedUnlock A Secret Borderlands Boss By… Calling Someone A ‘Dick’
We might just have a new contender for the title of most Borderlands boss in the history of Borderlands bosses. Spoiler alert for those who’ve rejected the infinite communication potential of the Internet in favor of scouring games for days, months, even years, in search of every last secret. (More power to you! I’m just…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 21, 2014 -
UncategorizedDestiny Cheats Now Include God Mode
Last month, we detailed Destiny cheats that enabled players to have infinite ammo.Since then, it seems as if cheats available to some players have gotten more complex and game-breaking. In this footage, we can see YouTube user MhzMiricle entering a special menu where they can tell the game what cheat they’d like to enable: As…
By Patricia Hernandez Published October 21, 2014 -
UncategorizedSee What A Difference A Day One Patch Makes
Hint: In spooky-scary Shinji Mikami survival-horror The Evil Within, it’s a pretty big one. If your Internet connection is non-existent/unreliable, this is probably not the best news. The Evil Within‘s particular brand of survival-horror has been known to cause a bit of a mess, but not like this. Eurogamer took a PlayStation 4 retail copy…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 21, 2014 - Uncategorized
Commander Shepard Killed More than 300,000 People
Mass Effect’s Commander Shepard may be the savior of the galaxy, but how many people did she kill along the way? Reddit user mocha820 tallied up every kill in a standard run through all three games and assembled some neat stats on the series. Warning: spoilers ahead. Mocha’s numbers are pretty shocking, but not all…
By Dan Starkey Published October 21, 2014 - Uncategorized
How I’m Preparing For WoW‘s Warlords Of Draenor Expansion
After nearly eight years of covering World of Warcraft from the same old character, I’m taking next month’s Warlords of Draenor expansion as an opportunity to start fresh with a class I’ve never played before. Meet Prachok, the rapidly-leveling Draenai Shaman. My Mage, Rande, has served me well over the years. He started off undead.…
By Mike Fahey Published October 21, 2014 -
UncategorizedThe Last Of Us, Turned Into A Ghost Story
YouTuber Freako likes to mess around with The Last Of Us, putting Ellie’s shirt on Joel, or deleting characters. In this case though, the results are a whole lot spookier, accidentally turning TLOU into something like Beyond: Two Souls Freako started by deleting the character models for Joel and his brother Tommy. This makes the…
By Steve Marinconz Published October 21, 2014 - Uncategorized
The Pokémon Company Welcomes iOS Campers To Camp Pokémon
Less than a month after the iPad release of the Pokémon Trading Card Game, The Pokémon Company returns to iTunes with Camp Pokémon, a free collection of kid-friendly mini-games that’ll give fans something to fool around with while waiting for Alpha Sapphire and Omega Ruby to come out. Set on a Pokémon-themed island, Camp Pokémon…
By Mike Fahey Published October 21, 2014 - Uncategorized
Alien: Isolation‘s first DLC is out next Tuesday, October 28. It’ll add three new maps to the game’s currently thin survivor mode, and will tell the story of a new playable character, a Seegson employee named Ransome. More info here; read our review of Isolation here.
By Kirk Hamilton Published October 21, 2014 -
UncategorizedSuper Smash Bros. Announcer Sings The Pokémon Theme
One of the pivotal parts of the any Smash Bros. game is an over-the-top announcer, and the current Smash Bros. one is no different. And guess what? It turns out the guy can sing as well. As part of an AMA on his YouTube channel, voice actor Xander Mobus karaoked the first half of the…
By Chris Person Published October 21, 2014 - Uncategorized
Indie Dev Resigns After Saying He’d Kill Gabe Newell
Yesterday, Valve took the indie game Paranautical Activity off Steam following a tweet in which the game’s developer Mike Maulbeck said he would “kill Gabe Newell.” Today, Maulbeck has resigned. The tweet, which Maulbeck said was written in jest, followed a string of complaints about the game being incorrectly labeled as “Early Access” on Steam.…
By Jason Schreier Published October 21, 2014 -
UncategorizedSmash Bros. 3DS XLs, Clone Wars: The Lost Missions, and More Deals
Best Buy has some decent prices on the 3DS XL today, but surprise: the deal includes the Smash Bros. editions Preorder to save on Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Lost Missions. While the discount on the DVD version is deeper than the Blu-ray release, preorder price protection basically makes that a moot point. You’ll…
By Shane Roberts Published October 21, 2014 -
UncategorizedLooks Like Somebody’s Got A Hankering For Talion Meat
Ah, Shadow of Mordor orcs. So silly. And also so, so creepy when they want to be. Reddit user ootinii captured this particularly…vivid taunt from a nemesis I have yet to come across in my own orc-slaying adventures. I’d put it right up there with insane giggling as one of the most unsettling ways an…
By Yannick LeJacq Published October 21, 2014 - Uncategorized
Resident Evil Creator Doesn’t Want ‘Submissive’ Women In His Games
The man behind the Resident Evil series and The Evil Within doesn’t cater to the common horror trope of the helpless screaming female. In a recent interview withThe Guardian, Shinji Mikami talks about writing strong, independent women, and why he didn’t want RE‘s Rebecca Chambers in his game. Jill Valentine, Claire Redfield — the Resident…
By Mike Fahey Published October 21, 2014 -
CultureThe best moments from around the gaming world, all rounded up for you in one video — Highlight Reel! Check it out right here Monday, Wednesday and Friday, we bring you impressive plays, funny glitches, world records and intense moments in everything from League of Legends to Putt-Putt Goes To The Zoo. Here’s our latest…
By Steve Marinconz Published October 21, 2014 - Uncategorized
Shadow of Mordor is adding some new epic runes and an alternate skin that lets you dress up as Sauron’s Black Hand, publisher Warner Bros. announced today. Keep in mind you only look like the villain—you’re not actually gaining evil powers. The free update is out now for the Xbox One, with PS4 and PC…
By Yannick LeJacq Published October 21, 2014 -
UncategorizedHow To Get Rid Of The Evil Within’s Pesky Black Bars On PC
The Evil Within is one of those horror games that goes for a cinematic vibe, which can be irritating for some gamers who feel restricted by its field of view. The good news is that modders have already rigged up several solutions to this problem. The bad news is they only work on PCs for…
By Yannick LeJacq Published October 21, 2014