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UncategorizedHow League of Legends’ Summoner’s Rift Map Is Getting Better
You’ve probably heard that Riot is changing League of Legend’s most popular map. While they’ve mentioned some of the rationale behind the tweaks before, today Riot took the time to really break down what the improvements are. In five minutes, Riot explains how the changes improve clarity (they want you to be able to focus…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 23, 2014 - Uncategorized
Miyamoto Ponders Nintendo Making Games That Run On Handheld And Console
Could you imagine Nintendo making games that play on both their console and their handheld? Nintendo’s top game designer, Shigeru Miyamoto, can. He told me he sees that as a challenge but also an “area of opportunity.” We talked about this kind of thing during the tail end of our very fruitful conversation at E3…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 23, 2014 - Uncategorized
Watch People Play Far Cry 4 Live, Right Here
A couple of lucky streamers have the chance to play Far Cry 4 before the game is actually out. Hopefully this doesn’t make you feel too jealous, because we all have a chance to watch them play it live on Twitch. What sorts of hijinks will they get into? I’m hoping it involves elephants and…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 23, 2014 - Uncategorized
I Hate The PlayStation iOS App
More than week ago, I got codes for the PlayStation Now beta and the Destiny Alpha. So, I opened up the PlayStation app on my iPhone to redeem them, only to be quickly reminded how bad the app is. It may sound weird but code redemption is the main reason I installed the PlayStation iOS…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 23, 2014 - Uncategorized
Meet Dragon Ball’s Mysterious New Character
Dragon Ball Z fans won’t just get to play as iconic characters in the upcoming Dragon Ball Xenoverse game—they’ll also get to play as a new character introduced by Bandai Namco. In fact, you’re looking at him right now. While Bandai isn’t releasing too many details about the new character, they do say he might…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 23, 2014 -
UncategorizedA Mario Kart Takedown Crueler Than The Blue Shell
You think Mario Kart’s blue shell is bad? You ain’t seen nothing yet. This is how a true jerk dishes it out to their opponents in Mario Kart Granted, you might notice that the character getting punked in this video by Maple LeafSA is none other than Luigi, the kind of shade in Mario Kart…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 23, 2014 -
UncategorizedUFC Glitch Breaks Gravity Instead of Bones
This is why they call it ultimate fighting, right? Spotted on YouTube, this glitch in EA’s latest MMA title is hilarious in how it surprises you. Guy on the ground looks out of it and like no threat at all, right? Then, all of a sudden, he springs upwards in very broken fashion. His poor…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 23, 2014 -
UncategorizedDestiny’s Robots Have Some Moves
Fact: The Exos of Destiny know how to groove better than any sentient creature in the galaxy, and they’ll cut a rug against anyone who says otherwise. Watch as the bots of Destiny jack their funk matrix into the groovisphere and deliver 20 ccs of syncopated moon wizard magic. Aw yeahhhh. It’s enough to make…
By Chris Person Published June 23, 2014 -
CultureWhy Phantom Dust’s Xbox Comeback Matters
Most folks never got a chance to play Phantom Dust the first time around when it came out for the original Xbox in 2005. So, when Microsoft announced it was getting a remake at E3, a lot of people were confused. “What is Phantom Dust?,” I heard a lot of people say. Well, wonder no…
By Chris Person Published June 23, 2014 -
UncategorizedTen Moves You Should Never Teach Your Pokémon
Every Pokémon only has four move slots—and those slots are precious. You shouldn’t waste your slots with useless moves. Especially not these moves. TheJWittz teams up with competitive battler Shofu here to give you a top ten list of awful moves you should avoid at all costs. While you’ll have to watch the video to…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 23, 2014 - Uncategorized
Steam Summer Sale Day 5, Buy 2 Wii U Games and Get 2 Free, FTL
With the long-awaited release of Mario Kart 8, it’s a great time to get a Wii U. Luckily, Target is running a nice promotion to flesh out your library. Just buy two select games, and you’ll get a third free. Plus, Nintendo is still running a promotion to get a free game when you buy…
By Shane Roberts Published June 23, 2014 - Uncategorized
Before It Was Revealed, No Man’s Sky Had Some Skeptics
During the first year of No Man’s Sky‘s development, not even half of the Hello Games studio knew what a team of their four developers were working on. I spoke to Sean Murray, managing director and Hello Games founder, in an interview at E3 in Los Angeles two weeks ago when he told me this…
By Tina Amini Published June 23, 2014 - Uncategorized
Magic: The Gathering Cards Designed By Star Video Game Designers
Wizards of the Coast enlisted the creative minds behind Minecraft, Plants vs. Zombies, World of Warcraft and more groundbreaking games to create cards for the upcoming Magic 2015 set. See all 14 of the cards below: Aggressive Mining by Markus “Notch” Persson (Minecraft). Avarice Amulet by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins (Penny Arcade). Ob Nixlis,…
By John Struan Published June 23, 2014 - Uncategorized
How To Share Miis In Tomodachi Life
Making Miis and watching them grow is the best part of Tomodachi Life. So why not share some of that joy with the rest of the world? What’s that you say…because doing so is unnecessarily confusing? Well, I’m here to help you out. Like some other recent Nintendo games, the newly minted 3DS sim game…
By Yannick LeJacq Published June 23, 2014 - Uncategorized
That Is Some Gorgeous Video Game Sand
Look close and you might be able to guess what game some of the creators of Vane used to work on. Hint: it’s one a lot of people have been waiting on for a long time. If you guessed that Vane shares some artistic talent with near-mythical PlayStation game The Last Guardian, then you’re right…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 23, 2014 - Uncategorized
Rumors Swirl About Trouble At Crytek
Crytek, the multinational video game company behind games like Crysis and the new Homefront, appears to be facing financial difficulties, according to numerous rumors and reports. For the past few months I’ve heard rumblings of employees going unpaid at Crytek studios. Though Crytek representatives have denied that the company is facing payment issues, a handful…
By Jason Schreier Published June 23, 2014 -
UncategorizedThe New Online LEGO Game Is Diablo For Kids
Meet Bumblebee Girl. Isn’t she adorable, with her little wings and pot of honey and ability to completely obliterate skeletons, pirates and trolls with her area-of-effect attacks? It may look cute, but LEGO Minifigures Online is a challenging Diablo-style game. Combining the joy of collecting little LEGO people with the endless-clicking of an isometric action…
By Mike Fahey Published June 23, 2014 - Uncategorized
Be Careful: Major Witcher 3 Spoilers Have Leaked
A major Witcher 3 leak has left spoilers all over the web, and the leaked material “may heavily impact and spoil your future gaming experience,” according to the RPG’s developer, CD Projekt Red. The files, as Eurogamer reports, originate from the hacked Google Drive of a CD Projekt Red employee, and are currently making rounds…
By András Neltz Published June 23, 2014