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CultureOdds and EndsLet Us Once Again Marvel At How Good This Flight Sim Looks
The DCS series has a (well-earned) reputation as being serious as hell, but I think that stereotype helps people overlook the fact that it’s also one of the best-looking video games on the planet. I know there are perfectly good reasons for that—like there isn’t much else to model, so the models the game does…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 14, 2021 -
ReviewsBacklogMaybe Your ‘Pile Of Shame’ Is A Problem
Because everything has gone to shit and very few new games are coming out—look at you, you’re all playing Outriders for God’s sake—we’re going to be spending the month looking at backlogs, aka the games we own but haven’t played. And I would like to start that month by saying that anyone using the closely-related…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 14, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsHere’s What Would Happen In A Dragon Age 2 ‘Snyder Cut’
Yesterday on Twitter, former BioWare employee and Dragon Age 2 lead writer David Gaider explained what he’d do with the opportunity to give Dragon Age 2 it’s own “Snyder Cut.” The tweet thread covered a wishlist of changes to the game, including vastly altering the sequence of events and the ability to make different critical…
By Ash Parrish Published April 14, 2021 -
CultureMinecraft Caves & Cliffs Split In Two, Partially Delayed
Citing the ambitious nature of the gameworld-changing update along with the current state of the real world, Mojang today announced it’s splitting Minecraft’s Caves & Cliffs update into two parts. Part one will be out this summer as planned, with the second half coming during the holiday season. One of the most requested updates in…
By Mike Fahey Published April 14, 2021 -
CultureTwitchLudwig’s Never-Ending Twitch Stream Has Ended
On March 14, Ludwig Ahgren started a stream with no set end date. Last night, an entire month later, it finally ended. For the better part of 31 days, Ahgren played games, worked out, watched movies, and even slept on stream. At night, his moderators took over, podcasting and collaborating with viewers to share videos…
By Nathan Grayson Published April 14, 2021 -
CultureCapcom Says Covid-19 Made Company Vulnerable To Ransomware Attack
Capcom has officially closed the investigation into the ransomware attack against its servers from late last year, concluding that the ongoing covid-19 pandemic—what else—had a hand in the security breach. Here’s Capcom’s explanation of the events that led to the hack: According to the IT specialists, unauthorized access to the Company’s internal network was acquired…
By Ian Walker Published April 14, 2021 -
CultureEverything Announced During Today’s Nintendo Indie World
Another Nintendo Indie World presentation, another batch of cool little games coming to the Switch between today and months from now. From Fez, The Longing and There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension out later today to next year’s GetsuFumaDen: Undying World, here’s the indies Nintendo showed off today. First off, let’s talk Fez, a game…
By Mike Fahey Published April 14, 2021 -
CultureHelp, Returnal Looks Terrifying
Today, Sony released a trailer and a collection of artworkfor Returnal, an upcoming PS5-exclusive bullet hell game from the makers of Resogun. The game looks neat. It also looks positively terrifying. Exhibit A: If that looks like a waterlogged version of a clicker from The Last of Us, you’re not far off. Housemarque, the studio…
By Ari Notis Published April 14, 2021 -
CultureOverwatch League Live Games Are Back, But Only In China
Overwatch League Homestands are back, kinda. Today, the Overwatch League announced Homestands—live match events—will be returning during the 2021 season, but only in China. “Due to improved health and safety conditions in China, we are excited to announce the planned return of live events to three cities during the 2021 season,” the announcement read. Live…
By Ash Parrish Published April 14, 2021 -
OpinionImpressionsKnight Squad 2 Knows How To Party
Party games balance on a tightrope. If they’re too rooted in chance, everyone will be at each other’s throats within a round. (See: Mario Party.) If they’re too basic, they’re boring, and if they’re too complex, well, there’s no fun for a party. Every so often, a game comes along and nails the balance, like…
By Ari Notis Published April 14, 2021 -
OpinionImpressionsFinal Fantasy XIV Runs Like A Dream On The PS5
If I weren’t holding a DualSense controller while playing the PlayStation 5 beta of Final Fantasy XIV I would think it was running on my gaming PC. As much as I love my massively multiplayer online role-playing games, I hate playing them on game consoles. They always look muddy and the frame rates are always…
By Mike Fahey Published April 14, 2021 -
CultureCyberpunk 2077 Still Trying To Fix Cops With Latest Patch
A hotfix is out for Cyberpunk 2077 on PC, consoles, and Stadia. Following on the heels of the game’s 1.2 patch, hotfix 1.21 addresses quest bugs, some UI issues, and the game’s police spawning. Today’s patch notes include that developer CD Projekt Red has, “fixed an issue where, after the player commits a crime on…
By Riley MacLeod Published April 14, 2021 -
Kotaku EastJapanYu-Gi-Oh! Collection Auctioned As Revenge On Cheating Husband, Apparently
Recently on Yahoo! Auctions Japan, a seller posted images of unopened Yu-Gi-Oh! cards, writing the following: “This is the first time I’ve sold something (here). I’m putting up my husband’s collection as revenge for getting cheated on.” The seller, a Chiba-based Yahoo! Auctions user with the handle “dnlay04438“, added that the cards were still unopened…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 14, 2021 -
Kotaku EastJapanOn-Demand Printing For New Pokémon Snap Comes To Japanese Convenience Stores
Starting April 30, Lawson convenience stores across Japan will be offering a New Pokémon Snap printing service. That way players can print out their favorite photographs As the official site (via Yahoo! News and Nintendo Life) explains, the game data needs to be transferred to a smart device or PC. Then, users access the special…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 14, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsFans Build 3D Sonic Game In Dreams, And It Looks Fantastic
There are two tiers of Dreams experience. I know I’ve played it, and tried to build things, but then I see what other people can do with it and I wonder if we were even playing the same thing. I mean…just look at this. Look at it! This is a fast, bright, colourful, very fast…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 13, 2021 -
CultureNier: Automata’s Broken Steam Version Is Finally Getting An Update
Nier: Automata’s original PC release on Steam was busted in all kinds of ways, so much so that fans had to make their own patches. Now, fours years after it was released—and only a few months after a less-busted version appeared on the Microsoft Store—the developers are finally going to update it. We don’t know…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 13, 2021 -
CultureOh Hey It’s Yet Another Persona 5 Spin-Off
Persona games and spin-offs, name a more iconic duo. Chinese giant Perfect World announced earlier today a new mobile game Code Name: X, which with its soundtrack and art style and pretty much everything else suggested it was a Persona 5 game, without actually coming out and saying it. Which was weird, and led some…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 13, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsGarrus Vakarian, I Am Free For Dinner On Thursday
The Mass Effect Legendary Edition is a month away. Today, BioWare put out a new video and developer blog detailing the process that went into graphically updating the Mass Effect trilogy. Weeding through all the technical information, I have come away with an important conclusion: Somehow, some way, BioWare has made Garrus Vakarian hotter. Through…
By Ash Parrish Published April 13, 2021 -
CultureTwitchAfter Nonstop 31-Day Stream, Ludwig Breaks Ninja’s All-Time Twitch Subscriber Record
For 31 days, Ludwig Ahgren’s stream has been up and running all day every day. He hasn’t been awake the entire time, but he and his moderators have ensured that it’s grown to be one of Twitch’s most consistent and comforting presences—albeit one that is probably taking a not-insignificant mental and physical toll on everyone…
By Nathan Grayson Published April 13, 2021
