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CultureSteam Switcheroo Swaps “Pirate Action” Game For Hentai
There’s a small but growing trend on Steam where developers take existing games that few people have ever seen or played and just…swap them out, replacing them with entirely different games, albeit ones using the same store page. As GI.biz report, and pulling examples from this excellent community post by Mellow_Online1, there have been quite…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 15, 2020 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryThe Gathering Animations In Among Trees Are Very Good
Survival games are, by nature, pretty intense. Among Trees, which entered early access on the Epic Games Store last week, is a bit more zen, thanks in part to its gorgeous visuals and dense soundscapes. In my first few hours with the game I even found myself enamored with the elaborate animations, particularly when gathering…
By Ian Walker Published June 15, 2020 - Uncategorized
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By G/O Media Published June 15, 2020 -
UncategorizedEVE Online Mini-Game Lets Players Help In The Fight Against Covid-19
EVE Online players are once again being given an opportunity to do real-world science from the comfort of their spaceships. Today marks the launch of the third time EVE’s Project Discovery mini-game has been re-imagined. Project Discovery is an in-game tool that enables EVE players to serve as citizen scientists. In the past they’ve helped…
By Lee Yancy Published June 15, 2020 -
CultureTwitchFortnite Breaks Twitch’s All-Time Concurrent Viewer Record After Locking Tons Of Players Out Of Event [UPDATE]
Today, Fortnite’s oft-delayed season-ending “Device” event finally took place, dotting the map with explosions before submerging it beneath the ocean. Over two million viewers tuned in on Twitch to watch the sea consume all, a grim preview of the future that also awaits the popular game map we call “Earth.” This means that Fortnite now…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 15, 2020 -
CultureDuke Nukem Isn’t Worth Fighting Yet Another Lawsuit Over
Gearbox is suing 3D Realms parent company Apogee Software for a breach of contract in regard to ownership of the Duke Nukem franchise, according to a lawsuit filed last Friday. This is just the latest in a series of Duke-related legal complaints stretching back over a decade, and at this point, I can’t help but…
By Ian Walker Published June 15, 2020 -
UncategorizedHow To Find Modern Warfare‘s Hidden Teddy Bear Militia
An army of teddy bears lurks in a very inconspicuous place within Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, and they’re packing quite a lot of firepower. A new season of content arrived on June 11 for Modern Warfare and Warzone, including the new “Trench” 2v2 Gunfight map. At first glance, Trench is a typical Gunfight map,…
By S.E. Doster Published June 15, 2020 -
CultureFortnite‘s Device Event Sank The Map
After several delays, Fortnite players finally got to see Midas’ doomsday clock hit zero. After a lot of fireworks and some dreamy trips to an alternate dimension, Fortnite’s island sank beneath the sea. In today’s event, called “The Device,” NPC henchmen could be heard panicking before the event began. After the countdown ended, pillars lifted…
By Riley MacLeod Published June 15, 2020 -
UncategorizedThe folks behind indie darling Night in the Woods are working on a new game Not much is known about the new project from worker-owned co-op The Glory Society, but it’s definitively not a sequel according to creative director Scott Benson. For now, just enjoy the GIF.
By Ian Walker Published June 15, 2020 -
CultureEA’s Star Wars Squadrons Will Finally Give Us A New Star Wars Space Combat Game
Today, EA officially revealed Star Wars: Squadrons, their next big Star Wars game. It will be released for PS4, Xbox One, and PC on October 2 and will support crossplay. While on PC and PS4 it will also support VR. Squadrons will focus on space combat, featuring first-person starship action. The game takes place after…
By Zack Zwiezen Published June 15, 2020 - Uncategorized
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By G/O Media Published June 15, 2020 -
CultureHow’s It Going?: Back And Forth Edition
Welcome to another week, and welcome back to our daily open thread. I had a funny weekend. On the plus side, I made a really good rhubarb galette, including finally succeeding at creating a flaky crust instead of the crumbly, tasteless mess I usually come up with. (You food processor pie dough people had the…
By Riley MacLeod Published June 15, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsLittle Orpheus Is A Fantastic Cold War Era Journey To The Center Of The Earth
In Little Orpheus, the latest game from Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture developer The Chinese Room, Soviet cosmonaut Ivan Ivanovich is debriefed on the 1962 mission that saw him exploring the secret world beneath the planet’s crust in a massive atomic-powered drilling machine. It’s got dinosaurs, lost civilizations, and all the excitement and adventure of…
By Mike Fahey Published June 15, 2020 -
CultureIs BloodRayne is making a comeback? Publisher Ziggurat Gameshas acquired several game properties from Majesco Entertainment, including Nazi-killing vampire BloodRayne and ill-fated sci-fi adventure Advent Rising. Ziggurat plans to update older games to be better compatible with modern systems while looking into potential new games.
By Mike Fahey Published June 15, 2020 -
CultureWho Doesn’t Want To Be A Cybernetic Corgi Named Bullet
In ProtoCorgi from Chilean developer Kemono Games, players are cast as Bullet, a C3 class cybernetic lifeform, as he attempts to save his creator from evil aliens. C3 stands for “Cute Cyber Corgi,” as if there could be any other kind of cyber Corgi. Coming out in November for PC with a Switch port following…
By Mike Fahey Published June 15, 2020 -
CultureThe Week In Games: The Last Week Before The Last Of Us Part 2
The Last Of Us Part 2, the highly anticipated PS4 exclusive from Naughty Dog, releases this week after being delayed earlier in the year. I wasn’t as a big fan of the first game as many others were. I enjoyed some of the characters and the visuals were nice, but the rest of it just…
By Zack Zwiezen Published June 15, 2020 -
CultureOfficial Space Invaders Branded Japanese Booze
Earlier this month, Kotaku reported that Pac-Man, Yakuza, and Sega were all getting their own branded Japanese sake. They’re not alone! According to Famitsu, Space Invaders is, too. Next month, Space Invaders Sake is going on sale in Japan. The sakes—a pure rice junmai, a pure rice junmai ginjo, and a pure rice junmai daiginjo—were…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 15, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanLet This CG Food Make You Hungry
Are you hungry? I am! Let’s look at some CG food and get even hungrier Under the hashtag “CG gohan” (CG food), Twitter users have been posting incredible-looking CG food that not only looks realistic but also so darn delicious. Many of these images were part of Dell’s CG World Kitchen contest with Amnys’ oysters…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 15, 2020 -
CultureTrack: A Few Words For The Firing Squad | Artist: Run The Jewels | Album: Run The Jewels 4
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 15, 2020