FTL, Released In 2012, Is Now Getting Achievements

Deep space death simulator FTL has for almost eight years existed with a single achievement: avoiding a sense of overwhelming despair as your carefully-cultivated run through the stars comes to a violent and bullshit end. That’s soon going to be joined by some more official company. While not live yet, the game’s list of achievements…

Xbox Players Are Digging Out Their Old 360s To Get Around Microsoft’s Gamertag Restrictions

Last year Microsoft shrunk the character limit for Gamertags from 15 down to 12, but recently players discovered that limit doesn’t apply on Xbox 360. In a post shared yesterday on Reddit, user Talers-Username pointed out that when you go to change your Gamertag using the Xbox 360 interface it lets you make on up…

The Last Autumn Is Frostpunk‘s Best Expansion Yet

Frostpunk’s The Last Autumn expansion, out today on PC, is the city-building game’s best update yet. It adds several new mechanics and swaps out the threat of a plummeting thermostat for a tug-of-war between strict production deadlines and workers’ rights. The Last Autumn, Frostpunk’s second piece of season pass DLC, takes players back to before…

I Level Boosted A New World Of Warcraft Character And It Felt Empty

Rather than leveling up a vulpera, which is a new character race introduced in last week’sVisions of N’Zoth update for World of Warcraft, I used a character boost I’d gotten with my preorder of the upcoming Shadowlands expansion. That gave me instant access to a fully-leveled fox critter. So now I’ve got a level 120…

G.I. Joe: War On Cobra Is Another Cookie-Cutter Mobile Strategy Game

In G.I. Joe: War on Cobra, the new free-to-play mobile game from Hasbro and developer Emerald City Games, players take sides in the classic animated conflict. They build bases and harvest resources. They collect characters, vehicles, and weapons to defend their base and attack others. It’s the same free-to-play mobile strategy game I’ve played a…

Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions Brings Dramatic Anime Soccer To PC And Consoles

Yōichi Takahashi’s Captain Tsubasa manga and anime have been transforming the sport of association football into a cinematic spectacle since 1981. Now we’re finally getting a proper video game adaptation of the series, courtesy of Bandai Namco’s Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions for the PlayStation 4, PC, and Switch. Japan’s had plenty of Captain…

New Digimon TV Anime Reboot Coming This Spring

The Digimon TV anime is back. The original series debuted in 1999, and the reboot will begin airing this April in Japan According to ANN, the series is set in the year 2020 and features an all-new story starring Taichi (aka “Tai”) and the reptile Digimon Agumon  Have a look at the first trailer: While…

The Next Giant Gundam Statue Is Coming To Yokohama

Last fall, a new giant Gundam statue was announced. At the time, it was said the statue would move. This week, more details were revealed about the upcoming life-sized Gundam. According to The Mainichi, the Gundam will be erected near Yokohama’s Chinatown in the Yamashita Futo harbor in a special area that will be called…

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Temtem Is A Pokémon Clone That Looks Pretty Cool

Temtem is an MMO out this week that, in many and very obvious ways, is trying to be the kind of Pokémon game people have wanted for years but have never actually gotten. I mean, just look at this: And this! So, yes, Pokémon. Only you fight with two monsters at once instead of one,…

Kingpin, One Of The Dirtiest Shooters Of The ’90s, Is Coming Back

It’s all but forgotten now, but in 1999, Kingpin was kind of a big deal, pitched as an unashamedly adult first-person shooter that was going to be video gaming’s answer to Frank Miller’s Sin City That was the idea, anyway. And despite some notable press at the time—it even got a mention on the floor of…

Joker Cosplay Has Something To Smile About

This is Mary & Feinobi’s take on Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker, with the suit made bespoke by Toph Cosplay/Art and photos by FOTO Roman Čierny

More Games Need Loading Screens Like Dragon Quest Builders 2

Loading screens often suck. They are a necessary part of playing large and complex video games, but they often break the flow. Sometimes games find fun or interesting things to do with these waits. Dragon Quest Builders 2 uses these screens to showcase user creations and I love it so much. I’ve been playing a…

Hidden Inside Frogger On PlayStation Is An Unused Q*Bert Level

Frogger on the PlayStation 1 was a game I played a lot as a kid. But as I hopped around the various maps for hours and hours, I had no idea what was lurking just out of sight. Turns out a bunch of unused and random bits and bobs are hiding just out of bounds…