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Tips & GuidesThe Bravely Default II Demo Is Weirdly Hard, So Here’s How To Survive
Last week, during a surprise Nintendo Direct, Square Enix gifted the world with a demo for Bravely Default II. The demo offers a taste of everything series fans should expect: lovely sprites, marvelous hand-painted backgrounds, and a return to the ever-rewarding Brave/Default turn-based battle system. But it also brought something unexpected to the table: a…
By Ari Notis Published March 31, 2020 -
UncategorizedSamurai Shodown protagonist Haohmaru is now playable in Soulcalibur VI This is the 3D fighting game’s latest crossover after launching with The Witcher’s Geralt of Rivia and introducing Nier: Automata’s 2B in late 2018. I, for one, am thrilled to see another samurai in Soulcalibur
By Ian Walker Published March 31, 2020 -
OpinionK.K. Slider Sold Out
Yesterday, after a couple weeks playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons, K.K. Slider finally made an appearance on my island. But the traveling canine guitarist has apparently become hot shit over the last two decades, so much so that he wouldn’t deign to visit until I took painstaking steps to bring my island up to his…
By Ian Walker Published March 31, 2020 -
CultureRing Fit Adventure Is A Sweaty Ray Of Hope During Self-Isolation
Like most people, I haven’t been moving around much these days. Aside from a daily walk, I only use my body to move around the tight circuit of my house: desk, sofa, microwave, bed. My fingers see the most action. I type emails to friends I haven’t spoken to in years and wash my hands…
Elizabeth Ballou Published March 31, 2020 -
CultureHalf-Life: Alyx Mod Recreates Iconic Half-Life 2 Environment
Half-Life: Alyx has only been out for a week, and the Alyx-specific version of Valve’s “Hammer” mapping tool isn’t yet available. That, however, has not stopped one enterprising modder from cracking open the dystopian destination VRcation, scooping out its insides, and replacing them with Half-Life 2‘s. Without streamlined level-creation tools at their fingertips, modder Vect0R…
By Nathan Grayson Published March 31, 2020 -
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By Paul Tamayo Published March 31, 2020 -
CultureCombo Breaker Cancels Fighting Game Tournament For 2020
This year’s highly anticipated Combo Breaker fighting game tournament, originally scheduled for May 22-24, has been canceled according to an announcement released this morning by organizers. The annual competition is the latest such event to skip 2020 due to the ongoing covid-19 pandemic caused by a novel strain of coronavirus. “Combo Breaker made its cancellation…
By Ian Walker Published March 31, 2020 -
CultureCall Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Remastered Videos Are Already Popping Up On YouTube [Update]
Activision hasn’t even officially announced it yet but videos of what appears to be Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Remastered are already on YouTube. Footage for the entire Modern Warfare 2 single-player campaign is currently up on the YouTube channel TheGamingRevolution. There are also videos of all the cutscenes and breakdowns of individual levels.…
By Ethan Gach Published March 31, 2020 -
UncategorizedMinecraft Dungeons will come out May 26 on Xbox One, PS4, Switch, and PC. The blocky dungeon crawler was originally set to arrive sometime next month. While the game won’t launch with cross-play Microsoft said it’s working to add it in a future update.
By Ethan Gach Published March 31, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsOh No I’m Playing All Of Persona 5 Again
Two weeks ago, I jumped into an early copy of Persona 5 Royal, expecting to maybe play a few hours to check out some of the new stuff. Now I’ve finished the game’s second dungeon and have begun to accept a new reality: I am, somehow, going to replay all of Persona 5 This piece…
By Jason Schreier Published March 31, 2020 -
UncategorizedWasteland 3 has been delayed by several months due to new Covid-19-related work-from-home policies. Previously set to arrive in May, the game will now come out on August 29. “The reality is that with these new logistical challenges our release was going to be impacted,” inXile Entertainment said.
By Ethan Gach Published March 31, 2020 -
UncategorizedHere’s April 2020’s Xbox Live Games With Gold
April’s Xbox Live Games with Gold is a good deal for fans of racing games and RPGs. As always, these games are only “free” if you have an active Xbox Live Gold subscription. April’s Games With Gold are: Xbox One Project CARS 2 (April 1-30) Knights of Pen and Paper Bundle (April 16-May 15) Xbox…
By Riley MacLeod Published March 31, 2020 -
CultureHow’s It Going?: Chores Edition
Welcome to Tuesday, and welcome back to our daily open thread. I have to go to the grocery store today, which I’ve managed to avoid for the last couple weeks. I feel nervous about it, which I feel bad about (feeling a negative emotion, and then feeling bad about feeling that emotion, is one of…
By Riley MacLeod Published March 31, 2020 -
UncategorizedNeon Abyss is another cool looking roguelike platformer due out on consoles and PC later this year. Are there already plenty of pixel-animated bullet hell side-scrollers out there? Yes. Does it hurt to have a few more? Absolutely not. Now pump the neon directly into my veins.
By Ethan Gach Published March 31, 2020 -
CultureThe Xbox Series X Is Shaped Like A Fridge So It Can Vent More Heat
In a departure from past video game consoles, the Xbox Series X stands upright instead of laying horizontally. Microsoft says that design choice was part of an effort to make the hardware’s fan as big and efficient as possible. The company laid out its thinking in a recent interview with Digital Foundry over on Eurogamer.…
By Ethan Gach Published March 31, 2020 -
UncategorizedObsidian’s sci-fi role-playing game The Outer Worlds will finally come to Switch on June 5. The port was originally slated to arrive back on March 6 but was delayed due to shutdowns in China over the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus. The game will have a 6GB day-one patch.
By Ethan Gach Published March 31, 2020 -
CulturePokémon Go Will Soon Let You Raid From Your Couch
Pokémon Go’s transformation into game for people who don’t like leaving their house is almost complete. Developer Niantic said it’s currently working on adding remote raiding to the game as well as more ways to connect with distant friends and family. “We’re enhancing our in-game virtual social features to enable players to stay in touch…
By Ethan Gach Published March 31, 2020