Destiny 2 Shows Bungie Is Listening To Fans, In Its Own Way

Bungie is constantly changing and improving Destiny, though rarely in the precise ways players have requested. That seems like it will hold true for Destiny 2 At last week’sbig Destiny 2 blowout event in Los Angeles, the differences between the new game and the old one were not always apparent. I saw the same guns,…

Infamous Invisible Ceiling Glitch Resurfaces At Melee Tournament

At 16 years old, Super Smash Bros. Melee has no shortage of unique glitches and mechanics hidden in its GameCube-era code. At this past weekend’s Runback 2017, Justin “Plup” McGrath went hurtling into one of those glitches during a doubles match: an invisible ceiling that spiked him back down to the ground. The invisible ceiling…

Pro Overwatch Gets An Official Minor League

There’s been quite a bit of discussion around Blizzard’s official Overwatch League and accessibility, given that reports say a slot in the big show could cost between $15 and $25 million. Turns out, that’s not the only Overwatch esports league Blizzard is launching. Today Blizzard announced Overwatch Contenders, which they’re calling “a development league for…

Doctor Who Explores A Horrible Truth Of Video Games

“Those pretend people you shoot at in computer games . . . now you know. They think they’re real. They feel it.” Way to ruin the fun for everybody, Doctor Who “Extremis” is the latest episode of Peter Capaldi’s final season of the BBC’s long-running science fiction series. In it, the Doctor and his companions…

Players Are Turning Battlegrounds Into A Zombie Nightmare

In Battlegrounds, players engage in a battle royale where they must scavenge weapons and gear, sneaking around to kill each other until only one of them is left standing. A new community-created game mode, popular with streamers, pits one squad against countless ravenous zombies for that turns the tactical shooter into a full- blown horror…

The City Never Sleeps

Rob Watkins is an artist who has worked on games likeHalo Wars 2 (where he was Lead Concept Artist), Fable 3 and Fable Legends You can see more of Watkins’ work at his ArtStation page To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is…

Manga Artist Creates A Relaxing Work Chair

Who needs a desk when you can work from an easy chair? That seems to be the logic behind this manga-artist created workstation. Yoshimi Sato created this set-up after some trial and error, which the artist says, “It pretty much turned into a dentist [office].” Looks comfy! Not sure how conducive it is to work,…

Nintendo’s Thoughtful Reply To A Blind Fan

Fifth grader Hibiki Sakai sent Nintendo a letter, thanking the company for its Rhythm Heaven games. Hibiki is blind, and these music titles are the only games he’s really able to play. Nintendo replied to his letter in a most thoughtful way. Hibiki’s father uploaded the letter to Twitter. “I can’t see, but I felt…

Japan’s Biggest Indie Game Event Hits Kyoto

This past weekend, BitSummit got underway in Kyoto. Each year, the event gets bigger and bigger, and this year’s appeared to be the biggest yet! The show has come so far from the first year—which was held in a tiny auditorium and with participants setting up on card tables. Now big name game developers like…

Sunrise at Angkor Wat. Siem Reap, Cambodia. By Sash Ollik. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line! 

Every single assassin you see here is either Rick Boer or his wife Dominique

A Giant MMO Made Entirely Inside Minecraft

This is Wynncraft, a gorgeous fantasy MMO that you can play on a Minecraft server. It’s a full and proper MMO: Wynncraft has everything from quests to levelling to guilds to bosses, and takes place on an enormous map that’s around 4000 x 5500 blocks in size (you can view a zoomable map of the…

The Legend Of Zelda: Mechanized Combat Armored Division

Reader Khris Ramirez, who last year made those awesome Pokemon x Gundam models, is back with a new one based on Zelda It combines an SD Neo Zeong model kit with a Nendoroid Link, then paints the whole thing in a very appropriate Hylian colour scheme. You can see more of Khris’ work at his…

SpongeBob Speedrunner Won’t Rest Until Battle For Bikini Bottom Gets The Respect It Deserves

You’ve probably never given any of the SpongeBob games a second thought, but one speedrunner is playing thousands of hours of SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom in order to change that. Released in 2003, the game arrived a year after the first Ratchet and Clank and was several more removed from the glory days…

How A Man Born Without Eyes Plays Video Games

Toby Ott is 27 years old. He’s been playing video games since he was five, when he first tried out Mortal Kombat in an arcade. Which sounds like a fairly common gaming past, until you learn that Toby has bilateral anophthalmia, a rare condition which means he was born without eyeballs. While this obviously presents…

The Week In Games: A Rime For All Seasons

It’s been nearly four years since the game that looked like if Wind Waker had a baby with Ico was announced. How time flies! Development woes and the mounting pressure of creating a game that keeps getting described in terms of two all time greats aside, Rime (or RiME if you’re so inclined) remains as…

Reigning League Champs SKT Scrape Past Challengers To Win Mid-Season Invitational

SKT T1 has long been the most dominant force in League of Legends, winning three Worlds championships. Given the results of today’s Mid-Season Invitational finals, it doesn’t look like that’s changing anytime soon, as SKT T1 beat G2 for the MSI title, 3-1. The South Korean team as the top seed from their region, after…