Overwatch Pharah Cosplay Is Fully Operational

Czech cosplayer Germia describes her cosplay of Overwatch rocket queen Pharah as “the most challenging costume I’ve ever done.” It’s not hard to see why. Over the course of many months, Germia crafted a costume of Pharah’s Anubis skin that’s fully operational. Well, minus real rockets (I hope). Among other neat tricks, the propulsion wings…

Four years after the release of Journey, thatgamecompany has begun taking the wraps off their next project. On Twitter, creative director Jenova Chen revealed that thatgamecompany’s next game—which they’re currently calling “thatnextgame”—will be “a game about giving.” It will involve candles, unless it doesn’t.

Tips For Playing Titanfall 2

What has the internet sent me this time? A buncha rookies by the looks of it. Ya wanna be dangerous pilots and not Titan fodder, yer gonna hafta listen to me! Alright recruits! Here are some tips to make the best out of Titanfall 2. Let’s get the easy things out of the way first:…

Habitat Is A Cool Comic Book

You know how the space stations you see in things like Mass Effect and Elysium are always bright and shiny and full of fancy futuristic tech? Habitat takes place on one of those stations, only everything has gone to shit. Set decades after an event that somehow isolated them from the outside world/universe, it depicts…

Nobody Asked For This, But Cruis’n Is Back

The long running Cruis’n racing game series is making its triumphant return with a new arcade game, Cruis’n Blast. While there was a lackluster Cruis’n game that made it to the Wii in 2007, it was a port of a 2004 The Fast and the Furious arcade game. That makes this the first real Cruis’n…

Players Have Spent Years Trying To Get Peach To Save Herself In Paper Mario

In 2001’s Paper Mario, our favorite hero in blue overalls saves the day, just like he always does. Peach helps, but in the end, it’s Mario who defeats Bowser. For years, however, speedrunners and glitch hunters have attempted to rewrite that sequence of events. Many of us have played through Paper Mario sequentially, chapter after…

An Interview With A ‘Boring’ Gamer

Alex McCabe isn’t the kind of person who usually gets profiled on a video game website. He doesn’t make games, doesn’t play them competitively, and doesn’t make many videos about them. He hasn’t even found a wild new way to play Fallout or Super Mario 64. He did make himself a multi-colored PlayStation 2 when…

Every Big Video Game Coming Out This Fall

Autumn, when the only things falling faster than the leaves are the big game releases. Check out the pile of big titles we’ll be jumping into as the season progresses. Update November 1: Some of the season’s best games are behind us, but there are still plenty of big name games on the way. September…

The Art Of Titanfall 2

Titanfall 2 isn’t just a very good video game, it’s also a very pretty one, with some of the best character, mech and environment design around. So let’s take a look at where all that stuff came from. Below you’ll find a collection of concept and promo work done by Respawn’s team of artists during…

Katamari Creator Announces Whimsical AR Game [UPDATE]

Katamari creator Keita Takahashi just announced a fanciful new AR game called Woorld. In proper Takahashi style, Woorld is all charm, full of whimsical little items that make me giggle like an idiot. In Woorld, your phone will map the room you’re in and place cartoonish items, from mushrooms to tiny houses, around the space…

Now Way More People Can Play The Zero Escape Series

If you’ve always wanted to play 999 and Virtue’s Last Reward but don’t have a handheld, you’re now in luck. Both visual novels are coming to PS4, Vita, and PC this spring. Developer Spike Chunsoft is packaging the two in a compilation they’re calling Zero Escape: The Nonary Games. Aksys, the publisher behind the PlayStation…

BlazBlue Isn’t As Fun Without English Voices

BlazBlue: Central Fiction arrives in North America today, bringing fresh mechanics and a host of new fighters to Arc System Works’ unique fighting game series. What’s it’s not bringing, for the first time ever, is an English voice cast, and that’s very unfortunate. When the first BlazBlue game, Calamity Trigger, came to the States back…

It’s Official: SNK Playmore Is Ditching The Playmore 

As of December 1, SNK Playmore’s official name will be SNK Corporation, returning the company back to its roots. Earlier this spring, SNK dropped “Playmore” from its logo. Now we know the corporate name will soon, too. According to Famitsu, the company’s web URL will also change from https://www.snkplaymore.co.jp to https://www.snk-corp.co.jp as well. Company emails,…

Kid Dresses As Studio Ghibli Character, Becomes Internet Sensation

No-Face from Studio Ghibli anime Spirited Away sure is adorable as a three year-old from Kaohsiung, Taiwan. As noted by TVBS and The Nanfang, little Meng Meng dressed up as the character for her pre-school’s Halloween party. Her outfit looks great! Even if her classmates didn’t fully appreciate it. Folks online, however, did and even…