Crypt of the Necrodancer Speedrunner Makes Near-Impossible Run Even Harder, Pulls It Off

Crypt of the Necrodancer is already tough, but what speedrunner SpootyBiscuit recently pulled off is remarkable. No one has done it, and not even the developers can really believe it happened. You choose from a variety of characters to play as in the rhythm-based Crypt of the Necrodancer, each giving the player slightly different attributes.…

We Happy Few‘s Early Access Version Is Definitely Early

We Happy Few is a survival game set in an alternate 1960s Britain. Citizens of Wellington Wells take a drug called Joy to forget, to function. The game wears its BioShock influences on its puke-encrusted sleeve, but in its current state, it’s still got a ways to go before it can live up to its…

Watch Us Play Headlander, A Retro Sci-Fi Metroidvania 

Headlander is a wild new Metroidvania for PS4 and PC from the folks at Double Fine Productions and Adult Swim Games. It is a disco fever dream mix of shooting, puzzles, and exploration. It’s pretty damn swell to play as a floating head! Join me as I talk about director Lee Petty’s approach to design,…

WWE 2K16, Beyond Good & Evil Headline Xbox’s Games With Gold For August

Microsoft’s revealed what games Xbox Live Gold owners will get access to next month. As a bonus, it’s been juuust long enough for someone to convince themselves Beyond Good & Evil 2 is still in development. Remember, though Microsoft advertises these as “free” games, you need an active Xbox Live Gold subscription to play them.…

Wahaha, Smash Bros. Players Mod Waluigi Into Brawl

Project M, the unofficial lovechild of Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Melee, has been abandoned by its developers, but fans are still churning out content for the popular mod. As of last Sunday, our favorite conniving Mario underdog has earned his own—again unofficial—Smash character in Project M. Waaahaaahaa Currently in Smash, Waluigi exists as a…

Report: Nintendo NX Is A Portable Console With Detachable Controllers

As Sony and Microsoft battle over who has the most teraflops, Nintendo’s hardware makers may be taking a different approach. The next Nintendo console, code-named NX, is a portable system with detachable controllers and a docking station for TV gaming, according to a new report from Eurogamer Many observers have expected the NX to fuse…

Lovely Planet Arcade‘s Cute Visuals Hide A Brutal Shooter

Lovely Planet Arcade’s bright world and cheery soundtrack are a trick. They’re simply delightful bells and whistles to lure you into the unforgiving, hardcore PC shooter that lurks within. A sequel to Quicktequila’s 2014 Lovely Planet, Lovely Planet Arcade tasks the player with shooting usually (but not always, the jerks!) stationary enemies while moving as…

Shiren The Wanderer Is A Mystery Dungeon Game Without Pokémon Or Chocobos, That’s All

We’ve run through Pokémon Mystery Dungeons, Chocobo Mystery Dungeons and even Gundam Mystery Dungeons. Released today for the PlayStation Vita, Shiren The Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate is just like those, only without the licensed characters. Spike Chunsoft’s Mystery Dungeon has been sending players off to die in roguelike fashion…

Twitch Streamer Swatted While Playing Pokémon Go Outside

Normally, parks are a great place to chill and capture lots of monsters within Pokémon Go. This particular excursion, however, ended with cops pointing guns at a Pokémon Go player instead. Summit1g, a Twitch streamer with 86 million views, was broadcasting a Pokémon Go playthrough at a park yesterday, only to have it interrupted by…

Exactly What Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens Was Missing

The first two rounds of downloadable content for Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens drop today, along with some apples from the slippery hands of that lovable scamp, Jar Jar Binks. About time we got some prequel action up in here, am I right? No, I am not right. Still, it’s nice to see some…

Man Admits To Crashing Car Into Game Company’s Offices 

At around 7am this past Sunday morning, a 33-year-old man drove a car into the first floor of PC and mobile game company Nexon. According to The Korea Herald, the car smashed through the company’s entry. After drinking and with his blood alcohol level over the legal limit, Mr. Lee then allegedly decided to drive…

Japan Is Obsessed With Pokémon Go‘s Professor Willow

Professor Willow sure is spawning a lot of Japanese fan art. Earlier this month, the character made waves in the West, where folks noticed his shoes and his, ahem, pick-up lines. But it’s been in Japan where Professor Willow’s fan art, much of it boys’ love influenced, has really been taking off. Some of the…

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Pokémon Go Players Robbed, Two Men Shot

A shootout took place in Las Vegas early yesterday morning when a man and a teenage accomplice tried to rob a group of people playing Pokémon Go AP reports that the pair, in a large SUV, drove to Gary Reese Freedom Park, which has become a popular Pokémon Go hotspot in the city. They approached…

Blame!, My Favorite Manga, Is Getting A Movie

Blame!, the story of a guy with a fancy gun wandering the wastes of a dystopian sci-fi future, is my favourite manga of all time. So it’s exciting to see Tsutomu Nihei’s tale finally get the movie treatment it’s long deserved. Having been teased as a TV commercial inside the world of the anime adaptationof…

Remember, Classic Box Art Was Marvellous

Fine Art is normally in the business of covering current video game artists, but today we’re going to wind back the clock and look at some stuff from one of the greats from the 80s and 90s. Tom Dubois did a lot of work for Konami in the earlier days of home console gaming. As…