Smash Bros. Creator on “Intolerable” DLC

Sometimes, downloadable content is okay. Other times, DLC is anything but. Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai explains the difference. In his latest Weekly Famitsu column, Sakurai discusses DLC and how he views it—not only in the recent Super Smash Bros., but in general. “Indeed, the phrase, ‘DLC business” is everywhere,” Sakurai wrote. “Having to pay…

Three Bloodborne Players Race Neck-And-Neck For The Fastest Kills

Care for a reminder of how good people can be at Bloodborne? I’ve got just the thing. The challenge, part of a PlayStation-sponsored competition hosted by VaatiVidya, was simple: You’ve got 15 minutes. Start a new game of Bloodborne, and kill as many human Hunter characters as you can. It pains me to watch people…

Marvel has announced a partnership with Telltale Games. They hope to develop a game series that will premiere in 2017. What this series will be is a mystery!

Steam Users See Big Problems With Charging For Mods

Today, Valve changed the mod-making game bigtime: creators can now charge for modifications to pre-existing games on Steam Workshop. Some people are hopeful, others are worried—and even infuriated. Obviously, paying for mods—even just as an option—is a pretty big change from what people are used to. It’s not uncommon for people to ask for donations,…

Oculus chief scientist Michael Abrash and virtual world pioneer Jackie Morie will be talking about the future of virtual reality in NYC today at the Games For Change conference. The talk, moderated by one Stephen Totilo (who?) will be livestreamed from 6-6:30pm ET at this link.

PC Game Wants To Ban Jerks And Bullies, But Some Think It’s Gone Too Far

No-nonsense bans for players who are repeatedly racist, sexist, or bullies? Sounds like a pretty fair deal, but a number of Killing Floor 2 fans see the game’s strict policy as a step too far. Some are refusing to play the game altogether. While plenty of games come with EULAs (End User License Agreements) that…

NetherRealm has revealed Jason Voorhees is coming to Mortal Kombat X on May 5, if you’ve bought the Kombat Pack. Everyone else can buy the Friday the 13th star the week after. The Kombat Pack is basically the game’s season pass. It’s $29.99. Here’s what it comes with: The Ultimate Horror Pack: Playable character Jason…

Final Fantasy IV: The After Years Is Coming To Steam–Too Bad It Sucks

Final Fantasy IV: The After Years, the direct sequel to FFIV, will come to Steam on May 12, Square Enix announced today. This’ll be a 3D remake in the style of the FFIV port that’s also on Steam (and on DS). Too bad it’s terrible. I’ve already written a lot about why The After Years…

People Are Freaking Out Over A Blank Five Nights at Freddy’s Image

Do you hear that? It’s the sound of the Five Nights at Freddy hype train revving up once more. Here we go again! Today, the Five Nights at Freddy fandom is going haywire over the image you see above. Yes, that image of nothing. To understand why an image of Literally Nothing can be so…

People Can Now Charge Money For Game Mods On Steam

Generally speaking, PC game mods are free. Steam, however, just added an option to let creators charge for them. This is pretty huge. Valve made the announcement with a new Steam page, adding that Skyrim is the first game that will support the ability to charge for player-made modifications via Steam Workshop. Unlike in games…

PSN Pre-Order Glitch Has Gone Ignored For Months

Resident Evil: Revelations 2 has been out for a while now, but a pre-order glitch has been causing havoc for users, and Sony has yet to address it. This seems wrong. A lengthy threadon the PlayStation support forum (and another on Capcom’s forums) has been around since late February, and details how a quirk with…

Tell Us About The Time You Exploited A Game

I’ll admit it: I’m not above exploiting a game if I feel like it adds to the experience. In the case of Left 4 Dead 2, when I ran into some players who taught me a trick to lagging out the game, I was happy to play along. The trick was you had to quickly…

Square Enix has confirmed it’ll be holding an E3 press conference on June 16, which suggests the publisher has lots to show off in Los Angeles. We’re sure to hear more about Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (and maybe Final Fantasy XV?!) around then. You can reach the author of this post at [email protected] or on…