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YouTube Bans Another Game Channel For Mysterious Reasons [UPDATE]

Valkyrie Drive Bhikkhuni is an action game released for Vita in Japan today, but trailers for the game seem to have gotten one of Marvelous’ YouTube channels banned. I say “seem” because there’s no way to be sure—YouTube is confusing that way—but, uh, the anime it’s based on is one step away from pornography. Update…

GTA Online’s New Mode Reminds Me of Manhunt

The multiplayer competitions in Grand Theft Auto Online tends to happen in big, spread-out sections of Rockstar’s fake Los Angeles. But the newest ways to take out fools in the online version of Los Santos happens in tightly confined spaces, making for quick, spectacular sessions. Every Bullet Counts—the new player-vs-player Adversary Mode option that hit…

Blaming Lag Is The ‘My Dog Ate My Homework’ Of Video Games

A short story. Last night I was playing a game of league of legends and losing really, really badly. One opponent was boasting in /all chat about winning. Suddenly we rebounded. He immediately responded “OMFG LAGG.” “OMG WTF LAG” Moments, as I like to call them, happen all the time in League of Legends—and, really,…

Fallout 4 Patch Gets Rid of the Infinite Caps Glitch

Today, Fallout 4 receives an update on all platforms that fixes a variety of different bugs, glitches, and technical hiccups. And according to a variety of reports around the web (as well as our own testing), the patch also gets rid of the infamous ‘infinite caps’ glitch available in earlier versions of the game. Ah,…

Destiny Exploit Lets Players Bypass $10 Microtransaction [UPDATE: Fixed]

A new exploit discovered in Destiny this week allows players to get certain microtransaction rewards without actually spending real money. Expect this one to be fixed pretty quickly. UPDATE (2:04pm): Bungie has issued a hotfix to stop the exploit Original article follows: Yesterday, developer Bungie opened up the Sparrow Racing League, a limited-time event in…

The State Of The Xbox One in 2015

It must be frustrating for the people who work on the Xbox One, to have turned one of the worst-pitched gaming consoles ever into a machine that’s in several ways better than its competition. Lately, Microsoft has done so many things well. They’ve improved their box in so many ways. Surely they ask: Will you…

How One Man Beat Fallout 3 On Hard Mode Without Ever Healing

Last weekend, someone completed one of the most incredible Fallout 3 runs of all time. The rules for the permadeath playthrough were simple: One lifebar. No healing. No radiation treatments. No companions. The YouTuber behind this hardcore madness is none other than Jon “Many A True Nerd,” the same man who beat Fallout New Vegas…

Spoiler: A Major Character Finally Returns in This Week’s Batman Comic

Being a Robin is illegal in Gotham City. Jim Gordon’s robot Batman suit is trying to kill him. And Bruce Wayne? He’s hitting criminals over the head with a baseball bat. But the biggest thing in this week’s Bat-books is the apparent return of another member of the Bat-family. Right now—after the Joker killed thousands…

Elite: Dangerous will let players to roam planets in the Horizons update on December 15. It’s coming to PC first, but will arrive on the Xbox One down the line. The game’s coming to PS4 eventually, too. The expansion is pricey: $60 for new players (base game + expansion), $45 if you already own the…

The New Need For Speed Is So Much Better Now

When last I wrote about the new Need for Speed itwas a bit messy—rubberband AI and stuttering made racing frustrating and the in-game cell phone was annoying as hell. With today’s “Legends” game update, all of my major gripes have been addressed. The biggest issue with Ghost Games’ reboot of EA’s racing franchise for many…

Bloodborne Player Defeats DLC’s Hardest Boss Using Only His Fists

Few Souls players are more talented than Lobos Jr—he once beat the game upside down! Like many Souls enthusiasts, he’s digging through the Bloodborne DLC, The Old Hunters. Just recently, he pulled off something incredible: beating the crazy hard first boss on New Game+++++++ (that’s 7!) with only his fists. Ludwig is the first monstrosity…

The new and (hopefully improved) Poppy is finally live in League of Legends. Now let the click-racing of champion select commence!

Maybe LEGO Avengers Can Live Up To LEGO Marvel Super Heroes After All

I was a little worried about how a LEGO game mainly based on the Avengers film franchise would compare to the captivating open-world exploration of LEGO Marvel Super Heroes. Looks like I worried over nothing—LEGO Avengers has all of that and more. According to the official press release accompanying this latest trailer, LEGo New York…

Why A Street Fighter “Butt Slap” Was Removed

Last month, observant fans noticed that some changes had been made to Street Fighter V character R. Mika. Namely, that her ass-smacking celebration—first shown off in August—had since been toned down to keep the slapping out of view. Here’s the before-and-after: While some cried CENSORSHIP, and everyone else got on with their lives, there remained…

At 2 p.m. PT on December 15, the next Nintendo Direct will have Super Smash Bros. design god Masahiro Sakurai offering up more info about iconic Final Fantasy character Cloud and what’s next for the Wii U and 3DS versions of the game. Nintendo’s calling this the final presentation for Super Smash Bros Contact the…

Black Ops III‘s Purifier Flamethrower, In LEGO Form

ZaziNombies created a 1,200-piece, 3-foot long replica of one of the most unique weapons from CoD: Black Ops III, the Purifier. Some of the bricks look a bit toasty, as you can see in the top pic above. That’s because Zazi took things a step further by adding real flames to his build. Alright, we…

RollerCoaster Tycoon Fan Movie Is About An Average Day In The Park

The silly way is the only way to play RollerCoaster Tycoon. Unfinished rollercoasters, puke everywhere, labyrinths without restrooms, visitors who can’t find the exit. We’ve all been there. And the folks at AndrewMFilms paid tribute to that in their short film, with a modern day park transformed into a RollerCoaster Tycoon park. To contact the…

EVE Online‘s Ship Browser Is No Longer Called ISIS

Until very recently, EVE Online’s ship browser was known as the Interbus Ship Identification System—or ISIS, for short. Wuh-oh. The browser was, of course, stamped with those four scarlet letters before terrorist organization ISIS/ISIL rose to their place of modern infamy. For a while, the name was even abbreviated as ISIS in the game’s UI.…

Heroes Of The Storm Finally Releases Elusive Vulture Mount…For A High Price

There’s been a running joke among Heroes of the Storm players about what happened to the snazzy-looking Vulture mount. Blizzard announced it in September, but never released it. Did it disappear? We wondered. Was it incurably bugged? Today Blizzard confirmed the mount does still exist, but getting it will cost you. In a patch today…

Media critic Anita Sarkeesian, in collaboration with other activists, has published Speak Up & Stay Safe, a guide to navigating harassment on the Internet. Even if you’ve been lucky enough to never deal with harassment, it’s a great reference guide to avoid sharing too much about yourself on the Internet, and to determine how much…