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Overwatch’s beta is taking a break. On Dec 10th Blizzard’s team-based shooter will go offline for an “extended” period. The break is temporary; the beta will return in mid-to-late January. Blizzard plans to use the time to make improvements to the core game and work on features like spectating and progression.

A Clever Mario Maker Level Inspired By Guitar Hero

Even though I’ve been playing Super Mario Maker nearly every day for more than two months now, I’m constantly surprised by what players have come up with. My latest discovery? Forcing Mario through a version of Guitar Hero to escape. With Giant Bomb editor Dan Ryckert currently in hiding, I’ve taken up a new challenge…

Every Single Final Fantasy Fan Should Play FFXIV

Hey, you there. Gal or guy who loves Final Fantasy but has spent your entire life avoiding the MMOs because they’re, well, MMOs. Here’s some advice: Go play Final Fantasy XIV. “But wait,” you might say. “Isn’t it one of those big grindy multiplayer games? Don’t I have to pay monthly? I’ll stick to single-player…

Killing Nova When She’s Invisible Is The Most Satisfying Thing In Heroes Of The Storm

The StarCraft assassin Nova is free to play for everyone in Heroes of the Storm this week. Some call the prospect of playing every HOTS match against a perma-stealthed long-range sniper assassin “annoying.” I call it open season. See, one of the primary sources of Nova’s power on a team is the fact that she’s…

Europe, long the land of getting Nintendo games last, just got the new Mario & Luigi 3DS RPG before America did. Our lucky colleagues at Kotaku UK have reviewed the game. It’s good! The game will be out in North America next year.

Fallout 4’s Brotherhood of Steel Are Giant Dicks

In the 100+ hours I’ve played Fallout 4, I’ve been a pretty heroic dude. Well…with one exception. It’s funny: I used to play older Fallouts as a kleptomaniac, pretty much, but Fallout 4 is a rather generous game. I’ve never really hurt for caps, or weapons, which means that, for the most part, I haven’t…

Pokémon Picross Crossover Is Pretty Close To Perfect

Pokémon Picross seems like a combination that’d be tough to screw up. Good thing the game itself is great. It’s free-to-play—uh-oh!—which could ruin a game as compulsively playable as this, but Nintendo has managed to implement that in—phew!—a very friendly way. Have a 3DS? No brainer here. Download now. The game is a proper mix…

Sony’s just announced Bound, an artsy PS4 “notgame” designed by the folks behind Datura. “Bound is a 3D platformer designed for people with the desire to concentrate on the narrative side of games and experience a mature story,” they write. It’ll be at PSX this weekend.

Destiny Player Somehow Kills Oryx By Himself

Even with a full six-person fireteam, it can be tricky to beat Destiny’s most recent raid boss, Oryx. Taking him down is a complicated fight that requires perfect timing and coordination from six experienced raiders. Unless you just say ‘screw it’ and do it yourself. Meet Gatsby, a Destiny player who has spent many hours…

Fallout 4 Is Not The Fallout Fans Fell In Love With

Last night, while wandering in Fallout 4, I heard something strange in the distance. A man on a megaphone was enthusiastically commentating a race. I’d never heard something like it before, so I had to take a closer look. To my surprise, I didn’t find a horse race, I found a robot race. A robot…

Seven Cool Just Cause 3 Easter Eggs

Nice Dark Souls bonfire, Just Cause 3. And players can light it, too. You can find it on the small island of Cauda and it isn’t the only hidden easter egg out there. Medici is huge, there’s plenty more. Mr. Snowman For example, Mr. Snowman from Just Cause 2 is back (Rico even says “So…

An Early Look At World of Warcraft: Legion‘s Class Halls

Class Order halls—class-based areas where both factions can hang out—will be one of Legion’s most exciting features. A few of these were shown already, but Legion’s latest alpha build has them all in-game. Let’s take a look and see how they represent all 11 (soon 12) classes of WoW As mentioned above, it’s an early…

Explore Chernobyl From The Safety Of Your Couch

Polish game studio The Farm 51—who are in possession of some very exciting graphics tech—are working on a virtual reality experience that will let users explore the ruined nuclear power plant at Chernobyl, along with the abandoned, nearby town of Pripyat. Having scanned huge swathes of the area and recreated them in a 3D space,…

Why Some People Are Upset Over Who’s Judging The Game Awards

Tomorrow is the second The Game Awards, an online-only evolution of the Spike Video Game Awards. They’re one of the premiere awards for games (and big reveals!), along with the Game Developers Choice Awards and D.I.C.E. Awards. Recently, part of the debate has focused on the people—mostly men—casting votes. The Game Awards, like the Spike…

Destiny, As Told By The Drops I Got Last Night

Last night I played Destiny for the first time in a while. It started out amazing, then got noticeably less amazing. I’d joined a group of my old raid buddies to trythe first of the new challenge modes that are being introduced to the King’s Fall raid. This week, if you beat the Warpriest boss…

Fallout 4 “House” Is More Like A Giant Citadel

If you’re proud of your little wooden shack with a turret or two and a landscape painting, you might not want to take a look at this. SeraphinFoad’s Fusion Core Fortress is nothing short of a stronghold, a bulwark of steel and concrete to shield his junk and person from the terrors of the wastelands.…

Fallout 4’s Trashcan Carla Is Basically Ronda Rousey

Holy shit. The traders in Fallout 4 are no joke, apparently. The GIF above comes from this excellent moment captured by RandomNameHere. You may know Trashcan Carla as one of the sketchy wandering traders in Fallout 4, but now you’ll associate her with ass-kicking, too. The leading GIF might have the bulk of the hilarious…

The excellent Wii hospital game Trauma Team, in which you play as an ensemble of medical professionals, is being re-released as a $20 Virtual Console download for the Wii U on Thursday. Prepare yourself by reading our rave review of the game from 2010. It even supports local co-op surgery!

A Few Hours With Rainbow Six Siege

Rainbow Six Siege is out. As in, right now. I know, I was surprised too. But it’s actually a solid team-based shooter, and the ability to blow through walls and floors is a game-changer. Functionally speaking, Rainbow Six Siege feels like a midpoint between Call of Duty and Counter-Strike. The shooting is straightforward enough and…

The New Hulk Isn’t So Angry Anymore

For decades, being pissed off was the Hulk’s thing. The living embodiment of Bruce Banner’s rage smacked down all comers, using a near-bottomless pit of anger as fuel for his strength. There’s a new Hulk now, though, and he doesn’t seem quite as cranky as the last one. There’ve been lots of versions of Marvel…