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A PC, Xbox One, PS4 And Nintendo Switch, All In The One System

The quickest, easiest and most horrifically expensive way to end the console wars forever would be to simply put every major platform on the market in 2019—including a powerful gaming PC—in the one box. And that’s exactly what this one box does. Made by Origin, they call it Big O, and inside its case is…

GTA Online’s New Casino Is Great Even If You Aren’t Rich

Grand Theft Auto Online’s casino update went live today. The Diamond Casino & Resort update adds a large list of new content, including new missions, cars, clothing options, and activities, making it one of the largest updates in GTA Online in some time. Players worried about how pricey this update would be might be surprised…

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Jormungandr Hulda is the newest Viking warrior to join For Honor’s roster. In keeping with year three’s other recent additions, she’s a heavy metal bad-ass who swings a giant spiked hammer like it’s nothing more than a croquet mallet. She’s available as part of the season pass starting August 1. 

Previously released on Google Play, mobile pocket monster bumping game Pokémon Rumble Rush is now availableon iTunes. The free-to-play gameis pretty basic but is definitely a way to interact with Pokémon on your iPad or iPhone. 

The Wind Waker is seeing faster speedruns thanks to the discovery of a way to perform the infamous “Barrier Skip” trick on the Gamecube version. The current Any% record is now a 1:48:38 by gymnast86, a time hours faster than runs which don’t use tricks to “unload” the impassable barrier in Hyrule.

Fortnite’s 9.41 patch adds a new weapon, the Storm Scout Sniper Rifle, which lets you see where the storm is moving. Birthday presents, which give items, and birthday cakes, which give health and shields, can be found around the map. There’s also a new picture-in-picture mode that will let you watch the World Cup while…

Japanese And Taiwanese Flags Removed From Maverick’s Jacket In New Top Gun

Top Gun: Maverick takes place decades after the original film, but in the trailer (and promotional poster), Maverick dons his old leather jacket. It might look like it’s the same as the one in the original film, but it’s not. As pointed out on Taiwan News and Toychan, a patch on Maverick’s leather jacket has…

Tencent is teaming up with The Pokémon Company to make a new Pokémon game with Tencent’s TiMi Studio Group developing. As Kotaku previously reported, Tencent got the rights to distribute the Nintendo Switch in China. There were no details about what kind of game it will be or on which platform it will be released. 

The guys at Vinesaucehave since 2014 been running an annual charity drive called Vinesauce is Hope, where the team and their friends stream games, take donations and raise money for the Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation. This year they truly outdid themselves, bringing in $218,449. 

I did another Mario Maker I wanted to try to do something non-linear this time. I was almost done making it when, while playing around with the parts in the editor, I hit on the idea to use it to pay homage to my favorite YouTube video ever. I really want to make a short…

$30 million seemed like an absurd amount of money for the prize pool at Fortnite’s first World Cup event, but Dota 2 has just surpassed it. Earlier this morning, the prize pool for the Valve-sponsored International 2019 hit $30.1 million and it’s still rising, making it the biggest cash prize ever in esports.

Fallout 4’s Kojima Easter Egg Was Hidden Inside A System Shock Easter Egg

Joel Burgess, currently at Ubisoft, previously worked on Fallout 4 at Bethesda, and this week shared a very elaborate Easter egg (or, to be more accurate, series of Easter eggs hidden within each other) that he snuck into the game based on System Shock, Gone Home’s Steve Gaynor and Hideo Kojima’s Snatcher That’s pretty cool,…

Guy Completes GoldenEye’s First Level Using A Piano

“Person plays video game with weird controller” is not a new thing, I know, but I love this clip of Jackson Parodi playing GoldenEye on piano because in addition to looking impressive, it sounds lovely as well. The start of the video shows which keys have been mapped to which buttons, and then after that,…

Track: Humility | Artist: The Gorillaz | Album: The Now Now This is a perfect summer jam.

The New Mode In Ghost Recon Wildlands Is A Small-Scale Spin On The Battle Royale Formula

Ghost Recon Wildlands is getting a sequel later this year, so most fans and Ubisoft will move on to that next game. But before that happens, Ubisoft has released one last major update for the game which added a brand new competitive mode called Mercenaries. It blends different elements of Wildlands into a small, focused…

A Modder Has Spent Years Adding Spider-Man Into GTA San Andreas

J16D is a modder who has created a lot of different mods for Grand Theft Auto San Andreas. But one particular idea has been lodged in their brain since at least 2015. J16D has been working on and improving a simple idea: Bring Spider-Man and his web-swinging into San Andreas. After four-plus years of working…

16 Years Later, Players Still Can’t Figure Out This Futurama Easter Egg

When talking about Easter egg in video games most people focus on the ones that have already been found. Hidden levels, weapons, text or cutscenes. Stuff like that. But there are some Easter eggs that we know exist but have yet to be found or activated. YouTuber and Easter egg hunter, Oddheader, has a new…

Video Games That Let You Travel To The Moon

This weekend marks the 50th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 mission and the Moon landing. Five decades ago, NASA used old computers and a lot of math to send men to the moon and bring them back. In honor of this historic event, let’s take a look back at some of the best trips…

Mario Maker Contest: Short And Sweet

“Brevity is the soul of wit.” This is a famous line written by some dude named Shakespeare. Anyways, what it basically means is the best Mario Maker levels don’t waste your time. They are short, sweet and creative. At least, I think that’s what he meant. Regardless, let’s make some short Mario levels! Your challenge…