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Rocket League’s Official Lore Is A Secret

We got talking about Rocket League the other day, and started wondering: who is driving those cars? I mean, it’s easy to assume that they’re remote-controlled, but there’s no actual proof of this, nor reference in the game’s presentation. So maybe they’re not remote-controlled. Maybe someone is driving them. Maybe it’s you. Maybe bears. Maybe…

Mario Mod For GTA V Turns Nintendo Icon Into Gun-Crazy Jerk

Mario, carts and GTA V. It’s almost everything you’d ever need, all in the one video game. OK, so this video isn’t perfect—it’sjust a Mario mask, not a complete mod that adds his fat little arms and legs—but it’s good enough, especially since it also shows off a modified cart for some Mario Kart action.…

Watch Me Test Out Rexxar, Heroes of The Storm’s Newest Character

Now that the Diablo-themed campaign “The Eternal Conflict” is over, Heroes of the Storm has turned its gaze back to Warcraft. Today, HOTS released the half-ogre, half-orc character Rexxar. Does the guy who helped find a home for the wandering orc hordes so many years ago make a good MOBA hero? Let’s find out! I…

YouTube’s Top 10 ‘Trending’ Games For August

The hottest game on YouTube last month was… the PS4 horror adventure Until Dawn. That’s according to the video giant’s monthly list of top 10 trending games. The full list follows. And remember, YouTube defines “trending” as a combination of number of video uploads and watchtime. The games don’t need to be released yet. They…

What A Video Game Budget Looks Like

Here, via veteran game designer Ron Gilbert, is a detailed look at the budget for the upcoming point-n-click adventure Thimbleweed Park It’s a rare, fascinating look at where all that video game money goes and why it can cost so much to make a game—even when you’re a tiny team making pixel art on a…

Nolan North Is Way Better Than Peter Dinklage In Destiny

Today’s big Destiny patch brings an immediately noticeable change: Actor Peter Dinklage’s famously mediocre performance as little robot Ghost has been entirely replaced by with new audio from veteran voice actor Nolan North. Good news: North sounds great. Polygon won the “Which gaming site can make the first comparison video?” race, putting together this thorough…

The Excellent Vita Game Tearaway Gets A Second Chance On PS4

When the Vita game Tearaway came out in November of 2013, it was hard not to feel bad for the little guy. Here was this charming, idiosyncratic game, released exclusively on a stumbling handheld console in the same month as the PS4 and Xbox One were hogging all the limelight. Poor Tearaway! How nice, then,…

Metal Gear Solid V’s Cardboard Box Is The Best

I knew I was in for a treat when Metal Gear Solid V introduced me to its R&D mechanic by asking me to research state-of-the-art cardboard box technology. Boxes of course are nothing new in the world of Metal Gear. Many of us have used boxes to sneak around for years now, and more unusual…

A Faster Way To Get Back To Your Lane In League Of Legends

Teleporting to base and then trudging all the way back to your position in a particular lane is one of the most tedious elements of League of Legends. The League player and YouTuber ScrapComputer offers a handy way to shave time off this process. Posted on the League of Legends forums yesterday, ScrapComputer’s trick to…

WWE Star Plays Final Fantasy Victory Theme Twice During Monday Night Raw

Xavier Woods, leader of the endlessly entertaining WWE tag team act The New Day, added two Final Fantasy Easter Eggs to last night’s episode of Monday Night Raw. He played the series’ signature victory fanfare on a trombone during a backstage segment and then, awesomely, during the main event while his partner was fighting John…

Today’s the day Destiny gets an overhaul. Bungie has posted patch notesfor the new 2.0 update, which went live today. Lots of interesting balance tweaks in there, particularly for Crucible obsessives. We’ll have impressions as soon as we’ve had a chance to play.

Why Quiet Wears That Skimpy Outfit In Metal Gear Solid V

In September of 2013, not long after the reveal of Metal Gear Solid V’s scantily-clad sniper, Quiet, director Hideo Kojima took to Twitter to talk about one of his latest creations. “I know there’s people concerning about ‘Quiet’ but don’t worry,” he wrote ina series of messages. “I created her character as an antithesis to…

Heroes Of The Storm Is Adding More Ways To Punish And Report Toxic Players

Blizzard hasn’t said much about in-game toxicity in Heroes of the Storm since before the game had launched, leading the MOBA’s current systems to feel somewhat outdated for its growing audience. Today the developer finally revealed some promising new initiatives on the dealing-with-jerks-online front. Writing in a post on the Battle.net blog, Blizzard said that…

Three Cool Surprises From PAX 2015

One of my favorite things to do at PAX is wander around in search of games I’ve never heard of. Even though I’m paid to know as much about games as possible, some slip through the cracks. Here are the ones that stood out to me in Seattle. Ultimate Chicken Horse This is a bad…

Surprise, Dragon’s Dogma Is Coming To PC

Dragon’s Dogma is one of the most criminally underrated action games of the last few years, but it’s getting a second chance at life on PC, with Capcom stealthily announcing that Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen is coming this January Dark Arisen was originally an expansion, but it also included everything that came with Dragon’s Dogma.…

Lord Shaxx Is Ready to Judge Some Destiny Cosplay

Time for a different kind of crucible, Guardians. Vex goblins are low-level annoyances in Destiny, a game about compulsively collecting fancy adornments before they blink out of existence forever. But, in the hands of a talented cosplayer, even the weakest cyborg bad guys of Bungie’s first-person shooter are damned impressive. How does she see out…

The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth, a massive expansion for Edmund McMillen’s twisted roguelike, finally arrives on October 30. Afterbirth adds new game modes—one focused on “greed,” another with daily seeded runs—and tons of new items, endings, and other secrets for players to discover.

The Fuzzy First Five Minutes Of Leo’s Fortune 

The delightfully handcrafted Leo’s Fortune was one of 2014’s most critically acclaimed mobile games. Will it be one of 2015’s most acclaimed console and PC games? It’s unlikely, do to the differences between the two audiences, but that doesn’t mean the quest for Leopold’s stolen gold is anything less than stellar on the bigger screen.…

Snake Rescues Hideo Kojima From Konami

Here, obtained by Kotaku, is exclusive footage of Venom Snake breaking into Konami’s headquarters and extracting Metal Gear Solid designer Hideo Kojima from his office. Just kidding. That’s side-op 112 (Intel Agent Extraction) from Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. But also it’s a pretty good metaphor. You’re free now, Kojima. You’re free. You…

Dragon Ball Cosplay Comes Complete With Goku’s Flying Nimbus

And the best way to use a hands-free mini-segway? Hip-hop videos? Nope! With a little creativity it can be turned easily into Son Goku’s magical yellow cloud. A cosplayer at this year’s Dragon Con did just that, as you can see in FUNimation’s footage. The hair might be a bit… lacking, but who cares. It’s…