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StarCraft II Is (Finally) Getting Tournaments

For a long time now, StarCraft II players have been asking Blizzard for variety in competitive multiplayer. Traditional ladder matches are fun and all, but they can get a little repetitive—especially when you’re addicted to StarCraft and play like four hours a day. Enter tournament mode. In addition tooverhauling macro mechanics(RIP MULEs), the next patch…

An Awesome Black Ops III Outplay

“Glitch” is the name of a move in Call of Duty: Black Ops III that lets you teleport—but only back to the position you were in a few seconds earlier. It can be tricky to pull off because messing up the timing or positioning will leave you out in the open, vulnerable to all kinds…

After Dark, the first expansion for Cities: Skylines, is coming on September 24, the game’s publisher announced today. The add-on introduces a day-and-night cycle, among other night-themed new features. Contact the author at [email protected]

PC owners can’t pre-load Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, according to the game’s community manager.You can pre-load on consoles! However, you’ll be able to start downloading (and apparently, playing) the game as soon as it’s available in the earliest country, New Zealand. That’s almost like pre-loading? You can reach the author of this…

You Can Now Play Triple Triad On Your Phone

Sixteen years after the release of Final Fantasy VIII, Square Enix has finally released an official stand-alone version of its legendary card game, Triple Triad You can get Triple Triad right now on both iOS and Android by downloading the Final Fantasy Portal app. Both the Portal app and the card game—which you download inside…

From August 30, Nintendo 2DS will get cheaper in North America. The console will be priced at $99.99, which is thirty bucks less expensive than it’s current $129.99 price tag. And yes, the handheld will still come with the digital version of Mario Kart 7.

this video game, guys.

Street Fighter V “Stress Tests” Starting Today

Street Fighter V tried to have a beta test.It didn’t work, though hey, that’s what beta tests are for. To ensure that they run one that does work, Capcom is taking it a little easier this time, and starting today they’ll be rolling out “a series of region specific stress tests” The first is in…

Wow, Twitch vs Dark Souls Just Beat The Asylum Demon

And here we were laughing at everyone failing get out of a menu After a week that Patrickcalled a “beautiful disaster”, the maniacs playing Dark Souls via Twitch chat just did something many would never have thought possible: they beat the Asylum Demon. (pic via imgur) Sure, for regular players he’s just a tutorial obstacle.…

The 2015 League of Legends World Championship will be played on patch 5.18, Riot Games announced today. Currently the game is about to enter the craaaaaazy world of patch 5.16

Everquest II Is Building A “Prison Server” For Shitty Players

Daybreak Games is trying something cool with Everquest II: players caught breaking the rules (or just generally being terrible people) aren’t going to be suspended or banned. They’re going to be banished to a “prison server” known as Drunder. The move, explained by Holly Longdale in this forum post (via Gamasutra), sounds a lot more…

The Witcher 3 New Game+ Sure Is Harder So Far

If you were wondering whether The Witcher 3’s New Game+ mode makes the game harder, I have some good news for you: It does! New Game+ was just added to Wild Hunt as the last of developer CD Projekt Red’s free post-release downloadable content. It’s a cool final addition, since many people (like me) have…

It’s a little technical, but this post by the Dolphin team outlining a big improvement to the emulator’s audio is fascinating, giving you a real insight into just how much work and problem-solving goes into the whole thing.

This is neat: to coincide with Netflix’s official launch in Japan on September 2, STUDIO4℃’s movies—including the excellent MIND GAME—will be available to stream for subscribers internationally

Play As A Seagull, Poop On The Humans

Is this your latest trend, 2015. Birds pooping on people? In video games? Sploot is the second game this month we’ve seen in this vein, after Nathan took a look at Wonky Pigeon. And it’s a very similar type of game. You fly around as a seagull, you shit on things. Like people, yes, but…

The next major firmware update for PlayStation 4 owners is coming in the near future, but Sony’s looking for beta testers. If you’d like to sign up and have a sneak preview of what’s coming, sign up over here. Everything kicks off in early September. Contact the author at [email protected]

The Next League Of Legends’ Patch Is Trying To Break The Whole Meta

League of Legends patches are normally relatively minor incremental things at this point—tweaking an item or two, rebalancing a handful of characters, maybe dropping a few new skins in. Not this week. Riot’s 5.16 patch notes make it sound like a patch on steroids. There’s a lot of ground to cover here, so I’m going…

Even Without A GamePad, ZombiU Holds Up

ZombiU was a fantastic game when it launched alongside the Wii U. Years later, it’s arrived on other platforms with minor tweaks, including a new name: Zombi. As it turns out, it’s still great. Here’s the short version of what to expect from Zombi, which I played for an hour today on the PC: it’s…

Read a Short Story Where Video Game Cats Save Peoples’ Souls

A crippling disease has made the body of Grace’s wife a prison for her erratic, reclusive brain. The only hope for their marriage? A video game where she rules over kingdom of cats. Written by iO9 editor-in-chief Charlie Jane Anders, “Rat Catcher’s Yellows” is part of Press Start to Play, an anthology of game-centric short…

Here Is A Thing That Happens In The New Tales From The Borderlands Episode

Yesterday I talked about a very heavy moment in the latest Tales from the Borderlands episode. Today, I bring you a polka-dotted clown hanky to dry your tears. (Warning: Tales from the Borderlands episode four spoilers ahead.) The latest episode is uniformly excellent, juggling drama and comedy in almost equal measure. A few pacing issues…