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Superman and Wonder Woman Are Totally Not Breaking Up

A few months ago, DC Comics teased that its big status quo shifts would mean serious trouble for the romance between the Man of Steel and the Amazing Amazon. But don’t worry, guys: Clark and Diana are doing fine. Just ask the Suicide Squad. Recent eventshave made Superman’s secret identity and mountain-moving strength things of…

Arkham Knight’s Batgirl DLC Just Isn’t Good Enough

I’ve been waiting a long time to play as Batgirl in a modern video game. Now the chance has arrived in the form of a new add-on for the latest Batman title. Is it what I wanted? Not really. Starting this week, folks who’ve ponied up cash for Batman: Arkham Knight’s season pass will get…

StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void’s Zeratul-helmed prologue, Whispers of Oblivion, is live now—if you pre-purchase the game. If you don’t want to pre-order, you’ll still be able to get it for free later this year. We’re also checking out the prologue and will have impressions later this week.

Hacked Dark Souls 2 Items Are Getting Innocent Players Banned

If you were playing a brutally difficult game and someone gave you a powerful sword, you’d pick it up and use it, right? If you do that in Dark Souls 2, however, that might corrupt your save and get you banned. Hackers have been doing this for years, and there’s little you can do about…

Hey, look, it’s Shenmue III The folks behind the third Shenmue released this brief teaser video today in an attempt to muster up some last-minute pledges for the Kickstarter, which ends in three days. Their estimated release date is December 2017, although I’d be shocked if we see it earlier than 2018.

The New League Of Legends Champion Can Be A Massive Troll

League of Legends’ giant catfish champion Tahm Kench brought a powerful new ability into the game when arrived last week: with or without his teammate’s permission, the guy can swallow an ally champ whole and carry them around in his belly for a few seconds. You can probably see where this is going. In an…

The first-person mystery game The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is out now for PS4. We reviewed the PC version last year andliked it quite a bit. The PS4 version has overhauled graphics and gameplay tweaks.

If you’re looking for a good cry this morning, look no further than Yoot Saito’s touching blog post about Satoru Iwata, as translated by NeoGAF user Zefah. “I wish I had a StreetPass feature that could connect with heaven.” Damn You can reach the author of this post at [email protected] or on Twitter at @patrickklepek

The Elder Scrolls Online gets its first DLC pack, Imperial City, soon. It hits August 31 on PC, September 15 on Xbox One, and September 16 on PS4. It’s bundled for ESO Plus members—$20 for everyone else. If you’re playing ESO, let us know! How are you enjoying it? You can reach the author of…

Heroes of the Storm put out its hero spotlight for the soon-to-be-released character King Leoric last night, giving a bit more detail on how his ridiculous-sounding “undying” trait will work. This guy never has to leave a battle—even if he gets killed! That’s gonna take some getting used to.

Warcraft Movie Footage Leaks From Comic Con

Last weekend at Comic Con, the folks behind the Warcraft movie showed off a bunch of footage that was meant to be exclusive to the show. As was inevitable, it’s leaked. Watch this leaked version quick, before Legendary tries to take it down. Here’s hoping they realize that trying to keep this stuff secret is…

Wartime survival game This War of Mine is out today for iOS and Android tablets. A depressing game, but it looks at war from a point-of-view rarely explored in video games, so it’s definitely worth a look

Sonic, Running Around In Unreal Engine 4

Here’s Unreal Engine 4’s open world “Kite” environment combined with a cool-looking Sonic. It’s made by YouTuber CryZENx, and with a few Power Rings added this could work as a nice alternative Green Hill Zone. To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]

That’s One Massive LEGO Space Fleet

LEGO builder Tim Schwalfenberg overkilled it again with a giant, amazing-looking fleet of blocky spaceships. The flagship is a huge Hurricane battlecruiser from EVE Online and everything else is built around it, having the same color scheme and design. His fleet is complete with destroyers, escort carriers, cargo transport ships, an assault frigate and small…

Russian Nintendo Fans Honor Satoru Iwata at the Japanese Embassy

After Satoru Iwata’srecent passing, a group of Russian fans decided to pay their respects by going to the Japanese Embassy in Moscow and creating a small memorial for the Nintendo president. According to IGN Russia, the fans converted a small information table into a makeshift memorial for Iwata, complete with flowers, candles, photos, and kind…

One Man’s Journey From Teenage Sketches To Magic Card Artist

UPDATE, 24 June 2020: Fuck Noah Bradley Every day, I share some of the amazing work done by video game concept artists, and every day, I read comments from readers saying “wow, I wish I could draw like that”. The story of Noah Bradley will make you realise that hey, maybe you can. Bradley, an…

The UFC’s Most Popular Fighter Is Destroying Himself

Conor McGregor has taken the UFC by storm. He’s brash, he’s well-spoken, he’s a thrilling knockout machine in the cage. He can’t keep this up. If you didn’t already think McGregor was incredible, this weekend’s fight against miniature man tank Chad Mendes proved it. McGregor can run his mouth like nobody else, but with people…

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Epic’s Forums Hacked, Shut Down

Epic Games are sending out emails letting people know that most of their forums have been taken offline after they were “compromised by a hacker”. The full email is below: Dear Epic Games Forum Member, We have just discovered that the Epic Games forums located at https://forums.epicgames.com were compromised by a hacker. We are sorry…

The Death Of Adobe Flash Is Coming, And Game Developers Are Worried

Did you enjoy Alien Hominid? Thank Adobe Flash. The Binding of Isaac? The original version ran like crap, but that was Flash, too. Flash eats battery life and makes computer fans run loud, but it’s been important to many developers, which is why they got scared for a while today. Flash used to power much…