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Batman: Arkham Knight’s Secret Intro Is Great

Fun fact: Batman: Arkham Knight actually has more than one introduction sequence. There’s the one you see normally. And there’s the one that can only trigger under certain special conditions. Reader Brandon tipped me off to a special intro within Batman: Arkham Knight, and it’s actually super cool. You can view it here, courtesy of…

Guy Sneaks Into Game Studio, Finds Unannounced Game [UPDATE]

Sometimes, game studios have strict security. Other times, they let random people sneak into their buildings, steal lunch, and find out about unannounced games. Take, for example, Digital Extremes, the Canada-based company behind Warframe (pictured above). Yesterday on Reddit, a poster named UndercoverLegend wrote that he snuck into Digital Extremes’ office, took lunch, and started…

The Sims 4 is getting a new “Spa Day” game pack on July 14th, EA has announced. In addition to letting your Sims hang out and bump uglies in the sauna, the DLC gives Sims a new “wellness” skill they can develop “by giving massages, doing Yoga, and Meditating.” Woo-hoo!

Modder Does A Pretty Good Job Making Skyrim Look Like Dark Souls

An intrepid fan has combined two of my favorite things. You’ve done solid work here, Tyroine It’s probably lingering excitement from the announcement of Dark Souls 3, but I’ve got Souls on the brain lately, and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim might be the last game I was truly obsessed with. (There are precious few…

I Can’t Stop Watching The Wet Hot American Summer Netflix Trailer

Those of us who went to Jewish summer camp are pretty much unanimously obsessed with Wet Hot American Summer, an absurd cult classic starring an all-star cast of celebrities and comedians including Paul Rudd, Michael Ian Black, Bradley Cooper, and Elizabeth Banks. Now Netflix has released the first trailer for their eight-episode prequel, and it…

Payday 2 Has Been Broken On Xbox One For Three Weeks

If you bought Payday 2: Crimewave Edition on Xbox One, it’s been a frustrating couple of weeks. The game was released on June 16, yet many players continue to report it’s impossible to play the game with strangers. A patch has been promised for a long time. The official Twitter account has sent apologies for…

League Of Legends’ Gentleman Gnar Skin Is Disgustingly Cute

Oh my goodness. Not all MOBA character skins are created equally. But the ones Riot has made for League of Legends prehistoric boomerang-wielding fur monster known as “Gnar” have been great. Gnar’s base character looks sort of like Gizmo from the Gremlins movies…until he transforms into the hulking beast known as “Mega Gnar”—something that happens…

Someone Keeps Putting Video in My Video Games

You’re looking at a screenshot I took of a video game that I just finished playing on Steam. Here is a clip from another game I played on my PC this week: Earlier this year, I played a game on my PlayStation 4 that looked like this: Movies these days—or action movies, at least—are a…

Having Bat Colonies In Your Secret Hideout Is Probably Not a Good Idea

Bats might be important for Batman’s identity, but they also spread diseases, poop everywhere and make a ton of extra work for Alfred. Dorkly’s video proves that it’s just not a good idea having them in your cave at all. And besides all that, there are probably a few of them inside the Batcomputer too,…

Someone Built an 8-Foot-Tall LEGO Version of The Tower of Orthanc

You’ll need a ladder to fully see everything in Brenden McMahon’s LEGO version of Saruman’s tower, a.k.a. the Tower of Orthanc, from The Lord of the Rings. The official 2359-piece version isn’t small either, but this one makes it look like a holiday cottage. The tower has nine individual floors with a torture chamber, grand…

Club Nintendo Closes Its Doors In North America

The time has come. Club Nintendo has closed its doors in North America. “Our heartfelt thanks to our members for your support over the years”, reads a message on the now-shuttered site. “Please stay tuned for more information on our new loyalty program.” Former members are reminded that any download codes obtained from Club Nintendo…

Why Is The World’s Greatest Fighter Playing Medal Of Honor In 2015?

Anderson Silva is arguably the greatest mixed martial artist who ever lived. He has a highlight reel of knockouts and does things that most fighters find incomprehensible. But right now he isn’t fighting. He’s recording himself playing Medal of Honor: Warfighter on his mobile phone and tweeting it. Just for context: Anderson Silva has seven…

Play A Killzone Level On PC

Both as a test of their skills and an exercise in fanservice, a small group called Zombie Games has recreated an entire level of PS2 shooter Killzone in the Source Engine on PC It’s just one level, but it’s enough to give you an idea of what the Sony-exclusive game could have looked like if…

GameCube Games Now Running On One Android Device

June has been a big month for the team working on the Dolphin emulator, which allows users to play GameCube and Wii games on their PC. In addition to getting Virtual Console games up and running, they’ve also managed to get GameCube games working on an Android device (albeit one that few of you will…

We’re late on this, but you should still definitely watch the intense Street Fighter finals from last weekend’s CEO 2015 tournament. Kazunoko vs 801 Strider is a highlight, but you can check out more of the great finals over at Shoryuken. Contact the author at [email protected]

The First Five Minutes Of A Brilliant New First-Person Puzzler

In the first five minutes of Zachtronics’ Infinifactory you’re abducted, scanned, fitted with a red jumpsuit, nearly sucked out of an airlock and introduced at length to your new alien overlords. Then the real fun begins. The real fun is your new life as an engineer tasked with building assembly lines out of cubes in…

Batman: Arkham Knight’s True Ending Has A Cool Easter Egg

Getting 100% in Batman: Arkham Knight and unlocking the ‘true ending’ doesn’t necessarily mean seeing everything Arkham Knight has to offer. It’s actually pretty easy to miss something within said true ending. (Spoilers to follow!) Late last year, Batman: Arkham City made headlines after fans found an easter egg a whole three years after the…

The Biggest Mobile MOBA Finally Launches On Android

Super Evil Megacorp’s mobile MOBA has been a big success on iOS, with some 1.5 million active users frantically touching turrets each month. Today the game officially launches on Android. Welcome, fresh meat. Vainglory made its debut during Apple’siPhone 6 press conference last year, a showcase for iOS’s Metal graphics API. It’s a very pretty…

Pro League Of Legends Team Starts Match With Three-Man Suicide

Even the best League of Legends players in the world have their off days. Or in the case of North American Challenger team Winterfox, three of them do…at the exact same time. Winterfox was playing against the newly-formed team Renegades last night in a Challenger Series match. Things were going normally for the first three…

Best Buy’s Finally Fixing Their Amiibo Policy

It’s not easy to collect Amiibo—it’s a pain in the ass, really. But maybe things are changing, as Best Buy announced some surprisingly reasonable policies for their exclusive, Dark Pit. Here’s what’s different: No online pre-orders Local pick-up only One per customer Sold on a first-come, first-served basis Basically, there’s zero bullshit. You don’t have…