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Oculus Fights Fan Group Over OculusRift.Com

Oculus Rift is attempting to seize the oculusrift.com domain from the group of developers currently using it, according to documentation obtained by Kotaku. It’s a battle that the VR company is almost guaranteed to win, given their ownership of the “Oculus Rift” trademark. According to the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP), the internationally-recognized…

Heroes Of The Storm Proves That A New Warcraft Strategy Game Could Work

Heroes of the Storm is a really fun game. But playing it as a Warcraft veteran can hit a little too close to home. It can be difficult to remember since World of Warcraft has been so popular for so long (it was first released in 2004), but the original Warcraft games that inspired Blizzard’s…

Some Of Mortal Kombat X‘s Predator References Are Very Subtle

Predator wasn’t supposed to arrive for Mortal Kombat X players until July, but it hit early (by accident) for some, and they’re discovering a few hilarious Predator nods in the game. My thanks to the rabid fans at /r/MortalKombatfor digging these up! In addition to delivering a playable version of the alien from the 1987…

Assassin’s Creed Creator Plans A Most Ambitious Comeback

The man who dreamt up Assassin’s Creed is working on a new game, the first thing you’ll be able to play from him since 2010. The long-time corporate game developer who has gone indie after an acrimonious split from Ubisoft is also level-designing his new office so that it’s a bit different from any other…

What Happens to [REDACTED] in Arkham Knight Is Really Not Good [UPDATE]

Something happens in Arkham Knight that puts it way up in the running for Darkest Batman Story ever. Massive spoilers follow. I’m not done playing the latest Batman game yet. Overall, I’m enjoying Arkham Knight a lot. Many of the game’s features—upgraded implementation of existing gadgets, introduction of new ones, stealthy Batmobile sequences—have kept me…

Tree Trunks Is The Worst Character In Adventure Time

Normally, I love America’s cute Southern drawl. Normally, sweet old ladies who generously bake apple pies for their friends are entirely inoffensive to me. But Tree Trunks can die alone in a forest somewhere in the Land of Ooo and it’d be her best appearance in an episode of Adventure Time Tree Trunks is a…

Blizzard Wants You To Know You Can Play StarCraft II For Free

Quick poll: did you know that there’s a free version of StarCraft II? And that it lets you play as any of the game’s three races in any non-ranked multiplayer match you want? Blizzard doesn’t do a very good job of advertising that fact—and the poorly-titled SCII Starter Edition can be very confusing—but right now,…

The Butcher and the new “Eternal Conflict” map are both dropping into Heroes of the Storm today as part of the game’s seasonal Diablo-themed content plan. Fresh meat!

Neat Way To Make Some Gold In World of Warcraft‘s New Zone

Tanaan Jungle, the new max level zone of Draenor in World of Warcraft, is full of loot. There are all sorts of goodies, and you can find all kind of hidden treasure in every corner. But there’s one particular item that goes around 15-45k gold on the Auction House right now: The “Medallion of the…

Fans Build 14 Feet of StarCraft II in LEGO

Building StarCraft units from LEGO is always awesome. Building an entire map, with all three races with their buildings and units included, is really awesome. An international group of LEGO builders just did that: A huge set featuring everything StarCraft The actual map’s design looks a bit like the techy-looking Daybreak with a bit of…

“I Kept Thinking About Skyrim.” Snowdonia, Wales, U.K. By Steve Stanley. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!

Batman Should’ve Stolen Shadow Of Mordor‘s Nemesis System

Random thug number 127 managed to defeat the goddamn Batman. I’m pretty sure that qualifies him for super villain status. I spent the weekend playing a bunch of Batman: Arkham Knight, and I came away with one thought: “Damn, I wish Warner would hurry up and release Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor 2 already.” OK, actually…

Nintendo Visits Jim Henson Studios, Is Just The Cutest Thing

It’s a damn shame this dream collaboration had to go down for a simple marketing stunt. Something more substantial between these two companies would have been the best Anyway, to show how this E3 stuff was put together, Nintendo went and shot some behind the scenes and interview footage, most of it starring Shigeru Miyamoto…

Why Isn’t Pokémon vs Zombies An Actual Game

Nintendo, if you can team up with DeNA, you can team up with PopCap. Kleiton Dias made these gifs that illustrate how the crossover would work, as you pick Pokemon instead of plants them send them into battle instead of planting them. Aside from that, same basic principle! Some Pokemon roll down the line, others…

Here Is Predator’s Mortal Kombat X Fatality

The Predator DLC may not be out for Mortal Kombat X just yet, but you can already see what one of his devastating finishing moves will be. Here’s a clip uploaded by KommunityFinishHim that highlights one of predator’s fatalities: You can view it in GIF form here: Damn. That’s not all. You can also see…

Celebrate 15 Years Of Diablo II With The First Five Minutes

Can you believe it’s already been a decade and a half since the release of Blizzard’s second installment of Diablo? I sure can. It certainly looks like a 15 year old game, not that looks matter for much around these parts. It may have lost a little of its luster in the face of today’s…

Three Very Different Upcoming Games That Impressed Me In Los Angeles

As I look over my notes from the big E3 show in L.A. earlier this month, three games stand out that I wanted to be sure to praise. I’m eager to play more of all of them. Chibi Robo: Zip Lash This one is for the Nintendo 3DS and comes out in early October. It’s…

Fighting Game Player Does Stone Cold Steve Austin’s Full Entrance

Now this is how you tear a room up with an entrance. This amazing, over-the-top scene comes from CEO 2015, a fighting game tournament held last weekend in Orlando, Florida. The player making the wrestling entrance is none other than Kenneth Bradley, a Marvel vs Capcom entrant who gave fans a little show before the…

When you call the Batmobile, you get the Batmobile. Maybe you parked on the roof? No problem. The Batmobile will make it work.

17 Years Later, StarCraft‘s Story Is Finally Coming To An End

It’s been 17 years since the original launch of StarCraft, the seminal real-time strategy game that both revolutionized competitive gaming and went on to spawn some of the world’s most popular games, like Dota and League of Legends. In the next few months, or maybe years—this is Blizzard, after all—that long journey will finally be…