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I Am In Love With The Batmobile
Arkham Knight is a pretty good video game. Good flying, good punching, good comic book action. But the one thing I’ve taken away from it more than anything else is just how damn good the Batmobile is. It’s so fast. And nimble. And powerful. And heavy. And dependable. And… Look, instead of trying to describe…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 24, 2015 -
Bungie Apologizes For Destiny Screw-Ups, Offers Solutions
Following a week full of controversy surrounding the video game Destiny, the developers at Bungie have posted an early “weekly update” apologizing for recent screw-ups and promising to address players’ complaints. The controversy, which was triggered by some tone-deaf comments from Destiny creative director Luke Smith in an interview earlier this week, revolved around the…
By Jason Schreier Published June 24, 2015 -
Computer Is Learning To Make Mario Levels By Watching YouTube
First they’ll take our jobs. Then they’ll take our Mario. While Nintendo works hard to let us build our own Mario levels, the Georgia Institute of Technology are developing an “artificially intelligent system” that can build its own stages The terror comes not in the fact it can build levels—procedural generation is everywhere these days—but…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 24, 2015 -
The First Big Game That Brought Mods To Consoles
Fallout 4 is gonna let players bring PC mods over to consoles. Years ago, however, another game did it—with mixed results. The game? Unreal Tournament 3, the third main entry in Epic’s pioneering arena shooter series. The console? PlayStation 3. The year? 2007. So then, what happened, how’d it work, and—most importantly—why didn’t it catch…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 24, 2015 -
Iwata’s Fire Emblem Interview Is Fascinating
Fire Emblem: Fates launches in Japan this week as Fire Emblem: If. As has become tradition, there’s also a new (and unsurprisingly fascinating) Q&A with Nintendo president Satoru Iwata. The whole thing is worth a read, but I’ve pulled some highlights. This isn’t news, but apparently Fire Emblem: Awakening was planned to be the final…
By Patrick Klepek Published June 24, 2015 -
Mortal Kombat X Has New Gruesome Brutalities
Thanks to a recent Mortal Kombat X update we now have a few more options when it comes to finishing a match as savagely as possible. Up above for example we’ve got the new brutality available in the Quan Chi Fortress level, demoed here by Christopher Thimm: Hammer time! Then you’ve got the new brutality…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 24, 2015 -
Popular Steam Game Offers $100 To Anyone Who Finds An Exploit
Have you encountered a bug, glitch, or hack while playing Steam’s hottest new dinosaur game?You might be sitting on $100. ARK: Survival Evolved, a dinosaur survival game that’s been tearing up the top-selling charts for almost a month now, is trying something pretty unique for an Early Access game. One of the developers took to…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 24, 2015 -
Arkham Knight’s Harley Quinn DLC Is Terrible
Harley Quinn’s one of the most popular new Batman characters to appear in the last few years. She’s finally playable in Arkham Knight, starring in what serves as a prequel to the story in the main game. But, despite being a free add-on, the story pack starring the Joker’s sometime girlfriend isn’t worth the time…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 24, 2015 -
A Bunch Of Zelda: Triforce Heroes Questions, Answered
The next Zelda game isn’t quite what people expected. Announced last week during Nintendo’s E3 presentation, Zelda: Triforce Heroes is a co-op dungeon crawler designed to be played by a party of three—not your average setup for a Zelda game. Last week in Los Angeles, I got to spend a few minutes with Zelda: Triforce…
By Jason Schreier Published June 24, 2015 -
Batman: Arkham Knight Is Full of Superman Easter Eggs
You don’t have to look very far to find references to the Man of Steel in Gotham—Arkham Knight is bursting with Superman easter eggs. Helpfully, Arekkz Gaming has rounded a few of them up in this video: Some of the more easily-spotted ones are the Lex Luthor corp ads populating some of the skyscrapers in…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 24, 2015 -
That New Game From Inafune And The Makers of Metroid Prime Sounds Cool
No offense to the lead creator of Mega Man, but the words “From Keiji Inafune” in the debut trailer for a new Xbox One game called ReCore weren’t what excited me most. It was what came next: “and the makers of Metroid Prime.” And that was before I even found out what the game actually…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 24, 2015 -
Arkham Knight PC Disaster Watch: Day Two
Batman: Arkham Knight still doesn’t run well on PC, and it’s not clear when (or if) that might change anytime soon. The public statements from Warner Bros. aren’t helping matters, either. If you’re just catching up with this story, here’s the short version: Arkham Knight runs like crap on the PC. It doesn’t matter if…
By Patrick Klepek Published June 24, 2015 -
Suikoden III Is On PSN Right Now (So Play It)
Konami, a Japanese company that operates slot machines and fitness clubs, released a video game yesterday on the PlayStation Network. It’s called Suikoden III. You should play it. Suikoden III is, as you might have guessed, the third entry in the very-excellent Suikoden series, which you really must play, even if you only have time…
By Jason Schreier Published June 24, 2015 -
Sony Explains What Went Wrong With Driveclub
The long and winding road for Driveclub PlayStation Plus Edition is hopefully coming to an end. It was supposed to arrive last October, but months later, Sony says it’ll be available tomorrow. What happened? What took so long? At E3, we asked Sony for an explanation. Technically, Driveclub PlayStation Plus Edition showed up on PlayStation…
By Patrick Klepek Published June 24, 2015 -
An Epic Near-Death Heroes Of The Storm Win
The angelic ghost cow near the bottom of this screenshot is Heroes of the Storm’s E.T.C. He’s in ghost form because of a passive ability he can unlock, which automatically triggers an area-wide stun move called “Mosh Pit” on death. I’m guessing the E.T.C. player here is crying tears of joy for selecting this trait.…
By Yannick LeJacq Published June 24, 2015 -
Diablo II‘s Iconic Cube Is Returning To Diablo III
With its unique ability to transmute items into new ones, the Horadric Cube was one of the most useful and iconic items in Diablo II. And while Diablo III had no item like this so far, that will change in an upcoming content patch. According to the official preview of patch 2.3.0 notes, there’s a…
By Gergo Vas Published June 24, 2015 -
New Destiny Quest Is Exclusive To… Red Bull
Today, publisher Activision announced plans for a brand new exclusive quest in Destiny, a video game in which players travel space learning the true definition of corporate greed. The good news: it’s a “never-before-seen, multi-stage mission in [upcoming expansion] The Taken King that will test the speed and strategic abilities of Destiny players in new…
By Jason Schreier Published June 24, 2015 -
The Zerg Invades a Small Terran Colony In This StarCraft Fan Movie
You won’t expect StarCraft onslaught at first. But like on any map in the Terran campaign, there’s no mercy for Terran colonists. RocketJump’s short movie is a combination of CG and live action and it looks fantastic. To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]
By Gergo Vas Published June 24, 2015 -
New Fire Emblem Has Same-Sex Marriage
Some Fire Emblem Fates (Fire Emblem If in Japan) news! Some of it good, some of it not so good. First, the good! Fire Emblem Fates is going to allow same-sex marriage. Because marriage is such an important part of the game, that’s a big deal! Nintendo tells Polygon “We believe that our gameplay experiences…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 23, 2015
