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Redditor jessmeixing was commissioned by the creators of Royal Guards, a Zelda web series that’s currently on IndieGoGo, to paint this piece of concept art of Hyrule Castle from Ocarina of Time. It’s pretty darn good, and my crappy GIF really doesn’t do it justice, so make sure to check out the original pic below.…

You Can Now Play The First Level Of Super Mario 64 In HD In Your Browser

Got a screen your boss can’t see? You’ll be fine then, just have a spreadsheet or something ready to pull up sharpish. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK Developer Roystan Ross has recreated Super Mario 64’s first level, Bob-Omb Battlefield, in Unity, meaning you can play it your browser right now if you go…

The Real Story Behind Kumiko: The Treasure Hunter

New release Kumiko: The Treasure Hunter is based on an urban legend that a Japanese woman thought Fargo was real and travelled to America to find the money Steve Buscemi’s character buried. The real story, however, is far more depressing. The urban legend started in 2001 after a Japanese woman in her late 20s named…

Modding Group Wins Over $200,000 in Official Arma 3 Contest

Bohemia Interactive, developers of the Arma military FPS series, announced a modding contest, called Make Arma Not War, way back in December 2013. They offered modders a combined €500,000 in cash prizes in exchange for Arma 3 mod submissions in five different categories. Recently, they revealed the list of winners. The grand €200,000 (~$216,000) prize…

DC’s Infinite Crisis Has Officially Launched. Let’s Play. [All Done!]

After an eternity in beta, Turbine’s DC Comics-based MOBA has officially launched, complete with its own Steam page and everything. How about a celebratory stream? The entire DC multiverse is under attack, and heroes and villains from several different planes of unreality join together to battle for the fate of everything. Infinite Crisis, like just…

Plastic Boxes To Keep Your Amiibos Safe. Because, Amiibos.

Were Amiibos ever truly designed as gameplay additions? You have to wonder. Surely Nintendo knew what would really happen: that hordes of video game nerds in their 20s and 30s would descend upon them like a horde of cashed-up locusts, buy all the good ones them keep them locked away forever. Which explains why this…

Here’s Portal Running On The 3DS. Pity Valve Didn’t Make It.

Hey, remember Portal on the DS? Well, Portal (or at least a demo of it) is now also on the 3DS. It’s not an official Valve product, of course—as if Valve would ever make another video game!—but it still does the job. The clip you’re seeing here is from the demo for a homebrew project…

The First Five Character Building Minutes Of Pillars Of Eternity

If you like RPGs you must playPillars of Eternity. If you like RPGs but only have five minutes, you must play its character creation. Obsidian’s Kickstarted spiritual successor to Baldur’s Gate boasts a great deal of complexity and depth, with a strong emphasis on player choice. At least that’s what I’ve gleaned from the first…

A Horror Game That Disturbed Me In Less Than 10 Minutes

When I play horror games, I expect to get weirded out. It’s part of the fun! The Static Speaks My Name, however, was a total gut punch. I didn’t have any words when the experience was over. The Static Speaks My Name was released a few weeks back, a one-man creation by designer Jesse Barksdale.…

Why would someone cosplay as a zombie Stormtrooper? For the kids, of course. The folks behind Cosplay Boom talk to the person behind this gory get-up as part of a new documentary series about Star Wars fan culture. Contact the author at [email protected]

Final Fantasy: Record Keeper Is Surprisingly Fun

Today, Square Enix released a free-to-play Final Fantasy game for mobile devices, and perhaps for the first time ever, that’s not a bad thing. Final Fantasy: Record Keeper, out today for iOS and Android, is a surprisingly fun little time-waster that tasks you with creating a party, collecting equipment, traveling through various old Final Fantasy…

Pokémon Battles Can Be Pretty Messed Up

When you’re on a route or a patch of grass battling a wild Pokémon, encounters probably don’t seem like a big deal. At best, battles against easy enemies are experience fodder. At worst, they’re an annoyance. If you stop and think about what you’re really doing, however, things can get pretty dark! Pokémon player epifex…

GTA V‘s Graphics Suddenly Got Worse (But A Fix Is Coming)

Have you noticed the visuals in Grand Theft Auto V have recently gotten worse on Xbox One and PlayStation 4? So has Rockstar Games. Fortunately, the company says it’ll address this in an upcoming patch. Question: After updating to Title Update 1.08 on PS4 and Xbox One, there appears to be a deterioration of graphical…

Darth Vader Now Has an Evil C-3PO and R2D2. I Like Them Already.

The new Star Wars series starring the Dark Lord of the Sith is finding a lot of success in one small conceit: Darth Vader is a lot deeper than anyone thinks. In the movies, Darth Vader is primarily portrayed as a blunt instrument. A fearsome enforcer for Emperor Palpatine who’s seemingly content to simply push…

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Dragon Ball Xenoverse, As Told By Steam Reviews

Dragon Ball Z is finally on Steam—and fans of the anime are pretty excited about that. They’re also pumped about the opportunity to, um, beat up Krillin. You can find potshots galore on the Steam reviews page for Xenoverse—but, most of these jabs are clearly made by fans that know the franchise very well. Let’s…

You Can Finally Suspend Games On PS4 Now

Sony released a new firmware patch for the PS4 today, and with it, the suspend/resume feature promised way back in February of 2013 is finally here. To use the feature once you’ve downloaded the 2.50 patch, first go into Settings -> Power Save Settings -> Set Functions Available In Rest Mode, then make sure you…

You might want to learn more about the meaning of Dope after watching this frenetic, throwback-inflected teaser for the upcoming movie directed by Rick Famuiya. As a hip-hop head and nerd of a certain age, I’m having flashbacks. Anybody else? Contact the author at [email protected]

My Time In Police Cars

The world outside looks different when you see it through the windows of a police car. And, when you’re in one, you can tell the world sure as hell looks differently at you. I’ve been in police cars three times in my life, once in 1998 and then twice, in rapid succession, in late 2011.…

Half-Life 2 Modders Have Made Valve’s Classic Look Better Than Ever

It’s nice to have a good reason to play through one of the best games of all-time again. Half-Life 2 modder Filip Victor and his team have been toiling away at Half-Life 2: Update for years, and it finally arrives tomorrow. Half-Life 2: Update rolls out a fresh coat of a paint for the seminal…