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Tiny Little GameCube Works, Is Asking To Get Its Cheeks Pinched

When Nintendo gets around to releasing a GameCube Mini—remember, all tiny console releases to this point have been mere preparation for what will be the greatest collection of 20-30 titles in video game history—I really hope it’s as small and cute as this custom-made console. Built by Madmorda, it’s a custom case that’s using actual…

Report: A Knights Of The Old Republic Movie Is Being Written

BioWare’s classic Star Wars RPG Knights of the Old Republic is being turned into a film project at Lucasfilm, Buzzfeed reports, with Laeta Kalogridis (Alita: Battle Angel) writing the screenplay. The Buzzfeed report says she is “close to finishing” the script, which would be the first “of a potential KOTOR trilogy”. KOTOR was first released…

I wrote about Irkalla back in 2014, got excited about it, then it disappeared. Now it’s back! It’s coming to PC, Mac and Linux “soon”.

Video Games Should Be Weirder

I’ve been thinking a lot about yesterday’s surprise announcement of Playdate, the new handheld games experiment from Firewatch publisher Panic. More than anything, it’s weird: A small, single-purpose handheld with a set 12-week program of mystery games is the sort of thing that demands your attention. And yes, it has a crank. It’s a slickly…

More Telltale Games Are Disappearing From Digital Storefronts

Valve recently removed the option to buy the Telltale-developed series Tales From The Borderlands on Steam, and Good Old Games has announced it will no longer be selling any of Telltale’s games starting May 27. Nobody seems to know why. Reddit user Andreas_Pires first spotted that Tales From The Borderlands had lost its purchase option…

Mortal Kombat 11, One Month Later

It’s been one month since the release of Mortal Kombat 11. One month of arguing over microtransactions. One month ofnightmare-inducing violence. One month of cringingevery time Sonya Blade opens her mouth. The first month of what’s sure to be years of very good fighting. Here’s what happened in that month. On April 20, three days…

Daigo’s New Controller Causes A Stir In The Fighting Game Community [UPDATE]

Daigo Umehara is arguably the most popular fighting game player of all time. As such, eyes will always be on him when it comes to high-level play. The legendary Japanese competitor caused a stir recently by announcing his plans to try out an unconventional hit box controller instead of his traditional arcade stick at future…

Pokémon T-Shirt Contest Winner Disqualified, Design Pulled From Upcoming Game

Earlier this week, Japanese clothing company Uniqlo announced Chinese artist Li Wen Pei had won its UT Grand Prix contest for designing Pokémon T-shirts. He was set to win $10,000 and have his design featured in Pokémon Sword and Shield, set to come to Switch later this year. Uniqlo now says Wen Pei has been…

Shady Numbers And Bad Business: Inside The Esports Bubble

The mainstream narrative of esports has been lovingly crafted by those who benefit from its success. There’s big money in esports, they say. You’ve heard the stories. Teenaged gamers flown overseas to sunny mansions with live-in chefs. The erection of $50 million arenas for Enders Game-esque sci-fi battles. League of Legends pros pulling down seven-figure…

You Can Now Read The Proposed Senate Bill That Would Ban Loot Boxes In Games Kids Like [UPDATE]

As expected, Republican Senator Josh Hawley from Missouri has introduced a bill that would ban the inclusion of “pay-to-win microtransactions and sales of loot boxes in minor-oriented games” as well as to games that publishers believe kids play. It would not affect cosmetic items and also has a long way to go before it could…

Battlefield V‘s Getting More Generous With Ammo

Since launch, Battlefield V’s been stingy with ammo and supplies. The game has a controversial “Attrition” system that limits the available resources for players in an attempt to force team cooperation, but also can lead to players getting trapped without resources. The latest patch adds changes to make resupplying easier and picks up the pace…

The Eyes In Days Gone Look Good Because They’re Full Of Tears

On Wednesday afternoon, Days Gone developer Bend Studios held a Reddit Ask Me Anything. The team’s responses provided a brief but in-depth look at some of the more technical work that went into making Days Gone, including their rendering of eyes—something that the game does so well it’s easy to completely miss. Luckily, one Reddit…

Some Of EVE Online‘s Most Powerful Groups Are Heading For War

EVE Online is infamous for many things: scams that leave their victims devastated, player-created empires that span the stars, and perhaps most for war. The wars of EVE involve thousands of players across the globe, all focused on singular goals. The next great conflict may be starting now. Last weekend, the leader of The Imperium,…

PlayStation Europe has uploaded footage of the Nioh 2 closed alpha Have a look! The game was announced last year at Sony’s E3 press conference. In case you missed it, check out Kotaku’s review of the first game. 

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The Strangest Ghostbusters Cameo In PC Gaming

There’s an official Ghostbusters tie-in coming to the PC—featuring the vocal talents of original cast members, no less—and it’s coming to…Planet Coaster, the breezy, feel-good theme park simulator That is odd, but whatever, let’s roll with it. The Ghostbusters DLC adds “an all new story-driven scenario, new gameplay mechanics, plus new rides, characters and scenery…

Here’s A Final Fantasy VII Remaster You Can Play Right Now

Back in January, we showed you a beta version of a fan-made Final Fantasy VII remaster, which used machine learning to automatically clean up the game’s visuals. It just hit v1.0 and is ready for release. Here’s some of the stuff the mod features/does: AI neural networks upscaled the game’s visuals to 4x the resolution…

Overwatch Modder Turns Heroes Into Racing Airplanes

It’s easy to get caught up in rosy nostalgia when talking about long-lost series from years past, but there’s something to be said for the classics. Remember slamming down snaking neon streets in F-Zero? And who among us (of a highly specific age range) didn’t spend hours of their childhood staring with starry eyes at…

The People Who Published Firewatch Are Now Making A Game Console With, Uh, A Crank

Playdate is a new portable gaming system from app developer Panic, coming in early 2020. It has a glossy black and white screen with no backlight. Along with a directional pad and A and B buttons, it sports a rotatable crank that pops out of the right side of the unit. Instead of buying games,…

Fallout 76‘s New Project Paradise Quest Has You Do Genetic Experiments For Big Pharma

Without stuff to kill, the masses in Bethesda’s online survival game Fallout 76 tend to get restless, taking aim at one another when nothing else worth their time is available. Fortunately, this week’s update has offered up a fine distraction in the form of a public quest called Project Paradise. The quest is located in…