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Remembering A Vocaloid Legend Behind Some Of The Best Hatsune Miku Songs

It’s taken some time for the news to hit overseas, but Wowaka, an internationally acclaimed producer of Vocaloid music, including songs such as “Rolling Girl,” “Unhappy Refrain,” and “World’s End Dancehall,” died on April 5 from heart failure. He was 31. He was the driving force behind the Balloom record label which produced albums from…

Why People Are So Mad About The Epic Games Store

For more than a decade, Steam has dominated the PC gaming market. More than 100 million people have amassed vast game collections on Valve’s platform, not to mention friends and communities. Now Epic is trying to muscle in on Steam’s turf, and a certain segment of PC game players are remarkably mad about that. Here…

Strategy Classic Fantasy General Is Making A Comeback

I ama big fan of Panzer General/Corps, but it’s easy to forget that back in the day, the original turn-based WW2 game had a fantasy spin-off called Fantasy General that was almost as good. Well out of nowhere today we’ve got the announcement that there’s going to be a Fantasy General 2 Slitherine (Panzer Corps’…

Insanely Difficult DOOM Record Beaten After 20 Years

While speedrunners are finding new angles and breaking records all the time, the nature of some levels and games means that some records truly do stand the test of time. One quirk of the original DOOM was the in-game timer that you see at the end of every level. Rather than rounding up or rounding…

The Eight Best Dwarf Fortress Stories We’ve Seen

Dwarf Fortress is a game where when things go wrong, you know you’ll have a great story to tell. Because its systems are so intricate and complicated, you’re always hit with multiple problems at once, and sometimes one of those problems is a demon invasion. Players often record their Dwarf Fortress exploits as written stories,…

Anthem’s latest update is live and corrects some of the smaller problems players have been having with loot. Players will no longer get loot for Javelins different from the one they’re using and Elysian Cache items now immediately appear in players’ inventories. The newsfeed, which had been blank, is also fixed.

Bethesda Plans To Sell Fallout 76 Repair Kits For Real Money

Late last week Bethesda announced a new item would be coming to the game soon: repair kits. Rather than waste resources repairing weapons and armor, players will be able to use these kits instead. There’s a hitch. Players will only be able to buy them through Fallout 76’s microtransaction store. “Repair Kits are new utility…

Sekiro‘s Best Ninja Tool Is A Humble Umbrella

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice often boils down to intense sword fights between stern warriors, but a little trickery never hurt. One shinobi tool stands out with defensive capabilities that make difficult encounters much more manageable. It can turn even undead monsters and literal demons into pushovers. It’s also a humble umbrella. When I played through…

How Knights Of The Old Republic Pulled Off A Voice-Acting Triumph

For their groundbreaking Star Wars role-playing game Knights of the Old Republic, BioWare and LucasArts made the highly ambitious decision to have a cast of actors voice the game’s entire massive, branching script. That story, excerpted below, is told in the latest entry in the Boss Fight Books series, written by journalist Alex Kane and…

The Fallout 4 Character Who Broke My Heart

I have a thing for broken boys. You know the type. At first they seem strong, even mean, but much like one of those gross chocolates with cream centers, they have a soft heart once you lick your way inside. Luckily for me, just about every game with romance options has at least one of…

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Why Some Japanese Dragon Quest Fans Don’t Seem Thrilled With The CG Anime Movie

Last week, the debut trailer for a full CG Dragon Quest anime was released. You’d think that all Japanese Dragon Quest fans would be delighted, right? Well, you’d be wrong. The movie, titled Dragon Quest: Your Story, won’t be out until August in Japan, but many fans aren’t exactly thrilled by what they’ve seen so…

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Civilization Artist Gets Civ VI Looking Like Civ V

I think Civilization VI looks amazing, but its slightly cartoony visuals—especially when it comes to the environments—may not be for everyone. If that’s you, and you prefer the more muted colour palette of Civilization V, then today you are in luck. As PCGamesN report, Brian Busatti was an art director on Civ VI, and was…

Fallout Mod Gives New Vegas A Proper Post-Game

For all the choice it gives you while playing, once you’re done with Fallout: New Vegas, you’re done. A new mod changes that by not only letting you jump back into the game after the story is over, but seeing your decisions reflected by the world around you as well. As PC Gamer report, FPGE…

Glitchy Shovel Knight Is Mesmerizing

YouTuber and game modder, CodenameGamma, recently uploaded a video of some oddly mesmerizing and strange looking Shovel Knight gameplay. Look at all those little pixel art knights. The video was created after CodenameGamma accidentally discovered a way to spawn hundreds of characters. They were trying to do something else and instead, happened to find a…

The Poor Life Of The Division 2‘s Drone Controller

Within the White House of The Division 2, players can find multiple friendly NPCs. These characters give you missions, bounties and more. Most of these characters have names, even characters you rarely talk to or interact with. But one important woman at your White House base has no name is also living in pain. This…

Game Of Thrones Actor Kit Harington Won’t Shut Up In This VR Gaming Skit From SNL

Modern video games are more complex and narratively rich than past video games. But sometimes you don’t feel like talking and just want some action, except the game, REALLY wants to talk to you. A lot. That’s the basic setup from last night’s SNL skit “New Video Game.” The skit features Kit Harington from Game…

Cheating Too Much Could Break GTA San Andreas

When I was younger, I played a lot of Grand Theft Auto San Andreas. I would also use a lot of cheat codes while playing the game. If a mission was too hard, I would cheat. But I would additionally use some of the silly cheat codes to cause mayhem and have fun. This ended…

YouTuber Recreates New Super Mario Maker 2 Features In Original Super Mario Maker

Super Mario Maker 2 looks amazing and I’m excited to play the new game. For those, who like me, are excited popular YouTuber and Mario expert Ceave Gaming has figured out how to recreate some of the new features seen in Super Mario Maker 2 in the original game. Ceave Gaminghas done some amazing things…