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First Look At The New Dragon Quest Movie

There’s a new animated Dragon Quest movie headed to Japanese theaters in August, and the first full trailer for it has just been released. If you are here for slime, you are in luck, friends. No word on an international theatrical release, but you’d imagine we’ll at least be able to get a subtitled version…

Rainbow Six Siege’s ‘Rainbow Is Magic’ Is More Than A Throwaway Joke

“Rainbow Is Magic,” a special event added to Rainbow Six Siege for April Fools’ Day and running until April 8, brings over-the-top silliness, teddy bears, and lots and lots of pink to the tactical shooter. The whimsical vibe of a children’s animated show is not something you’d expect to see in a Rainbow Six game,…

Halo: The Master Chief Collection now has a 60 Hz tick rate thanks to the game’s April update This puts it closer to the refresh rate of games like CS:GO and Overwatch, which helps cut down on things like rubber-banding and getting shot around corners. 343 Industries explains it in detail here.

Players Say The Latest Apex Legends Update Wiped All Their Progress [Update]

Shortly after the latest update for Apex Legends went live today, some players began reporting that they’d lost all of their progress in the game after logging back in. Respawn said on Twitter that it was looking into the issue, and would provide an update as soon as possible. Apart from apparently breaking players’ save…

Horny-Looking Game Actually Just A Series Of Menus

For the past month, every time I’ve logged onto Instagram, I’ve seen an ad for Game Of Sultans. These ads are, in a word, horny. Busty suitors compete for your love and the ability to sire your heir. The ads included flavor text like “my girlfriend’s character is already queen!” Whose girlfriend, you ask? There…

The Boss Fight Books series, for which I wrote the volume on Final Fantasy V, launched its first-ever Humble Bundle today You can get the entire Boss Fight library, including books on Katamari, Kingdom Hearts, EarthBound, and more, and donate some or all of your payment to the Girls Make Games charity.

QC Games, the studio behind the team-based, arena RPG Breach, announced today that it’s closing. “Unfortunately, today is the last official day for QC Games, as we begin winding down internal operations on Breach,” the studio said. Breach went into Early Access on Steam in January but struggled to find an audience. 

Gwent has a new vampire-themed expansion out, and to help celebrate CD Projekt is selling Blood Moon Packs for the low, low price of…$115. Each contains 100 kegs of new Crimson Curse cards to help get you started. It’s not a bad deal, but only if you want $115 worth of Gwent cards.

I Bought A Video Game’s Collector’s Edition And Have Regrets

On September 1, 2016 I pre-ordered the collector’s edition of Persona 5. I can’t remember why I did that then several months after it had been announced and several more before it would finally be released. But I did. It cost me $76.31 with tax. Yesterday I unearthed the remnants of it from my closet,…

Come watch me play Operencia: The Stolen Sun live on our Twitch right now! Join me in the chat.

Black Desert On Xbox One Inches Closer To The PC Version

Pearl Abyss’ pretty online role-playing game Black Desert launched on the Xbox One last month, lacking much of the contentthat had been added to the PC version since its 2016 debut. It’s catching up quick though, with a free update today adding four new classes and large-scale player-versus-player events. The PC version of Black Desert…

Borderlands 3 Is A Six-Month Epic Store Exclusive On PC

The PC video game store wars rage on, with the newly announced Borderlands 3 the latest game to pick a side. Gearbox’s upcoming loot shooter, out September 13, will be a six-month Epic Store exclusive, the developers said today. From the press release: “At launch on September 13, Borderlands 3 will be available for PC…

Somehow, You Can Buy Official Homeworld LEGO

Brick Formations is a company that takes LEGO pieces and somehow manages to put them together and sell them as licensed products, with LEGO having nothing to do with it. It’s a weird place to be in, so it’s nice to see their first products are official, Gearbox-sanctioned Homeworld sets. There are currently sets based…

Alcatraz Island Proves Call Of Duty Blackout Works Great In Close Quarters

Alcatraz Island has arrived in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. It’s based on a Zombies map, but this version is for the Blackout battle royale mode. You wouldn’t think it, but the smaller map makes for an intense, close-quarters battle royale experience. Alcatraz, a free map, is currently available on PlayStation 4, with Xbox…

Civilization VI Saves Games Now Across Both The PC And Nintendo Switch

Microsoft does something similar with its Xbox/PC multiplatform releases, but for some reason this sounds a lot cooler to me: you can now play a game of Civilization VI on your PC, save it, quit, pick up your Switch and keep right on playing the same game. Summoning the will to save your game and…

An Easy Mode Has Never Ruined A Game

In video games, easy is a dirty word, even when it shouldn’t be. There’s something about the word “easy” that rubs some players as condescending, something that we should maybe leave behind—except where we shouldn’t. Like in FromSoftware games and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, a game that finds itself plagued by a debate that is, by…

First-Time Tournament Attendee Beats Dragon Ball FighterZ World Champ

Over 800 fighting game players competed in San Jose, California last weekend at NorCal Regionals, an annual event first established in 2003. One of these competitors was the recent winner of the Dragon Ball FighterZ world championships. Another was a totally unknown player attending his very first tournament. These two competitors couldn’t have been more different,…

Hack and slash and hackin’ some more! I’m streaming Devil May Cry 5‘s Bloody Palace right now on Twitch. Come join chat for combos, Devil Breakers, and maybe post-modernist criticism. (Though probably not that.)

Sims Players Are Building Adorable Dollhouses

Like any other fandom, the Sims community often gets swept by trends. This time, the new hotness is dollhouses, all inspired by a Simmer on Tumblr called Smart Milk. The results are absolutely adorable. Smart Milk was so inspired by JMW327’s isometric pixel art of bedrooms that she made some cute bedrooms with cutaway walls.…

Devil May Cry 5‘s Bloody Palace Is A Fabulous Hack And Slash Playground

The Bloody Palace has been a fixture of Devil May Cry ever since 2003’s Devil May Cry 2. It’s a mode that involves an exhausting climb through monster-filled rooms with hundreds of enemy arrangements and bosses along the way. But it’s also the best place to play around with combos test your skills in real-time.…