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New Shooter Wants To Be A 1980s Battlefield Game
Rising Storm creators Antimatter Games are working on a new title called ‘83, which is set during the Cold War and is hoping to have battles featuring over 80 players duking it out as infantry, drivers and pilots. Who knows if they’ll be able to pull off something of that scale, but Rising Storm had…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 13, 2019 -
F-14 Flight Sim Does A Perfect Top Gun Impression
The famous F-14 is currently in early access for the Digital Combat Simulator platform, and while most people playing are doing so very seriously, some are out here doing the obvious: remakes of the intro to Top Gun Adrián Caparzo is to thank for this amazing video, which isn’t quite shot-for-shot (there aren’t crewmembers on…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 13, 2019 -
Fallout 76’s New Booze Questline Offers A Fun Reason To Return
Fallout 76’s seventh major patch Wild Appalachia arrived today and with it comes a host of changes. There are the usual fixes and improvements, but the new update also includes some new content that helps bring some life back into the game’s previously stagnant world. The biggest new addition is a quest called Wasted on…
By Ethan Gach Published March 13, 2019 -
Overwatch’s newest hero, combat medic Baptiste, is coming to live servers on March 19. He’ll presumably be accompanied by a slew of balance changes Blizzard has been testing, meaning that we could be looking at a big shake up to the game’s meta. Or not! We’ll find out next week.
By Nathan Grayson Published March 13, 2019 -
The Division 2‘s Opening Is As Subtle As A Sledgehammer
The Division 2, an apolitical game about amassing purple quality backpacks, is currently playable for Gold And Ultimate Edition users. I’m having fun surviving battles alongside friends and finding secrets down side alleys, but I have some questions about the game’s opening cutscene. In it, America has been ravaged to the point of near-apocalypse by…
By Heather Alexandra Published March 13, 2019 -
Where On Google Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?
We’ve been hunting Carmen Sandiego across the globe and through space and time for nearly 35 years. Now the notorious thief launches the first in a series of capers within the virtual world of Google Earth. Can you find her before she makes off with the Crown Jewels? Probably—it’s not that hard. The original Where…
By Mike Fahey Published March 13, 2019 -
Lego Are The Perfect Size For Building A Switch Game Case
Someone made a fun Lego replica of a Nintendo Switch that doubles as a nifty little case for Switch games. A user by the name of Squid50s recently shared the creation on the Switch subreddit along with a brief clip of the case in action. What makes the entire thing work is the size of…
By Ethan Gach Published March 13, 2019 -
The upcoming remastered version of Assassin’s Creed III will add more stealth mechanics, including hiding in bushes, whistling to attract enemies and double assassinations. Ubisoft details a few more of the remaster’s gameplay changes in its March update for the AC series.
By Stephen Totilo Published March 13, 2019 -
Destiny 2‘s Branching Narrative Is Basic But Has A Lot Of Potential
Back in 2014, when playing Destiny meant listening to a bored Peter Dinklage rattle off incoherent dialogue and meaningless proper nouns, it was hard to imagine that this game might one day do interesting things with narrative. Four and a half years later, here we are. The new Allegiance quest line, which was added to Destiny…
By Jason Schreier Published March 13, 2019 -
Sad alcoholic dwarf simulator Dwarf Fortress is coming to Steam. Getting into this game will soon feel slightly less like you’re doing an arcane ritual. The Steam version will also have fully integrated Steam Workshop support, so if you can’t live without a tileset, you’re in luck.
By Gita Jackson Published March 13, 2019 -
4K Version Of Metroid Prime 2 Is Using Textures Upscaled By A Neural Network
Just like we’ve already seen with Doom, you can use a neural network to upscale pretty much any old video game textures, and the results are amazing. Metroid Prime 2 is no exception. This 4K, 16:9 version of the GameCube classic was put together by BearborgOne, using ESRGANto help drag those textures if not into…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 12, 2019 -
Fans Imagine A New Look For Banjo-Kazooie
Artists George Crudo and Sean Hicks recently set out to redesign Banjo and Kazooie to give them a more modern look. Pretending that Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts never happened, the result is a cheerier, slightly Disney Infity-esque look that I am 100% behind. Hicks laid out the concept, after which Crudo made a 3D model.…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 12, 2019 -
Islanders Looks Like The Cutest Lil’ City-Building Game
City-building games are always so big, and heavy. Islanders is coming at the genre from the other side, pitching itself as a light, quick and breezy way to build some nice buildings then get on with your life. The approach is eerily similar to what Bad North did to the RTS, in that it breaks…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 12, 2019 -
In case you missed me and Heather getting into some co-op mathematics in The Division 2, here’s the archived version. Follow us on Twitch for daily streams.
Paul Tamayo & Heather Alexandra Published March 12, 2019 -
Tekken World Tour Announces Drastic Improvements For 2019
It feels like only yesterday that the fighting game community watched surprise South Korean competitor Hyeon-ho “Rangchu” Jeong crowned global Tekken 7 champion in Amsterdam. It wasn’t, obviously, but it was only three months ago, and the folks behind the Tekken World Tour already have new details to share about what competitors can expect from…
By Ian Walker Published March 12, 2019 -
The Division 2 Rewards Players If They Dance Together Or Do Other Nice Things
Ubisoft’s newest mega-game, The Division 2, gives players points and virtual patches for 125 tracked activities, some of them expected, some of them not, and some of them seemingly designed to encourage positive behaviors in multiplayer. That’s always a nice thing. The activities are listed in the game’s Commendations menu and give players many feats…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 12, 2019
