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Assassin’s Creed Odyssey‘s Latest DLC Has A Romantic Ending You Can’t Change

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey’s first expansion, Legacy of the First Blade, started strong, introducing players to the first Assassin and offering a self-aware take on the series’ mythos. The second episode in Legacy of the First Blade, Shadow Heritage, aims to continue the experience. It provides a strong villain and exciting ship combat. But it is…

Launching on June 4, the latest expansion pack for The Elder Scrolls Online takes players back to Kahjiit country for the first time since Arena. The land of hairballs and cat boxes also introduces the Necromancer class to Tamriel. Spooky. Want to know more? Check outthe official announcement.  

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Microsoft Removes Carlton, Floss Dances From Forza Horizon 4

The Carlton and Floss dance emotes are no longer available in Forza Horizon 4 following changes made to the game as part of today’s big Series 5 update. Although publisher Microsoft won’t say why it removed the emotes, both dances are the subjects of lawsuits against publisher Epic Games for using them in the mega-popular…

Smash Ultimate Online Won’t Let You Taunt, So Everyone’s Teabagging Instead

Nintendo’s removal of the “taunt” option in Smash Ultimate online play has sparked an outbreak of one of gaming’s most notorious behaviors: teabagging. In Nintendo’s latest Smash game, players can’t use their fighters’ taunts when they’re playing online in Quick Play mode. In all other modes, the taunt move is typically mapped to the D-pad,…

The Walking Dead Is Still Alive, But The Latest Episode Feels Shaky

It wasn’t clear what would happen to the final season of Telltale’s The Walking Dead after the company’s sudden and shocking closure in September. Production was picked up by Skybound Games, using some of the original Telltale team. The latest episode continues one of the series’ best seasons. But playing it, I get a sense…

Fallout 76 Players Are Punishing People They Suspect Of Duplicating Rare Items

As a post-apocalyptic online survival sim, Fallout 76 allows players to team up, trade with one another, or try to kill each other. This freedom is part of the game’s appeal, but when it’s coupled with exploits that allow some players to become ultra powerful, the result can be a game world that feels inhospitable…

In November 2016, we reported that the hidden sci-fi teaser inside of Watch Dogs 2 was for an unannounced game called Pioneer that was, at the time, in trouble. Nobody at Ubisoft had acknowledged the project publicly until last night, when former director Alex Hutchinson wrote on Twitter, “RIP Pioneer” with a link to the…

New Indie Vane Looks Great, But Isn’t

A black-winged bird soars over desert sands. It’s a lovely visual that’s captivated me since developer Friend & Foerevealed Vane back in 2014. Now the game is out on PlayStation 4, and the desert flight is one of the few redeeming sequences in an otherwise short and clumsy adventure. Style has never been Vane’s problem.…

I’m taking a trip back to 2001 and playing the HD remaster of Onimusha Warlords. Join us in the chat!

Super Dragon Ball Heroes World Mission is coming to the West on Switch and Steam on April 5. The tactical role-playing card game is the tenth in the Dragon Ball Heroes series and the first to get released outside of Japan. It’s like Yu-Gi-Oh! but with Dragon Ball characters.

What Persona 5 Would Look Like On The Game Boy Advance

As of January 2019, there is only one version of Persona 5. But if/when we get a portable version, just like Persona 3 & 4 did, it…still won’t look like this. Unless it gets in a time machine. Pixel artist Sea Handler mocked up these screenshots of a Game Boy Advance version of the game…

Leaked Disney Infinity 4.0 Footage Is Deeply Depressing

Disney Infinity was a good idea with some very cool toys, and its demise had everything to do with corporate mismanagement and very little to do with Disney Infinity. So seeing this footage of what was supposed to be the game’s fourth iteration stings. Disney Infinity 4.0: Kingdoms, as seen here in this pre-alpha, for-internal-purposes-only…

The Pinkertons Are Still Around, Suing Over Red Dead Redemption 2

I have learned two things today. One is that publishers Take-Two find themselves in the middle of a legal battle over Red Dead Redemption 2. Two is that the Pinkertons, famous detective villains from the 19th century’s old, wild west are still around in 2019 As The Verge report, the Pinkertons—now owned by Swedish security…

A Tour Of The Animal Crossing Town One Woman Spent Nearly 4,000 Hours Building

Animal Crossing games are meant to be played in regular, relaxed sessions, creating a life for yourself among the annual ebbs and flows of each game’s village. In just about every regard, it’s designed to be playable, theoretically at least, forever. 85-year-old Audrey, who’s spent thousands of hours playing the game, is proof of that.…

The Best Speedruns From AGDQ 2019

Awesome Games Done Quick 2019 finished this weekend, raising $2.3 million dollars for charity. There were countless speedruns but if you missed the marathon, here are some of the best ones. Whether it’s difficult tricks or charming commentary, these speedruns stood out from the crowd. Hollow Knight by Vysuals I’ll start with a run so…

Turning The DS Sideways For Giant Fights Was One Of Mario & Luigi‘s Most Creative Tricks

When Bowser dies at various points in Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story, the brothers have to revive him by shooting adrenaline into his heart. Doing so leads him to get back up and become giant Bowser for a special mode that requires players to hold the DS sideways like a book. Suddenly, the game’s…

Rocket League Now Has Cross-Play Across All Consoles

Psyonixannounced today that Rocket League has entered the PlayStation Cross-Play Beta program and is playable with people across PS4, Switch, Xbox One, and Steam, making it only the second game to do so after Fortnite By default, players on any of those platforms will randomly matchmake with one another for online play. The ability to…

Let’s a-go! I’m playing Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe with my buddy Paul over on Twitch. Come join chat to talk about Bowsette, monarchies, and shrooms.

The Week In Games: Guacamole Potatoes

This week is all about trying to rival the Awesome Games Done Quick speedrunners with Guacamelee! 2 on Xbox One, and checking out the rootin’ tootin’ side-scroller shootin’ Gunman Clive when it comes out on Switch. A new year brings with it new games, and though January sadly won’t give us the new Animal Crossing,…