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The Infinity Blade Trilogy has been removed from the App Store. A spokesperson for Epic Games declined to comment to Kotaku on the series’ future. Epic said in a blog post the games were removed because it was becoming “increasingly difficult” to continue supporting the series “at a level that meets our standards.” 

Over on our Twitch channel, Cecilia and Maddy are making cartoon characters beat each other up in Nintendo’s latest precision-engineered nostalgia cannon (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate). Shout in a lively, positive manner via your keyboard in the chat!

Oh God, Fox Won An Early Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Tournament

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate officially landed on the Nintendo Switch last Friday, giving folks just enough time to hold inaugural tournaments for the new game over this past weekend. Local event series Smash @ Xanadu hosted the first of many Ultimate competitions on Saturday, bringing in players from surrounding states to test their burgeoning skills.…

Fortnite’s latest update includes a new weapon, the Infinity Blade. There’s only one Blade per match, and it damages structures as well as dealing 75 damage to players. Additionally, Creative Mode is now available to all players.

Counter-Strike‘s Battle Royale Is Small, Fast, And Confusing

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has gone free-to-play, bringing a slew of hapless new players, probably a massive wave of hackers, and a battle royale mode. The mode, Danger Zone, feels less of a full-blown battle royale and more of a well-made mod. Even if Counter-Strike’s gunplay is second to none, Danger Zone isn’t going to stand…

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Epic’s Game Store Is Already Locking Down Exclusives

Epic Games’ new store is not only taking the fight to Steam by giving developers a bigger cut of their games’ earnings—it’s locking down exclusive games, too. So far, six developers have said their games will be exclusive to the Epic store for a while, in some cases up to a year. These include interesting…

In case you missed it, here’s our stream of the Hades Early Access with Heather and Paul. For more streams, follow us over on Twitch!

“HD” Doom Is Looking Very Nice

Digitally-upscaled remakes of classic pixel art games are usually a crime against eyeballs, but these incredible Doom sprites—generated with the help of neural networks—are proof that maybe that won’t be the case forever. Hidfan over at the Doomworld forumshas run original Doom textures through two different neural networks specifically designed for image upscaling: letsenhance.io and…

Video Game Propaganda Posters Are Winning The War 

Artist Fernando Reza has just finished a huge range of illustrations turning classic video game series into Second World War propaganda posters. They are fantastic We’ve featured Reza’s work before—like his line of Zelda recruitment posters—but this new collection covers all kinds of bases, from Metal Gear to Mario to Space Invaders They’re all available…

Red Dead Online Players Are Split Over Griefing

Red Dead Online is a slower and more relaxed game than GTA Online, but that doesn’t mean griefers and trolls haven’t found ways to ruin players’ days. How bad trolling is in Red Dead Online’s free roam is hard to say, with many different opinions and stories being currently shared in the community. Whether or…

Super Smash Bros. Still Can’t Get Online Right [UPDATE]

Ten years after Nintendo released its first online Smash game, it still hasn’t gotten the online experience right. Marketed as the most complete Smash experience, with the most fighters, the best graphics, and the greatest quality-of-life updates, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for Switch appears at face to be a no-holds-barred improvement on the series as…

John Romero Celebrates Doom‘s 25th Anniversary With Nine New Levels

The original Doom first came out 25 years ago, on December 10, 1993. To commemorate the cruel, unceasing passage of time, designer John Romero is revisiting his beloved demonspawn baby. Today, Romero announced Sigil, a Doom “megawad” containing nine new single and multiplayer levels. It’s basically a big mod, but from one of the original…

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Guy Counts Every Ellipsis You Have To See To Finish Xenogears

There are 6,970 ellipses in the main story of the epic Japanese role-playing game Xenogears, according to one intrepid player who decided to spend his free time counting them all. Todd, who goes by SpikeyHairedOrphan on Reddit, thinks that if you counted all of the optional dialogue, you’d probably find thousands more. Ellipses—those three-dot punctuation…

Heather and I are going to hell today in Hades Early Access. Finally. Come hang out with us in the chat!

Man Arrested For Alleged Domestic Abuse Recorded During Fortnite Stream

Police arrested a video game streamer Sunday night in Australia and charged him with assault after he allegedly abused his girlfriend while streaming Fortnite on Twitch. Clips of the incident have been circulating on social media and show the man, who goes by MrDeadMoth on Twitch, shouting at his girlfriend, who is off screen, to…

Fans of Sega’s dragon-riding rail shooter series rejoice, for developer Forever Entertainment SA is remaking Panzer Dragoon and Panzer Dragoon II Zwei. Both Saturn classics will be updated with modern graphics and gameplay, while keeping the storyline intact. Look for the first remake by the end of 2019 on as of yet undisclosed platforms.

Monster Hunter: World is getting a new expansion called Iceborne in Autumn 2019. It’ll add new monsters, equipment, areas, and a new quest rank, but otherwise Capcom hasn’t shared anything more specific. The game is also getting two free updates earlier in the year, including a collaborative event with everybody’s favorite witcher.

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