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DC Universe Online‘s Atlantis Update Takes Players Under The Sea

Darling it’s better down where it’s wetter, take it from Aquaman, the half-human Atlantean monarch who’s fighting for his crown in today’s massive edition to Daybreak’s long-running superhero MMO. Man, what took the game so long to get wet? One of the earliest missions I remember in DC Universe Online when it launched back in…

New PS4 Pro Models Seem Much Quieter

While the PlayStation 4 Pro has been out in the wild for two years now, it’s recently undergone some slight hardware refinements that change how loud it is. According to a recent analysis by Digital Foundry, the noise reduction in the latest iteration of the console, currently only available as part of a Red Dead…

YouTube is now available on the Nintendo Switch, bringing the console’s total app count up to two. The only other app currently available on the platform is Hulu (which, thanks to Hulu’s live TV, I actually use a lot). This also means you can officially watch the next Nintendo Direct on Switch.

What To Do When Falling Asleep While Gaming

So, uh, does anyone know what happens in the Red Dead Redemption 2 stranger mission with the photographer and, was there a coyote in it? I may have fallen asleep while playing it last night. Readers, I am not knocking RDR2, which I’m happily sauntering through. I’m instead recognizing my limits as a tired father…

The Long Dark’s third episode has been delayed, Hinterland Studios wrote in their November dev diary. However, the overhauled versions of Episodes 1 and 2 and tweaks to Survival mode will arrive in December.

Black Desert, the MMORPG with theridiculously detailed character creator, is now in open beta for the Xbox One. From now until November 12, Xbox One owners can raise characters up to level 40, or just sit there and stare at them, marveling at how pretty they are.

75% Of Final Fantasy XV’s Remaining DLC Just Got Cancelled

Square Enix just announced in a livestream that three of the four upcoming pieces of downloadable content for Final Fantasy XV have been cancelled. The one remaining will be out next year. Back in April, we were told there’d be four more pieces of DLC coming for the 2016 game, with episodes called Ardyn, Aranea,…

Dragon Ball Z Composer Elected To Texas State Senate

Anime fans might know Nathan Johnson for his work composing the score to a bunch of Dragon Ball Z episodes and movie dubs, but yesterday he put a very different feather in his cap: he was elected a state Senator in Texas. Johnson, a Democrat, won 54% of the vote to beat out the incumbent,…

An Outstanding Book For People Who Like Looking At Video Game Consoles

If you’ve ever looked up a video game console on Wikipedia, odds are you’re familiar with the work of Evan Amos. Annoyed by the low quality of console images in the online encyclopedia, Amos began taking and sharing his own console photos. Amos’ passion for gaming and photographic skills come together beautifully in The Game…

Players Have Discovered Payday 2‘s Secret Ending

Payday 2 came out in 2013, but players are only just now uncovering what appears to be its secret ending after weeks of piecing together esoteric clues in the culmination of a challenge that began even before the game was officially released and was finally able to be completed thanks to a new update to…

The beautiful and haunting platformer Gris will release on Switch and PC on December 13. I demoed the game over the summer and was impressed with how elegantly the gameplay and animation meshed together.  

Smash Bros. lead creator Masahiro Sakurai Tweeted yesterday that Smash Ultimate’s “DLC line-up is now complete,” with the characters decided by Nintendo. He also asked fans to “refrain from flooding us” with requests for other characters when the devs aren’t asking for feedback. Smash fans, we don’t call the shots, but you can flood our…

Cecilia is checking out Overwatch’s new hero Ashe on our Twitch channel right now. Come watch over her thrilling plays and daring maneuvers whilst yelling in the chat!

Adidas Is Making Game Of Thrones Sneakers

One of the main criticisms levelled againstAdidas’ Dragon Ball collaboration was that the shoes were all trash, and didn’t feature the company’s more popular models like the Ultra Boost. Those, it turns out, were being saved for something else: a line based on HBO’s Game of Thrones Although teased/announced months ago, complete with supposed mockups…

Fallout 76’s Beta Framerate Is Now Capped, FOV Locked

Remember that issue with the PC version of the Fallout 76 beta where changing the framerate would break stuff? Bethesda has implemented a quick fix for that, and it was as easy as capping the framerate. As PC Gamer report, anyone in the beta now is going to find the framerate for the game capped…

Low-Angle Satellite Photos Look Like The Best City-Building Game Ever Made

Planet, a company that runs “the largest fleet of Earth-imaging satellites in orbit”, use those satellites to take hi-res, zoomed-in shots of the surface. Some of those are isometric, and that’s got me longing I know that Cities: Skylines is pretty and fun, and that even EA’s disastrous SimCity reboot looked good, but I look…

Some Switch Players Are Looking Outside Nintendo For Matchmaking

Nintendo Switch Online went live over a month ago. While the paid service is required for people to play games like Mario Tennis Aces online together, it still doesn’t include any way for players to easily meet and connect with one another. As a result, fans have tried to fill that void with their own…

Current And Former Employees Sue Riot Games For Gender Discrimination

Yesterday, one current and one former employee of Riot Games filed a class action lawsuit against the League of Legends publisher, accusing it of endemic gender-based discrimination and fostering a “men-first” environment. The lawsuit comes three months after a Kotaku investigation into the sexist culture at Riot Games. The lawsuit alleges that, “like many of…

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, One Month Later

It’s been one month since Assassin’s Creed Odyssey released, allowing players around the world to live out their lifelong fantasies of fighting sharks and hunting down cultists. Between issues of microtransactions, canceled live events, and new quests, the game continues to generate discussion and grow bigger with each passing day. Here’s what’s happened since release.…

Shigeru Miyamoto is “front and center in the creation” of the upcoming Super Mario animated film, the studio’s founder Chris Meledandri told Variety. “I’ve rarely seen that happen with any adaptation where the original creative voice is being embraced like we’re embracing Miyamoto,” he said