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How To Improve The Guns In Doom (2016)
Hi! I’m Nathan Fouts, designer at Mommy’s Best Games, and someone who knows how to make video game guns. Years ago I worked at Insomniac Games and was hired to program the weapons for Resistance: Fall of Man. But ‘cause I’m so nuts for game guns, I elbowed my way into the design room and…
Nathan Fouts Published August 21, 2018 -
Now If Only Square Would Treat Final Fantasy VI On PC Like It Treated Chrono Trigger
Today, Square Enix announced that it has finished patching Chrono Trigger on PC, just days after releasing the fifth major update to the game since it launched six months ago. (Chrono Trigger is 50% off on Steam for the next week to celebrate.) Now if only Square’s other classic games would get the same treatment.…
By Jason Schreier Published August 21, 2018 -
Cultist Simulator, As Told By Steam Reviews
As many reviewers on Steam will tell you, Cultist Simulator isn’t for everyone. But the people who love it really, really love it. Cultist Simulator is a resource management game about running a cult. It doesn’t give you much instruction or hold your hand through the process, but you can ascend to godhood eventually. Why…
By Gita Jackson Published August 21, 2018 -
Shenmue‘s World Is Full Of Wonderful Junk
Shenmue I and II’s HD remasters released on Steam today and I’ve been playing all morning. Yu Suzuki’s 1999 adventure game helped set a standard for open world exploration. Its secret is simple: lots of and lots of “pointless” but satisfying interactions. One of Shenmue’s key features was an explorable open world with NPCs to…
By Heather Alexandra Published August 21, 2018 -
The Queen Of Soulcalibur Is Back
Evo 2018 played host to multiple tournaments over its three-day run for established games like Street Fighter V and Dragon Ball FighterZ as well as the as-yet-unreleased Soulcalibur VI, which is still in development and set to come out on October 19. Marie-Laure “Kayane” Norindr, a veteran competitor from France known for, among other things,…
By Ian Walker Published August 21, 2018 -
People Keep Trying To Scam Their Way Into Free Video Games
When Sean Noonan announced the Steam release date for his game, an infinite runner called Jack B. Nimble, he started getting emails from people who wanted review copies. Normally, this would be great news for any developer. Getting enough attention from media outlets and streamers can pull a game from the dregs of Steam and…
By Jason Schreier Published August 21, 2018 -
Shenmue III Will Be Released On August 27, 2019
After a couple delays, Shenmue III has a new release date. It will be out on August 27, 2019 on the Windows and PS4. Hopefully. In June 2017, the game was delayed from December of that year to the first half of this year. Then, this past May, Shenmue III was once again delayed to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 21, 2018 -
Get Back, Peasants
Hey there, Medieval Shotgun. Wilhelm Nylund, the CEO of Landfall games (most recently of Totally Accurate Battlegrounds fame), has been messing around with the arrows in their older Totally Accurate Battle Simulator It is some good shit. This is the part where I was going to link to our prior coverage of Totally Accurate Battle…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 21, 2018 -
Total War: Rome II Still Kinda Sucks
Creative Assembly, the studio behind the Total War series, recently decided to revisit 2013’s Rome II—seen by many fans as the weakest game in the series in years—with a brand new expansion. In the five years since Rome II, there have been two excellent games based on Warhammer, an expansion for Rome’s siblingAttila and Creative…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 20, 2018 -
Through the Darkest of Times, A German Game That’s Allowed To Use Swastikas
It’s only been a matter of days since Germany’s classification board agreed to start allowing video games to depict overt Nazi symbols, something that had previously been forbidden. Which means a game about The Third Reich already in development is going to be one of the first to be able to implement the change. Through…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 20, 2018 -
Twitch Cuts Ad-Free Viewing Benefit From Prime Membership
New Twitch Prime members will no longer have access to ad-free viewing after September 14, the streaming platform Twitch announced today. Existing subscribers will still be able to watch streams uninterrupted until their next renewal date, at which point the ads will be inescapable for anyone who doesn’t sign back up for the site’s old…
By Ethan Gach Published August 20, 2018 -
Night Is Short, Walk On Girl Is The Best Anime Movie In Memory
Anime director Masaaki Yuasa’s recent movie Night Is Short, Walk On Girl, in U.S. theaters August 21, has all the adventure of a night high or drunk in a foreign city with none of the depravity. The romantic comedy follows a pack of teens out on the town, and swaps between the perspectives of two…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published August 20, 2018 -
The Sims‘ Caribbean-Inspired Outfits Are Lackluster
The Sims 4 got an update last week that gave the game some Caribbean themed hair, clothing and furniture in honor of Carnival. While the hair is phenomenal, the rest has me a little confused. The Sims as a franchise has had a hard time with black hair. Curly hair is harder to model than…
By Gita Jackson Published August 20, 2018
