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The Xbox One package of the first four Halo games—Halo: The Master Chief Collection—will be available to Xbox Game Pass members on September 1. The trailer promises several updates, including “improved matchmaking” (good news for those who remember the collection’s initial launch).

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…

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.…

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…

Tim and Heather are streaming Shenmue right now on our Twitch channel. Lan Di killed their father; they will have revenge. Come join the chat. We’re going to talk about Sega, sailors, and more.

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…

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,…

The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season is coming to Nintendo Switch on August 28, Telltale announced today. Season Two and A New Frontier will come to the console “later this year.”

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…

Good morning! Some release dates were announced today. They are Luigi’s Mansion for 3DS (Oct. 12), Brawlhalla for Xbox One and Switch (Nov. 6), and Trials Rising for Xbone/PS4/Switch/PC (Feb. 12).

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…

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Paradox’s Stellaris, a very big and very PC strategy game, is coming to PS4 and XB1. If this is a test for a console Crusader Kings II, then count me in

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…

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…

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…

Falcon Age, coming to PS4 (and PS VR) next year, is all about falcon-hunting. And yes, you can pet the bird.

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…

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…

Here’s a first look at Life is Strange 2, which stars two brothers, Sean and Daniel Diaz, on the run from cops “after a tragic event that changes their lives forever.” The five-episode series will start on September 27 for PS4, Xbox One, and PC