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We’re going live with Sonic Mania Plus right now on Twitch. How long can Ray the Flying Squirrel fly? Does Knuckles really not chuckle? Tune in to find out.

It’s Nice To See Nintendo Didn’t Forget About Mario 64

Last year’s great new Mario and Zelda games reinvigorated two series that seem to have finally found nostalgia for parts of their past they neglected. Super Mario Odyssey, especially, offered a tribute to Super Mario 64 that’s been overdue. Nearly two decades of Zelda games that followed the release of 1998’s landmark Ocarina of Time…

The Walking Dead‘s Final Season Starts On A More Intimate Note

Fans of Telltale’s The Walking Dead have watched protagonist Clementine grow from a small child into a confident teenager. The final installment in the series, The Final Season, thrusts Clem into new responsibilities and focuses on building a small community in the midst of the zombie apocalypse. The Final Season’s first episode, “Done Running,” takes…

Pikachu Rave Held In Japan 

Every summer, Yokohama is overrun by people wearing Pikachu costumes. In year’s past, they’ve marched and danced. They did that this year. But that’s not all. For the first time, there were electro dancing Pikachus. With a rainbow afro Pikachu Called Pokémon Synchronicity, the event runs until August 16 The stage show looks especially nuts…

Onioshidashi Park. Gunma Prefecture, Japan. By Ronan Brodvac | Flickr JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line! 

Space Force vs The Halo Theme Song

The creation of the SPACE FORCE is the dumbest fucking thing, and deserves nothing but the ridicule it is receiving. AND YET: below is a very good idea that an actual space force in the future, when a force in space is actually required, should use.

PUBG Player Nails Perfect Molotov Throw

A good shot in PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds always makes you feel good, but the perfect use of a thrown weapon will almost bring a tear to your eye. YouTube user G44RA’s perfect throw is one for the ages. Sanhok, PUBG’s newest map, seems like it is designed to put you in awkward spots where a combination…

The last pre-launch trailer for The Walking Dead: The Final Season appeared late last week. It has additional details about a teen enclave that appears in the game. That one kid is really looking a lot like young Kiefer Sutherland. The first episode of The Final Season releases August 14. 

The Battlefield 1 Community Is Torn Over A Mountain

The Monte Grappa map in Battlefield 1 is a divisive experience. Based on a bloody, treacherous set of battles from the first World War, it is a hard map to take and hold objectives on. And now the Battlefield 1 community is embroiled in its own fight about the “real” Monte Grappa. A few days…

Upcoming Dark Souls 3 Mod Lets You Play As The Bosses

The Dark Souls franchise is all about getting very strong and wielding a big weapon. A new mod allows you to become the strongest and wield the biggest weapons. The upcoming “Forces of Annihilation” lets you play as the bosses of Dark Souls 3 As modder DATEHACKS explains in a Reddit thread about the mod,…

It Takes A Lot Of Skill To Get An 18.8 Million Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater Score

As a longtime fan of the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater franchise, I have nothing but respect for people who are able to execute massive combos in the game. This video showing off an 18.8 million score is basically a miracle. Building up a combo in the classic Pro Skater games is all about doing tricks…

21 Things We Learned About Fallout 76 Today

QuakeCon 2018 hosted a Fallout 76 panel today, and it was chock full of tidbits of information about the upcoming game. The panel was composed of Development Director Chris Mayer, Project Lead Jeff Gardiner, and Game Director Todd Howard. Split evenly between a talk about the game’s leveling system and a longform segment where the…

It appears that a bug allows traps to work through walls in Fortnite currently. A video posted by Reddit user mynameisdiehard is pretty conclusive, and multiple other users in the thread confirm it as well. Be careful while you’re sneaking around! 

Former IGN Reviewer Responds To Plagiarism Allegations: ‘Not At All Intentional’ [UPDATES: Third Review Questioned, Video Removed]

Former IGN editor Filip Miucin, who was fired this week after an investigation into allegations that he had plagiarized a video game review, responded last night on his YouTube channel, telling viewers that there were “a lot of circumstances” surrounding the review and that he did not intend to plagiarize from another channel. UPDATE (3:29pm):…

Twitch Streamer Unbans Fan After They Write 1,000 Word Apology Letter

A few days ago, Fortnite streamer Ben “DrLupo” Lupo found himself in a situation that’s become regrettably common on Twitch. A subscriber called him “cancer.” He banned them, but with a caveat: if they wrote an apology letter, they could come back. DrLupo, a frequent playing partner of Twitch’s top streamer Ninja, has risen to…

No Man’s Sky’s Opening Hours Are Still A Slog

I hadn’t booted up No Man’s Sky in more than a year when I first dove into the recent Next update. I had an old save littered with dim memories and obsolete technology, but I decided I was gonna do things right: I was gonna start anew. I now regret my decision. Regardless of your…

If you’re getting the “ERR12″ crash in Monster Hunter: World on PC, you’re not alone It’s hard to know for sure what’s causing it, but it seems to be an Nvidia driver issue. I’ve asked Nvidia what’s up, and in the meantime have managed to stop the crashes on my end by rolling back to…

The Super-Fans Of Detroit: Become Human Hate Most Of The Game

Quantic Dream’s Detroit: Become Human doesn’t seem like the type of video game that would spawn an enthusiastic fandom on Tumblr. It’s a sci-fi game about robot civil rights that sometimes stumbles in its political commentary, and there’s nary a romance plot in sight. Nevertheless, fans are writing fic, making art and finding virtues in…

As promised, Ubisoft is packaging Assassin’s Creed Odyssey with a reversible cover. Players choose between controlling the Spartans Alexios or Kassandra. His version is the default, but players can flip the cover to showcase Kassandra—whose version was revealed today—instead, Ubisoft PR confirms.

Twenty-Five Year Old Charged With Stealing In-Game Items From EA

The Federal Bureau of Investigation filed charges yesterday against a 25-year-old, accusing him of hacking into EA’s servers and stealing in-game currency for FIFA 18 that the publisher says was worth $324,000. Martin Marsich, a Serbian and Italian citizen, appeared in a San Francisco court yesterday after he was arrested at the airport on Wednesday…