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NBA Live 19 will allow you to create female players, a first for the video game basketball series. The next entry in the non-2K NBA game will be out on September 9.

Vampyr will get two new modes “later this summer.” Story mode will emphasize narrative, while hard mode will make the game’s fights “much more difficult.” I thought Vampyr would be great with less combat, so I’m excited to check out these changes when they’re live

God Eater Online, the online version of God Eater for iOS and Android, is ending service on September 27 in Japan. The game was originally released on February 16, 2017.

Sega game Golden Axe is getting a stage play adaptation in Japan this December. Costumes and stage photos haven’t yet been released, so it’s unclear how the play will address muscle-bound giants, skimpy outfits and fire-breathing creatures.

McDonald’s Japan Gets In Trouble For Using Fake Roast Beef

Last summer, McDonald’s Japan rolled out a “Tokyo Roast Beef Burger.” The ads featured what looked like real slices of roast beef. That wasn’t necessarily true of the actual burgers. Ditto for the Tokyo Roast Beef Muffin that was sold during the same period. According to Asahi, Japan’s Consumer Affairs Agency recently said that McDonald’s…

Genbaku Dome. Hiroshima, Japan. By David Leonard. 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! 

Nintendo’s Next Labo Game Is All About Driving (And Flying, And Swimming)

Nintendo’s Labo launched with two kits in April—a variety pack and a robot one—but its third is arriving September with the Vehicle Kit. Players will be able to construct the controls—and then pilot—a car, plane and submarine. They’re not three separate games though; using a Joy-Con as a “key”, you’ve got one vehicle that can…

New Sneakers Are Inspired By Gundam

By all accounts, the original 1991 release of Asics’ Gel Saga was inspired by the aesthetics of Gundam, making it one of the first nerd sneakers in history. The shoe’s 2018 re-release is paying homage to that heritage. Asics has worked with Foot Patrol, a London sneaker store, on this new version, which is once again…

Discord Pulls Popular Final Fantasy Server’s Partner Status Over NSFW Content

Most people use Discord to chat with their gaming communities. Some also use it to share anime porn. As Discord has grown in ubiquity and legitimacy, these priorities have come into conflict. This week, the Final Fantasy XIV subreddit’s Discord had its official partner status revoked for issues stemming from its NSFW chat channel. Initially,…

Destiny Is Putting All Its Lore In Some Books

Destiny’s Grimoire Cards, an infuriatingly scattered way to read up on a lore that’s actually pretty cool, are being combined and released in a series of books. Bungie announced today the Grimoire Anthology, a “lore compendium designed and assembled for Destiny’s devoted and enlightened scholars and lore lovers, as well as fans of fantasy and…

I Dated A Senior Citizen In Pub Encounter And He Licked My Leg

From the second I laid my eyes on Pub Encounter in the Nintendo Switch eShop, I knew we were destined for each other. “It’s a romance game where you can fall in love with one of several middle-aged men,” reads the description. “They may not be young, but they can love as deeply and passionately…

YouTube Video Breaks Down Some Of Nintendo’s Best Gear

The YouTube channel Boundary Break usually checks out what goes on out of bounds in video games, but their latest video breaks down some of Nintendo’s most well-known hardware to show secret messages and exactly what made your Zapper sound so weird. I’m not much of a gearhead when it comes to consoles, although I’ve…

GTA Online Has An Easter Egg You Can Only Find By Getting Your Character Drunk 

GTA Online’s newest update, After Hours, is all about partying the night away in new player-owned nightclubs. Like real world nightclubs, players in GTA Online can order various drinks at the bar. One specific drink is becoming popular due to its tendency to knock players out in one shot and have them wake up somewhere…

Monster Hunter: World Plays Well On PC, If Your Rig Can Swing It

I’ve been replaying Capcom’s fabulous beast-em-up Monster Hunter: World on PC over the last few days, and am pleased to report that it’s running (and looking) noticeably better on PC than it did on PS4 Pro. However, getting it running smoothly required some tweaking, even on my powerful machine. Per the game’s Steam page, for…

Shin Megami Tensei Players Are Writing The Funny (And Horny) Demon Reviews

The new Shin Megami Tensei mobile game allows players to leave comments about all the demons they’re catching. That was possibly a mistake. Shin Megami Tensei Liberation DX2 (that’s a mouthful) is a new mobile game in the Shin Megami Tensei franchise. It’s a bit like Pokémon Go, tasking players with catching demons using augmented…

Bungie has a new trailer showing the exotics that will be added to Destiny 2 in the Forsaken expansion The studio apparently took all the criticism of the game’s existing arsenal to heart, because now it’s adding a bow that lets you see through walls and boots that reflect projectiles among other things.

Valve Now Lets Dutch Players Preview What’s Inside Dota 2‘s Loot Boxes Before Buying

Players in the Netherlands can now see what’s inside a Dota 2 loot box before opening it. The change is part of Valve’s shifting approach to how it handles microtransactions in some European countries that have made moves to regulate gambling in games. Yesterday, a Dutch player, who goes by Larhf on the Dota 2…

Fortnite Funeral Goes As Badly As The Rescue It Memorialized

Last week in Fortnite, an in-game rescue attempt to help a trapped player went awry. The incident achieved near-memetic status, and Epic added a tombstone into the game commemorating the fallen player. Now, players hold mock funerals, and they’re going just as poorly as the bungled rescue. It all started when the streamer Muselk happened…

A Fun Example Of Video Game Logic

In the treacherous world of Super Mario Bros., it’s useful, if not realistic for platforms to hover and fireballs to bounce. There’s no logic to why things are that way. They just are. That’s fine, but I enjoy when a game’s designers find a way to justify the weird rules of their game, as the…

For Honor Headlines August’s Xbox Live Games With Gold 

August’s Xbox Live Games with Gold is pretty good this month. It features a few games I keep meaning to check out, like For Honor and Dead Space 3. As always, these games are only “free” if you have an active Xbox Live Gold subscription. August’s Xbox Live Games With Gold are: Xbox One Forza…